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GOOD AFTERNOON.

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IT'S NOW 2:01, AND THIS IS THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH, 2021.

GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND DETERMINE THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD IN ACCORDANCE BY ORDER OF GOV.

GREG ABBOTT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON SEPTEMBER 17.

2020 AND THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

THESE MODIFICATIONS ARE NECESSARY TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE GARLAND ISD COMMUNITY AND TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENTAL ORDERS AS WELL AS GUIDANCE FROM HEALTH AUTHORITIES.

ITEM THREE PUBLIC FORUM.

MS. HOGAN.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC FORUM ITEMS?

[IV.A. Consider Approval of the Joint Election Contract submitted by the Dallas County Elections Department - Mechelle Hogan]

WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH ITEM 4 ACTION ITEMS, ITEM A CONSIDERE APPROVAL OF THE JOINT ELECTION CONTRACTS SUBMITTED BY THE DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

MS. HOGAN.

HERE WE ARE.. OK, GOOD AFTERNOON.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES DR. LOPEZ, PRESIDENT SELDERS.

PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE MAY 2021 JOINT ELECTIONS CONTRACT SUBMITTED BY DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS.

AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE THE CONTRACT IS OVER, THE SIGNATORY AUTHORITY OF MYSELF.

AND IN MY TENURE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, MAYBE THE SECOND THAT I'VE HAD TO COME AND PRESENT A CONTRACT DUE TO IT BEING OVER THE SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR THRESHOLD.

THIS EVENING, WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT.

IT IS SLATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE DOLLARS AND FORTY FOUR CENTS.

IN PREVIOUS JOINT ELECTIONS, DALLAS COUNTY ALLOCATED ELECTION COSTS USING A FORMULA TO SPLIT THE COST OF THE POLLING PLACES BETWEEN ALL THE JURISDICTIONS THAT USE THE POLLING SITE.

AND THEN THEY TOOK THAT PERCENTAGE TIMES THE NUMBER OF VOTERS WHO USE THE SITE.

THEN THEY ADDED IT WITH THE REGULAR ELECTION COSTS, CLEANING, JUDGES, CLERKS, ETC. AND WE CAME UP WITH A SMALLER NUMBER.

BUT ON THE BACK END, DALLAS COUNTY WAS EATING UP A BIGGER AMOUNT UP FRONT.

FOR THE MAY 2021 ELECTION DALLAS COUNTY HAS CHANGED THEIR ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY TO USE VOTES DUE TO THE USE OF VOTE CENTERS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL POLLING PLACES WITHIN AN ENTITIES JURISDICTION.

SO SINCE ANYONE WITHIN A COUNTY OF DALLAS CAN VOTE ANYWHERE IN DALLAS COUNTY, THERE'S NO RELEVANT MEANS OF USING A PERCENTILE OF A SHARED POLLING SITE BECAUSE THERE'S LITTLE BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY TO TRACK A POLLING SITE BY A VOTER VERSUS THE COST BEING MORE EFFECTIVE IF THE ENTITIES TOOK THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS AND TOOK THAT PERCENTAGE AND TOOK THE COST FROM THEM THAT WAY.

SO THE NEW FORMULA IS USED BY ALLOCATING THE COST OF THE TOTAL ELECTION MULTIPLIED BY THE PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED VOTERS AND THE PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS ELECTION TERRITORY TIMES ANOTHER NUMBER, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE TOTAL COST OF THE ELECTION OUTSIDE OF THE POLLING SITES.

AND THEN YOU GET YOUR DOLLAR AMOUNT, WHICH IS THE TWO DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS FOR US.

THEN YOU TAKE THAT NUMBER TIMES THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND THAT PUTS US AT APPROXIMATELY FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE DOLLARS AND FORTY FOUR CENTS.

ANOTHER REASON WHY THE COST HAS GONE UP IN NOVEMBER OF 2020 FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF POLLING SITES WE, MEANING ALL PARTICIPATING ENTITIES, INCREASED THE NUMBER OF POLLING SITES FROM THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE SITES TO 468 VOTE CENTERS.

AND THAT'S TO ACCOMMODATE THE LARGE NUMBER OF VOTERS WHO WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS IN NOVEMBER, AS WELL AS THE INCREASED NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

IN 2019, GARLAND ISD HAD ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND REGISTERED VOTERS.

IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, OUR NUMBER INCREASED TWENTY THOUSAND TO ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE THOUSAND REGISTERED VOTERS.

SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE COSTS ARE INCREASED DUE TO THE RECAPTURE PAYMENTS FOR THE 2019-2020 ELECTION EQUIPMENT UPDATES.

IF YOU GUYS RECALL, I CAME BACK BEFORE YOU IN 2019 TO TELL YOU ALL OF THE ENTITIES PARTICIPATION IN THE UPDATES TO THE VOTING MACHINES THE EPOLL BOOKS THE NEW DIGITAL ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES.

THIS YEAR'S RECAPTURE PAYMENT IS INCREASED DUE TO THE TIMELINESS OF HAVING TO REPAY THE VENDOR ON DALLAS COUNTY'S END.

EVEN THOUGH WE WERE PAYING A SMALLER PERCENTAGE PRIOR TO THIS YEAR.

THIS YEAR WE HAD TO INCREASE THAT PAYMENT SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FINISH THE PAY OUT OF THOSE ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE ENTITIES, INCREASED THE PAYMENT FOR JUDGES AND CLERKS DURING THE COVID PAYMENTS BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFICULT, ALLURING SENIORS WHO WOULD TYPICALLY WORK THE POLLS FOR US AS JUDGES AND CLERKS.

SO WE HAD TO INCREASE THE PAYMENT TO ALLURE DIFFERENT GROUP.

SO JUDGES PAYMENT WENT FROM 12 TO 18 DOLLARS AND CLERKS WENT FROM 10 TO 16 DOLLARS.

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ALL THOSE COSTS ARE NOW REFLECTED IN OUR ESTIMATED PAYMENT, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTION THERE.

AND IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER ENTITIES WITH THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS WE HAVE, IT'S SOMEWHAT APPLICABLE.

WE ARE STILL FIGHTING TO GET THE NUMBER OF POLLING SITES REDUCED DUE TO THE NUMBER OF VOTERS WE USUALLY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OUR MAY ELECTIONS.

WE HAD OVER NINETY THOUSAND VOTES CAST IN NOVEMBER.

WE WILL NOT SEE THAT IN MAY.

I WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO, BUT I KNOW BETTER.

HISTORICALLY, WE USUALLY HAVE BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN THOUSAND VOTES PARTICIPATE IN THE MAY ELECTION.

SO TO HAVE US PAY $408,000 FOR THE MAY ELECTION IS A LITTLE HIGH, BUT WE REALLY ARE KIND OF BOUND AT THE HIP WITH THIS.

THERE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. HOGAN.

MS. GRIFFIN.

THE BREAKDOWN THAT YOU WERE GIVEN, WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN HERE.

NO, YOU DO NOT.

OK, SO THE BREAKDOWN IS HOW MUCH IS CONTRIBUTED IN THAT FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHT, HOW MUCH IS THE RECAPTURE FOR THE TECHNOLOGY UPDATE? I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER FOR YOU.

I CAN SEND IT TO YOU ALL AS AN UPDATE HERE LATER THIS WEEK.

I DON'T HAVE IT BEFORE ME.

IT IS A SPECIFIC PERCENTAGE, IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT.

THEY'RE MULTIPLYING IT TIMES THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS, IT'S A PERCENTAGE.

SO IT'S REGISTERED VOTERS AND NOT AN AVERAGE OF VOTERS WHO HAVE VOTED IN.

ITS ACTUAL COUNT ON REGISTERED VOTERS.

BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SCREEN, WHEN THEY ESTIMATED THE COST ON FEBRUARY 24TH, THAT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE WAS THE TOTAL COUNT FOR OUR TRI-CITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN OUR TERRITORIAL VOTES.

SO THE INCREASE IS TECHNOLOGY UPDATE, IT'S THE STAFFING OF THE POLLING PLACES WITH THE.

INCREASED PAYMENT TO THE STAFFING CORRECT.

STAFFING, AND IS THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S WORKING? SO THAT'S PRECINCT.

DO YOU THINK THAT THAT'S PRECINCT JUDGES AS WELL AS THE OTHER CLERK PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE? SO IT'S ELECTION JUDGES AS WELL AS CLERKS.

AS WELL AS CLERKS.

SO WE GOT A STAFFING INCREASE.

YES, THE NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS INCREASED AS WELL AS THEIR HOURLY RATE IT WENT UP.

AND THIS IS OVER EARLY VOTING AS WELL AS ELECTION DAY.

CORRECT.

THIS IS THE TOTAL COST FOR OUR ENTIRE ELECTION.

WHEN IS THE TIME TO LOOK AT THE CONSOLIDATION OF VOTING PLACES? TYPICALLY, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AS AN ENTITY.

WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S ACTION FILE.

I PARTICIPATED IN THE INITIAL ONE AND I'VE BEEN ASKED TO JOIN THE TASK FORCE AGAIN.

WE ARE GATHERING A NUMBER OF WILLING PARTICIPANTS TO DO THIS AGAIN.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT IN JULY TO SUBMIT THIS.

THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC TIME.

THERE'S ONLY A NUMBER OF TIMES YOU CAN ONLY TAKE YOUR REDUCED NUMBER OR YOUR REVISED NUMBER TO THE STATE ONCE A YEAR.

SO THE DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS TASK FORCE THAT WOULD INCLUDE MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER ENTITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CITIES, WE'LL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONERS COURTS OF DALLAS TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER AND COME UP WITH A FEASIBLE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE MORE EQUITABLE TO YOU FOR BOTH MAY AND NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.

AND SHOULD THERE BE A CALL TO INCREASE THEM BASED ON VOTER OUTCRY OR NEED IF WE HAVE NOT ALREADY REQUESTED TO REDUCE, WE CAN GO BACK AND ASK FOR INCREASE.

BUT IF WE'VE REQUESTED ANY KIND OF CHANGE, YOU ONLY CAN DO THAT ANNUALLY.

OK, BECAUSE WITH THE NUMBER OF I THINK WE HAVE 40 SOME SCHOOLS, 30 SOME SCHOOLS, SOMETHING, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY THAT WE ARE PARTICIPATING WITH.

I KNOW IT'S OVERALL.

IT'S OVERALL.

SO IT'S NOT ABOUT US REQUESTING TO REDUCE HOW MANY WE WOULD INCLUDE IN THAT TOTAL NUMBER.

IT WOULD TRULY BE BASED OFF THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY ACROSS THE COUNTY.

AND THAT'S HOW WE WOULD COME TO A CONSOLIDATED NUMBER.

YES.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

MR. BEACH.

MECHELLE, WHAT.

IS THIS A YEARLY FEE THAT WILL BE PAID TO FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS? THE NUMBER WILL FLUCTUATE.

IT'S DEPENDENT UPON THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS AND THE NUMBER OF VOTE CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

SO IT CAN GO UP AND IT CAN GO DOWN.

BECAUSE I ADDED UP THE CITY OF GARLAND, CITY OF ROWLETT AND THE CITY OF SACHSE.

IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND COMPARED TO WHAT WE SHOW AS GISD ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE THOUSAND, WHICH IS ABOUT A 9000 DIFFERENCE.

YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT SOME OF THOSE, LIKE SACHSE, CAN ALSO SPAN TWO DIFFERENT COUNTIES.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYBODY WITHIN SACHSE WOULD BE VOTING IN OUR GARLAND ISD ELECTION TO GET US OUR REGISTERED NUMBER.

ALSO THE SAME WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND.

YOU COULD BE CITY OF GARLAND, BUT NOT VOTE IN THE GARLAND ISD ELECTION SHOULD YOU BE ON THAT BOUNDARY WHERE YOU'RE REALLY A DALLAS OR RICHARDSON VOTER.

SO EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN ON THE SHARED PERCENTAGE WHY OUR SHARE OF PERCENTAGE IS

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I THINK THAT OTHER THAN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE'RE THE SECOND HIGHEST ON THAT LIST.

WE HAVE THREE CITIES THAT ENCOMPASS OUR DISTRICT.

OF THOSE THREE CITIES AND THE BOUNDARIES THAT ENCOMPASS GARLAND ISD'S DISTRICT.

WE ALSO HAVE POSITIONS AT LARGE, WHICH MEANS WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CANCEL ELECTIONS.

SO LIKE MR. JOHNSON, PLACE SEVEN IS UNCONTESTED.

WE DO NOT CANCEL HIS POSITION.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED BY LAW.

HE STILL MUST BE ON THE BALLOT.

SOME OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DISTRICT POSITIONS, CITY COUNCIL SEATS THAT ARE BY PLACE THAT ARE A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS SO THEY CAN CANCEL THOSE IF THEY'RE UNCONTESTED, WHICH MEANS THAT THOSE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THAT DISTRICT DON'T GO TOWARDS THIS NUMBER.

SO THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT ACTUAL FOR MOST COUNTIES AND FOR MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS I F THEY ARE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS SUCH AS DALLAS ISD, THEY HAVE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

SO SOME OF THEIR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS WERE UNOPPOSED.

THEY WERE ABLE TO CANCEL THOSE OTHERS WERE NOT.

SO THEY STILL ARE REFLECTING THOSE COSTS FOR THAT, FOR THOSE STILL REGISTERED VOTERS AND THOSE APPLICABLE ELECTIONS.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TRUSTEES? AT THIS TIME, I GUESS I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR THIS ITEM.

SO WE ARE APPROVING WHAT? YOU'RE APPROVING, THE CONTRACT FOR DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS TO GIVE DR. BRENT RINGO THE SIGNATORY AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS AND TO PAY THE FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE DOLLARS AND FORTY FOUR CENTS FOR THIS MAY 2020 ELECTION.

WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A 2021 ELECTION.

WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ELECTION.

BUT PROCEDURALLY, WE MUST TAKE THIS VOTE.

RIGHT.

AND IF WE DISAPPROVE, WHAT HAPPENS? I WILL FEEL VERY BAD THAT YOU FEEL THAT WAY.

AND I WILL PASS ON YOUR DISDAIN TO DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS ONCE I SIT ON THAT 12TH MEETING TASK FORCE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE DO NOT APPRECIATE THIS COST AMOUNT.

BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.

THEY CAN TAKE IT OUT OF MY SCHOOL BOARD PAY.

I KNOW.

I'M SORRY.

WE ANTICIPATED THE AMOUNT.

I ANTICIPATED THE AMOUNT FOR THE YEAR.

I BUDGETED TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL THIS FISCAL YEAR SPANS TWO ELECTIONS.

WE HAD A MAY, WE HAD A NOVEMBER ELECTION AND NOW WE'RE HAVING A MAY ELECTION DUE TO COVID POSTPONING LAST MAY'S ELECTION.

SO I WENT BACK AND RECONFIGURED OUR NUMBERS SO THAT WE COULD PAY BASICALLY TWICE WHAT WE WOULD HAVE PAID LAST MAY TO COVER THE ENTIRE YEAR.

SO I'VE FACTORED IN ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR BOTH ELECTION COSTS ADVERTISING AND GETTING IT IN BOTH THE NEWSPAPER AND ONLINE.

SO THIS HAS IF WE DO NOT APPROVE THIS, THE FOLLOWING TRANSFER, IT WILL WIPE OUT OUR BOARD BUDGET.

WE WON'T HAVE ANY FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE EXHAUSTED THE REMAINDER OF OUR BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JUST TO PAY FOR THE ELECTION.

BUT I THINK WHAT THE QUESTION WAS, IS WHAT IF WE DON'T APPROVE? IF YOU DO NOT APPROVE THIS, WHILE IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE, WE REALLY DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO CONTRACT WITH DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS.

YOU MUST HAVE AN ELECTION.

THERE'S NO SECOND OPTION HERE.

THERE'S NO SECOND OPTION.

I'M SORRY, IT'S ONLY OPTION A.

NO PLAN B.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S JUST SOME RELIEF TO ASK THE QUESTION.

I'M NOT I'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.

MR. PRESIDENT.

YES.

I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM.

APPROVAL OF THE JOINT ELECTION CONTRACT SUBMITTED BY THE DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IN OUR BOARD TODAY.

SECOND.

BEEN MOVED BY MR. MILLER, SECONDED BY MR. GLICK.

ALL IN FAVOR.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, MR. GLICK.

I WANT TO SEE IF I UNDERSTOOD SOMETHING YOU SAID.

SO NORMALLY AND NORMALLY [INAUDIBLE] ELECTIONS WE HAVE TWO, TWO AND THREE POSITIONS AVAILABLE.

CORRECT.

SO LET'S ASSUME IT'S A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW WHEN WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS AND NEITHER IS CONTESTED, WE WOULD WE STILL HAVE TO PAY A FEE.

I'M NOT CLEAR IF THAT'S WHAT.

NO, SIR.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGH.

WE DON'T PAY A FEE.

WE CANCEL WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTRACT FOR THAT YEAR.

THAT WAS IT.

THANK YOU.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. MILLER.

SECONDED BY MR. GLICK.

BY MR. GLICK.

ALL IN FAVOR.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. HOGAN.

WE'LL MOVE TO ACTION ITEM.

[IV.B. Consider Approval of Budget Transfers and Amendments to the 2020-2021 General Fund - Brandy Mayo]

ITEM B.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2020-2021 GENERAL FUND MS. MAYO.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON PRESIDENT SELDERS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. LOPEZ.

I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WILL SATISFY THAT PAYMENT

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FOR THIS CONTRACT.

WE ARE ABLE AT THIS TIME TO SHIFT FUNDS AND WITHIN OUR CURRENT BUDGET.

SO THERE IS NO BUDGET IMPACT.

SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

YES.

MS. GRIFFIN, WHERE ARE WE SHIFTING MONEY FROM? WE HAD SOME FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR SOME SOFTWARE.

WE UTILIZED THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS FOR OUR ORACLE UPGRADE THIS YEAR.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE REMAINING FUNDS TO SHIFT INTO THIS POSITION.

YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY TO PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING.

AND I THINK WHEN WE SAY THE WORD THAT THERE'S NO IMPACT TO THE BUDGET, BUT REALLY FUNDS OF THIS REALLOCATION MEANS WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDS FOR ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT COME UP.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CLEARLY STATE THAT TO LOOK LIKE, OH, THIS IS NO BIG DEAL, WE CAN COVER IT.

WELL, IT IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE THAT MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE MAY HAVE DOWN THE ROAD.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT.

WHAT YOU SAY.

JUST IN THIS CASE, MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE THIS WAS ALLOCATED FOR SOME SOFTWARE THAT WAS NOT USED.

WE DID NOT USE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT.

WOULD NOT BE USED ENTIRELY IN THIS PERIOD.

SO THERE WAS SOME EXCESS THAT WOULD HAVE GONE BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND, I GUESS, IF WE DIDN'T USE IT.

BUT WE'RE TRANSFERRING IT FROM THAT UNUSED EXCESS, IF YOU WILL ON THE DP SIDE TO COVER EXPENSES FOR THIS.

IT IS NO IMPACT TO THE BUDGET.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S TRANSFERRING SAVINGS THAT WE HAD IN ONE HAND TO PAY FOR UNEXPECTED EXPENSE ON THE OTHER.

SO IT'S NOT A REALLY A WIN.

IT'S JUST FORTUNATE THAT WE HAD MONEY LEFT OVER IN ONE OF OUR OTHER BUDGET ITEMS TO BE ABLE TO COVER IT.

IT IS.

BUT IN THIS UNPRECEDENTED TIME IN COVID, WE HAVE SAT HERE AND AND DEALT WITH A LOT OF NEW EXPENSES.

AND SHOULD SOMETHING ELSE ARRIVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE USED THIS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

AND MY POINT IS, I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY THAT ALTHOUGH THE BUDGET DIDN'T CHANGE IT'S NOT BEING USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, I GUESS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT'S ALL GOOD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WELL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR THIS BUDGET TRANSFER AN AMENDMENT AT THIS TIME.

SO MOVED.

BEEN MOVED BY MR. GLICK, SECONDED BY MR. MILLER.

ALL IN FAVOR.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

[IV.C. Consider Approval of Revised Resolution Allowing Staff Members Time to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine - Lisa Ray and Dr. Gradyne E. Brown]

WE'LL, NOW MOVE TO ACTION ITEM C CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A REVISED RESOLUTION ALLOWING STAFF MEMBERS TIME TO RECEIVE COVID-19 VACCINE.

MS. RAY AND DR. BROWN.

GOOD EVENING.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. LOPEZ, MS. RAY AND I ARE HERE TO ASK YOU TO REVISE A RESOLUTION THAT YOU APPROVED AND MS. RAY IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE SPECIFICS.

THANK YOU, DR. BROWN.

SIMPLY PUT, TRUSTEES.

EXCUSE ME, PRESIDENT SELDERS, DR. LOPEZ RESPECTED TRUSTEES, AS DR.

BROWN MENTIONED, WE ARE JUST REVISING A DATE.

AND IF YOU LOOK BEFORE YOU ON THE REVISED RESOLUTION.

THE ONLY CHANGE THAT HAS BEEN MADE TO THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU APPROVED LAST MONTH OF THE FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING IS ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHERE WE STATE THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS PASSAGE AND IS RETROACTIVE TO DECEMBER 1ST, 2020, THE INITIAL DATE OF VACCINE AVAILABILITY.

THE PRIOR RESOLUTION HAD BEEN DATED FEBRUARY 4TH, WHICH WAS THE DATE THAT WE HAD PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND TO WITH OUR HBJ STADIUM TO START THE VACCINATIONS.

HOWEVER, THERE WERE EMPLOYEES THAT HAD RECEIVED VACCINATIONS PRIOR TO THAT DATE.

AND JUST IN THE SPIRIT OF EQUITY, WE WANTED TO INCLUDE THOSE EMPLOYEES TO TO HAVE IT RETROACTIVE TO DECEMBER 1ST, 2020.

THANK YOU, MS. RAY.

ANY QUESTIONS, MR. BEACH.

I'M SORRY.

MR. GLICK HAD HIS HAND.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.

I PERSONALLY BECAUSE I HAVE RECEIVED SOME PHONE CALLS FROM INDIVIDUALS ON THIS.

AND I, I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE THAT, THAT IT'S ONLY RIGHT FOR US TO TO GO BACK BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN WE WHEN WE APPROVED THE RESOLUTION THAT THOSE FOLKS, SOME FOLKS I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THEM JANUARY 26TH.

SO WE WOULD HAVE JUST BARELY MISSED THAT THAT TIMELINE.

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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

SORRY MR. BEACH.. I MEAN, MR. GLICK.

YEAH.

DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO FALL UNDER THIS THIS REVISION? I CAN'T I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY FALL UNDER THIS REVISION, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE HAD CLOSE TO 100 PEOPLE AT THIS POINT WHO HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE FEBRUARY 4TH OR THE INITIAL RESOLUTION.

MR. GLICK, I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER PER SAY.

HOWEVER, THERE WERE EMPLOYEES THAT DID REACH OUT AS MR. BEACH HAD INDICATED THAT HUD INFORMED THE H.R.

DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED THE VACCINE PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 4TH, WHICH IS AWESOME THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WE JUST DID NOT KNOW AT THAT WHEN WE BROUGHT THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION.

AND SO ONCE WE LEARNED THAT, WE WERE LIKE, WOW, WE NEED TO MAKE THIS A FAIR FOR EVERYONE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE RETRO TO DECEMBER 1ST.

THANK YOU.

AND ADD SOMETHING TO THAT LARRY.

ON THE PHONE.

FROM THE FOLKS THAT CONTACTED ME.

SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WERE IN A DIFFERENT COUNTY.

AND THAT WAS THE OTHER REASON THAT I WAS VERY THANKFUL THAT WE WENT BACK ON THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE THEY WERE GRAYSON COUNTY OR THEY WERE IN A DIFFERENT COUNTY THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK THAT WE APPROVED THAT RESOLUTION.

WE THINK EVERYBODY IS JUST GOING TO COME TO GARLAND OR HBJ STADIUM OUT HERE TO GET THEIR SHOT.

SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY GONE OUT INTO OTHER COUNTIES AND GOT IT BECAUSE THEY HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT WORKED IN HOSPITALS OR THEY HAD KINFOLK OR WHATEVER, THEY COULD DO IT IN OTHER COUNTIES.

SO IT WAS A GOOD THING FOR US TO DO THAT.

WE'VE HAD EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY DRIVE TO LOUISIANA TO GET THEIR VACCINATIONS.

YES.

JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, MAKING THIS RETROACTIVE BACK TO DECEMBER 1ST, THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT DID BRING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, THEY DID HAVE TO LOSE OR MISS A DAY OF WORK TO GO GET THE VACCINE.

AND THEN THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS EQUITABLE DECISION.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

AND WE WILL SEND NOTIFICATION TO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TRUSTEES? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS AS PRESENTED TO US THIS EVENING.

SECOND.

BEEN APPROVED BY MR. BEACH, SECONDED BY MR. GLICK.

ALL IN FAVOR.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS DR. LOPEZ.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.

MEETING HAS BEEN IS ADJOURNED AT 2:23.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.