Ray claims at September 2018 meeting he qualified October 2017 statement about purchase of CTE building on East side of the County and included “planning;” Also claims Ruger building received large donation; video and data on purchase of building appear to not support claims
These are admittedly minor issues but the Blog believes that statements by Governing Board members should be checked for accuracy. It was unable to find support for a couple of Mr. Sigafoos’ important statements made at the September meeting.
At the September 2018 Governing Board meeting a question about what Ray Sigafoos said about the need for planning when the issue of a centralized Career and Technical Education building came up during discussion. According to Ray’s September 2018 memory, during the October 2017 discussion on this issue “I put in a caveat that we needed a plan.” “We need a plan first, that is what I was attempting to say in October.” “I think I included the planning part in my comments.”
You may compare the Sigafoos comments and his recollection of his October statement with the video clip of those comments about the CTE building made at the October 2017 meeting. They appear inconsistent.
Ray also said that the “Ruger building was part of a donation and purchase.” “They got some donations and we got the building.” The Blog went back to the audited financial statements issued by the College in June 2006 and June 2007 to try and determine the nature and extent of any donation for the Ruger Building. The Blog could not find any indication of a major donation for the actual purchase of the Ruger building in those documents. It would have been expected to show up somewhere. (There were, of course, some stipends for faculty and machinery from outside interests and possibly some money for classroom renovation.)
The Blog also went back to the May 2007 and April 2007 agendas where the Governing Board made the purchase of the Ruger building. Neither pager 41 of the May 8, 2007 agenda or the April agenda suggests a large donation for the acutal purchase of the building was involved.
Compare the two videos below. And read the 2006, 2007 June financial reports and the above referenced agendas. The first video is a clip of the September 2018 Board discussion. The second is a clip of the October 2017 Board discussion.