[I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum]
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THIS IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, AND THIS IS A REGULARLY SCHEDULED GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, A QUORUM IS PRESENT MS. HOGAN ANYBODY ON PUBLIC FORUM? OK, LET'S GO TO ITEM THREE.
[IV.A. Information Items]
THIS IS INFORMATION ITEMS. WE'LL GO TO MR. BOOKER WITH THE CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT.TO MR. GLICK, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TO DR.
LOPEZ, WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU FOR AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
THE FEBRUARY RENEWAL CONTRACT.
THERE ARE THREE CONTRACTS FOR RENEWAL.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOOKER. SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S GO TO ITEM 2 REVIEW DECEMBER 2021 MONTHLY FINANCIALS.
MR. GLICK BOARD OF TRUSTEES DR.
LOPEZ BEFORE YOU OR THE GENERAL FUND 2021 DECEMBER.
EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK AS EXPECTED.
IN ADDITION TO OUR ESSER TWO AND THREE FINANCIALS AS OF DECEMBER AND IN A COUPLE OF ITEMS, WE'RE GOING TO GET AN ADDITIONAL REPORT FROM DR.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. DAVENPORT OR YOU WANT TO HOLD THEM FOR DR.
RINGO, ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM THREE 2021 TAX REPORT MS. COOPER. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. GLICK, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.
LOPEZ, EXCUSE ME, PRESIDENT GLICK.
I MEAN, NO, WE'RE NOT IN BOARD MEETING.
AND BEFORE YOU, IS THE DECEMBER 2021 TAX COLLECTION REPORT, REFLECTING 52.39 PERCENT COLLECTED OUR COLLECTIONS FOR DECEMBER OF 2021 HAVE SURPASSED DECEMBER 2020 COLLECTIONS, AS WELL AS THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE.
TODAY WE ARE AT 94.79 PERCENT IN OUR 2021 COLLECTIONS, WHICH IS ALSO AHEAD OF LAST YEAR.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NEXT TIME, I'LL JUST READ MY NOTES.
OK, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM FOUR.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW ARTICLES IN NATIONAL AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ABOUT WHETHER DISTRICTS ARE SPENDING THEIR ESSER FUNDS ESSER 2 AND 3, AND WHETHER THEY'RE GIVING THE PUBLIC ENOUGH INFORMATION ON HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THE FUNDS.
RINGO TO COME UP WITH THIS REPORT, SO YOU'LL SEE AN EXTRA DOCUMENT YOU'VE BEEN PRESENTED.
OK, YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR TABLE, WHICH IS PART OF THE PRESENTATION HE'S GOING TO GIVE DR.
RINGO. THANK YOU. MR. GLICK BOARD OF TRUSTEES DR.
LOPEZ. GOOD AFTERNOON. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN INFORMATION.
AND TIME LINE ON ESSER 2 AND ESSER THREE, AS MR. GLICK SHARED AND AS A REMINDER, ESSER 2 GRANT AWARD BEING FORTY NINE MILLION THREE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX THOUSAND NINE ZERO TWO.
ESSER THREE GRANT AWARD, ONE HUNDRED TEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND AND ZERO ZERO SEVEN DOLLARS.
OUR TIMELINE FOR ESSER JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY HAS MR. GLICK NOTED. THERE WAS A RECENT ARTICLE AND I WILL SHOW THE TITLE OF THIS ARTICLE SHORTLY, BUT IT GIVES THE PERCEPTION THAT THESE FUNDS ARE BEING NOT UTILIZED BY CITIES, COUNTIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN A TIMELY FASHION.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THESE TYPE OF ARTICLES ALSO KNOW AT TIMES THERE IS SOMETIMES AN AGENDA BEHIND THESE ARTICLES ON THAT TYPE OF MONEY IS INVOLVED.
AS WE'VE SEEN IN STATE DISCUSSIONS AND EVEN IN FEDERAL DISCUSSIONS, WE HAD OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING ON ESSER THREE AND ON JUNE 22ND.
AND WHY IS IT ESSER THREE IN FRONT OF ESSER 2? THAT IS BECAUSE OF WHEN THE GRANT AWARDS WERE OPENED UP TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY, WE WOULD BELIEVE ESSER TWO WOULD BECOME BEFORE ESSER THREE FOR THE ORDER, BUT THE WAY IT WAS ALLOCATED OUT FROM THE STATE AND THROUGH THE FEDS AND THE TIMELINE. ESSER 3 WAS FIRST.
WE HAD OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING FOR INPUT ON THAT.
PRIOR TO THAT, WE HAD STAKEHOLDER INPUT FROM THE CAMPUS LEVEL TO PARENT LEVEL TO THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL TO GET TO THAT PROCESS TO PRESENT THAT PLAN AS AN INFORMATION UNDER THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUBMIT TO TEA FOR APPROVAL.
AND THEN ON AUGUST TWENTY FOURTH, WE HAD OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING ON ESSER 2 PRESENTED THAT EXPANSION PLAN AT THAT MEETING AND WHAT THE DISTRICT ROLLED OUT WITH.
AND DECEMBER 7TH, WE HAD OUR SECOND PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH WAS THREE IN TOTAL ON ESSER TWO, AND ESSER THREE. AND SO THAT WAS JUST TO SHOW WHERE OUR PLAN WAS.
WE HAD SHARED WHAT INPUT WAS ON REALLOCATIONS AND TODAY AND WHERE WE'RE AT ON OUR TIMELINE. SO THE ARTICLE THAT WAS REFERENCED, WHICH DOES CREATE MAY CREATE CONCERN FOR STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS OR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. BUT IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF UNSPENT FUNDS AND IT COLORS
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DEBATES OVER ADDITIONAL RELIEF, MEANING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CITIES AND COUNTIES EVEN RECEIVED THIS MONEY.BUT WHAT IS NOT IN THAT ARTICLE IT DOESN'T MENTION ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS PUBLIC ENTITIES, ESPECIALLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, MUST GO THROUGH TO EXPENSE THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS.
THESE ARE HEAVILY REGULATED DOLLARS AND EDGAR GOVERNORS ARE EXPENDITURES OF THESE FUNDS.
AND SO THERE ARE MANY CONTRACTS THAT HAVE TO BE REBID TO BE FEDERALLY COMPLIANT CONTRACTS, ACCORDING TO STATUTE.
IT DOES NOT COVER THE TIMELINES FOR APPROVAL BY THE REGULATING GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TEA FOR US.
IT DOES NOT NOTE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ESTABLISH THESE TIMELINES TO EXPENSE THESE FUNDS, WHICH IS A MULTI-YEAR PLAN, NOT A SIX MONTH PLAN AND OUTLINE IT DOES NOT OUTLINE.
THERE'S NO WAY A MAJORITY OF THESE FUNDS CAN BE EXPENSED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURES.
THE ARTICLE DOES STATE AT THE VERY END, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO SPEND THEIR FEDERAL CASH.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS SOME CONFUSION OVER ACCEPTABLE USES OF THE MONEY.
SO IT COULD BE A VERY MISLEADING ARTICLE IF SOMEONE WERE TO READ THAT AND NOT OR HAVE NOT BEEN AWARE OF THE PRIOR DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
ESSER ONE WAS THE CARES ACT HAS REMINDED THAT WAS THE STATE OFFSET SUPPLANT, SO WE DID NOT RECEIVE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
THE STATE CUT OUR STATE FUNDING AND THE GENERAL FUND BY THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.
ESSER 2 AND ESSER 3 ARE WHAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER RIGHT NOW AND IT DOES HAVE SOME OFFSET SUPPLANT POTENTIAL. WE DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING, MEANING THE STATE WOULD NOT REDUCE OUR STATE FUNDING BUDGET AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN, ESSER THREE EXPANSION PLAN IS ON OUR GISD WEB PAGE AND PRESENTED IN JUNE.
SO BOTH THESE PLANS ON OUR WEB PAGE, I WILL SHOW THOSE EXAMPLES.
OUR DEADLINE TO EXPENSE THE FUNDS FOR ESSER 2 HAS A REMINDER SEPTEMBER 30TH 2023 THE STATE AND THE FEDS DO NOT REQUIRE A USE OF FUND PLANS.
THE DISTRICT, HOWEVER, DID DO THIS FOR TRANSPARENCY IN ALIGNMENT WITH ESSER 3 REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEB PAGE.
IN THAT FULL TRANSPARENCY, IT SHOWS THAT BY FISCAL YEAR, THE EXACT DETAIL OF THE STUDENTS, THE DETAIL OF THE EXPENDITURE.
IT IS QUITE A FEW LINE ITEMS. IT CAN BE VERY CONFUSING IF PRESENTED IN A POWERPOINT, WHICH IS WHY THAT IS NOT ON HERE.
BUT WE HAVE SHOWN THAT IN THESE PRIOR MEETINGS, SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT.
AN ALLOWABLE COST YOU CAN SEE HERE, I WILL NOT READ THROUGH ANY OF THOSE.
BUT SINCE THERE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS, LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE HEAVILY REGULATED DOLLARS, ESSER THREE DETAILS.
THERE'S ASSURANCES OF THIS OR GRANT THAT MUST BE DONE BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
USE OF FUNDS PLAN HAS TO BE DEVELOPED AND PRESENTED.
THERE HAS TO BE A SAFER RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN.
GARRETT DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THAT AND HAVE PRESENTED THAT PLAN THAT IS ALSO POSTED ON OUR ESSER WEB PAGE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT OF THESE FUNDS, 20 PERCENT MUST GO TOWARDS EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS, AND THAT IS WHERE THE DEPARTMENT INPUT CAMPUS INPUT STAKEHOLDER INPUT WAS CRITICAL IN DEVELOPING THAT PLAN TO IDENTIFY THOSE NEEDS, AND IT IS LISTED WITHIN THAT PLAN. AND ALL EXPENDITURES MUST BE FEDERALLY COMPLIANT AND WE CAN REVIEW AND AMEND IF NEEDED, EVERY SIX MONTHS.
AND THOSE ARE THE [INAUDIBLE] COSTS VERY SIMILAR TO ESSER TWO.
SO THESE ARE THE REQUIRED ASSURANCES THAT DISTRICTS MUST CHECK, AND THE KEY PIECE IN THIS ON THIS ASSURANCE IS THESE ARE ONE TIME FUNDS, MEANING ONCE WE USE THEM, THERE IS NO PLAN FOR US TO GET THESE FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAIN, SO DISTRICTS CANNOT BUILD THESE INTO ONGOING OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES.
JUST A REMINDER OF WHEN THESE PLANS WERE PRESENTED, AND THESE ARE POSTED ON OUR DETAILED NATIONAL WEB PAGE.
AND SO FOR EASE, ANY STAKEHOLDER IF THEY JUST SEARCH GARLAND ISD ESSER FUNDS, THE FIRST LINK ON GOOGLE TAKES THEM TO OUR ESSER FUNDS PAGE IN THERE, THE DETAIL BY FISCAL YEAR AND EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR OF WHERE THEY ARE BEING EXPENSED.
IT HAS BEEN NOTED TO BE A RESOURCE FOR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE OF THE TRANSPARENCY OF THAT PLAN, AND OUR ESSER 2 AND ESSER THREE STATUS OF CURRENT DOLLARS FOR THIS IS PROVIDED IN OUR FINANCIAL REPORT THAT MS. DAVENPORT PRESENTS EVERY MONTH.
BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR ESSER 2 AND ESSER THREE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
ENCUMBRANCES MEAN THOSE FUNDS ARE ENCUMBERED ON A REQUISITION AND HAS SERVICES PROVIDED THEY WILL BE EXPENSED.
THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES ARE WHAT WE HAVE PAID OUT WITHIN THESE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WITHIN ESSER 2 WE'VE EXPENSED ROUGHLY 6.1 MILLION DOLLARS AND HAVE ENCUMBERED THAT WILL BE EXPENSED WHEN SERVICE IS PROVIDED.
AND THEN WITHIN ESSER 3, 34.6 MILLION DOLLARS, SO ROUGHLY THIRTY ONE PERCENT HAS ALREADY BEEN EXPENSED.
AND IF YOU ALSO WITHIN ESSER THREE, WE HAVE OUR RETENTION STIPEND THAT IS NOT ENCUMBERED.
IT IS JUST DESIGNATED IN FUTURE FISCAL YEARS.
SO AS WE PAY THAT OUT, AS WE DO CELL TOWER PROJECTS, AS WE DO OTHER PROJECTS, THOSE FUNDS WILL THEN BE ENCUMBERED AND THEN EXPENSED SO YOU CAN SEE WE'LL BE APPROACHING THOSE
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DOLLAR AMOUNTS OF THE LIMIT FAIRLY QUICKLY.AND SO THAT'S JUST FULL TRANSPARENCY OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR DOLLARS AND HAS NOTED BEFORE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO EXPENSE ALL THESE DOLLARS IN THE FIRST SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS OF HAVING ACCESS TO THESE FUNDS.
AS REFERENCED IN THAT ARTICLE THAT ARTICLE MAKES IT SOUND LIKE ENTITIES ARE JUST HOLDING ON OR HOLDING ON TO THIS MONEY AND NOT ACCESSING THE MONEY FOR ITS INTENTIONAL USE.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS HAS WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW.
WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW OUR REALLOCATIONS ALONG WITH THE 22-23 GENERAL FUND BUDGET PREPARATION. WE HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP IN TWO WEEKS AS WE GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET, WORKSHOP AND BUDGET NEEDS WITHIN THOSE REALLOCATIONS INSTEAD OF HITTING THE GENERAL FUND FOR SOME OF OUR NEEDS. OUR GOAL IS TO LOOK AT OUR ESSER FUNDING AND OUR REALLOCATIONS AND BE ABLE TO DESIGNATE THOSE DOLLARS WITH OUR ESSER PLAN.
WE'LL REVIEW THAT INPUT AND DETERMINE A REALLOCATIONS.
WE'LL HAVE A FOURTH PUBLIC MEETING IN MAY OF 2022 OR JUNE OF 2022, WHICH IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET ADOPTION.
BECAUSE AGAIN, IF WE HAVE NEEDS THAT WE CAN MEET WITHIN THE ESSER ALLOCATIONS, WE MAY TRY TO ALLOCATE THOSE ESSER DOLLARS INSTEAD OF THE GENERAL FUND AND AS REQUIRED WE'LL RESUBMIT THOSE GRANT APPLICATIONS TO TEA FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE DO MUST BE PRE-APPROVED BY TEA ON THAT EXPANSION PLAN.
AND WITH THAT, MR. GLICK, TURN BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? AND AS YOU'LL SEE ON PAGES 15 AND 16 OF OUR REPORT THAT MS. DAVENPORT GAVE US, AND THOSE NUMBERS HAVE NOW BEEN UPDATED.
AS OF TODAY. AND THE REPORT THAT WE JUST GOT THEIR UPDATED AND CURRENT AS OF TODAY, DR.
RINGO'S NUMBERS COMPARED TO WHAT THE NUMBERS THAT MS. DAVENPORT GAVE US ON PAGES 15 AND 16.
LOPEZ? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GENERATING AND MONITORING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW.
I DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT EXPECTED TO EXPEND ALL THAT ALL OF THIS TYPE OF FUNDING IN ONE YEAR.
IT'S MEANT TO DIVVY OUT IN TWO TO THREE YEARS.
SO WHEN THEY SAY THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE HAS NOT BEEN USED, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S BY DESIGN, NOT OUR DESIGN, BUT KIND OF LIKE THE FEDERAL DESIGN AND THE STATE DESIGN. REMEMBER, THERE'S TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR JURISDICTION OVER THIS TYPE OF MONEY. AND SO WE HAVE TO GET APPROVALS, WE HAVE TO GIVE UPDATES AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND USING ALL THESE EXPENDITURES THE PROPER WAY THEY WERE INTENDED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, SIR. LET'S GO TO ITEM B ACTION ITEMS.
[IV.B. Action Items (Non Consent)]
ONE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS MS. MAYO.ON PAGES TWENTY TWO TO TWENTY FOUR.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN GLICK BOARD OF TRUSTEES DR.
LOPEZ. I'M BRINGING YOU THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR FEBRUARY.
IF I COULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE TWENTY FOUR, YOU'LL SEE AT THE TOP AS OUR NORMAL FUNCTION TRANSFERS AS NORMAL OPERATIONS, THEY HAVE A NET ZERO IMPACT TO THE BUDGET.
WE ARE REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT IS COMING FROM THE ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, TECHNOLOGY HAD A SALE OF IPADS.
THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS ASSIGNED.
THEY HAVE UTILIZED SOME OF THOSE FUNDS AND THIS IS THE REMAINDER OF THOSE FUNDS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
LET'S GO TO ITEM B TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION FOR SCHOLARSHIP REWARD FOR STUDENTS. MR. COLEMAN BRUMAN.
PAGES TWENTY FIVE TO TWENTY SEVEN.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN GLICK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
LOPEZ. TONIGHT I BRING YOU THE RESOLUTION TO TAKE THE PROCEEDS FROM THE LOCAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW.
THAT'S THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH INTO THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TO TAKE THOSE PROCEEDS AND PUT THEM INTO A SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS TO THE STUDENTS FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
THEY'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE STATE, GOING TO ALL KINDS OF SHOWS, GETTING READY FOR THIS AND RECRUITING DIFFERENT BUYERS TO COME JOIN US.
AND SO THIS RESOLUTION WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT WITHIN DISTRICT GUIDELINES.
AND ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AGAIN, ALL THE YES, MR. BEACH. WHEN IS THE LOCAL SHOW COMING UP? SO IT STARTS ON WEDNESDAY, THE 30TH, AND RUNS THROUGH SATURDAY, THE 1ST OF APRIL.
YES. ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE TENT UP AGAIN LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR? YES, SIR. IT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS.
IT GOES UP ON THE MARCH TWENTY EIGHTH ON THE MONDAY BEFORE.
PERFECT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION ALLOWING COMPENSATION FOR STAFF MEMBERS DUE TO TIME MISSED DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS.
DR. BROWN. PAGES TWENTY EIGHT TO 30.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN GLICK, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
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DR. LOPEZ, I COME BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON TO PRESENT TO YOU A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT WE APPROVE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS, WHEREAS THE DISTRICT RECOGNIZES THE VALUE AND BENEFIT OF ENCOURAGING ITS EMPLOYEES TO BE MODELS FOR STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.WHEREAS THE DISTRICT MAINTAINS THE SAFETY OF ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF AS A TOP PRIORITY OF THE DISTRICT. WHEREAS THE BOARD IS AUTHORIZED BY TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 45.105 TO EXPEND FUNDS OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PURPOSES NECESSARY IN THE CONDUCT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD.
WHEREAS THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES THAT DURING AN EMERGENCY CLOSING, MOST DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ARE INSTRUCTED NOT TO REPORT FOR WORK, WHEREAS THE BOARD FINDS THAT A NEED EXISTS TO ADDRESS WAGE PAYMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE IDLED.
WHEREAS THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE INSTRUCTED NOT TO REPORT TO WORK MAY SUFFER A LOSS OF PAY IF THE DISTRICT IS CLOSED.
AND WHEREAS THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT CONTINUING WAGE PAYMENTS TO ALL DESIGNATED EMPLOYEES, AS IDENTIFIED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE CONTRACTUAL AND NON-CONTRACTUAL SALARIED AND NON SALARIED WHO SUFFER A LOSS IN PAY DUE TO AN EMERGENCY CLOSING, SERVES THE PUBLIC PURPOSES OF MAINTAINING MORALE, REDUCING TURNOVER AND ENSURING CONTINUITY OF DISTRICT STAFFING WHEN SCHOOLS REOPEN, WHEREAS TO NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CALLED IN TO WORK ON SITE DURING AN EMERGENCY CLOSING THE BOARD FURTHER CONCLUDES THAT PAYMENT OF THESE EMPLOYEES AT PREMIUM RATE OTHERWISE DEFINED AS PREMIUM PAY ONE AND ONE HALF TIMES THEIR REGULAR RATE OF PAY AS PROVIDED IN THIS RESOLUTION AND DEFINED IN BOARD POLICY, DEA LOCAL SERVES THE PUBLIC PURPOSES OF MAINTAINING MORALE, PROVIDING EQUITY BETWEEN IDLED EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEES WHO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELATED SERVICES, AND RECOGNIZING THE SERVICES OF ESSENTIAL STAFF.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE FINDINGS AND RECITALS IN THE PREAMBLE OF THIS RESOLUTION ARE HEREBY FOUND TO BE TRUE AND CORRECT AND ARE HEREBY APPROVED AND ADOPTED.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AUTHORIZED CONTINUED WAGE PAYMENTS TO ALL DESIGNATED EMPLOYEES AS IDENTIFIED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE CONTRACTUAL AND NON-CONTRACTUAL SALARIED AND NON SALARIED, WHO ARE INSTRUCTED NOT TO REPORT TO WORK DURING AN EMERGENCY CLOSING.
THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THIS RESOLUTION TO CONTINUE WAGE PAYMENTS TO IDLED EMPLOYEES AND TO PAY A PREMIUM RATE OF TIME AND A HALF TO NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES WHO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELATED SERVICES IS EFFECTIVE FOR ANY EMERGENCY CLOSURES DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2022 UNLESS THE BOARD TAKES ACTION TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT FOR A LONGER DURATION OR MODIFY THE RESOLUTION AT A LATER DATE.
THAT IT IS HEREBY FOUND, DETERMINED AND DECLARED THAT A SUFFICIENT WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE DATE, TIME, PLACE AND SUBJECT OF THE MEETING OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED, WAS POSTED AT A PLACE CONVENIENT AND READILY ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE TIME REQUIRED BY LAW PRECEDING THIS MEETING, AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 551 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, AND THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW AT ALL TIMES DURING WHICH THIS RESOLUTION AND THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREOF HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, CONSIDERED AND FORMALLY ACTED UPON.
THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD FURTHER CERTIFIES OR RATIFIES, APPROVES AND CONFIRMS SUCH WRITTEN NOTICE AND POSTING THEREOF.
THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS PASSAGE AND IS RETROACTIVE TO ANY DATES. GARLAND ISD WAS CLOSED DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER IN FEBRUARY 2022 BY JAMIE MILLER, PRESIDENT AND BY LINDA GRIFFIN, SECRETARY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO BASED ON THE LANGUAGE IN NUMBER FIVE THAT YOU JUST READ.
YES, SIR. IF SO, POTENTIALLY IF NEXT WEEK WE'RE CLOSED BECAUSE OF AN ICE STORM BASED ON THE RETROACTIVITY FROM THE PASSAGE DATE, THIS WOULD
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APPLY TO THOSE DAYS ALSO IS THAT IS THAT IS THAT THE INTENTION? I WOULD HAVE TO REFER THAT TO OUR LEGAL WHO IS NOT HERE.BUT BUT I BELIEVE IT IS THE INTENTION.
I'M HERE, I'M HERE, I'M VIRTUAL.
MS. RAY, DID YOU HEAR THAT QUESTION? IF WE CAN JUST PUT IT TO NUMBER FIVE, THE SPECIFIC PROVISION THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO? YES. OK.
SO MY QUESTION WAS THE WAY THIS IS WORDED IF WE LET'S ASSUME OVER THIS WEEKEND AN ICE STORM COMES AND WE'RE CLOSED ALL OF NEXT WEEK BASED ON THE RETROACTIVITY FROM FEBRUARY 22 WOULD APPLY TO THOSE DAYS ALSO.
AND IS THAT THE INTENTION? SO THE WAY THE RESOLUTION WAS WRITTEN, IT WOULD BE FOR THE DATES OF CLOSURE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. THERE WERE TWO VERSIONS, SIR, AND SO I DON'T KNOW ON THAT A RESOLUTION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WHETHER IT SPECIFICALLY INDICATES THOSE TWO DATES OF LAST WEEK. IT DOES IN THREE REFER TO DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY 22ND.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE TWO DAYS LAST WEEK, BUT THE WAY IT'S ALSO WORDED TO ANY DATES WAS CLOSED IN NUMBER FIVE.
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO, SIR, IS WE WOULD AMEND THE RESOLUTION AND WE WOULD BRING A REVISED ONE TO THE BOARD TO VOTE ON, AND WE WOULD SPECIFY THOSE SPECIFIC DATES WHICH INCLUDED LAST WEEK AND ANY DATES NEXT WEEK SHOULD THE DISTRICT BE CLOSED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CHANGES.
WE WOULD BRING AN AMENDED YES RESOLUTION.
LET'S SAY WE HAD AN ICE STORM SATURDAY AND WE COULDN'T WORK ON MONDAY.
WE WOULD BRING AN AMENDED RESOLUTION.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NO CHANGES.
YES. RIGHT NOW IT'S FINE. YES.
OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS OK, THANK YOU, MA'AM.
YES, SIR. AND THIS IS THE RESOLUTION ALLOWING COMPENSATION FOR STAFF MEMBERS DUE TO TIME MISSED DURING LACK OF POWER.
YES. ON JANUARY 21ST WE HAD TWO CAMPUSES KEELEY ELEMENTARY AND LUNA ELEMENTARY DURING VERY COLD WEATHER, WHO WERE UNABLE TO REPORT TO WORK BECAUSE IT WAS TOO COLD AND WE DID NOT PROVIDE POWER.
WE WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE POWER AND THAT IS WHAT THIS RESOLUTION SPEAKS OF.
WHEREAS THE DISTRICT RECOGNIZES THE VALUE AND BENEFIT OF ENCOURAGING ITS EMPLOYEES TO BE MODELS FOR STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, WHEREAS THE DISTRICT MAINTAINS THE SAFETY OF ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF AS A TOP PRIORITY OF THE DISTRICT, WHEREAS THE BOARD IS AUTHORIZED BY TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTION 45.105 TO EXPEND FUNDS OF GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PURPOSES NECESSARY IN THE CONDUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS DETERMINED TO BY THE BOARD. WHEREAS GARLAND ISD WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE WOULD BE A LACK OF POWER FOR KEELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND LUNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON JANUARY 21ST 2022.
WHEREAS THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES THAT DURING AN EMERGENCY CLOSING, EMPLOYEES OF THESE TWO CAMPUSES WERE INSTRUCTED NOT TO REPORT TO WORK, WHEREAS THE BOARD FINDS THAT A NEED EXISTS TO ADDRESS WAGE PAYMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO WERE IDLED.
WHEREAS THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE INSTRUCTED NOT TO REPORT TO WORK MAY SUFFER A LOSS OF PAY IF THEIR CAMPUSES WERE CLOSED FOR AN EMERGENCY CLOSING.
WHEREAS THE BOARD CONCLUDES THAT CONTINUING WAGE PAYMENTS TO ALL DESIGNATED EMPLOYEES, AS IDENTIFIED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE CONTRACTUAL AND NON-CONTRACTUAL SALARIED AND NON SALARIED WHO SUFFER A LOSS IN PAY DUE TO AN EMERGENCY CLOSING, SERVES THE PUBLIC PURPOSES OF MAINTAINING MORALE, REDUCING TURNOVER AND ENSURING CONTINUITY OF DISTRICT STAFFING WHEN SCHOOLS REOPEN.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE FINDINGS AND RECITALS IN THE PREAMBLE OF THIS RESOLUTION ARE HEREBY FOUND TO BE TRUE AND CORRECT AND ARE HEREBY APPROVED AND ADOPTED.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AUTHORIZES CONTINUED WAGE PAYMENTS TO ALL DESIGNATED EMPLOYEES AT THE CAMPUSES OF KEELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND LUNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AS IDENTIFIED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE CONTRACTUAL AND NON-CONTRACTUAL SALARIED AND NON SALARIED WHO ARE INSTRUCTED NOT TO REPORT TO WORK DURING
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AN EMERGENCY CLOSING.THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THIS RESOLUTION TO CONTINUE WAGE PAYMENTS TO IDLED EMPLOYEES IS EFFECTIVE FOR THE EMERGENCY CLOSURE ON JANUARY TWENTY FIRST TWENTY TWENTY TWO UNLESS THE BOARD TAKES ACTION TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT FOR A LONGER DURATION OR MODIFY THE RESOLUTION AT A LATER DATE.
THAT IT IS HEREBY FOUND, DETERMINED AND DECLARED THAT A SUFFICIENT WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE DATE, TIME, PLACE AND SUBJECT OF THE MEETING OF THE GARLAND ISD BOARD, WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED, WAS POSTED AT A PLACE CONVENIENT AND READILY ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE TIME REQUIRED BY LAW PRECEDING THIS MEETING, AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 551 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, AND THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AS REQUIRED BY LAW AT ALL TIMES DURING WHICH THIS RESOLUTION AND THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREOF HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, CONSIDERED AND FORMALLY ACTED UPON, THE GARLAND ISD BOARD FURTHER RATIFIES, APPROVES AND CONFIRMS SUCH WRITTEN NOTICE AND POSTING THERE UP THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS PASSAGE AND IS RETROACTIVE TO THE DATE THAT KEELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND LUNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WERE CLOSED DUE TO LACK OF POWER ON JANUARY 21ST, 2022.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 22ND DAY OF FEBRUARY 2022 BY JAMIE MILLER, PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ATTESTED BY LINDA GRIFFIN, SECRETARY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
THESE ITEMS WILL ALL BE ON OUR AGENDA IN TWO WEEKS.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE JOINT ELECTION CONTRACT SUBMITTED BY DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS MS. HOGAN. PAGES THIRTY FOUR TO FIFTY NINE.
GOOD EVENING. BEFORE YOU HAVE THE JOINT ELECTIONS CONTRACT WITH DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS THIS YEAR, YOU RECEIVED A CONTRACT.
AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THIRTY THREE PARTICIPATING ENTITIES THROUGHOUT DALLAS COUNTY CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS INVOLVED THE LAST DAY TO DROP OUT FROM THE CONTRACT SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO CANCEL AN ELECTION OR NOT HAVE A CONTESTED RACE IS MARCH 4TH, 2022 BUT IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE AN ELECTION, THE TOTAL COST ESTIMATED THIS YEAR WITH THIRTY THREE PARTICIPATING ENTITIES IS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE DOLLARS AND FORTY SIX CENTS.
AS YOU CAN RECALL, LAST YEAR WE HAD A GINORMOUS COST FOR OUR ELECTION.
IT WAS FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE DOLLARS AND FORTY FOUR CENTS. BUT AS YOU RECALL, I CAME BEFORE YOU MULTIPLE TIMES TO TELL YOU WHY.
IT WAS DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE COST OF THE ELECTIONS MACHINERY, WHICH WE ALL SAW, THE CHAOS THAT TRANSPIRED WITH THE DALLAS COMMISSIONERS COURTS AND THE REASON FOR NEEDING THOSE UPGRADES, AS WELL AS THE LAW REQUIRING THIS UPDATE AND UPGRADE THOSE MACHINES.
SO WE HAVE SINCE PAID OUR DEBT TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THAT THIS YEAR.
BUT WE STILL ARE NINETY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE THAN NORMAL BASED ON THE NEW CALCULATION, WHICH IS CALCULATED BY A NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS, WHICH WE HAVE THREE CITIES AND WE HAVE OPEN SEATS.
SO WITH US HAVING PLACE SEATS AND NOT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.
EVERYBODY IN OUR TRI CITIES WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE ARE BEING CALCULATED AT A TWO DOLLAR RATE. IN ADDITION TO MACHINERY COSTS FOR PROGRAMMING THE MACHINERY AND THE POLL BOOKS AND ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO PAY THESE NEW PEOPLE CALL POLL WATCHERS. SO THE NEW POLL WATCHERS ARE GOING TO GET A SALARY AS WELL, AND IT'S ALL INCLUDED. BUT SHOULD WE DROP OUT BY MARCH 4TH, WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THIS.
BUT SHOULD OTHERS DROP OUT THIS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL GO UP, AND AT THAT TIME WE WILL SEND YOU AN UPDATE BUT SHOULD NOT GO UP WE WILL NOT HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU.
WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL THIS EVENING SO THAT IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE TO INCREASE, DR. RINGO WILL HAVE SIGNATORY AUTHORITY TO SIGN OFF ON THE ELECTIONS CONTRACT AND THEN I'LL PAY IT. ANY QUESTIONS? YOU'D LIKE A VOTE THIS EVENING.
SO WOULD YOU SAY I'M REQUESTING A VOTE ON THE 22ND THAT GIVES US PLENTY OF TIME AFTER THE DEADLINE TO FILE, WHICH IS FEBRUARY 18TH.
SO SHOULD I NOT HAVE CONTESTED RACES AFTER THEN? I CAN GLADLY CANCEL THIS AND I WILL NOT BRING IT BACK ON FEBRUARY 22ND.
OK, IF I HAVE CONTESTED RACES, THEN I'LL HAVE TO BRING IT BACK FOR ACTION.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. HOGAN? YES, MR. MILLER. YEAH, REAL SIMPLE.
IS THIS AN ITEM THATS BUDGETED FOR IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGET? YES, I ACTUALLY BUDGETED FOR IT WITH THE AMOUNT IN SIGHT FROM LAST YEAR.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS BUDGETED FOR THIS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO ADVERTISE IN THE THREE CITIES PAPERS AND WE HAVE TO THIS YEAR WITH A NEW LAW BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHO DIDN'T FUND IT.
WE HAVE TO TRANSLATE IT IN THREE LANGUAGES.
SO ENGLISH, SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE.
OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
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THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.LET'S GO TO ITEM SIX NEW BIDS MR. BOOKER.
TO MR. GLICK AGAIN, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TO DR.
LOPEZ, WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU THREE NEW CONTRACTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THE FIRST ONE IS FOR THE PURCHASING OF COMMODITY PROCESSING, WHICH IS UTILIZED BY OUR SCHOOL STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES.
THERE'S AN ATTACHED LIST OF VENDORS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD.
THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $3 MILLION.
THIS IS THE CONTRACT THAT'S UTILIZED TO TAKE THE FREE RAW MATERIALS OR GOODS FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND HAVE IT PROCESSED INTO FINISHED PRODUCTS THAT THE STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES CAN USE.
JENNIFER MILLER, THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES, IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE PROCEED, MR. BOOKER. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS AN HVAC MAINTENANCE AND RELATED SERVICES CONTRACT.
THE DISTRICT SOLICITED RFP FROM MULTIPLE FIRMS. WE ARE RECOMMENDING PREFERRED MECHANICAL GROUP IN TECH SALES AND SERVICE IN TEXAS AIR SYSTEMS WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $500,000.
I DO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THE THIS CONTRACT IS MORE THAN A BREAK FIX.
IT ALSO INCLUDES THE ABILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THESE COMPANIES PROVIDE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICES WHERE NEEDED AND REQUIRED.
IT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH FOUR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS.
ONCE AGAIN, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS.
MR. BEACH AND MR. GONZALES ARE HERE IF THERE ARE ANY OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE PROCEED, MR. BOOKER, AT THIS ITEM C.
THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF TEXTBOOKS FROM QUAVERMUSIC.COM. THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OR THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS THAT'S GOING TO BE PURCHASED USING THE STATE TEXTBOOKS FUND.
THIS IS PRIMARILY GOING TO BE USED FOR OUR PHYS EDUCATION CURRICULUM.
ONCE AGAIN, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS, AND DR. CADDELL IS AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE HOW IT WOULD BE USED IN THE CURRICULUM.
ANY QUESTIONS MR. BOOKER? BEING NONE, SIR, PLEASE PROCEED TO ITEM SEVEN INCREASE TO AWARD BIDS A.
YES, SIR. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS AN INCREASE IN AWARD FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR FLOORING.
THE ORIGINAL AWARD WAS TO VECTOR CONCEPTS FOR SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE DOLLARS, RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE OF $600000.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATION MEMORANDUM AND IDENTIFIES HOW THE DISTRICT ANTICIPATES THAT ADDITIONAL $600000 WOULD BE EXPENDED, THE NEW NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT WOULD BE SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE DOLLARS.
WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM FIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[V. Executive Session]
WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING.SO UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT GOVERNMENT CODE 551.001 ITEM C PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.076.
THE DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS, THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL OR DEVICES OR TO A SECURITY AUDIT IS NOW 4:59 P.M.
WE ARE IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'RE GOING TO. IT'S NOW 5:53 P.M.
WE ARE RETURNING FROM CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION, I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ONLY MATTERS ALLOWED TO BE DISCUSSED WERE DISCUSSED.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 5:54 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.