PEP meeting Wednesday

[Buzz]

Supposedly the public can sit in by phone or pc on tomorrow's meeting which will include voting on paying bus company contractors.

Follow instructions on this page ... https://www.schools.nyc.gov/calendar/contentdetails/2020/04/29/default-calendar/panel-on-educational-policy-(pep)-monthly-meeting-(april)-4-22-2020

[yabba]

These payments are for March and April.   The whole process is screwy   also we provided services 2 week of march.,.   maybe im reading it wrong

[yabba]

if they go in order... the transportation is agenda number 26 and 27 of 36 items on agenda for tonight vote

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Yabba
Where can I find that agenda information?

[WigWag16]

Here's what I'm having a issue with. If we have a contract that states we are guaranteed 39 paid weeks  then tonight's vote can over throw that? Also if Neil bids on the routes in the beginning of the year and gets the money to pay his drivers why would he stop paying us if he already has the money from the DOE?

[WigWag16]

Shall be interesting

[WigWag16]

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/blogpost/sbfblog/738060/pay-attention-to-the-school-bus-industry-before-it-is-too-late

This is a good read

[yabba]

Yabba
Where can I find that agenda information?

search nyc doe panel for educational policy...
then click on april 29th meeting... then agenda
then click on  B  approved contracts

sorry im not good at how to get the exact address... hope this helps....   there is a lot of info,if you can figure it out ...we are 26 and 27 on the list..

[Buzz]

Here's what I'm having a issue with. If we have a contract that states we are guaranteed 39 paid weeks  then tonight's vote can over throw that? Also if Neil bids on the routes in the beginning of the year and gets the money to pay his drivers why would he stop paying us if he already has the money from the DOE?

He does NOT get paid at the beginning of the year or in advance at all. They still haven't paid him for March and April and that's what they're voting on tonight. He's been paying us out of pocket all this time. They are always 1 to 2 months in arrears.

[Buzz]

Yabba
Where can I find that agenda information?

Click on this link then see "Approval of Contracts."


https://nycdoe.sharepoint.com/sites/PEPArchive/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?originalPath=aHR0cHM6Ly9ueWNkb2Uuc2hhcmVwb2ludC5jb20vOmY6L3MvUEVQQXJjaGl2ZS9FdDVqQ0p5ZWJMMUpsbWM4SXBPTUVGTUJCQ1RRUEtITUdlYThtSXJDQkJaRDlRP3J0aW1lPV9vM29rMmZzMTBn&id=%2Fsites%2FPEPArchive%2FShared%20Documents%2FPEP%2F2019%2D2020%2FApril%2029%2C%202020%20Panel%20for%20Educational%20Policy%2FAgenda%2FAmended%20April%202020%20PEP%20Agenda%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FPEPArchive%2FShared%20Documents%2FPEP%2F2019%2D2020%2FApril%2029%2C%202020%20Panel%20for%20Educational%20Policy%2FAgenda

[yabba]

Here's what I'm having a issue with. If we have a contract that states we are guaranteed 39 paid weeks  then tonight's vote can over throw that? Also if Neil bids on the routes in the beginning of the year and gets the money to pay his drivers why would he stop paying us if he already has the money from the DOE?

He does NOT get paid at the beginning of the year or in advance at all. They still haven't paid him for March and April and that's what they're voting on tonight. He's been paying us out of pocket all this time. They are always 1 to 2 months in arrears.

basically this looks like standard procedure...it really doesnt make sense but i guess this is how the city pays vendors... i guess the 5 year deal pioneer has with the city is the gaurantee neil has and if the city stops paying then he has a lawsuit...

[steady]

As of 7:12 the meeting was a hysterical failure.  The board members were laughing as well.  NYC cheap systems

[Buzz]

Welp, so much for that. After listening to them trying to get the audio working for an hour they voted to postpone the meeting til next week. I don't know what kind of shit software they were using but it was horrible.

[WigWag16]

As of 7:12 the meeting was a hysterical failure.  The board members were laughing as well.  NYC cheap systems

Sooooo no updates ? Lol

[yabba]

And you think online learning is working.    What a joke