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TIME IS 602 PM IN THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER. WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE QUORUM ATTENDING BOTH IN PERSON AND ON A VIDEO CONFERENCE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FORT BEND ISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS. WE WILL NOW
[2. Superintendent Update]
PURSUED AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO DR WHITBECK FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MALONE. WELL SCHOOL HAS STARTED, AND IT'S AN EXCITING THING. AND FOR BEN ASD, SO HERE'S A FEW FUN FACTS AND SOME PICTURES FOR YOU TO ENJOY OUR ENROLLMENT. IS THAT 77,406 THAT'S UP ABOUT 322 STUDENTS FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT STILL ATTEMPTING TO REGISTER AND THE EXCITING NEWS THAT I FOUND OUT JUST ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE THIS MEETING IS THAT TODAY'S ATTENDANCE WAS OVER 96. AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE YES, THERE'S THE THERE'S DR GUILLORY. YES ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY EXCITING TO SOME WHO WORK ON THAT IS AS THEIR JOB EVERY DAY. BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY BACK TO WHERE FORD BENDY SD USED TO BE PRE COVID, SO IT'S EXCITING TO THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THERE AGAIN AND WE AND WE CAN SO WE ALSO GOT R T E A RATINGS AND WE HAVE 65 SCHOOLS HAVING AN A OR A B IN OUR DISTRICT WITH 26 DAYS. 39 BEES, AND WE'RE JUST VERY PROUD OF THAT AT NINE SCHOOLS WITH THE CAE. AND WE'RE JUST PROUD OF THE EFFORTS AND OUR OVERALL RATING WILL BE AN 89 B. WE HAVE A VIDEO JUST TO SHOW YOU. IT'S ABOUT A MINUTE LONG OF THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, CAPTURING SOME HIGHLIGHTS OUT AND ABOUT FOUR BEND. WE HAVE TO SKIP IT. HOLD ON. OH, SORRY. USUALLY. IT WAS EMBEDDED. NO. THE SLIDE. THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS TAKEN BY PROBABLY. SORRY ALRIGHT, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY. IT HAPPENS . THANK YOU ALL FOR TRYING. BUT LET'S JUST SHOW SOME OF THOSE PICTURES. THANK YOU CAN JUST SEE . WELCOME BACK. THIS WAS ACTUALLY AT HUNTERS GLEN ELEMENTARY. IT'S WHERE I STARTED MY DAY AND SO MUCH FUN SO MUCH POSITIVITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT YOU SEE GRANDMA SAYING THIS IS THE LAST ONE COMING THROUGH WHO WE WERE STANDING THERE. IT WAS FUNNY, JUST BUT THE PARENTS I MUST TELL YOU SEEN PARENTS BACK IN OUR BUILDING WAS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS ARE CHILDREN WERE THEY WERE WELL DRESSED, WELL GROOMED HAPPY AND IT WAS JUST A PLEASURE. YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF THE FUN PHOTOS HERE.NOW I DO WANT TO SHARE THESE SCHOOLS ARE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME OUR COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES DEPARTMENT HAS FOCUSED ON 11 CAMPUSES WHERE EVERY CHILD RECEIVED SCHOOL SUPPLIES, AND SO THERE'S OUR LIST, AND WE'RE REAL PROUD OF THAT, AND WE THANK THEM IN THE E TEAM FOR DISTRIBUTING AND YOU CAN SEE HERE. THIS IS HUNTERS, GLEN. YOU SEE SOME SPONGEBOB AND SOME CELEBRATION STATIONS. WE EVEN HAD SPONGE BOB AND BOB AND PATRICK. AND GUESS WHO'S IN THE SPONGEBOB SUIT THAT WOULD BE PRINCIPAL AVANTE. WILLIAMS MHM. THERE HE WAS, UH AND WE COMMEND HUNTERS GLEN AND SO MANY THERE HE IS HELPING PASS OUT SCHOOL SUPPLIES WITH DR MENSAH AND I AND I WAS JUST A FUN ATMOSPHERE AND THIS WAS DUPLICATED ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. WE SAW A LOT OF LOCAL MEDIA SHOWING UP AND INTERVIEWING OUR TEACHERS MYSELF . MANY MANY PEOPLE JUST ABOUT THAT FIRST DAY DISTRICT. WE HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE COVERAGE. I WANT TO THANK BOARD MEMBERS WHO VISITED SCHOOLS AND THERE'S PRESIDENT MALONE AT THORNTON. I BELIEVE, AND WE APPRECIATE OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR BEING OUT AND ABOUT. WE KNOW THAT EACH OF YOU WERE SOMEWHERE IN OUR DISTRICT.
AND WE WANT TO THANK OUR CUSTODIANS. THESE PRINCIPAL LANGSTON AND I GOT A PHOTO WITH THIS GROUP OF CUSTODIANS AT MALALA ELEMENTARY AND TWO ARE CROSSING GUARDS. YOU KNOW, IT WAS HOT AND THERE THEY WERE JUST OUT THERE HELPING MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE. WE CANNOT STOP AND ENOUGH TO THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO AS WELL AS OUR POLICE OFFICERS. THERE'S A FEW THERE. THAT WE SEE AND I SHOUT OUT AGAIN TO MISSION GLEN ELEMENTARY. EXCUSE ME? YES MISSION. GLENN CARLA PATENTED DANIEL MOSS STEPPING UP AND JUST DOING AN AMAZING JOB. IT WAS ONE
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OF MY STOPS AND AS WELL AS THORNTON AND SEEING SOME BAND STUDENTS THERE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT THERE GOING TO BE ONE OF EIGHT BANDS IN THE NATION WHO WILL GET TO GO TO INDIANAPOLIS FOR A CLINIC AND TO GET TO PERFORM. I MEAN, THAT'S LIKE UNBELIEVABLE. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, AND THOSE THOSE DIRECTORS COULDN'T WAIT TO TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT. AND THEN JUST FINALLY, AS A REMINDER OUR THEME THIS YEAR NO YOUR IMPACT AND WE SEE SO MUCH OF THE AMAZING IMPACT GOING ON ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. SO I THANK EVERYONE FOR A VERY SMOOTH START OVERALL.THANK YOU, DOCTOR WHITBECK AND THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. IT'S REALLY AWESOME TO BE BACK IN
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SCHOOL, AND WE'RE HAVING SUCH A GREAT KICK OFF TO THE YEAR. WELL, NOW MOVING ALONG TO OUR INFORMATION ITEMS WHERE I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. YES, WE ARE READY FOR PRESENTATION TONIGHT ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR A POSSIBLE VIA T R E, WHICH OF COURSE, WAS DISCUSSED IN OUR SPECIAL MEETING EARLIER, BUT AS WE OPEN THIS BACK UP, I THINK WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SLIDESHOW. GIVE HIM A SECOND TO GET THAT THERE. THERE'S THE BETA DISCUSSION. OR WHICH SLIDE SHOWS THIS THE BETTER ONE. OKAY SO WE SHOULD HAVE A NEXT SLIDE, WHICH WILL HAVE SOME OTHER CHILDREN ON IT. KEEPING OUR FOCUS ALWAYS ON THE BOYS AND GIRLS THAT ATTEND OUR DISTRICT. BUT I WANT TO SET THE STAGE BEFORE MR GWEN TAKES OVER AND THIS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND SOMEWHAT UNPRECEDENTED TOPIC IN FORT BEND, DST AND I DO WANT TO SAY, AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T OFTEN HEAR ABOUT. AND THAT IS THE EXECUTIVE TEAM. INFORM NASD . THEY HAVE OVER 400 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THEIR IN THEIR CHOSEN AREAS AND THEIR DISCIPLINES. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU UNTIL OUR COMMUNITY THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY HAVE SPENT BEHIND THE SCENES ON NIGHTS WEEKENDS EXTRA HOURS, PUSHING A LOT OF THEIR OTHER WORK TO REALLY BE ABLE TO DIVE DEEP INTO THIS ISSUE AND TO STUDY IT, UM, BEYOND WHAT WE NORMALLY EVEN HAVE STUDIED THINGS IN THE PAST, SO UM, EATING. WILL YOU STAND UP FOR JUST A MOMENT? IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE RARE, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO MOVING ON, JUST WANT TO AS WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW WHERE WE HEADED IN THIS DISTRICT AND WHAT ARE OUR GOALS AND WE THINK ABOUT SHORT TERM GOALS AND LONG TERM GOALS AND THIS SLIDE SOME OF THEM ARE THE SAME. AND MANY OF THEM THAT YOU SEE HERE, JUST WANTING THAT OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE MOVING TOWARD THAT A RATING. ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT SAFETY, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON OUR POSITIVE CLIMATE, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS THE SECOND BULLET AND THAT IS FOCUSING ON OUR TEACHERS. AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF AND HOW WE'RE VALUING THEM IN THIS DISTRICT, AND SO AS YOU AS YOU LISTEN TONIGHT, I WANT TO SET THE STAGE THAT MUCH OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CENTERS ON BULLET NUMBER TWO AND BULLET NUMBER FIVE. OKAY SO AS USING THIS COMPARISON IN OUR SUMMER, ALL OF OUR SUMMER PRESENTATIONS. AND MR MCCALL. SHE ALLUDED TO THIS. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER LOOKING AT THE 21 22 SCHOOL YEAR, ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER IN FORT BEND, ASD AND SALARIES AND COMPENSATION AND THEN THIS PAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET SITUATION WE FOUND OURSELVES IN AND HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WENT OUT WITH A HUGE 11% RAISE. THEN NOW WE FIND OURSELVES NO LONGER LEADING. BUT JUST BEING A LITTLE BIT IN THE PACK AND ACTUALLY LOST A LITTLE BIT OF GROUND. SO AGAIN, OUR COMMITMENT IS NOT TO LOSE GROUND, BUT TO BE A LEADER IN THIS AREA OF COMPENSATION FOR OUR STAFF. AND SO AS WE LOOK NEXT, WHAT'S IN OUR CONTROL? WELL FIRST, THIS IS OUR REALITY . WE HAVE A $47 MILLION DEFICIT . YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD IN MEETINGS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN. WHAT WHAT PROGRESS WE'VE MADE TOWARDS CLOSING IT.BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHERE DOES WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS? AND SO LET'S LOOK AT THIS. WE HAVE TWO COLUMNS, SOME THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR CONTROL AND SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN OUR CONTROL. I THINK JUST LIKE GOOD PARENTS. WE HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH OUR COMMUNITY. THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN CONTROL. SOME WE CANNOT WHEN YOU LOOK ON THE ON THE COLUMN THERE, YOU SEE EFFICIENT OPERATIONS. SOME STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT OF CHILDREN ARE NOT PROGRESSING IN CERTAIN PROGRAMS IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING FOR US. ATTRACTING ENROLLMENT CONTINUING TO DO THAT AND BEING INNOVATIVE BUT OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WHAT IS NOT IN OUR CONTROL. SOME OF THE PAST DECISIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE OUR TEAM IS EVALUATING, BUT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OTHER THAN JUST TO UPROOT THEM, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT TO OUR CHILDREN BUT INFLUENCING VOTERS
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. WE ONCE ANY KIND OF A TAX COLLECTION IS CALLED THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER WE THEN CANNOT INFLUENCE WE CAN ONLY US SHARE THE FACTS, AND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. PARENTS WANT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. THEY'RE POPULAR. THE ACADEMY'S THE CTE CENTER, THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, THE PAYCHECK. THEY'RE POPULAR. OUR FAMILIES WANT THESE THINGS. AND SO WE KNOW THIS AND LEGISLATIVE ACTION IS NOT IN OUR CONTROL. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT BALLOT LANGUAGE PARTICULARLY LISTED THERE THAT ARE CONFUSING , AND THAT AN AVERAGE PATRON DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS. THESE ARE THINGS WE MUST CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE NOT IN OUR CONTROL. AND SO, UM, MR GWEN ALLUDED THAT THERE'S CONFUSION AND THAT PEOPLE THINK OH, MY PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP SO HIGH. HOW MUCH MONEY IS THE DISTRICT GETTING FOR THAT? AND THE BIG ANSWER TO THAT THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A MYTH THAT PEOPLE THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS THAT MONEY, AND IT'S MUCH LIKE AN OFFSET THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY I DESCRIBE IT. IF WE GET MORE MONEY THAN THE STATE GIVES US LESS, SO IT'S EQUALED OUT. IT'S JUST AN OFFSET SO, UM, JUST REMEMBERING THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK IS CRITICAL. AND SO HOW DO WE GO ABOUT OUR PLAN FOR YOU TONIGHT? WE GO ABOUT THROUGH TWO WAYS REDUCTIONS AND NEW REVENUE. IT'S A SIMPLE AS THAT. WE HAVE TO HAVE BOTH. WE CANNOT POSSIBLY MAKE $47 MILLION WORTH OF REDUCTIONS WITHOUT IT GREATLY AND NEGATIVELY IMPACTING OUR DISTRICT. BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME WAYS TO BRING IN SOME NEW REVENUE. AND SO OUR ACTION THAT WE'RE CALLING TONIGHT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER OBVIOUSLY ON THE 22ND, BUT THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS AT LENGTH IS CALLING FOR A V 83 NOVEMBER. EIGHTH CONTINUING TO REVIEW ALL POSITIONS VACATED THROUGH ATTRITION. STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT, CREATING PLAN TO UTILIZE CAMPUSES EVEN BETTER THAN WE CURRENTLY ARE. AND THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED, COMING UP AND, OF COURSE, ATTRACTING OUR CHILDREN BACK AND BACK INTO OUR DISTRICT , AND SO, UH, AS I BEGIN TO TURN IT OVER AND WRITING YOU THAT WHAT WE CONSIDERED WAS THE FULL 11 CENTS AND WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS 7.55 CENTS, AND PART OF THAT IS COMPLICATED TO SAY THE LEAST. BUT A LARGE PART OF THAT IS TIMING. THIS IS AT A RECORD INFLATION TIME. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL TAXPAYERS. WE'RE ALL PATRONS. WE ALL FILL UP OUR TANKS AND GUESTS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT TIMING IS EVERYTHING. AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A TAX RATE THAT WILL STAY THE SAME AND THEY WILL ALSO STILL BE CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN WHAT THE FOUR HIGHEST TAX RATE WAS JUST THREE YEARS AGO. SO WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, AND I WANNA KIND OF BEFORE I TURN INTO BRIAN ON THE LAST SLIDE HERE. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT SO FAR AS WE HAVE DISCOVERED THIS DEFICIT , WE HAVE ALREADY CUT 15.4 MILLION, BUT THAT THE V A T. R E AT ONLY 7.55. CENTS IS NOT THE MAGIC CURE. IT WILL STILL REQUIRE US TO CUT 22.9 MILLION AND THAT WILL BE DONE THROUGH A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT WILL BE EXPLAINED. BUT THIS MEANS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY, THOUGH, THAT WE ARE BEING AS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AS WE POSSIBLY CAN . SO THAT IS THE COMBINATION THAT IT WILL TAKE AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR GWYN. THANK YOU.DOCTOR WENT BACK AS DR WHITBECK SHARED. WE ARE PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKE $23 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE WHAT OUR BUDGET IS MADE UP. AND SO AS MOST OF YOU ARE WEARING, WE SHARE IT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS ABOUT 88% OF OUR BUDGET IS SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND SO IT WON'T BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE REDUCTIONS WITHOUT REDUCING POSITIONS.
THROUGH ATTRITION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE IS WE LOOK AT DOING THIS, THE VACANCIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THE POSITIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE THROUGH ATTRITION. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE REDUCTIONS TO THE BUDGET TO MAKE OURSELVES MORE EFFICIENT. WE DO WANT TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AS TO WHAT AREAS WE WOULD LOOK AT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND SO AS WE UTILIZE THESE STRATEGIES, WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE THEM ALL INTO ACCOUNT. SO IT'S NOT A ONE AND DONE TYPE DEAL. WE WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE AND CONSIDER THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND SO THE $23 MILLION WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT 353 POSITIONS AGAIN. THIS WOULD BE DONE THROUGH ATTRITION AND SO ITS POSITIONS THAT ARE VACATED BUT NOT REFILLED. WE WOULD ALSO LOOK AT PROGRAMS THAT AS DR WHITBECK MENTIONED THAT ARE NOT PROVIDING THE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF STRATEGICALLY ABANDONING THOSE PROGRAMS. WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT HOW EFFICIENTLY WE'RE UTILIZING OUR CAMPUSES AND LOOK AT CONSOLIDATING CAMPUSES WHERE THAT MAKES SENSE, AND THOSE EFFORTS COULD INCLUDE THREE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. WE'LL
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ALSO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OPERATING REDUCTIONS THAT ARE NOT STAFFING RELATED. AND SO AN EXAMPLE OF THIS MAY MEAN IN THE CASE OF GALLUP, PRINCIPAL INSIGHT THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE UTILIZE TO EVALUATE STAFFING , AND THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE ELIMINATED THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY IMPACT ANYONE. FROM A STAFFING STANDPOINT, BUT IT DOES ALLOW US TO REDUCE OUR OVERALL COSTS AND ACHIEVE SAVINGS IN THE BUDGET. THE URGENCY BEHIND THESE ACTIONS IS BECAUSE WE ARE FACING A $47 MILLION DEFICIT WITH NOVA THREE. WE HAVE ESTHER FUNDING THAT HELP US THAT WILL HELP US MAINTAIN OUR 90 DAY OPERATING RESERVE. BUT WITHOUT ADDITIONAL REVENUE, WE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW OUR FUND BALANCE OPERATING REQUIREMENT STARTING IN THE NEXT YEAR. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING TAX RATE OF 21.1 CENTS. AND BECAUSE OF TAX RATE COMPRESSION, THAT DOES MEAN AN INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE OF 7.55 CENTS. AND SO THAT INCREASE GENERATES ABOUT $47 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE AND WILL TRIGGER A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION. AND SO I KNOW THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING BY MAINTAINING OUR EXISTING TAX RATE. WE ARE INCREASING THE TAX RATE AND AGAIN. THAT'S BECAUSE OF STATE STATUTE AND THE WAY THAT COMPRESSION WORKS. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE MAINTAINING A TAX RATE OF A DOLLAR, 21. OH, ONE. IF THAT ELECTION IS SUCCESSFUL, WE WILL USE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE PROCESS OF BEGINNING TO ADD POLICE OFFICERS AT ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. WE WOULD INCREASE OUR STARTING TEACHER RATE TO $60,000, WHICH MEANS AN ADDITIONAL AND IMMEDIATE RAISE OF $500 FOR ALL STAFF ON THE TEACHER PAY SCALE, SO THAT AGAIN WOULD GO INTO EFFECT WITH THE SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF A V A. T. R E. WE WOULD ALSO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR EGGS ILARY AND PARAPROFESSIONALS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 5% COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT FOR THE YEAR. SOME OF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS RECEIVED 2% SOME RECEIVED 3% AND FOR THOSE, WE WOULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT THEIR TOTAL COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT FOR THE YEAR TOTALED 5. BECAUSE OF HIGHER HEALTHCARE COSTS. WE WOULD SEE AN INCREASED CONTRIBUTION TO OUR HEALTH FUND AND THEN FINALLY, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A LONGEVITY PAY PROGRAM THAT I'LL PROVIDE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON AND SO, DR WHITBECK INDICATED AS SHE WAS TALKING WITH YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IS VALUE OUR STAFF. AND THIS IS TO NOT ONLY RETAIN THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE BUT TO ATTRACT THOSE TO THE DISTRICT THAT MAY NOT CURRENTLY WORK HERE. AND SO THE LONGEVITY PAY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE WOULD BRING FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IF THE BATTERY IS SUCCESSFUL AND AGAIN. THE INTENT IS TO VALUE PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCE AND SO THAT PAYMENT WOULD BE TO ALL REGULAR BENEFITS ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES, AND THEY WOULD RECEIVE $100 FOR EACH YEAR OF SERVICE. HOWEVER THE INITIAL PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD ROLL OUT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AGAIN, ASSUMING A SUCCESSFUL ELECTION WOULD BE AT LEAST $500 FOR ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES. SO WHETHER YOU HAVE ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE OR 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, YOU WOULD RECEIVE ARMS. I SHOULD SAY THAT DEFINITELY EVERYONE FROM ZERO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WOULD RECEIVE AN INITIAL PAYMENT. IF YOU HAVE ZERO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, IT WOULD BE AT LEAST $500. THIS WOULD BE FUNDED OUT OF ESTHER SO THERE WOULD BE NO IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. AND SO THAT COST WOULD BE ABOUT $13.2 MILLION FOR YEAR TWO AND ONWARD EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT'S DIVISIBLE BY FIVE WOULD RECEIVE A PAYMENT EACH YEAR. AND SO THESE WOULD BE EMPLOYEES WITH FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. 10 YEARS 15 AND SO ON. AND THAT ONGOING COSTS IS ABOUT $2.2 MILLION. AND SO AGAIN , THIS IS A WAY OF VALUE EMPLOYEES FOR BOTH THEIR EXPERIENCE BUT ALSO FOR STAYING WITH THE DISTRICT. AND SO WE HAVE SHARED SOME INITIAL NEWS WITH EMPLOYEES ON THIS AND THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE HEARD THE PROPOSAL AT ALL LEVELS HAVE BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WITH THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM A V A. T. R E R OUTLOOK IMPROVES CONSIDERABLY WITH THE 7.55 CENTS INCLUDED IN OUR FORECAST. HOWEVER AS WE HAVE SHARED, WE DO HAVE WORK THAT WE WOULD STILL CONTINUE TO DO TO REDUCE OUR EXPENDITURES BY ABOUT $23 MILLION TO MAINTAIN A BUDGET THAT MAINTAINS THE 90 DAY OPERATING RESERVE, AS REQUIRED BY BOARD POLICY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WE CONSIDER LOOKING AT A V A T. R E IS. HOW DOES OUR TAX RATE COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS AND WE ARE AT THE LOWER END OF THE SPECTRUM AND MAINTAINING A TAX RATE OF A DOLLAR AND 21 CENTS WOULD LIKELY MAINTAIN US IN THAT POSITION.CURRENTLY WE'RE ABOUT 14 CENTS LOWER THAN BOTH KATIE AND CY FAIR. AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT. ALTHOUGH YOU'VE PROBABLY ONLY HEARD OF FORT BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE TREES. THERE ARE OTHER
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DISTRICTS IN THE AREA THAT ARE ALSO CONSIDERING A V EIGHT RE THAT WOULD BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. IF OUR TAX RATE REMAINS FLAT AT A DOLLAR AND 21 CENTS, IT WILL BE LOWER THAN OUR HISTORIC RATE. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT OUR TAX RATE HAS BEEN OVER ABOUT THE LAST 16 YEARS AND THAT IT RATE IS CONSIDERED AN INCREASE AND AGAIN. THAT IS BECAUSE COMPRESSION IS OCCURRING AS MANDATED BY SENATE BILL TWO FROM THE 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR TAX RATE WHEN THEY RECEIVED THEIR TAX BILL, IT DOES NOT BREAK OUT THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE TAX RATE, BUT THE TAX RATE HAS MADE UP OF TWO COMPONENTS. THE INTEREST IN SINKING WHAT SUPPORTS OUR BOND PROGRAM AND HAS MANAGED THROUGH BOND ELECTIONS AS WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, OR M, AND A RATE THAT IS DONE TYPICALLY THROUGH THE PROCESS AND A V A. T E R E IS VERY MUCH AN EXCEPTION AND NOT THE RULE. ALTHOUGH MAY ANY OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE V A. T. R. THEORY PROCESS AND SO OF THOSE BUCKETS ON THE INTERESTS AND SINKING SIDE THAT CAN ONLY BE USED TO PAY ON THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON BONDS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ISSUED. WE CANNOT USE THIS FUNDING FOR TEACHER RAISES OR OTHER OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT CAN ONLY BE USED TO SUPPORT DEATH AT THE DISTRICT HAS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COMPONENT IS USED FOR OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, AND THIS INCLUDES ALL TEACHERS SALARIES. THE UTILITY BILLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, FUEL REPAIR SERVICES AND SUPPLIES, AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF OUR TAX RATE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE THAT OUR CURRENT PROPOSED THAT RATE OF 27 CENTS IS THE I N S COMPONENT AND THEN THE GENERAL FUND SIDE OR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS WOULD BE RECOMMENDED AT 94.1 CENTS. THE BASED ON OUR TAX RATE OF A DOLLAR AND 21 CENTS. THE AVERAGE TAX BILL WILL INCREASE BY ABOUT $208 ANNUALLY , OR ABOUT $17 A MONTH, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE COST OF NETFLIX PER MONTH. THESE DAYS. THAT'S ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT THAT. THIS BILL IS BASED ON THE AVERAGE HOME VALUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF ABOUT $293,000 OR ABOUT 294,000, ACTUALLY, AND IT IS INCLUSIVE OF THE $40,000 HOMESTEAD THAT WAS IMPROVED STATEWIDE IN MAY. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR TAXPAYERS TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT IF YOU ARE A TAXPAYER WITH AN OVER 65, OR DISABLED EXEMPTION THAT THE INCREASE WILL NOT IMPACT YOU THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE TRUE AS IF YOU MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT TO YOUR PROPERTY, SUCH AS ADDING A SWIMMING POOL OR A NEW ADDITION TO YOUR HOME, AND THEN THAT CASE YOUR HOME WOULD BE REVALUED. BUT IF YOU DON'T DO EITHER OF THOSE , THEN YOUR TAX BILL WILL NOT BE IMPACTED BY THE V A. T. R E AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STEPHEN L. FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THE BOND, AND BEFORE I DO, I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE TWO GUESTS THAT WE HAVE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. WE HAVE MR RAUL VILLA SENOR FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES AS WELL AS MR JONATHAN FERRELL'S FROM BRACEWELL, WHO WILL BE ASSISTING THROUGH PART OF OUR DISCUSSION THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, BRIAN. SO REGARDING THE BOND BOND 2022 CONTINUING THE PLAN. SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE BOND SPECIFICS, WE DO HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON HOW OUR DEBT PER STUDENT COMPARES WITH OUR PEER DISTRICTS. SO THIS IS THIS IS NEW. I DON'T THINK WE'VE SHOWN IN THIS ROOM YET. BUT WE DID. I THINK WE WERE AT 16,000 BEFORE. WE'RE 20,000. BUT OUR BUT OUR PEERS ALSO WENT UP. ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS HAVE HAVE DEBT. UM AND I THINK LAMAR WENT FROM 32 TO 40. SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY ABOUT HALF WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH REGARD TO BOND PRINCIPAL STANDING FOR STUDENTS, SO WE DO LOOK GOOD IN THIS IN THIS REALM. NEXT SLIDE, BRIAN, SO WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THIS PAST THURSDAY. THIS FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD WITH THE D C WITH THE CHAMBER. THROUGH ROTARY ENOUGH. ALSO OBVIOUSLY WITH ANY TEAM AND SPENDING MANY, MANY HOURS WITH IT, AND YOU KNOW THERE. THERE ARE BASICALLY THREE SCENARIOS THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT'S GOING WITH STICKING WITH BOND 2022 DOING IN NOVEMBER. THE FULL ORIGINAL PLAN OF 1.2 BILLION, UH , THE OTHER OPTIONS POSTPONED BY 2022 SHIFT. THE FULL ORIGINAL PLAN TO MAY OF 2023. THEN THE THIRD OPTION, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT CAME IN LATER AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL RISKS OF POSTPONING FACILITY DEFICIENCIES THOSE NEEDS AS WELL AS TRANSPORT, THE TECHNOLOGY NETWORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE. WE LOOKED AT JUST DOING A SPLITTING THE BOND. BETWEEN NOVEMBER JUST FOCUSING ON THE BASICS. YOU KNOW THE SAFE, WARM AND DRY COMPONENTS AND THEN PUTTING THE[00:25:05]
NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE CAMPS REBUILDS IN THE CLASSROOM TOOL SETS INTO THE SECOND HALF. AND SO THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE DONE IN 2023. IT IS IMPORTANT BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE MORE ABOUT THE OPTIONS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE OF OUR PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH AND WE'VE BEEN MANAGING DEBT. WE'RE CONFIDENT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE ANY OF THESE SCENARIOS WITHOUT A TAX RATE INCREASE, IN FACT, EVEN BEING ABLE TO LOWER THE DEBT SERVICE RATE BY TWO P.CHINESE UM, SO IN THE END AFTER AFTER TALKING WITH EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW IT WAS INTERESTING, REALLY INTERESTING. DURING THE BOC ON THURSDAY, WE WERE IN HERE. WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT INPUT FROM FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND THE CONSENSUS AMONG THE GROUP WHERE THERE WAS TWO MAIN CONSENSUS. ONE WAS THAT THE TERRY WAS CRITICAL. AND THAT WAS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN DISCUSSIONS ON IT. WE'VE TALKED WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE BECAUSE OF THEIR THEIR THEIR IMPORTANCE AND ALSO BECAUSE THESE THINGS GO TOGETHER, UPDATING THEM AND EDUCATING THEM ON THE TERRI IS SOMETHING WE HAD DONE BEFORE THURSDAY, SO THEY WERE ALL IN TUNE WITH THAT. I THINK SOME HAVE BEEN WATCHING BOARD MEETINGS AND SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS DEFINITELY THE CONSENSUS. THE OTHER CONSENSUS WAS THAT IT WASN'T GONNA BE WISE TO SPLIT THE BOND. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS BECAUSE IF HE SPLIT THE BOND, YOU DO SPLIT STAKEHOLDERS UP. OKAY YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S INTERESTED IN ONE PROJECT. ONCE THAT GETS DONE, THEY MAY NOT CARE ABOUT THE OTHER ONE. AND SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THOSE CONSENSUS ON WHAT THERE WASN'T CONSENSUS ON WAS WHETHER OR NOT THE BOND SHOULD BE IN NOVEMBER OR THE SPRINGTIME. AND PART OF THE PART OF THE DISCUSSION AND THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT WERE YOU KNOW FOR KEEPING IN NOVEMBER, OTHERS MOVING IT TOO. MAY THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT WERE ON THE FENCE. BUT ONE THING THAT THAT WAS WE DEFINITELY HEARD FROM THEM. AND SOME OF THE OTHERS IS THAT BECAUSE THE T R E IS A PARTY, YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING ANYTHING FOR THE BOND, IF IT DOES, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE TERRY NEGATIVELY. OKAY SO AFTER HEARING ALL THAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAD DONE AND LITERALLY GOING ROUND AND ROUND AND SPENDING MANY HOURS AFTERWARD, BECK SAID. WE DID SETTLE ON NUMBER TWO IS BEING OUR RECOMMENDATION. AND SO LET ME JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE WHY WE WENT THERE. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS JUST CONFUSION. OKAY? AS YOU KNOW, SCHOOL FINANCE IS NOT AN EASY TOPIC. OKAY AND YOU CAN TELL PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THE STATE BENEFITS FROM OUR PROPERTY TAXES OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT WHEN THEY SEE THEIR STATEMENT THEY STILL THINK THEY WERE JUST FLUSH WITH CASH AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. OKAY AND SO, SO ANYWAY , THERE'S DEFINITELY CONFUSION OVER THAT, ESPECIALLY IF WE WERE GOING TO COME COMBINE A T, R E AND A BILLION DOLLAR BOND IN THE SAME IN THE SAME ELECTION. UM SO PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE ASKING. WHAT IS THE DISTRICT DOING WITH THIS WINDFALL OF PROPERTY TAXES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO FINES THAT SLIDE WITH AND WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL IT THE LUCKY CHARM SLIDE OKAY WITH THE WITH THE TWO BUCKETS THERE. THOSE POTS THE THAT SLIDE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF OUR PRESENTATIONS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE ON AN ONGOING BASIS, EDUCATING OUR PUBLIC ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO FINES BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE TWO DIFFERENT ELECTIONS TO BENEFIT. AND SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR A LONG TIME. BUT WHEN YOU JUST SEE IT INITIALLY IT IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE A WHILE. THEY'RE ALSO ONE OF THE KEY POINT IS THAT THE FOUR BOND SO WE DON'T WANT TO GO WITH A SPLIT BOND. BUT THE FULL BOND IS GOING TO HAVE ITS THREE OF ITS OWN SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS WE HAVE A PROPOSITION FOR ALL OF THE MAIN STUFF, ANOTHER PROPOSITION FOR THE CLASSROOM TOOL SETS AND THEN ANOTHER PROPOSITION FOR THE NATATORIUM.
SO THE BOND BY ITSELF WITHOUT THREE PROPOSITIONS. YOU ADDED THAT THE V A T R E, THERE WOULD BE FOUR. PROPOSITIONS. AND THERE'S CONFUSION WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE ABOUT LANGUAGE AND THE WAY IT IS. AND SO ANOTHER. ANOTHER THING WHERE YOU KNOW, WORRIED ABOUT, FRANKLY , IS THAT YOU KNOW, WITH WITH THE WITH THE BOND, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF REBUILDS ON THEIR OF 22 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS IS GOING TO BE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE RECOMMENDING FOR IN THE FUTURE. WE'LL STICK WITH ASIDE FOR A SECOND. UH, BRIAN I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE, BUT, UM, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LONGER PROCESS TO STUDY THIS MORNING BUT ALSO HAVE A PROCESS. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE ON WHATEVER WE'D BE LOOKING AT TO RECOMMEND FOR ELEMENTARY REAL REBUILDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND PUSHING THINGS THROUGH INTO NOVEMBER. WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM SO THAT'S THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT. ANOTHER THING WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT. THERE'S STILL SOME ANGST ABOUT SOME OF THE BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THERE. AND SO SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT AGREE WITH THE POTENTIAL LOCATION OF THE NATATORIUM OR MIDDLE SCHOOL 15. THEY MAY SAY, WELL, I'M UPSET ABOUT THAT. AND THEY MAY VOTE NO ON EVERYTHING JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT THAT THING.
WE WERE WE'RE JUST REALLY WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE T R E BECAUSE IT IS OF PRIMARY CONCERN FOR US. UM OKAY. THERE ARE RISKS TO PROPONENT THIS BOND THEIR RISK, OKAY. I MEAN, I'M
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JUST I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT, AND THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH THE SKINNY VERSION OF THE FACILITY DEFICIENCIES, TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY, AND SO BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO MITIGATE THEM. AND WE WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST, AND NOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE IN PLACE IN THIS SPORT IS THIS BOARD HAS ADOPTED A BOND REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION WHERE IT ALLOWS THE GENERAL FUND. TWO FRONT. SOME OF THE PROJECTS RELATED TO THE BOND WITH WITH THE POTENTIAL OF THOSE OF THE GENERAL FUND BEING REIMBURSED BY SUCCESSFUL BOND IN THE FUTURE. OKAY WE'VE DONE THAT . WHENEVER WE'VE WE ARE FUNDED SULLIVAN WHENEVER WE WERE FUNDED BUSCHER AND I THINK, THE MOST RECENTLY WITH, UM ONE OF OUR OTHER CAMPUSES, SO WE'VE DONE IT AND WE CAN DO IT AGAIN. AND WHAT I DO SEE US DOING OVER THE COMING MONTHS IS BRINGING TO THE BOARD ITEMS THAT PURCHASES FOR I T INFRASTRUCTURE AND NETWORK BECAUSE OF THE LONG LEAD TIMES AS WELL AS SOME SOME POTENTIAL THINGS ON THE ON THE FACILITY SIDE H FACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THINGS IN PLACE, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL ACTION BUT ALSO MAYBE TO ADDRESS SOME FAILURE THAT MAY HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THAT TIME. AND SO THERE ARE TOOLS THAT WE CAN THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE RISKS, BUT BUT ANYWAY, WE FELT LIKE FOCUSING ON THE T R E WAS PRIMARY IN COMPARISON TO THOSE RISKS, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE THOSE, UH, THAT TOOL IN OUR TOOL KIT. SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CAMPUS UTILIZATION AND ALL AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS DEFINITELY A SENSITIVE TOPIC.AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN US GO FOR 11 PENNIES THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS RIGHT NOW. WE COULD HAVE PUT IT OFF FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT IT REALLY PROBABLY WOULD ONLY BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS WITHOUT SIX SIGNIFICANT HELP FROM THE STATE IF WE SHOWED YOU IF YOU REMEMBER WE SHOWED THE 11TH SENT SCENARIO SOME TIME AGO, IT SHOWED IT SHOWED US BEING BELOW 90 DAYS IN THE 24 25 TIMEFRAME. AND SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME WERE FOR US AND DISTRICTS LIKE US WHO HAVE CAMPUSES THAT THAT MIGHT BE SMALLER OR UNDERUTILIZED. AND SO, UM AS I'VE TALKED WITH YOU BEFORE HAVING SMALLER SCHOOLS WITH LOW UTILIZATION DOES INCREASE COSTS FOR STUDENT DOES MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO COMPETE WITH THE DISTRICTS AROUND US. UM SO HAVING LIVED THROUGH SOME SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS IN THE PAST. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IF WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THIS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING TANGIBLE THAT THE PARENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED THE FAMILIES THAT ARE IMPACTED THAT THEY SEE WHETHER IT'S A NEWER FACILITY OR WHETHER SOME KIND OF PROGRAMMATIC ENHANCEMENT OKAY, AND SO ANYWAY, SO THAT BEING SAID WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING THAT. BUT HOW WOULD YOU? HOW WOULD YOU GO THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS? WE'RE GOING TO USE THE HELP FROM OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS PASTA. AH DIJON RICHTER TO USE LOOK AT SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE HAVE ON OUR FACILITY. CONDITION INDEX, THE DATA DRIVEN CAMPUS USES THE INFORMATION YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE UTILIZATION THAT WE HAVE NOW? WHAT'S PROJECTED IN THE FUTURE? WHAT IS THE ANCHORAGE FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL? IS IT BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE A LARGER SCHOOL? SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS. AND THEN WHAT ARE THE PROXIMITY TO THE OTHER CAMPUSES? WHAT ARE THE PROXIMITY TO CHARTRES? THE BORDER OF THE DISTRICT OF THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL OF THAT HAS TO TAKEN BE TAKEN TO ACCOUNT. AND SO IT IS A PROCESS THAT WE INTEND TO GO FORWARD WITH OVER THE COMING MONTHS. OKAY, BRIAN, NEXT SLIDE.
SO. THIS IS A WE ARE IN PROGRESS . OKAY SO HOW DO YOU GET TO VISION? 2030 RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE DOING THE SORRY IT'S 7.55 PENNIES WITH OUR FOCUS ON SAFETY AND SECURITY COMPENSATION WITH THOSE ADJUSTMENTS BRIAN OUTLINED AS WELL AS THE LONGEVITY PAY AND THEN IN 20 FOR THE BOND AND MAY 2023. IN THE MEANTIME, MAXIMIZING EFFICIENCIES TRYING TO GET TO THAT 22.3 MILLION WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CREATING THE SCHOOL UTILIZATION PLAN, BUT THEN ALSO LOOKING AT OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT. HOW ARE WE DOING THAT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT REFINING THE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY PLAN IS 1 TO 1 THE ANSWER THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND THEN REVIEWING OUR BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY PLAN. YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE R P OR THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ON THE BUSINESS SIDE FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE FOR US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND SO AND THEN HAVING THE AND HAVING THE BOND AT THAT TIME UNDER THIS TIME FRAME, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE ITS I THINK OUR PUBLIC COULD ANTICIPATE HAVING A BONDS AGAIN IN 2026, 2020 AND 2030 AS WELL. AND I THINK THAT'S IT BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. MM HMM.
THANK YOU, MR BASSETT FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I WILL NOW OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. THE BOARD DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, MR GARCIA? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU GUYS
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FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS. UM. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THE FACILITIES . WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY BACK IF WE DO A FUTURE BOND, SO WE HAVE MAINTENANCE DEFICIENCIES , AND WE DID THAT FOR SOME OF THE BILLS OF THE SCHOOLS. AH IS IT SOMETHING SIMILAR? WE DO AS FAR AS BOND CONTINGENCY THAT NO , WE DON'T HAVE MUCH LEFT IN 2014 BOND. WHAT ABOUT THE 2018 BANK AND THOSE FUNDS BE USED AS A CONTINGENCY FOR MAINTENANCE DEFICIENCIES. LIFECYCLE ITEMS. THINGS THAT MAY POP UP. THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES, PENDING THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS OR FACILITY. ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING ARE WITHIN THE ORIGINAL BOND LANGUAGE. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALSO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES. BOND CONTINGENCY CAN ALSO BE A SOURCE OF FUNDING TO HELP FUND SOME OF THOSE FACILITY DEFICIENCIES THAT WE FIND. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME SCHOOLS IN ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF 100 KIDS IN THEM AND CAPACITY OF THE SCORED SUB MAY BE SMALLER THAN THE 7 800 RANGE. WHAT IS LIKE THE BREAK EVEN POINT TO OPERATE A SCHOOL? SO IF WE SAY YOU'RE OPERATING AT A DEFICIT. IF THERE'S UNDER CERTAIN AMOUNT OF KIDS, DO WE HAVE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? FOR EACH ONE OF THE SCHOOLS? EACH SCHOOL IS DIFFERENT BASED ON THE SIZE AND THE NUMBER OF KIDS IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT TELLS US YOU COULD PINPOINT OR THESE SCHOOLS ARE DEFINITELY OPERATING AT A DEFICIT. THESE ARE THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATES. THEY'RE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IS THERE ANY ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THAT WE HAVE WE CAN GET WELL WHAT I WOULD. THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE DON'T LOOK AT IT EXACTLY LIKE A BUSINESS. I DON'T WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT EDUCATING STUDENTS FIRST, HOWEVER, WHEN WE ONE OF THE TOP THINGS THAT YOU NOTICE THAT WAS ON THAT LIST WAS TO FACILITY CONDITION INDEX AND SO IF WE KNOW THAT A CAMPUS IS ALREADY BEING SET UP FOR A REBUILD OR EXTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION AND WE KNOW THAT THAT CAMPUSES UNDERUTILIZED IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT. SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT DO WE LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS AND THAT RESPECT? NO, WE DON'T. BUT WE DO LOOK AT OUR COST PER STUDENT AND OPERATIONS, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THAT STEVE AND INDICATED EARLIER THAT IN SOME CASES, WE SEE THAT WE ARE OPERATING AT A HIGHER COST PER STUDENT. THAN SOME OF OUR PURE DISTRICTS. AND IF WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE, ONE OF THE WAYS OF LOWERING THAT IS TO CREATE ECONOMIES OF SCALES WITH OUR SCHOOLS. JUST JUST ADD TO THAT, UM, PART OF THE IF ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES IF YOU JUST TOOK OUR CAMPUSES BY THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW THE 80 CAMPUSES AND IF YOU SAID THAT THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SET UP RIGHT NOW, THEY MAY BE TURNING A PROFIT OF LET'S JUST SAY $1000. OKAY WELL, THAT WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT AND SO TO LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY. WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ALLOCATION PROCESS TO ALLOCATE THE COST OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OF THE PAYROLL DEPARTMENT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN IN SUCH OUT TO DO IT ON TO DO IT ON THAT BASIS, WE COULD DO IT EASILY QUICK AND EASILY TO LOOK AT. OKAY. WHAT IS JUST THE REVENUE FOR THE FOR THE CAMPUS BASED ON DECEMBER STUDENTS, AND WHAT ARE THOSE EXPENDITURES? BUT IN TERMS OF LOOK, YOU REALLY DO NEED TO LOOK . LOOK AT IT. HOLISTICALLY FROM DISTRICT RESPECTIVE UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A DETAILED ALLOCATION PROCESS.OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IN REGARDS TO THE CONSOLIDATION AND I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ANY TIME YOU DO. YOU'VE DONE SOME OF THESE BEFORE. IN THE PAST THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT GIVING THEM SOMETHING. SO THE IDEA OF YOU'RE IN A SCHOOL THAT MAYBE 20 OR 30 YEARS OLD. HMM BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE MOVING TO A FACILITY IS BRAND NEW OR YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO A SCHOOL THAT MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS OLD, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A NICE NEWER FACILITIES. MORE TECHNOLOGY, MORE ACCESS TO THINGS SO DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO BE MINDFUL OF. THAT'S A VERY TOUCHY SUBJECT. I IMAGINE HAVE GONE THROUGH INTO SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS. ME PERSONALLY, SO, UM, BUT I'VE HEARD SOME STORIES THAT I DO APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION, SO BUT I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR GARCIA. MS HANAN. THANK YOU, MRS MALONE. UM I FIRST HAVE A COMMENT, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE ON SLIDE 17, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK THERE . BUT MR GWEN, YOU ALLUDED TO YOU KNOW THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, HAT. HOW DO YOU, UM, HAVE A TAX INCREASE WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE, OR YOU KNOW SOMETHING TO THAT
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EFFECT AND I THINK THIS THIS IS STILL VERY CONFUSING TO, UM UM, OUR GENERAL PUBLIC WITH THE V A, T. R E AND WHILE I SUPPORT IT, I REALLY JUST IMPLORE YOU BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I HEAR IT, I'M STILL CONFUSED, AND I THINK ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT ARE UM, OUR PUBLIC DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE V A. T, R E AND PENNIES VERSUS YOU KNOW WHAT ARE FOUR TURBINE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS CHARGED WITH FROM THE STATE. UM AND WHY THOSE APPRAISALS INCREASE AND HOW THAT DOES DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND I THINK HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND COMING TO SOME CLARITY WITH THAT, UM, IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A TAX INCREASE. WHEN MONEY'S COMING OUT OF PEOPLE'S POCKETBOOKS. IT'S AN INCREASE AND, UM AND IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY CHALLENGING WITH THAT LANGUAGE THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS PUT ON US THAT WE HAVE TO INCLUDE. THAT THAT IT'S A TAX INCREASE, WHETHER IT IS OR ISN'T IN THE BOND OR THE 80 ARI SO THAT THAT'S KIND OF JUST A COMMENT. MR GWYN AND MR BASSETT THAT THAT HOW COULD WE HELP OUR OUR PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THAT I DO HAVE, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT GOES BACK A LITTLE BIT TO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS MR GARCIA HAS HAD , SO I HAD ASKED ABOUT THE BOND CONTINGENCY. MONIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. AND YOU LET ME KNOW THAT WE HAVE AFTER WE SPEND SOME MORE MONEY WE HAVE ABOUT 10.5 IN THE 2000. 14 AND THEN RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 2.9 IN THE 2018. BUT YOU INDICATED THAT WILL GROW. AND SO, UH, AS THINGS ARE CLOSED OUT, SO IS THERE ANY WAY TO MAKE A PREDICTION OR FORECAST HOW MUCH THAT WILL GROW BY BY THE TIME WE ASK VOTERS IF WE IF WE IF THIS MORE DEGREES ON A MAY ELECTION, HOW MUCH THAT WILL GROW BY MAY AND WOULD THAT GROWTH IMPACT AT ALL? WHAT WE'RE ASKING FROM, UM VOTERS. FOR THE BOND. SO TO GO IN AND PIN IT DOWN TO MAY. I WOULD NEED SOME ADDITIONAL TIME. BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BOND AS FAR AS CLOSING THE PROJECTS OUT AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATED THIS MOMENT WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 30 MILLION. WHENEVER WHENEVER WE'RE YOU KNOW, ALL DONE. UH BUT IF YOU WANT SOMETHING IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT LITTLE CLOSER. OKAY I JUST I WONDER IF THAT 30 MILLION WOULD IMPACT WHAT WE WHAT WE ARE ASKING IN THE BOND PACKAGE, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR LIKE THIS. THE SAFE, WARM, DRY ITEMS . UM OR IS THAT JUST A TOTALLY SEPARATE. PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO LOOK AT. IT IS A SEPARATE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE BECAUSE THERE'S OSCAR INDICATED THERE'S THE TIMING OF WHEN THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. VERSUS THE TIMING ON THE PHONE. WE ACTUALLY NEED TO BEGIN MAKING THE PURCHASES AND BECAUSE OSCAR AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW THAT WILL RESULT IN LIKELY SOME SAVINGS. NOT KNOWING WHEN THAT FUNDING WILL OCCUR AND BE AVAILABLE AS ONE OF THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF SAYING. WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE IT BECAUSE OF THE CHILLER GOES OUT. WE CAN'T SAY WELL, WE CAN'T REPLACE THAT CHILLER UNTIL OSCAR RELEASES BOND CONTINGENCY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY. OKAY AND THEN I HAVE ONE FINAL FINAL QUESTION.
AND I'M SORRY. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF MR GWYN OR MR BASSETT WORK, UM, GIVING US THE INFORMATION ABOUT, UM FUND BALANCE AND FORECASTING INTO THE FUTURE WITH THE 11 CENTS VERSUS THE 7.55 CENTS, SO AS I LOOK AT IT NOW, UM WITH THE 7.55, WE GET INTO 2024 2025, WITH THE FORECAST BACK DOWN TO 80 DAYS. SO IT IT IT SORT OF WE GET TO GET OUT OF JAIL CARD THIS YEAR AND TO GET OUT OF JAIL. HMM NEXT YEAR, BUT YOU KNOW THE GROWTH THAT YOU SHOW AND EXPENDITURE IS QUITE SUBSTANTIAL, UM ON THERE, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS YOU KNOW IF WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING EVEN WITH THE V A T R E WE'RE HAVING TO LOOK AT. I THINK YOU SAID 23 OR $24 MILLION IN IN REDUCED EXPENDITURES, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH A TISSUE ATTRITION WITH STAFFING OR OR, YOU KNOW PROGRAMS. UM. WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO WE DO FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 24 25, BECAUSE WE CAN'T SIT IN AN 80. UM 80 DAY FUN BALANCE, AND THAT'S NOT VERY FAR OFF. YES, MA'AM. THAT IS
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CORRECT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT MR HAMBLETON ASK A BIT EARLIER WAS RELATED TO THE STATE MAKING CHANGES TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. AND SO OUR CURRENT FORECAST ASSUMES NO CHANGE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. THERE'S A LAYER OF CONSERVATISM BUILT INTO THAT, AS IS RELATED TO HOW MUCH WE ADJUST STAFFING BY COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS, ETCETERA. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT BASED ON HOW THINGS LOOK TODAY, ASSUMING EVERYTHING GOES EXACTLY LIKE WE PLANNED, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. BUT WHAT WE KNOW HISTORICALLY IS THAT TYPICALLY SPEAKING OUR EXPENDITURES COME IN LESS THAN BUDGET OR ARE VERY CLOSE TO IT. AND SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT IS THERE A CHANCE THAT SOME ADJUSTMENTS MAY NEED TO BE MADE IN THE FUTURE? THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS, YES, BUT ONE THING THAT REMAINS CONSTANT IN ALL OF THIS IS THE BOARD ADOPTED POLICY OF HAVING A 90 DAY FUND BALANCE OPERATING RESERVE. AND SO IF THAT SITUATION WERE TO ARISE, THE BUDGET THAT THE STAFF BRINGS TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION WOULD MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. AND SO THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN WAVER AWAY FROM THAT WOULD BE IF THE BOARD MAKES A DELIBERATE DECISION FOR US TO GO BELOW 90 DAYS, AND FOR ALL INDICATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM YOU ALL THAT IS NOT A DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE GIVING US AND SO THAT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR PLAN. SO THE SHORT OF THIS IS DO WE FORESEE CHALLENGES IN THE FUTURE? YES BUT BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NO ADJUSTMENTS TO STATE REVENUE FOR CHANGE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOME CONSERVATIVE FLEXIBILITY IN THERE. THAT WOULD LIKELY MEAN THAT WE WOULD BE CLOSER TO 90 DAYS RATHER THAN FARTHER AWAY. OKAY? THANK YOU.THANK YOU. MR BASSETT. MR GWYN. THANK YOU, MRS MALONE. THANK YOU, MS HANAN. MR HAMBLETON? YES MR PEREZ. CAN YOU SPEAK TO? I GUESS THE URGENCY OF SOME OF THE FACILITIES NEEDS AND HOW A BOND IN NOVEMBER VERSUS A BOND IN MAY VERSUS A BOND LATER THAN MAY. WORD. IMPACT YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THOSE, THE MORE AND MORE URGENT FACILITY NEEDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. MHM. EXCUSE ME, OBVIOUSLY.
THE SOONER THE BONDED BETTER BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE LOOKING AT ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS PHASE TWO THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE FIRST BOND THAT ARE NOW STARTING TO FAIL. AND THERE'S SOME ITEMS , IN FACT, THAT NOT ON THE AGENDA LATER ON THAT, YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS WE HAVE A CHILDREN, ROGERS AUDITORIUM. THAT'S FAILED. WE HAVE YOU KNOW SOME LIGHTS, YOU KNOW THAT ARE FAILING AREA AND IT JUST SO IT CONTINUES. IT'S KIND OF LIKE LOOKING INTO A CRYSTAL BALL. REALLY? I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. BUT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THE LONGER THAT YOU PROLONG IT. THERE'S ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY. THE ONE THING ABOUT IT IS THAT WE MAINTAIN THE CONTINGENCY, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY EACH TIME THAT WE SEE THAT WE CAN RELEASE SOME FUNDS BECAUSE WE'RE AT A POINT IN A PROJECT THAT WE DON'T FEEL WE HAVE ANY MORE IN FOUR SEASONS. WE GO AHEAD AND RELEASE THE FUNDS INTO CONTINGENCY AND THEN BASED ON POLICY, WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD IF THERE IS A NEED TO GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR UTILIZATION OF THOSE FUNDS. THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS WE ALSO MONITOR OTHER PROJECTS, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT LATER ON WHERE THERE'S AVAILABLE FUNDS BECAUSE WE HAD FAVORABLE UH, YOU KNOW, BETTING THAT CAME IN AND STUFF AND SO WE COME BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR PERMISSION TO GO AHEAD AND ADD A PROJECT TO A PACKAGE. WE DO THAT THOSE IN EACH TIME WE DO THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AS WE GO OUT WITH THE NEXT BOND, AND THEN IT'S MR BASSETT SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. THERE'S ALWAYS THAT REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION. SO IF WE IF, FOR SOME REASON WE WERE AT A POINT WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE FUNDS, YOU KNOW WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT SHORT ANSWER IS. I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE BOND YESTERDAY. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE V A. T R E IS DEFINITELY NEEDED AND I WOULD HATE THE CLOUD. UH YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC'S OPINION ON WHAT WE TRULY NEED, AND WE NEED A THEORY. THANK YOU, MR HAMBLETON. MISS DAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO FIRST, I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TEAM. FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, I WOULD JUST SHARE. I REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS BACK. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE V A. T R E PLUS THE BOUNDS AND WE HAD A MEETING. AND BY THE TIME TO BE HONEST, I HAVE TO. I HAVE TO AS A BOARD MEMBER AND ALSO A TAXPAYER. I KIND OF SEE BOTH SIDES RIGHT? SO WE ALL WANT TO PROVIDE WHAT'S THE BEST CAN TO THE STUDENTS AND OTHER TEACHERS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I REALLY WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE TAXPAYER. THAT'S OUR JOB. UM SO I THINK ABOUT THAT TIME FEEL OF US. SO I MEAN, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SMALL GROUP, SO I KNOW WE ASKED FOR A
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PLAN LIKE WHAT'S THE REDUCTION PLAN? HOW CAN WE MAKE IT THE OPERATION MORE EFFICIENT? UM. SO I THINK TODAY YOU REALLY BRING THIS ANSWER TO US. AND NOT ONLY WERE TRYING TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS THE BEST WE CAN OFFER AND ALSO, WE'RE BEING VERY RESPONSIBLE, UM , TO THE WORD I REALLY LIKE, IS THE MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A REALLY CRITICAL WHEN WE MAKE IT THIS DECISIONS AND YOU CAN CHOOSE SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK. FOR ALL OF YOU, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE AND ALSO, I APPRECIATE ALSO THE EDUCATION, UM FOR THE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY COMPLICATED. I HAVE TO SAY SO. THIS PROCESS, THOUGH. UM MR BASSETT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TO ME AND I EDUCATE ME. I UNDERSTAND A LOT MORE THAN BEFORE. SO THAT BEING SAID, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE QUESTIONS, MY COLLEAGUE ASKED. I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT. UM. WE YOU KNOW, WITH THIS WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, UM THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ASK IS IF WE CAN HAVE, UM, I THINK, MR OSCAR PRESS. UH MENTIONED THE DRAWDOWN SCHEDULE, SO I'M JUST WONDERING, MAYBE AT SOME POINT, UM MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT'S YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD IN THE FUTURE FROM WHEN THE PROJECT CLOSED DOWN THE REASON I'M ASKING, FOR EXAMPLE, LAST MEETING WE MENTIONED OR THE I FORGOT THAT MAYBE IN THE NEWSPAPER WE MENTIONED ACCLIMATES HAVE LIKE FOUNDATION. NO PROBLEM. SO THAT IS REALLY KIND OF WEAK. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY. I JUST WANT TO THINKING ABOUT THE WORST SCENARIO WE CAN COVER SOME OF THOSE REALLY BIG ITEMS. WE HAVE A WAY TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS IN CASE UH SOMETHING HAPPENED, BUT I JUST IF YOU CAN PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE INFORMATION AND THAT'S ACTUALLY I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I HAD THROUGH MY COLLEAGUE'S QUESTION. SO I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, MISS DAY. DR GILLIAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CONVERSATION AND FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION UM, I'M. GOING TO ONLY TALK ABOUT OR ASK ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REALLY ASK ABOUT FIRST OF ALL, DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR OUR ARE TAXPAYERS AS FAR AS THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE, WHERE WE HAVE OPEN FORUMS. UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK? YES MA'AM. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST WITH OUR ELECTIONS AND BEING COMPLETELY OPEN WITH OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE NOT ONLY OPEN HOUSE EVENTS SCHEDULED IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS. AS THOSE START UP NEXT WEEK. WE WILL HAVE INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES BY THEN. IF THE ELECTION IS CALLED. WE'LL HAVE SOME BASIC INFORMATION. OF COURSE, WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING WITH ALL THE FACTS AND FIGURES, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON SCRIPTS FOR VIDEOS THAT WE WILL BE RELEASING AS WELL AS A SOCIAL A MEDIA CAMPAIGN. AND THEN THE TWO WAY ENGAGEMENT THAT WILL CONTINUE OUTSIDE OF THOSE OPEN HOUSES WILL BE NOT ONLY STAFF MEETINGS AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT THEN ADDITIONAL FEEDER PATTERN OPEN FORUMS AND WE'VE DONE THOSE IN THE PAST AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, WELL ATTENDED. WE HAVE TRANSLATORS AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES WILL ALSO HAVE PRINTED MATERIALS AS WELL AS DIGITAL MATERIALS FOR FAMILIES. UM AND THAT'S WHEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS WILL BE ABLE TO REALLY DIG DEEP INTO ANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE AND WILL HAVE MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIVES THERE AT THOSE LARGER EVENTS. WE WILL THE OTHER THING WE DID LAST TIME WITH THE 2018 BOND THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL WAS ALLOWED SOME TWO WAY ENGAGEMENT ON FACEBOOK, SO WE'LL BE EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE KNOW NOT EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE GOING OUT INTO EVENTS, OR MAYBE IS AVAILABLE AT THOSE TIMES, SO THERE WILL BE SOME THAT ARE LIFE AND THEN THEY WILL SOMETHING BE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN JUST COMMUNICATE. THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE DEDICATED. LET'S TALK CHANNELS THAT WILL BE REINSTITUTED SPECIFICALLY FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE V A, T, R E OR A BOND. AND THANK YOU. ALSO I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE AN ANSWER TO RIGHT NOW. BUT I WOULD LIKE IT TO I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE OUT. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO APPROACH THAT? HMM I DON'T KNOW IF WELL, WE HAVE TO HAVE NAMES AND BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GO TO VOTE SO HOW DOES THAT LOOK? HOW HOW DOES THAT ROLL OUT? OKAY I'LL LET YOU[00:55:08]
BRIAN OVER, SO HE HE JUST LOOKED BACK AT ME, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'M LOOKING AT BOTH OF Y'ALL. SO UM, YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE NAMES BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK WHENEVER WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS, BUT IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF THE FOLLOWING MAY FOR THE BOND THAT WE WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE TO BE FINISHED WITH THE WITH THE PLAN BY THAT TIME AND SO YOU KNOW, THE I DID GET THE CORRECTION ARE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS COOPERATIVE STRATEGY THAT I THINK AND SO WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM TO TALK THROUGH THOSE PARAMETERS THAT WE LAID OUT AND SEE WHAT SEE WHAT THEIR WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TERMS AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE PROXIMITY TO OTHER CAMPUSES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A PLAN. THEN WE WOULD TRY TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY WITH THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD BE THINKING. IF YOU LOOK PURELY AT THE DATA, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD BE POINTING TO. WE DON'T KNOW THOSE. WE DON'T KNOW THOSE CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW. I CAN LOOK IN THE EYE RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES THEY WOULD BE OKAY. UM BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO START SOMEWHERE IN TERMS OF LOOKING LOOKING AT GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE THINKING.OKAY. WELL IF IT IS GOING TO BE CAMPUS X, WHICH CAMPUS AROUND IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR A REBUILD, AND THAT'S WHERE THE BOND COMES IN, OKAY, OR WHICH CAMPUS AROUND, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR A INCREASE FOR A BETTER PROGRAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO, SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A PARALLEL PARALLEL TRACK. THAT YOU THAT YOU WOULD GO THROUGH. IN ADDITION TO FIGURING OUT WAYS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY WITH THAT AFTER YOU AFTER YOU PUT TOGETHER THE SENSE OF A PLAYER SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW I SEE THAT HAPPENING. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE THAT'S WHAT WE DID WHERE I WAS BEFORE.
OKAY JUST, YOU KNOW, REMIND YOU THE WHENEVER I GOT THERE, THEY JUST CLOSED SCHOOLS AND IT WAS IT WAS BRUTAL. BUT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THAT REINVESTMENTS THAT WERE MADE THE COMMUNITY GOT BEHIND, PASSING A BOND JUST 18 MONTHS LATER, WITH 75% OF THE OR 66% OF THE VOTE TO CLOSE TO ONE MORE SCHOOLS AND SO IT'S A IT'S A PROCESS THAT YOU CAN HAVE SUCCESS WITH. IT'S JUST REALLY HARD. AND I'M SORRY. WHERE DO WE CLOSE 12 SCHOOLS? NO, THIS WAS IN. THIS WAS SAN ANTONIO OESTE DE WE DIDN'T I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SAID SO THAT WAS AN ANTONIO ANTONIO AND YOUR EXPERIENCE THERE WITH. RIGHT WITH WITH THAT WHENEVER I GOT THERE, CFO IN 2008. THEY'RE JUST CLOSE SCHOOLS AND WE HAD TO BOND IN 2010, WHICH WHICH INCLUDED THE CLOSURE OF 12 MORE SCHOOLS. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ADD ALSO THAT THE CONSOLIDATION OR CLOSING OF THE CAMPUS FALLS UNDER POLICY, FC LOCAL AS WELL THROUGH OUR SCHOOL BOUNDARY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE WORK WITH OUR ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES SO ONCE DETERMINED THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL. THANK YOU, DR GILLIAM. YEAH AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE MISS WILLIAMS, ARE YOU PRESENT NO. I HAVE A BIT MORE LESS. OKAY MISS DAY HIGH. SORRY ACTUALLY, BASED ON YOUR ANSWER TO, UH, DR GILLIAM, I WANTED TO ASK FOR THE VERY A T R E NEED TO USE OUTSIDE CONSULTANT. DO WE FOUND? I KNOW WE ALWAYS USE THE OUTSIDE CONSULTANT FOR THE BOND MANAGEMENT SERVICE FOR THE T R E FOR THIS PROCESS. DO WE NEED TO PAY LIKE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS TO HELP US OR NO, MA'AM, WE DON'T NEED TO PAY ANY OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS TO HELP US, HOWEVER , THROUGH OUR EXISTING CONTRACT WITH PURDUE, BRANDON THEY HAVE PROVIDED INSIDE AND INPUT INTO THE ACTUAL PROCESS. AND SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES THERE. THE WE WILL HAVE A DIS WELL AND I TAKE LET ME TAKE THAT BACK. FORT BEND COUNTY HAS AGREED TO HOLD OFF ON MAILING OUT THE ACTUAL TAX INVOICES UNTIL AFTER THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. AND SO THAT WOULD BE ONE AREA WHERE WE COULD SEE ADDITIONAL COSTS OF FORT BEND COUNTY HAD SENT OUT THE BILLS AND THEN HAD TO SEND OUT A NEW BILL IF THE VAT AREA WAS SUCCESSFUL. BUT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A JOINT ELECTION, THERE ARE NO OUTSIDE CONSULTANT FEES THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PAY AS PART OF THE V A. T R E GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MR GARCIA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SORRY I HAD A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. UM THIS IS KIND OF IN REGARDS TO, UM HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE DON'T END UP IN A $47 MILLION DEFICIT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE? SO DO WE HAVE, UM ANY SORT OF KPI S OR DO WE DO ANY SORT OF FINANCIAL STRESS TESTS? UM, I KNOW DURING 9 11 WHEN THE AIRLINES GOT HIT REALLY BAD.
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THEY ALL STARTED DOING STRESS TESTS TO ACCOUNT FOR 9 11 TYPE EVENTS AND THEN A PANDEMIC TYPE EVENT HIT AND IT WAS EXPONENTIALLY WORSE THAN A 9 11 TYPE EVENT. BUT FOR US IN GENERAL, UM WE DON'T DO ANY SORT OF FINANCIAL AUDIT. I DON'T BELIEVE, BUT, UM, I THINK MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. OR IF NOT, ARE WE DOING SOMETHING INTERNALLY? TO SORT OF TEST OUR SYSTEMS TO SEE WORST CASE SCENARIOS. WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE OUTCOMES FOR X Y Z WERE TO HAPPEN. AND SO I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION. YES SIR, WITH ALL OF OUR ANALYSIS, WHEN WE LOOK AT BUDGETING, WE DO SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHERE WE MAY HAVE CASES WHERE WE SOMETHING MAY NOT MATERIALIZE, ACCORDING TO WHAT'S BEEN PLANNED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD GO BACK TO, PARTICULARLY IN THIS CASE, AND YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT FOR JUST A MOMENT SLIDE WE SHARED PREVIOUSLY WITH THE BOARD THAT SHOWED HISTORICALLY DEFICITS WHEN THE DISTRICT ARE ABOUT 15 YEARS APART. THE LAST TIME WE HAD ONE SIGNIFICANT THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT WAS ABOUT 10 TO 15 YEARS AGO, AND SO IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, HOW DO WE AVOID THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN? WHEN WE DID OUR INITIAL PROJECTION, ONE OF THE TRIGGERS ON THIS PARTICULAR DEFICIT WAS RELATED TO STUDENT ENROLLMENT GROWTH. AND YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE HAD A DEMOGRAPHER REPORT THAT FOR THE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN 1919 20 SCHOOL YEAR THAT INDICATED THAT WE WOULD SEE ENROLLMENT GROWTH, UNFORTUNATELY , BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THAT DIDN'T OCCUR. WE HAD DONE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT BASED ON WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHER WAS RECOMMENDING , AND THEY START ON INFORMATION THAT STAFF SAW WE CONCURRED WITH THAT. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT WE WERE CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED BY IT. IT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD CONSIDERED, BUT IT SEEMED TO BE A LOWER OR LESS LIKELY SCENARIO. AND SO DO WE. LOOK AT THAT. YES, WE DO. UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS CASE THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY REAL SCENARIO AND THAT COMBINED WITH THE FACT THAT WE'VE ADDED PROGRAMS OVER TIME WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO SUPPORT IT CREATED A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD A DEFICIT THAT COULDN'T BE SURMOUNTED WITH STUDENT ENROLLMENT GROWTH AS WE HAD SEEN IN THE PAST. OKAY THANK YOU. JUST ALSO MENTIONED. WE DO HAVE THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT , WHICH IS VERY EXTENSIVE. YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S AND SO WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE THAT IT'S A VERY EXTENSIVE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT INFORMATION NEXT NEXT JANUARY OR NO DISK USE MINTS. THE DECEMBER HERE. UM AND SO WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW THAT THE YEARS ENDED AND THAT SOUND WITH OUR OUTSIDE LADDER WHITLEY PEN. AND TO TAG ON TO THAT STEVE MADE A GOOD POINT. THERE WAS ALSO THE FIRST RATING THAT INDICATES THE SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS OVERALL HEALTH AND I HATE TO TIP OUR HAND TOO MUCH, BUT THE INITIAL RESULTS OF THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND THEY ARE VERY POSITIVE FOR THE DISTRICT. SO THERE ARE TWO PARTICULAR MEASURES THAT WE CAN LOOK AT BOTH OUR FINANCIAL AUDIT, AS WELL AS THE FIRST TRAINING TO HELP GUIDE US THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU. MY NEXT QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE 353 POSITIONS CUT THROUGH ATTRITION. THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. SO FOR ME, IT KIND OF TELLS ME THAT WE WERE PROBABLY OPERATING A LITTLE TOP HEAVY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT IT ALSO CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT. NOT KNOWING WHAT SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS MIGHT BE IF THEY'RE VERY CRITICAL TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND AH, SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT AND STUDENTS. SO WE END UP GETTING I DON'T WORRIED AND PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE WORRIED, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE PUTTING MORE BURDEN BACK ONTO THE TEACHERS IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK OR SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO PROVIDE WHERE WE'RE NOT NOT HAVING THOSE THOSE RESOURCES. SO UM, NOT ASKING FOR AN ANSWER TO THAT IS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT BY A LOT OF TEACHERS MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT I KNOW I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT.BUT HMM. MAYBE IT'S NOT FOR NOTHING JUST SORT OF DEPENDS ON WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT. MAKING THOSE CUTS, MR GARCIA. ONE THING THAT I DID NOT POINT OUT WHEN I WAS ON THE SLIDE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS THERE AS A FOOTNOTE IS THAT OF THAT 350 OR THREE OR SO POSITIONS? WE TYPICALLY HAVE TURNOVER OF ABOUT 1300 POSITIONS PER YEAR AND SO PART OF THAT GIVES US STEP BUFFER THAT WE NEED. OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T NECESSARILY ALL OCCUR EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED THEM TO. HOWEVER THAT IS PART OF WHAT THAT WILL OCCUR. AND SO EVERY TIME WE LOOK AT A POSITION WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IMPACT WILL IT HAVE ON A CAMPUS? AND SO THAT'S THE FIRST LENS AND THE FIRST THING THAT WE GO TO AND TRY TO MINIMIZE THAT TO EVERY EXTENT POSSIBLE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT EVERYONE WOULD TELL YOU AND THEIR DEPARTMENT THAT THEY ARE STAFFED EXACTLY WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. SIMILARLY CAMPUSES DO THAT AS WELL. AND THERE ARE SOME CASES WHERE CAMPUS MAY HAVE
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ADDED A POSITION OVER THE YEAR AT THE ENROLLMENT DECLINED AND POSITIONS LIKE AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OR AN ADDITIONAL AID THAT HAS BEEN ADDED AS PART OF THAT ENROLLMENT GROWTH WERE NOT NECESSARILY PULLED BACK. HOWEVER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DR WHITBECK HAD US DO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH. THE PROCESS WAS STAFFED TO THE LETTER, AND THAT'S WHERE WE GAIN SOME OF THOSE EFFICIENCIES. SO EVEN THOUGH YES , IN SOME CASES, WE HAVE BECOME TOP HEAVY. IN SOME INSTANCES, WE HAVE AREAS ON CAMPUSES WHERE WE COULD REALIZE EFFICIENCIES, TOO, ALTHOUGH THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY IS MUCH LESS LIKELY THAN IT IS WITHIN CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT, AND OUR COMMITMENT IS TO STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM THE TEACHING AND LEARNING AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. MR GARCIA AND MS HANAN. HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. HMM. THANK YOU. MRS MALONE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO OTHER QUESTIONS. I FAILED TO ASK THIS ONE LAST TIME. UM SO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE BOND PRINCIPAL OUTSTANDING PER STUDENT AND I APPRECIATE THAT I'D LIKE TO I LIKE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT TONIGHT, BUT BEFORE NEXT WEEK COULD WE SEE A FORECAST OF WHERE DOES THAT PUT US? WITH A BILLION DOLLAR BOND PACKAGE BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THAT WOULD GIVE US A SHIFT. IN THERE THE OTHER QUESTION. AND MRS MALONE IF I NEED TO HOLD THIS BECAUSE IT'S REGARDING THE REVIEW OF THE BOND ELECTION PROPOSAL THAT'S IN OUR PACKET. DO YOU WANT ME TO HOLD YOU TO HOLD THAT QUESTION? OKAY SO I'M GONNA HOLD. UM, THAT QUESTION. BUT I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I ASK BECAUSE I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WHEN I COME IN NEXT MONDAY. WHAT IT IS WHAT THE ACTION ITEM WE ARE BEING ASKED TO DO OR BEING ASKED OF PROBABLY VOTE ON THE BEER, THE A TEARY AND THE BODY AND THE BOND PACKAGE ARE NOT THE BOND PACKAGES WILL BE THE VH 7.55 CENTS V. A T R E ONLY NOT THE BOND THE BOND AT THIS TIME, THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MRS MALONE. AND THEN I CAN CLARIFY ONE POINT ON THAT . SO WHAT WILL ACTUALLY BE ASKING THE BOARD TO DO IS TO ADOPT A TAX RATE. OF A DOLLAR 21 . OH ONE THAT, IN TURN WILL AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER A V A T E. R E AND SO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WOULD BE FOR THE BOARD TO CALL FOR AN ELECTION TO ACTUALLY FOR THE VOTERS TO RATIFY THE TAX RATE THAT THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED , SO THERE WOULD BE TWO SEPARATE ACTIONS RELATED TO THE TAX RATE ON THAT EVENING'S AGENDA. OKAY. AND THEN DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN WE MIGHT PROJECT THAT AN ACTION ITEM WOULD BE ON THE BOARD AGENDA FOR A BOND? WELL THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE THE FOLLOWING FEBRUARY, OKAY? AND I'M SORRY. HOLD HOLD THAT ELECTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS HANAN. AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR YOUR ANSWERS ON THAT, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS MYSELF AS WELL. FIRST OFF. I WANNA ADDRESS THE SLIDE OF THE REDUCTIONS AS WELL AND JUST I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GOING TO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT TO SHOW FOLKS WHAT IT DOES LOOK LIKE, ALSO WANT TO ADD ONE THING, THOUGH, THAT I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ON AVERAGE 1300 FTS. WE HAVEN'T TURNED OVER AND I GOT TO SAY DOCTOR WHITBECK IS DOING A BANG UP JOB WITH NO YOUR IMPACT AND CREATING A CULTURE OF KINDNESS. AND SO I'M HOPING ALONG. I'M SURE WITH EVERYONE ELSE THAT NUMBER CHANGES AND WE HAVE A TREND IN A SHIFT DOWNWARD AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE LIKE SHE HAD YOU GUYS STAND EARLIER. MAN THERE'S A MOVEMENT GOING ON IN FORT BEND, DST AND PEOPLE ARE HAPPIER AND YOU'RE DOING IT, SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE. I STILL THINK WE'LL HIT THE 3 53, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK WITH ALL OF THAT, SO I WANTED TO START WITH THAT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR POINTS OF CLARIFICATION. THE FIRST ONE IS REGARDING THE VADER. AND ON SLIDE 24. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND I , IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WITH HOUSE BILL THREE. WE HAVE THE COMPRESSION OF 5.5 CENTS. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS DROP SAR TECHS RIGHT TO A DOLLAR 1.1546. SO THE JUST FOR CLARITY THE IMPACT THOSE OVER 65. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE VADER THEY WOULD BE SEEING A REDUCTION. IS THAT RIGHT? BUT WITH A VADER. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ITS STABLE AS WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR TAX BILL WILL STAY THE SAME AS IT WAS THE PRIOR YEAR. YES, BUT THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AND MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT CORRECTLY. UM AND THEN. AND BY THE WAY, I'M[01:10:10]
NOT SAYING THAT TO QUESTION I THINK THAT WE NEED EVADER AND THAT IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE DISTRICT JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. ALL RIGHT. THE OTHER THING I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON AND THIS RELATES TO MORE SO THE BOND. UM BECAUSE I SIMPLY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. I WAS HOPING YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND? SO WHEN I'M REVIEWING THE DASHBOARD ON THE BOND FOR 2018, FOR EXAMPLE. I KNOW THAT AT THE BOTTOM PORTION, WE HAVE THE TOTALS OR SUMMARIES THERE FOR THE BUDGET THE COMMITMENTS AND SPENT TO DATE CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BUDGETED AMOUNT? OF HMM. LET'S SEE. WHAT IS THAT 9.992? MILLION IN COMPARISON TO THE 842 MILLION. AND WHAT ESSENTIALLY THAT GAP IS, UM AND HOW THAT LIKE WHAT PROGRAMS OR IS THAT SOMEWHERE IN THIS DASHBOARD? AS FAR AS WHAT PROGRAMS ARE THAT. WHAT PROGRAMS ARE BEING ALLOCATED TOWARDS THAT FUNDING OF ROUGHLY $150.9 MILLION. PROJECTS IN THE TIMELINE IS IF IT'S THERE. GOOD EVENING, AND SO I DON'T HAVE THE DASH PUT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT MAYBE I CAN PULL IT UP. THE INTERNET. SPORT CANADA. OPEN EYES DAY. MM.SORRY. OKAY SO YOUR QUESTION WAS REGARDING THE 842 MILLION SHOWN IN HERE VERSUS THE BUDGET. YES MA'AM. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO NUMBERS. OKAY SO, UM, BUDGETS ORIGINALLY APPROVED NUMBERS BY THE BOARD. COMMITMENT IS WHAT WE'VE ISSUED POS, UM SO FAR AND SO THE DIFFERENCE IS, UM , IT'S EITHER SAVINGS OR ANTICIPATED COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ISSUED TODAY. AND SO SOME OF THOSE FUNDS AND WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE BOC. UM, IS THAT A GOOD EXAMPLE IS, FOR EXAMPLE, HIGH SCHOOL 12, WE STILL HAVE OVER $25 MILLION SHOWN AND COMMITTED. UM SO IF WE IF WE IF WE LOOK AT THE REASON WHY IT'S BECAUSE WE WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO MAKE PURCHASES LIKE FURNITURE AND IT RIGHT, SO WHEN IT COMES TO SWITCHES, LAPTOPS, COMPUTERS WELL, THAT GETS PURCHASED AT THE END OF THE PROJECT SO THAT IT SHIPS DIRECTLY FROM MANUFACTURING TO THE JOB SITE. AND SO THAT IS WHY THOSE COMMITMENTS REALLY JUST KIND OF HIT AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 53 54 HIGH SCHOOL 12, WE HAVE A ABOUT $40 MILLION THAT ARE UNCOMMITTED. AND SO AS WE ANTICIPATED OPEN IN THE FALL OF 23, YOU WOULD BE SEEING THOSE COMMITMENTS AROUND. UM MARCH THROUGH MAY OF 23. OK SO ESSENTIALLY, THAT DIFFERENCE OF $150.9 MILLION IS ANTICIPATED COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMMITTED BY THE BOARD TO DATE. CORRECT IS THERE SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS DASHBOARD WHERE WE COULD HAVE AN ITEMIZED LIST OF. OF WHATEVER THOSE ANTICIPATED COMMITMENTS ARE, OR IS THERE A SCHEDULE SOMEWHERE? AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE OF WHEN THOSE COMMITMENTS ARE GOING TO BE
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REALIZED, WEEKEND FOR SURE PROVIDE THAT TIMELINE FOR YOU? WE HAVE SHARED IT WITH BOC THE ANTICIPATED COMMITMENTS THE SUMMARY, WE CAN JUST ADD A TIMELINE TO IT AND SHARE IT WITH YOU. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STILL WANTED TO REACH OUT TO MISS WILLIAMS. IF SHE'S THERE, AND IN CASE SHE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. YEAH. ANE ARE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. SO WE WILL NOW CONVENE AND CLOSED SESSION UNDER TEXAS OPEN[4. Convene in closed session under Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551 under the following sections: 551.071 - For the purpose of a private consultation with the Board's attorney on any or all subjects or matters authorized by law; Section 551.072 - Consider purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property, Section 551.074 - Personnel matters, Section 551.076 - Security matters, Section 551.082 - Student discipline matter or complaint, or Section 551.0821 - Personally identifiable information about public school student]
MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551 UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS SECTION 551.71 FOR THE PURPOSE OF A PRIZE PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARDS, ATTORNEY ON ANY OR ALL SUBJECTS ARE MATTERS AUTHORIZED BY LAW SECTION 551.7 TO CONSIDER PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE. SECTION 551.74 PERSONNEL MATTERS. SECTION 551.76 SECURITY MATTERS SECTION 551.82 STUDENT DISCIPLINE MATTER OR COMPLAINT OR SECTION 551.8 TO 1 PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT DO YOU WANT TO SAY. PRESIDENT MALONE. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ITEM THREE B. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PULLED AND THAT WILL BE REPRESENTED, UH, IN SEPTEMBER.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE TIME THE TIME IS 8:52 P.M, AND WE ARE NOW RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION.
[5. Reconvene in Open Session]
[6. Consider Action on Closed Session Items]
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO CONSIDER FROM THE CLOSED SESSION? MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXCEPT SUPERINTENDENTS . RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT MICHAEL YOU ELLINGTON PRINCIPLE OF JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BEN, I S D SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. PLEASE VOTE.WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR THINGS, PLEASE? I DON'T THINK IT WAS GOING. ON THE SYSTEM. YOU NORMALLY VOTE ON YOUR MONEY MINUS THE DISTRICT LOGO? YEAH. JUST A LOGO? YEAH. PLEASE VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS. ALL EYES. OKAY? ALL THESE ALRIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES 60. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS SEEING NONE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA ITEMS. TO REVIEW WE HAVE THE
[7.A. Review matters related to Voter Approval Tax Rate Election.]
FIRST ITEM ITEM A REVIEW MATTERS RELATED TO VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? A. ONE REGARDING NUMBER ONE REVIEW ORDER AUTHORIZING REDEMPTION OF 2018 BONDS AND RELATED BUDGET. AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY I HAVE SEEN NONE. I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT. AND THAT IS, UM THANK YOU. THAT. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT THIS ITEM OF, UM REDEMPTION OF 2018 BONDS. CREATES AN INTEREST SAVINGS. LET'S SEE. INTEREST SAVINGS FROM THE 9.91.DEFICITS IS 14.369. SO $14,369,500 GREAT JOB THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CREATING THAT SAVINGS FOR OUR PUBLIC ITEM NUMBER TWO REVIEW PROPOSED 2022 ADVIL OR, UM, TAX RATE AND RECOMMENDED ORDER CALLING FOR VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE. VADER ON NOVEMBER 8TH 2022. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ALONG REVIEWING. UM THE MATTERS RELATED TO PROPOSED BOND
[7.B. Review matters related to a proposed Bond Election.]
ELECTION NUMBER ONE REVIEW THE BOND ELECTION PROPOSAL. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, MR SHANNON?[01:20:09]
YES. THANK YOU, MRS MALONE. THIS IS THE ONE I WAS ASKING ABOUT EARLIER AND I HELD OFF ON AND SO, UM, I. I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE A MOOT POINT TONIGHT. CORRECT BECAUSE. THIS ITEM WILL NOT COME TO ME FOR AN ACTION ITEM NEXT WEEK. IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING A MAY BOND IS THAT CORRECT? UM SOD ANSWERED WOULD BE WHEN WILL THIS COME TO ME? WHEN WILL THE WHEN WILL WHEN WILL THE PROPOSITIONS COME TO THE BOARD? IT'S JUST LIKE THIS, JUST LIKE I SEE IN MY BOARD PACKET FOR PROPOSITION B. WHEN WILL ALL PROPOSITIONS COME TO ME? I BELIEVE IT'S FEBRUARY OF 23. FEBRUARY AND THEN AND WE WOULD HAVE OKAY IN MAY. OKAY? AND IT WOULD WE WOULD NEED ALL OF THOSE. AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE A V A V A T R E ON EVERYBODY'S AGENDA. UM. BECAUSE WHAT I'VE WHAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT IS, UM, IF PART OF THE BOND IS LOOKING AT SOME CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS, MAYBE POSSIBLY BUILDING OF NEW SCHOOLS , SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM ARE, UH, BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE? INVOLVED AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR SCHOOL BOUNDARIES. UM. INVOLVED SO WITH THOSE TWO VERY IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, UM WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO HEAR SOME INFORMATION FROM THEM PRIOR TO FEBRUARY? BECAUSE THAT THAT THAI THINK I THINK I WOULD LIKE SOME UM. I GUESS SOME SENSE OF WHERE OUR COMMUNITY IS AND WHAT THEY'RE SHARING. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE JUST YOU KNOW, THEY AREN'T THE END ALL BE ALL, BUT I THINK THEIR VOICES ARE IMPORTANT. SO WHEN MY SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF THIS COMES AS AN ACTION ITEM IN FEBRUARY FOR THE BOND WHEN? WHEN COULD WE START EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS? IF IT'S ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND BRING THAT ANSWER TO YOU NEXT WEEK. IF THAT'S ALRIGHT, BECAUSE SOME OF THIS IS AN INTERESTING PACKAGE BECAUSE SOME OF THE BOND IN THE 1.2 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE. SOME OF THE LIFECYCLE DEFICIENCY SOME OF THE EVEN CONSTRUCTION ITEMS HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED. BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON HOW TO BETTER UTILIZE OUR CAMPUSES AND THAT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE I CALLED HER INPUT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF HOURS AT THE SAME TIME. WE'RE WORKING ON A T R E AND MAKING SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS DISTRIBUTED. SOME OF MY THOUGHTS WOULD BE AT THE VERY FIRST OF THE YEAR, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TIME AS A TEAM AND BE ABLE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ABOUT HOW LONG WE THINK THAT MIGHT MAP OUT TO BE VERY GOOD, BECAUSE I REALLY DID APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY TONIGHT. UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT CAME FROM STEVE O'BRIEN, OR IF IT WAS FROM YOU AND YOU, DO YOU SHARE IT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THAT THEY LANDED ON? YES WE NEED TO DO A V R V A T R E. UM YES, WE NEED A BOND, BUT I BELIEVE YOU SAID THEY DIDN'T REALLY COME TO CONSENSUS ON WHEN THAT BOND SHOULD BE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT. HONESTLY UM, ANYWAY, I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THAT GROUP DOES. UM, BUT THANK YOU, DOCTOR WHITBECK. UM ABSOLUTELY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT ANYBODY ON PRESSURE LIKE YOU HAD TO GIVE ME AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, MISS SHANNON. MR GARCIA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT SERVE ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT SERVE ON THE SCHOOL BOUNDARY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.THAT'S THAT'S HUGE TIME COMMITMENT. AND THEN IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE DECISIONS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE NOW WITH WITH THE BOND, AND DO WE DO IT, OR DO WE WAIT? THEY'VE BEEN MEETING SORT OF AROUND THE CLOCK, THEY PROBABLY HAD MORE MEETINGS THAN NORMAL. WHEN I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF PARENTS REACH OUT TO ME AND SORT OF ADVOCATE FOR THE BOND IN GENERAL, AND JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE. AND UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THANK YOU TO THE EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR WORKING THOSE LATE HOURS. I KNOW IT'S A GRIND, JUST BEING ON THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOUNDARY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. DURING A DURING COVID YEAR, IT WASN'T EASY, BUT I JUST I JUST
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WANTED TO CONVEY THAT TO EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR GARCIA. MR HAMBLETON.THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST WANNA ECHOED THOSE COMMENTS AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMUNITY COMMITTEE AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND I THINK IN A VACUUM AND LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT WE JUST PURELY IN TERMS AND THOSE TERMS WE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE A BATTERY AND A BOND IN NOVEMBER. BUT JUST GIVEN THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND EVERYTHING IN THE IN THE I AGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENT FROM BOTH THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT THAT THE V A. T. R E IS THE PRIORITY AND BUT THEN I THINK GIVEN THE URGENCY OF THE FACILITY NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE THAT WE DO PLAN ON HAVING THE BOND IN MAY. THANK YOU, MR HAMBLETON. AND I'D AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON ALL OF THAT. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO REVIEW PROPOSED UNDERWRITERS TO BE UTILIZED BY THE DISTRICT IN CONNECTION WITH ISSUANCE OF FUTURE BOND DEBT. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, MR GARCIA? OKAY, MR HAMBLETON. OKAY, MISS DAY. AH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS SINCE WE'RE NOT DOING THE BOND IN NOVEMBER. I'M JUST WONDERING YOU SHOULD WAIT. SHOULD WE DELAY THIS? UH WHEN? ONE WAY, HAVE A PACKAGE OR, YOU KNOW THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S A QUESTION, I GUESS. NO MA'AM, SO THESE ARE WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR THE EXISTING DEBT THAT THE DISTRICT WILL BE HISTORY IN FROM BOTH THE 14 AND 18 BOND PROPOSITIONS FOR WHICH WE STILL HAVE DEBT TO BE ISSUED, AND SO WHAT THE BOARD IS DOING IS APPROVING US TO UTILIZE THESE UNDERWRITERS FOR THOSE TRANSACTIONS THAT WILL OCCUR NEXT CALENDAR YEAR. AND SO WE WOULD WANT TO MAINTAIN THIS LIST BECAUSE IT IS NOT CONNECTED WITH THE 22 OR 23 BOND PROPOSAL. SO IN, YOU KNOW DIFFERENT WORDS WHEN WE DID IF WE DO A NEW BOND 2023 SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER SET OF INFORMATION CONNECT WITH THAT NEW BOND. WELL WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IF WE NEEDED TO DO A DEBT ISSUES IN 2023 4 23 23 BOND PROPOSITION WE WOULD UTILIZE UNDERWRITERS FROM THIS LIST. BUT THE PROBABILITY OF US ACTUALLY DOING AN ISSUANCE FROM THE 23 BOND IN 2023 IS PRETTY LOW, BUT IN SHORT, THAT LIST THAT WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF THESE FIRMS. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE 23 BOND PROPOSITION, OR 22 BROUGHT PROPOSITION IN UNDER CONSIDERATION. SO THAT THIS ALSO THE REASON I WANTED TO TELL YOU WHAT THE RATIONALE WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND BY 2018 BONDS RIGHT WHEN DISTRICT PROVED THAT 2018 BONGANI AFTER THE BOND WAS PASSED, WE HAVE A VENDOR LIKE THESE TRIGGER APPROVED VENDOR LIST. UM YOU KNOW, FROM DIFFERENT, UM BY EXPERTISE. AND THEY ARE CONSIDERED AS THOSE BONDS APPROVED VENDORS FOR 2018 BONDS. UM SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS ACTUALLY IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THAT. YES, MA'AM. THIS IS STRICTLY RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS WHEN WE GO OUT TO MARKET AND SO THESE UNDERWRITING FIRMS WOULD PROVIDE IT, WHETHER IT'S THE 18 22 OR BEYOND BONDS, AND THERE WERE NOT CERTIFYING THEM FOR EXPERTISE. JUST ON 22. IT WOULD BE FOR ANY BOND TRANSACTION. OKAY SO BASICALLY, THOSE UNDERWRITERS WILL HELP US TO FOR THE PACKAGE OF 2023 BOND , IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, WE BRING THE LIST OF UNDERWRITERS TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION EACH YEAR. AND SO THESE WOULD BE THE UNDERWRITERS THAT WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO USE FROM JANUARY ONE THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER . 23 JANUARY 1 23 2 AND SO THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WE WOULD BRING THE LIST BACK TO YOU. THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU HAVEN'T ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT IS THAT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE ARE REMOVING A NUMBER OF UNDERWRITERS, AND THAT IS BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CERTIFY THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SENATE BILLS, 13 AND 19. AND SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT IF AT SOME POINT THE CONTROLLER WHICH THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO, RELEASES A LIST OF UNDERWRITERS THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE, AND SOME OF THESE THAT ARE LISTED AS NOT OR HAVE NOT CERTIFIED THEIR COMPLIANCE. WE COULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND ASK FOR THOSE UNDERWRITERS TO BE ADDED TO OUR LIST. OKAY EXPAND THE LIST OF VENDORS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THAT EXPERTISE. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY THAT'S REALLY WHERE I'M HIDING. BECAUSE I SAW THE NIGHT FORM BEING REMOVED AND
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JUST WONDERING IF YOU THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO THE LIST, AND I WOULD SAY IN SOME CASES THEY'VE PROVIDED SUCCESSFUL SERVICES TO US AND THE ONLY REASON WE'RE NOT INCLUDING THEM, AS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CERTIFY OR THE BACK UP. THE CONTROLLER HAS NOT CERTIFIED THEM. BUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS SENT A LIST, SAYING THAT THEY WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE OR BELIEVE THEM TO NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE. SO ONCE THEY BECOME COMPLIANT, WE CAN HAVE THEM BACK ON OUR LIST, SO THAT THEY ARE THEY AWARE OF THIS? YES YES, MA'AM. WE'VE BEEN IN VERY CLOSE CONTACT WITH THEM. THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH US AND THEY ARE VERY ANXIOUS TO REMAIN ON OUR LIST. THANK YOU. OKAY MISS. THANK YOU, MISS DAVIS. HANNON I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH MISS DAY AND SO BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK THE VERY QUESTION ABOUT WHEN THAT CONTROLLER, UM ISSUES THAT LIST WITH UPDATED, UM, WITH THE WITH THE FIRMS THAT MEET SENATE BILL 13 AND SENATE BILL 19, BECAUSE YOU CLICK YOU CLEARLY SAY YOU CAN COME BACK TO US BECAUSE THESE ARE UM I'M ASSUMING QUITE REPUTABLE FIRMS AND BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXACT THEY'RE COME. THEY'RE EXEMPT FROM THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. I JUST THINK YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE DISTRICT TO HAVE A HAVE THESE NINE IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL. SO DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE CONTROLLERS LIST ALRIGHT.I'M ACTUALLY SEPTEMBER 30TH BY SEPTEMBER. 30TH IS WHAT WE'RE TOLD. AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE LIST THAT THEY WILL PRODUCE WILL BE THE LIST OF FIRMS THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH 13 AND 19. AND SO IF THEY ARE NOT ON THAT LIST, AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THEM IN A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM POTENTIAL. WE MAY SEE THIS AGAIN BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT. MAYBE MAYBE THAT IS CORRECT. A I WOULD IF THAT HAPPENS TO BE WHERE WE CAN ADD SOME OF THOSE BACK TO THE LIST.
I WOULD I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MRS MALONE. YOU BET. THANK YOU, MS HANAN. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE ONE CLARIFICATION QUESTION AND MAINLY FOR MY BOARD. SO WE HAVE AUTHORIZED BUTTON ISSUED APPROXIMATELY $200.7 MILLION OF 2018 BOND, RIGHT? AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT? THIS I WANT TO CONFIRM THESE UNDERWRITERS. THIS ISN'T FOR FUTURE BONDS. THIS IS FOR BONDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN AUTHORIZED BUTTON ISSUED. THAT IS SO THAT YOU CAN DO ISSUANCE MOVING FORWARD. YES, MA'AM, A AND THEN WITH THAT. THESE FIRMS WHICH THIS QUESTION I ALREADY ASKED YOU, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, SO THEY'RE AWARE AND ALSO FOR THE BOARD WHENEVER WE DO THE BOND DEALS HOW MANY FIRMS ARE SELECTED FOR EACH BOND DEAL ? WE ALWAYS WILL HAVE A SENIOR MANAGER THAT OVERSEES THE TRANSACTION AND THEN TYPICALLY WILL ALSO HAVE TO CO MANAGERS.
WE WORK WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR IN ORDER TO PICK THE FIRMS THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BEST SERVE THE DISTRICT FOR EACH TRANSACTION. AND WE ALSO TRY TO BE FAIR AS WELL AND DISTRIBUTE OUR TRANSACTIONS AMONG THE UNDERWRITERS THAT THE BOARD HAS AWARDED SO THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN THE FUND ARE EVERYONE HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU.
AND ONE QUESTION REGARDING NOT THE SENIOR MANAGER BECAUSE THE SENIOR MANAGER DID TYPICALLY HAS A CAPITAL WHO COULD ACTUALLY UNDERWRITE THE DEAL. SHOULD SOMETHING GO AWRY? THEY MOST FIRMS HAVE THAT CAPACITY. YES. AND THEN THE OTHER ONES. ARE WE , INCLUDING SMALL LIKE SMALL BUSINESSES? UM YOU KNOW, HUB FIRMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IN THIS AS FAR AS THE SMALLER FIRMS IS THAT PART OF IT HASN'T GONE THROUGH A FORMAL SOLICITATION TYPICALLY, THE WAY THAT THE PROCESS WORKS IS MOST OF THESE MOST ALL UNDERWRITING FIRMS ARE ANXIOUS TO EARN A PIECE OF THE BUSINESS AND SO WE RECEIVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE THEY PROVIDE US INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY RESTRUCTURE OUR DEBT. AND SO WE LOOK TO THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. IN ADDITION TO HAVE THEY WORKED WITH US PREVIOUSLY, AND HOW'S THEIR PERFORMANCE SPAN? AND SO AS A FIRM WILL APPROACH US? WE USUALLY MEET WITH THEM IN PERSON, OR, IF NOT AVAILABLE, THE A PERSON WILL DO A VIRTUAL MEETING AND SO THEY PRESENT A SET INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS. IN TERMS OF WHAT SERVICES THEY CAN OFFER THE DISTRICT AND SOME INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD BRING TO THE TABLE THAT ANOTHER FIRM MAY NOT NECESSARILY THINK OF. OKAY IS HUB. ANY PART OF THAT EQUATION OR NO? TYPICALLY? NO, BECAUSE IT JUST AGAIN, THE HARDEST USUALLY USED TO THE SOLICITATION PROCESS AND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT USING THAT, UM IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS . THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FIRMS AS AN EXAMPLE. SEABIRD IS A WOMAN OWNED MANURE MINORITY FIRM, AND THERE'S SOME THAT DO THAT, AND THEY WILL TYPICALLY LET US KNOW THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE THAT DESIGNATION. OKAY I LIKE SEEING THIS SMALL PIECE OF THE PIE GOING TO THOSE TYPES OF
[7.C. Review recommended certified T-TESS Appraisers to observe and evaluate teacher performance for the 2022-23 school year.]
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BUSINESSES. UM ALRIGHT, MOVING FORWARD. ITEM C REVIEW RECOMMENDED CERTIFIED T TESTS, APPRAISERS TO OBSERVE AND EVALUATE TEACHER PERFORMANCE FOR THE 2022 23 SCHOOL YEAR. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? MRS HANNON? OKAY? THAT WAS SUCCINCT. MISS GARVEY, MR GARCIA. I HAVE A QUESTION IN GENERAL, BUT TEACHERS NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE APPRAISERS, BUT WHEN THE TEACHERS ARE DOING THEIR EVALUATIONS. I THINK THEY HAVE TO DO TO 15 MINUTES AND 1 45 MINUTES IF THEY HAVE SORT OF LIKE A HISTORY OF GOOD APPRAISALS. IS THERE A PROCESS FOR WAVING THE 45 MINUTES OR THE REQUIRED EVERY YEAR? 45 THEN THE TWO FIFTEENS. IS THAT ANYBODY, YOU KNOW? NO, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A WAIVER FOR THOSE SO THERE'S THERE. THERE WERE ALL REQUIRED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR GARCIA. DR GILLIAM. IS IT? NOT TRUE THAT THAT STATE MANDATED. FOR THE WAIVERS. NOT THE WAIVERS FOR THE T TEST. YES IT HAS CORRECT. DONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE USED TO BE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN YEARS PAST, AND SOME DISTRICTS HAVE THEIR OWN SYSTEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS. BUT NOW AS[7.D. Review proposed Resolution adopting the minimum Prevailing Wage Rate Schedule for construction workers employed by contractors and subcontractors on public works projects in FBISD.]
IT STANDS, WE DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION. OKAY THANK YOU. ALL MOVING ON TO ITEM D REVIEW PROPOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE MINIMUM PREVAILING WAGE RATE SCHEDULE FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS EMPLOYED BY CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS IN FBI SD MRS HANNON. UM, YES. I APPRECIATE THIS LIST THAT P B K ARCHITECTS PUT TOGETHER FOR US FOR THE PREVAILING WAGE RATES AND THE QUESTION I'M ASKING. I DON'T I DON'T NEED AN ANSWER TONIGHT.BUT MAYBE IF IT COULD JUST BE DOCUMENTED IN THE MINUTES. UM I'M I'M I'M I LIKE TO SEE THESE HOURLY RATES FOR THESE, UM YOU KNOW, WORKERS THAT COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, BUILD OUR BUILDINGS AND MAKE OUR OUR BUILDING SAFE AND FUNCTIONAL FOR OUR KIDS, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION THAT CAN BE ANSWERED LATER IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONTRACTORS WHO ARE BRINGING THESE PEOPLE IN OUR ACTUALLY UTILIZING THIS PREVAILING WAGE LIST? UM IS THERE YOU KNOW? IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE TRACK THAT AND. DO WE DO? WE NOTIFY CONTRACTORS EMPLOYEES THAT THIS IS THE PREVAILING WAGE THAT THEY SHOULD BE EARNING. I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW WE IF WE'RE LEGALLY BOUND TO THIS FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN UNDER A CONTRACTOR, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE IT'S HAPPENING? YES MA'AM. MIKE CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER. OKAY THANK YOU, MR PEREZ. SO THEY, EACH CONTRACTOR HAS TO PROVIDE A CERTIFIED PAYROLL AND IT COMES IN WITH WITH EACH ONE OF THE PAY APPS. AND THAT'S HOW WE KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PAYING. OKAY AND OKAY, UM. AND I'M GONNA TAKE MY OTHER QUESTION OFFLINE, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR PEREZ. THANK YOU,
[7.E. Review approval of a voting delegate and an alternate delegate to the Texas Association of School Board's (TASB) Annual Delegate Assembly to be held in conjunction with the TASA/TASB conference in September 2022.]
MISS SHANNON. RIGHT SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT. LET'S MOVE ON TO E REVIEW APPROVAL OF A VOTING DELEGATE AND AN ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TO AS BI ANNUAL DELEGATE ASSEMBLY TO BE HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TACIT TASK B CONFERENCE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022. MR GARCIA. I WOULD BE WILLING TO OFFER AS AN ALTERNATE OR IF WE DON'T HAVE A DELEGATE ALREADY PICKED, LIKE, PUT MY NAME IN THE RING FOR THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR GARCIA. MS HANAN. UM THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT, MR GARCIA. I WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO DO THIS AND THE REASON BEING, UM, BECAUSE I'VE SAT ON THE LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THIS YEAR AND OUR COMMITTEE CHAIR ACTUALLY ASK US TO COME BACK TO OUR BOARD AND ASK THAT WE GET TO BE THE DELEGATES. THE PERSON THAT'S BEEN WE'VE BEEN SITTING ON THE COMMITTEE HELPING CRAFT THE LANGUAGE FOR TASK BEES LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE.SO I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO FULFILL THAT ROLE, UM AT THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY THIS YEAR, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS HANAN, MISS DAY. HMM UM
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, I WANT TO THANK YOU. BOTH MISS HANNAH AND MR GARCIA FOR THE FOR VOLUNTEERS TO POSITION AND I WANTED TO SAY I STILL REMEMBER OUR DISCUSSION REGARDING TO TEST TO BE DIRECTOR POSITION. I REMEMBER MS HANAN VOLUNTEER HERSELF. AND ABOUT THAT TIME I DID MAKE A STATEMENT. I DO FEEL OUR BOARD PRESIDENT. UM IS WAITING TO TAKE THAT POSITION WILL HAVE A VERY STRONG PRESENTATION FOR THAT ROLE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I REMEMBER DR GILLIAN, UH, INDOORS. UH YOU KNOW, MISS HANNAH AND I AGREE. I THINK MISS HANNUM WILL DO A GREAT JOB FOR US TO REPRESENT US FOR THIS ROLE, SO I WANTED TO SUPPORT HER. AND ALSO I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT MR GARCIA, SINCE YOU KNOW HE'S WAITING TO DO MORE, YOU KNOW? AS A VOLUNTEER, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MR A. MS HANNAN . OH MR GARCIA, AND I'LL SUPPORT SUPPORT ANGIE, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GOING AS A AS A SECONDARY AS A BACKUP IN THE EVENT OF THIS AND MISS HENAN IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. SO I WILL DEFER ALRIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. AND I'D I'D LOVE TO SUPPORT YOU BOTH AS WELL. ALRIGHT SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. LET'S MOVE ON TO F REVIEW PROPOSED[7.F. Review proposed Purchases Exceeding $50,000.]
PURCHASES EXCEEDING $50,000 SPECIFICALLY FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE REVIEW EDITION OF ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL AND ON DON COOK NATATORIUM AND BOND 2018 PACKAGE , 52 LED LIGHTING UPGRADES. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, MR GARCIA? YEAH THEY'RE ALL PLAYING TRICKS ON ME TONIGHT, SEEING NO DISCUSSION. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO REVIEW PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FIELD HOUSE AT CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL IN BOND 2018 PACKAGE. 35 POINT TO DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS DAY? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO WHEN I REVEAL THE INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE, I JUST NOTICED BOTH BIDS COME IN AS THE SAME NUMBER LIKE $40 MILLION. I JUST WANT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND IS THAT BY COINCIDENCE, OR IS THERE ANY SOME KIND OF REASON BEHIND US. CAROLINA CAN GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN. ALL RIGHT. AND SO THE WAY IT WORKS WITH OUR CS BS OR ARE COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS IS WE RECEIVE A BASEMENT FROM EACH CONTRACTOR. STANDARD CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES ALLOWS US TO THEN RECEIVE A BASE BID ADJUSTMENT EXACTLY AN HOUR AFTER THE BASEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED . WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN THAT? OURS? WE KNOW THE CONTRACTORS ARE NEGOTIATING FINAL PRICES, WHETHER SUBCONTRACTORS, THEY'RE GETTING PRICES LAST MINUTE AND SO AS A MATTER OF FACT, FOR THIS ACTUAL PACKAGE, THE BASE BID FROM CONTRACTORS WAS RECEIVED AT 14.3 MILLION AND FOR I'M SORRY FROM PRIME CONTRACTORS 14.3 MILLION IN FOR E CONTRACTORS. 14.5 MILLION AN HOUR LATER AT THE BASEMENT ADJUSTMENT, THEY GET THE FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST THEIR NUMBERS PROVIDE SOME DISCOUNTS FOR THE MOST PART , AND THAT'S HOW THEY DISCOUNTED . ONE DISCOUNTED 500,000 THE OTHER AND DISCOUNTED 300,000, AND THAT'S HOW THEY BOTH ENDED AT 14 MILLION. THANK YOU. AND UH AND ALSO, I JUST, UH, WONDERING BECAUSE CLEMENTS SEEDS UH, YOU KNOW, ONGOING SCHOOL SO FIRST I WANTED TO KNOW FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION THE FIELD HOUSE. DO YOU HAVE A DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE REGARDING TO COMPLETION AND ALSO ANOTHER FOLLOW UP. QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY IMPACT? UH THE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE TO THE CURRENT STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS. YES MA'AM. WE DO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE WE ANTICIPATED SIGNED THE CONTRACT AFTER THE BOARD APPROVES, GIVING THEM A NOTICE TO PROCEED. UM AUGUST 23RD. WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETION BY THE END OF NOVEMBER. UM. I'M SORRY. AUGUST OF 22ND. THE BOARD WOULD APPROVE . WE ISSUED NOTICE TO PROCEED. AUGUST THE 23RD AND WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETION BY THE END OF NOVEMBER OF 2023. SO IT'S ABOUT 14 TO 15 MONTHS.CONSTRUCTION FOR THE FIELDHOUSE. ONCE THAT FIELDHOUSE IS COMPLETED, AND STUDENTS ARE UTILIZING, THEN WE WILL DEMOLISH THE OLD ONE. SO WHAT KIND OF IMPACT? THAT'S QUITE I MEAN, 14 MONTHS. SO IS THERE ANY FROM WHAT YOU CAN SEE THERE ANY LIKE ? IMPACT TO LIKE. DO YOU NEED TO BLOCK OFF SOME ROADS, OR WE DO HAVE TO. WE DO HAVE TO WORK IN AN OCCUPIED CAMPUS, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO TAKE ADDITIONAL SAFETY STEPS IN PERCUSSIONS FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR CONTRACTORS AND SO FORTH. WE WILL WORK WITH THE CAMPUS TO MINIMIZE IMPACT, BUT WE WILL BLOCK A CERTAIN AREA OF THE PARKING LOT TO ALLOW FOR EQUIPMENT TO BE LAID DOWN AND SO FORTH. WE WILL PROVIDE SEPARATE ENTRANCES FOR THE CONTRACTORS AND SO FORTH, BUT WE WILL HAVE
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TO WORK WITH THE CAMPUS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PERFORM THE WORK WHILE THE CAMPUSES OCCUPIED . OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ALSO, I JUST WANNA AS A REMINDER. I FEEL BECAUSE THE CAMPUS SAFETY AND SECURITY WE DO HAVE CONSTRUCTIONS WORKERS ON ON SITE. MAYBE THE I'M GOING TO ASK MAYBE THE CAMPUS POLICE JUST PAY ACTUAL ATTENTION TO PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT THE BUILDING AND, YOU KNOW IS JUST ACTUALLY PRECAUTION. W GREAT. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISSED A LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY REAL QUICK BECAUSE THAT LAST STATEMENT HE MADE SO WE WILL NOT BE HAVING ANYONE GOING INTO THE CAMPUS. THIS BUILDING IS SEPARATE, OKAY , FENCED OFF FROM THE REST OF THE CAMPUS. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR CLARIFICATION. CLARIFICATION THANK YOU. GREAT AND I HAVE JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS ON THAT. ONE IS WRITTEN RELATED TO THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH THE CURRENT FACILITY THERE AS FAR AS THE FOUNDATION HAVE WE FIGURE IT OUT. I GUESS WHAT IN THE SOIL IS CAUSING THAT TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE FOUNDATION ISSUES THAT'S NUMBER ONE AND THEN NUMBER TWO THE IMPACT ON THE FUTURE SCHOOL AND REBUILD. AS FAR AS SITE MAP. YES, MA'AM, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ENGINEERS LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE REPORT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY. WE WANT TO THAT'S WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS SAFE. BUT WE DID NOTICE OVER THE SUMMER THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT AND SO WE WANTED TO JUST GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT IT BECAUSE WE HAD HAD ENGINEERS LOOK AT THIS BEFORE, BUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT. WE WANTED THEM TO LOOK AT IT. AND THEN AS SOON AS THEY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BRING IT FORTH.OKAY THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST HOPE THAT WHEN WE DO BUILD THE FIELD HOUSE OR THE SCHOOL, ETCETERA THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER FOUNDATION IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF SHIFTING. YES MA'AM, THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY DO THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ALONG TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR REVIEW PROPOSED BUDGET TRANSFER OF $500,000 WITHIN BOND 2018 FROM PACKAGE 43 TO PACKAGE 45 TO FUND THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW TRAILER FOR DALLAS HIGH SCHOOLS, ROGERS AUDITORIUM AND REVISED PROJECT BUDGETS FOR BOTH PACKAGES. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE . LET'S MOVE ALONG. ITEM NUMBER FIVE REVIEW RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THE PURCHASE OF DISTRICT VEHICLES FROM HELFMAN FORD UNDER COOPERATIVE CONTRACT WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS PURCHASING ALLIANCE. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? MS JUDY DAY. YES THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW CRITICAL. IT IS TO HAVE THIS PURCHASE. THE REASON I'M ASKING. I JUST, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST. UM EVERY TIME I NEED TO VOTE FOR MONEY, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A CLEAR KIND OF A BALANCE OR PRIORITY TO KNOW. BECAUSE WE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, GIVING THE TEACHERS INCREASE OR BONUSES. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR TWO SPENDING. IT'S REALLY CRITICAL AND IT REALLY NECESSARY SO THAT'S THAT'S THE RATIONALE BEHIND THIS QUESTION. YES WE HAVE, AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION SO THAT THIS MONEY IS FROM THE BOND. SO IT'S NOT ON THE MM. NO SIDE. BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT IS THIS IS MONEY THAT YOU ALL HAD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. WHAT HAPPENED HERE? IS THAT THE AUTHORIZATION THAT Y'ALL APPROVED TO USE A PARTICULAR VENDOR RAN OUT BECAUSE THEIR CONTRACT WITH THE BY BOARD RAN OUT. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING HERE IS JUST AUTHORIZATION TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS VENDOR SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE THE VEHICLES IN THE NEED IS NEEDED BECAUSE WE ADDED A LITTLE OVER 30 EMPLOYEES AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW FOR VEHICLES. SO SOME OF OUR WRITING TO YOU KNOW, DOUBLE AND HURTS WITH PRODUCTIVITY. SO BASED ON WHAT I HEAR YOU THINK THIS IS VERY CRITICAL NEEDS. OKAY AND THIS IS FROM THE BOND. UM SO OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFY THAT. THANK YOU . THANK YOU MISS DAY, SAYING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER SIX. REVIEW RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE CONTINUED PURCHASE OF INTERCOMS PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. SOUND SYSTEMS, DIGITAL CLOCK REPAIRS, SPEAKERS AND RELATED SERVICES WITH VARIOUS COOPERATIVE'S. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. LET'S MOVE TO SEVEN.
REVIEW RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE CONTINUED PURCHASE OF JANITORIAL, CHEMICAL SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND RELATED ITEMS THROUGH CHOICE PARTNERS AND BY BOARD PURCHASING COOPERATIVES. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? MS HANNAN? YES THANK YOU. SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE
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BIT ALONG THE LINES OF MISTAKES , SO I NOTICED THAT THE EXPENDITURE FROM 2021 TO 2022 21 22. UM WASN'T QUITE A MILLION, BUT IT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER. UM. WAS WAS THIS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY KIDS IN BUILDINGS OR WHAT CAUSED THAT DRAMATIC INCREASE OVER THOSE TWO YEARS. SO IT WAS A COMBINATION. ONE WAS WE HAD A YEAR WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY, BUT THE MAIN THING WAS JUST THE INCREASE IN PRICE AND FOR THE CHEMICALS THAT WERE PURCHASING. WHEN WE WENT UP SUBSTANTIALLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY THANK YOU, MS. HANAN MOVING ALONG THE NUMBER EIGHT. REVIEW RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE CONTINUED PURCHASE OF MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE SERVICES. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? MISSING, YOU KNOW? OKAY, MISS DAY. SORRY I AGAIN. I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF REDUNDANT QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE I REMEMBER FEW MONTHS AGO, WE PROVE SOME SOFTWARE SYSTEM. I MEAN, IT'S SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE KEEPS COMING TO THE BOARD FOR DIFFERENT APPROVAL SOFTWARE RELATED, RIGHT . SO FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF WE CAN HAVE A SUMMARY. LIKE WHAT SYSTEM WHERE USING FOR THE DISTRICT AND THEN YOU KNOW HOW FOR HOW OFTEN WE NEED TO RENEW THOSE? UM SO WE , FIRST OF ALL I KIND OF WANTED TO SEE, UH, A BIGGER PICTURE. LIKE HOW MUCH WE REALLY ARE PAYING FOR THE SOFTWARE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND EVERY DIFFERENCE OF YOUR MAYBE THEY THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT EXPIRATION DAY. AND THEN THAT'S THAT'S WHY YOU'RE PROBABLY BRING TO US AT A DIFFERENT TIME, BUT I SUPPORT MEMBER. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A KIND OF STATISTIC HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING FOR SOFTWARE IN KIND OF IN THE IN TOTAL, AND ALSO, UH, WE REALLY USING ALL OF ALL OF THOSE SOFTWARE. I GUESS THAT'S PROBABLY PART OF WITH THE REDUCTION THING I'M GOING TO ASK WE LOOK INTO, UM SO THAT'S REALLY NOT A QUESTION, BUT I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S AH, ASKING FOR SOME INFORMATION. I MEAN, NOT FOR TODAY, BUT YEAH, THIS THIS REQUEST IS FOR THE SERVICES TO SUPPORT MICROSOFT.IT'S NOT FOR THE SOFTWARE ITSELF. THIS IS SORT OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF FOR THE MICROSOFT ENVIRONMENT. SO YES, I THINK MAYBE I NEED TO REPHRASE MYSELF. I MEAN, IT'S MY QUESTION. WOULD I REFER TO SOFTWARE I DO INCLUDE, LIKE ALL THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, APPLICATIONS ON, YOU KNOW, AND SUPPORTING SOFTWARE SUPPORTING THINGS BECAUSE TO ME, WE REALLY EVERY YEAR WE SPEND A LOT OF MANY ON THE I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHERE ACTUALLY USING THEM, UM SO THE MONEY WILL BE WELL SPENT. WE WILL PUT TOGETHER THE BEST WE CAN IN TERMS OF THE KNOWN SOFTWARE THAT WE SUPPORT. AS WELL AS PURCHASED THROUGH THIS GENERAL FUND. NOW UM THERE ARE SOFTWARE OUT IN A CAMPUSES. THERE ARE CERTAIN PIECES THAT WE DO NOT KNOW OF, SO WE CAN'T PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE WILL GET YOU WHAT WE CAN IN TERMS OF WHAT WE PROVIDE AND SUPPORT IT. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE REASON REALLY, I'M ASKING BECAUSE WE ARE PUTTING OUT OF IT. ER YOU WE WANTED TO OUR TAXPAYER. NO WE ARE TRYING EVERYTHING TO BE TRANSPARENT. UH AND TRYING TO BE SUFFICIENT, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S REALLY THANK YOU AND MOST OF MOST OF THE SOFTWARE WE SUPPORT OUR ENTERPRISE LEVEL, SO WE DO GET THE DISCOUNT AT THE ENTERPRISE. YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR PHAM. AND I WOULD I, TOO, THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE AN OVERVIEW PERSPECTIVE, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THE CAMPUSES ARE DOING, BUT WHAT THE BOARD HAS DONE AND WHAT THE BOARD PROJECTS TO DO IN THE FUTURE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALRIGHT SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. NUMBER NINE REVIEW RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE CONTINUED PURCHASE OF PRE SORTING POSTAGE MAILING SERVICES FROM PITNEY BOWS INCORPORATED.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND THERE IS ONE. I DON'T EVEN SEE HER. THERE IS ONE SPEAKER. THE BOARD ENCOURAGES AND WELCOMES COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM OUR PATRON. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND PLEASE REFERRING FROM MENTIONING A STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE'S NAME WHEN VOICING A CONCERN OR COMPLAINT AS BOARD POLICY
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PROVIDES ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES THROUGH THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS POLICIES LOCAL OR D. G B, A LOCAL TO SEEK RESOLUTION TO COMPLAINTS. I WILL READ THE NAME OF THE PERSON REGISTERED TO SPEAK AND SHARE THAT THEY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS ONCE THE SPEAKER STARTS THEIR COMMENTS. THE BOARD SECRETARY, DR SHIRLEY RIAM WILLY HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING. ONCE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT HAS EXPIRED, AND WHETHER THE SPEAKER HAS CONCLUDED THEIR COMMENTS. DR SHIRLEY ROSE GILLIAM WILL ANNOUNCE THAT THE SPEAKER'S TIME HAS ELAPSED. I THEN ASK THAT YOU RETURN TO YOUR SEAT SO THAT THE NEXT SPEAKER MAY HAVE THEIR THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. IF ADDRESSING THE BOARD. VIRTUALLY YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF YOUR ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER TONIGHT, AND THAT IS MRS GLINDA MCCALL. AND SHE STILL HERE. THEY'RE CHECKING TO SEE IF SHE'S STILL HERE. THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO DO THIS SO. MM HMM. OKAY. I THINK SHE SPOKE EARLIER. SO MOVING ON MAY I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVED? I MOVED TO ADJOURN. ALRIGHT. THE TIME IS* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.