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IS IT COMING THROUGH? GOOD. I'M GOING TO, THIS IS GOING TO BE A MEETING OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.BUT BEFORE WE START TODAY, I'M GOING TO JUMP SHIP A LITTLE BIT AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BEING IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE ARE SO ADAMANT ABOUT, WE DID HAVE A STUDENT THAT PASSED IN ARLINGTON ISD.
SO BEFORE WE START THIS MEETING TONIGHT, I WOULD OR THIS AFTERNOON, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE ARLINGTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR STUDENTS. SO IF YOU WILL PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AND LET'S JUST HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THAT STUDENT AND THAT FAMILY AND THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ARLINGTON. WE FEEL YOUR PAIN AT THIS TIME.
I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND DETERMINE THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
MRS. HOGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC FORUM? NO, SIR. SEEING NONE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE.
[III. Superintendent's Message]
DR. LOPEZ. WELL, I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK FROM SPRING BREAK.JUST AS A REMINDER, PLEASE BE INFORMED ON BOND 2023.
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IS INFORMED ABOUT THE BOND AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE A VOTER.
PROPOSITION A, PROPOSITION B, PROPOSITION C, THIS WILL BE ON THE BALLOT FOR MAY.
EARLY VOTING STARTS APRIL 24TH THROUGH MAY 2ND.
THEN THE FINAL DAY OF VOTING WILL BE MAY 6TH.
ADDITIONALLY, NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS IN A WEEK OR IS IT A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS? ONE WEEK.
THESE ARE CONTRACTORS THAT PROVIDE THESE SERVICES WE DON'T WANT A LAPSE IN OUR SERVICES.
THE STUDENTS WE COULDN'T MAKE THE DEADLINE FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR TODAY.
DR. LOPEZ, WILL THE COMMITTEE RECEIVE INFORMATION PRIOR TO THAT TO THE MEETING FOR US TO LOOK AT, OVERSEE THE INFORMATION BEING SENT OUT? VERY GOOD QUESTION. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO IS INCLUDE IT IN THE BOARD PACKET IF APPROVED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT, WHENEVER WE GO OVER AGENDA REVIEW AND THEN ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE IN THAT PACKET AND THEN WE WILL PROFESSIONALLY PRESENT IT FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD, BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO ALSO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
APPROVAL OF THAT. EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? AND. OKAY.
VERY GOOD. YES. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING FOR MARCH OF 2023.
ITEM A INFORMATION ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, RECEIVE A BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT FOR MARCH 2023 MR. BOOKER. TO MR. BEACH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DR.
LOPEZ, THE PATRONS OF GARLAND, ROWLETT AND SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE REPORT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE MARCH CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE 13 DIFFERENT CONTRACTS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU FOR RENEWAL.
YOU WILL IDENTIFY THAT NONE OF THOSE HAVE EXCEEDED THE THRESHOLDS OF CH REGULATION.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MR. MILLER? YEAH, I JUST THINK IT'S USEFUL EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
MR. BOOKER, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, GO BACK OVER THOSE THRESHOLDS THAT WE SET FOR HOW ITEMS WIND UP ON THIS REPORT OR COME TO THE BOARD AS AN ITEM LATER IN THE BOOK.
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IF THE INCREASE OF THE RENEWAL IS MORE THAN 25% OR $75,000 OR A CHANGE OR MODIFICATION OF AWARD, IT WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR AN ACTION ITEM.AND SO THE ITEMS ON HERE ARE BELOW THAT THRESHOLD AND HANDLED MORE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM.
THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY OR THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER.
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON THEN TO ITEM NUMBER 2, REVIEW THE JANUARY 2023 MONTHLY FINANCIALS.
MRS. DAVENPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MR. BEACH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
LOPEZ. I'M ALLISON DAVENPORT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
BEFORE YOU IS THE JANUARY 2023 FINANCIAL REPORT, INCLUDING THE CHARTS AND TABLES.
IN ADDITION TO ESSER TWO AND 3 REPORT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
AND IN ADDITION, DR. RINGO WILL BE PRESENTING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AFTER THESE.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE MONTHLY FINANCIALS? MR. MILLER. YEAH.
AGAIN, JUST INFORMATION TO KEEP IT FRESH ON OUR MINDS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MS. DAVENPORT OR DR.
RINGO, BUT TELL ME AGAIN WHEN THE ESSER FUNDS THE FINAL LAYER OF ESSER FUNDS RUNS OUT AND THEN IF IT'S NOT TONIGHT, THEN MAYBE SOME OTHER MEETING, TALK TO US ABOUT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF WHEN THE ESSER FUNDING RUNS OUT AND WHAT ITEMS HAVE TO BE DECIDED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY TRANSFER TO OUR GENERAL BUDGET OR NOT, OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. JUST ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WOULD HAVE TO BE PICKED UP BY THE OPERATING BUDGET AT THAT TIME? I CAN GIVE YOU THE DATES AND THE ESSER TWO IS THE ONE WE'RE FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW.
IT ENDS ON 9/30 OF 2023 AND THEN ESSER THREE WILL BE A YEAR LATER ON 9/30, 2024 TO GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AFTER THAT TO SUBMIT FINAL REPORTS TO GET REIMBURSEMENTS FOR ALL THOSE ITEMS. BUT THOSE ARE THE GENERAL END DATES FOR THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN MAYBE DR.
RINGO, I KNOW AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PAST 2 OR 3 YEARS, ESPECIALLY WITH COVID, WE WERE ADDING THINGS AND TAKING ON THINGS AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE ADDED HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE EVERLASTING, IF YOU WILL.
DO YOU DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR THAT? IS THERE GOING TO BE AN IMPACT TO THE GENERAL BUDGET IN ORDER TO CONTINUE PROGRAMS THAT NEED TO SURVIVE THE COVID RELIEF? GOOD QUESTION. THE GOAL WAS AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE TO UTILIZE ESSER IN REGARDS TO A LONG TERM IMPACT WHEN IT HAD TRANSFER TO GENERAL FUND. THERE WILL BE SOME IMPACT.
WE'LL BRING THAT DETAIL BACK IN A FUTURE PRESENTATION JUST SO I CAN SPEAK TO THE CLARITY OF THAT.
BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF DISCUSSION ACROSS THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW THAT WHEN ESSER FUNDS RUN OUT, THERE IS A FISCAL CLIFF FOR MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE IT'S FOR US IN GENERAL, IT'S PUSHED ABOUT ANOTHER $160 MILLION TO USE OVER THREE YEARS.
OKAY. AND WHEN DID WE START THOSE STIPENDS AGAIN? WE STARTED THOSE, WE'RE IN OUR SECOND YEAR OF THAT, SO WE STARTED THAT IN THE 21-22 FISCAL YEAR.
THE SECOND YEAR IS 22-23 THIRD YEAR WILL BE 23-24.
AND THOSE STIPENDS ARE PRIMARILY TEACHER RELATED TEACHING STAFF? ALL EMPLOYEES. SO ALL EMPLOYEES.
ALL EMPLOYEE RETURNING FULL TIME WITH $2,000 PART TIME WAS $1,000.
AND SO AS ESSER EXPIRES, THOSE FUNDS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO GIVE EMPLOYEES.
YES, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, WOULDN'T THAT BE ONGOING INFORMATION THAT WE WILL RECEIVE WITH BUDGET PREPARATION AS WE'RE PLANNING FOR? SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR AN EXTRA REPORT, BUT THOSE WILL BE INCLUDED.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THESE THINGS WOULD BE COMING OUT IN THE REPORTS THAT YOU ARE BRINGING TO US THROUGH OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN A REGULAR MEETING OR REGULAR COMMITTEE MEETING OR WHATEVER.
BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL REPORTS THAT WE WOULDN'T GET DURING THAT PROCESS.
WE WOULD PRESENT IT AS WE HAVE WITH OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET PREPARATION.
IF THERE'S ANY LINE ITEM ADDS, YOU WOULD SEE THAT SPECIFICALLY.
OKAY THANKS. ANY QUESTIONS? ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE, AND IT MAY NOT MEAN ANYTHING, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS ON ACCOUNT 6400 WHERE IT SAYS OTHER OPERATING ON THE SECOND COLUMN WHERE IT
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SAYS FY 23 ACTUALS THE FIGURE $6,486,000.DOES THAT LITTLE RED ASTERISK LITTLE MARK MEAN ANYTHING THAT WHY IT'S THERE OR WHAT DOES THAT INDICATE? IT JUST MEANS THERE'S A FORMULA WITHIN THAT CELL.
AND I DIDN'T HIDE THAT TRIANGLE.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DIDN'T MEAN SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO BE AWARE OF.
OKAY. THAT'S ALL. MR. BEACH. I'LL CONTINUE WITH THE FOURTH.
AND SO IF YOU GO TO THE VERY NEXT PAGE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE PROJECTED YEAR END FINANCIALS.
SO SOME OF THIS YOU HAVE SEEN WE'LL REMOVE THESE AS WE PROGRESSED OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, AGAIN, THE FUND BALANCE ADDS THROUGH THE FISCAL YEARS.
I WILL NOT GO THROUGH THESE IN DETAIL.
AGAIN, HISTORICAL GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS.
AND TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE POSITIONS, THE CHANGE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, YOU CAN SEE ON JUNE 28TH, 2022, THERE WERE 303 VACANT POSITIONS FOR 2020.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE STILL HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF VACANCIES.
THE NEXT SLIDE, AGAIN, AS WE THE QUESTION ASKED ABOUT COVID OPERATIONAL IMPACT, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A WEBINAR I CONDUCTED LAST WEEK OVER SPRING BREAK WITH MARKETWATCH AND ED WEEK THAT TALKED ABOUT THIS NATIONAL IMPACT BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT TEXAS.
BUT AS THESE DOLLARS GOES AWAY, THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE GOING TO FACE A FISCAL CLIFF BECAUSE THEY DID UTILIZE THESE DOLLARS FOR ONGOING OPERATIONAL COST THAT WILL GREATLY IMPACT THEIR GENERAL FUND.
PAGE 23 IS OUR PAYROLL OPERATIONAL HISTORY.
AGAIN, THE BLUE IS WHAT WAS BUDGETED.
THE ORANGE BAR IS ACTUALS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT VACANCY IMPACT AS WE'VE HAD THESE VACANCIES.
WE'RE COMING IN BELOW WHAT'S BUDGETED AGAIN, 18-19 THE QUESTION BEING WHY IS THAT SO LOW? THAT WAS OUR CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO WE'LL PROGRESS THROUGH THE MEAT OF THIS.
AGAIN, WE HAVE FIVE MONTHS REMAINING IN OUR OPERATIONAL YEAR FROM THESE FINANCIALS.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON OUR CENSUS BLOCK UPDATES FROM TEA, WHICH IS THIS YEAR'S FUNDING.
THERE'S SOME SMALL INCREASES AVAILABLE IN INTEREST INCOME.
WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME EXPENDITURE FLUCTUATIONS APRIL, MAY AND JUNE DUE TO VACANCIES.
AND SO TO HIGHLIGHT NOW THROUGH JANUARY, THIS IS A NEW SLIDE.
SO AS JANUARY 2022 WE SPENT 246 MILLION.
IN JANUARY OF 2023 WE HAVE SPENT 258 MILLION.
OUR NON PAYROLL WE'VE SPENT 43.2 MILLION IN 2022 THROUGH JANUARY OF 2023.
WE ARE HIGHER AT 44.3 MILLION.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? ON SLIDE 27 IS A SIDE BY SIDE COLUMN TO SEE THAT IMPACT.
YOU SEE OUR TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE YEAR FOR 2023, THAT IS PROJECTED REVENUES, NOT ACTUAL.
ACTUAL EXPENDITURES LAST FISCAL YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
SO OUR EXPENSES AND OTHER USES THROUGH JANUARY, WE ARE 19.8 MILLION MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR FUND BALANCE? YOU CAN SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE.
WE HAVE OUR PROJECTED REVENUES, OUR TOTAL EXPENSES.
THAT'S IF WE SPEND EVERY DOLLAR WHICH WE KNOW WE'RE NOT.
THIS TRANSFER OUT OF 18 MILLION AGAIN IS WHAT IT'S HIGHER BECAUSE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER TRANSFER OUT COMING TO YOU FROM JAVIER FERNANDEZ THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND PRESENTED ROUGHLY $8 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO GET US TO THAT 18 MILLION TRANSFER OUT.
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ISSUES, THERE WILL BE A DEFICIT BUDGET IMPACT THIS FISCAL YEAR.YES, GOING BACK TO PAGE 27 ON THE SEVEN MONTH COMPARISON, SINCE YOU'RE ABLE TO CALCULATE WHAT WE ARE OVER FROM LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE EXPENSES ARE AND YOU KNOW WHERE THOSE EXPENSES ARE.
EXPENDITURES THROUGH JANUARY WHERE WE.
YES, MA'AM. WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THOSE EXPENDITURES WERE THROUGH JANUARY OF LAST YEAR.
OKAY. SO EXPENDITURES FOR THE JANUARY OF 2022, WE SPENT $288 MILLION DOLLARS.
EXPENDITURES FOR JANUARY OF 2023, WE HAVE EXPENSED $302 MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THROUGH JANUARY OF THIS YEAR WE HAVE SPENT EXPENSE 13.6 MILLION MORE.
AND YOU KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY, WHAT THOSE EXPENSES ARE? YES, MA'AM. AND WE HIGHLIGHT THAT IN THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
A LOT OF IT IS PAYROLL. WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF PAYROLL INCREASES.
AND SO ON THIS NEXT PAGE, I'M SORRY.
I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE SEE THESE PLUS SIGNS THAT WE AREN'T HAVING TO CONNECT THAT TO ANOTHER PAGE OR EITHER FOOTNOTE US TO ANOTHER PAGE SO THAT WE KNOW AND I KNOW WE'RE TRACKING BUDGET.
BUT AGAIN, WHEN WE DO DIFFERENT REPORTS, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TIE TO WHERE THE DETAILS ARE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, MA'AM.
SO PAGE 26 IS THE BAR GRAPH REFLECTING THAT COMPARISON BETWEEN PAYROLL AND NON PAYROLL? OKAY. SO WE PROVIDED THE BAR GRAPH TO SHOW THAT COMPARISON BETWEEN PAYROLL AND NON PAYROLL.
SO THEN ON PAGE 27 IS JUST THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
SO ALL OF THIS IS DUE TO PAYROLL MAJORITY OF IT, YES, MA'AM.
IT'S ROUGHLY YOU CAN SEE LAST YEAR WE SPENT 246.2 MILLION.
THIS YEAR WE'VE EXPENSED 258 MILLION THROUGH JANUARY.
AND IT'S BECAUSE WE DID WHAT WITH PAYROLL? WE HAD A 5% RAISES FOR OUR CORE, FOUR WHICH WERE TEACHERS, NURSES, COUNSELORS.
YES, MA'AM. THESE ARE ACTUALS.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE MONEY IN PAYROLL.
AND THEN OUR NON OUR OTHER NON CORE FOUR, WE HAD 4% RAISES.
I'M GOING TO BLAME MS. GRIFFIN FOR INTERRUPTING MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S FOR YOUR NOTEPAD. OH, YOU KNOW, I HAD A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
NOW YOU GOT ME THINKING ABOUT THE EXPENSE SIDE OF IT.
NO, HE ANSWERED THAT CORRECTLY.
NO, THAT'S TOTALLY, TOTALLY RIGHT.
I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THE IMPACT OF THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES, THE IMPACT THAT CAME FOR THAT PURPOSEFUL DECISION THAT THE BOARD MADE WHEN WE RAISED SALARIES AND GAVE ADDITIONAL BONUS AND COMPENSATION TO OUR TEACHERS.
AND JUST SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT RELATIONSHIP, IT'S ABOUT WHAT WAS THAT TOTAL IMPACT ON THE BUDGET INCREASED IT BY HOW MUCH? IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, AND WE WILL SEE IT IN THE BUDGET INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED SHORTLY.
BUT IT WAS ROUGHLY 19 MILLION, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, 21 MILLION WAS THE BUDGET ADD.
YEAH, WHICH IS FINE. WE'VE KNOWN IT'S COMING.
SO BUT WE DO KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU MULTIPLY IT TIMES 4,000 TEACHERS OR 7,000 EMPLOYEES.
THAT'S WHY APPROXIMATELY 84 OR 85% OF OUR BUDGET IS MADE UP OF PAYROLL.
YES, SIR. AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
SO I'M SURE WE'LL BE GRAPPLING WITH THAT AGAIN WHEN IT DOES COME BUDGET TIME AS MS. GRIFFIN MENTIONED, I JUST WANT US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AWARE OF SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS, ESPECIALLY A COUPLE THAT I'VE ASKED ABOUT, SO THAT WE KNOW THE IMPACT OF WHAT WE'RE SWALLOWING AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHERE THE BOARD MADE DECISIONS TO GO DO THIS.
JUST WE UNDERSTAND WHERE IT CAME FROM.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OTHER MEMBERS? OKAY. OKAY, GOOD.
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OKAY. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. RINGO. OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3, REVIEW THE JANUARY 2023 TAX REPORT.
KRISTI COOPER. GOOD AFTERNOON MR. BEACH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND DR.
LOPEZ. THE AGENDA ITEM PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY IS THE JANUARY 2023 TAX REPORT, REFLECTING 82.10% COLLECTED OF THE 2022 TAX ROLL EXCUSE ME, AS AS WELL AS THE REFUNDS THAT EXCEED $500.
AND THEN AS OF TODAY, WE'RE AT 96% COLLECTED OF 2022 TAX LEVY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD JOB.
THANK YOU, MS. COOPER. THANK YOU.
[IV.A. Information Items]
. CHAIRMAN BEACH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DR.SO THE FIRST SLIDE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT TODAY IS OUR WORK ORDERS, OUR REQUESTED WORK ORDERS.
IF WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE WORK ORDERS THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR, THAT WAS 20,914 AND THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED 25,684. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 4800 WORK ORDERS AND AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 23%.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THAT RIGHT THERE, PLEASE? YES, SIR. WHEN YOU GET THE TOTAL THAT YOU'RE SHOWING US, OF THAT 25,684 ARE ANY, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE REPEAT ORDERS OF POSSIBLY THE SAME THING OR ARE THEY DOING THAT? IN OTHER WORDS, ARE IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET TO IT OR IS SOMEBODY FILING THE SAME REPORT AGAIN? YES. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE DUPLICATIONS OR DUPLICATE WORK ORDERS.
OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR NEXT SLIDE.
AND OUR NEXT SLIDE KIND OF BREAKS DOWN ALL OF THOSE WORK ORDERS THAT WE RECEIVED.
WE BASICALLY HAVE THREE CATEGORIES THAT WE LOOK AT.
THE FIRST CATEGORY IS OUR ROUTINE, WHICH IS KIND OF OUR CORRECTIVE WORK ORDERS.
OUR PM IS WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR PROACTIVE AND OUR EMERGENCIES, WHICH WE LOOK AT AS OUR REACTIVE.
AS WE LOOK AT THESE INDIVIDUALLY, IF WE LOOK AT OUR ROUTINE WORK ORDERS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE DOWN IN THE NUMBER OF WORK ORDERS THAT HAVE COME IN ON ROUTINE, OUR ROUTINE WORK ORDERS.
AND THEN IF WE LOOK AT THE PM, OUR PROACTIVE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE OF 5% AND IN THE EMERGENCIES ARE REACTIVE, WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE DOWN BY ABOUT 4%. SO IF WE LOOK AT THIS SLIDE AS A WHOLE, RIGHT, THE TWO THINGS YOU WANT TO HAPPEN IS YOU WANT THE NUMBER OF WORK ORDERS COMING IN AND THE EMERGENCY WORK ORDERS TO ACTUALLY BE TRENDING DOWNWARD AND YOUR PROACTIVE AND PM WORK ORDERS TO BE TRENDING UP.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE STAND TODAY.
SO AS WE MOVE TO IT, THOSE WERE WHAT WE SAW.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN BOTH TWO SLIDES ARE ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
THAT'S BASICALLY OUR WORKLOAD.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL WORK ORDER THAT WE ACTUALLY COMPLETE.
SO AS WE INDICATED IN THE FIRST SLIDE, THERE WERE 25,864 WORK ORDERS THAT WERE RECEIVED.
IF WE LOOK AND WE HIGHLIGHT THE TOTALS COLUMN, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE COMPLETED 25,363 OF THOSE WORK ORDERS, AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 20% INCREASE OR ABOUT 4,200 WORK ORDERS FROM LAST YEAR.
SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS AND WE KIND OF GRANULATE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WE WANT TO SAY, OKAY, OF THE WORK ORDERS THAT WE COMPLETED, HOW MANY OF THOSE WORK ORDERS WERE COMPLETED BY OUR TARGET COMPLETION DATE, WHICH IS WITHIN SEVEN DAYS.
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OUR ANNUAL GOAL IS 75%.SO IF WE LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE TRENDING RIGHT NOW AT A MID-YEAR PROJECTION AT 71%, WE ARE ON TARGET OR WE'RE AT ACTUALLY IN A POSITION TO ACTUALLY INCREASE THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO AS WE GO TO KIND OF A SUMMARY OF THE ENTIRE THING, I WANTED TO PUT THIS SLIDE IN HERE TO KIND OF SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HOW THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM OR HOW THE WORK ORDERS ARE FLOWING THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE START OUR YEAR OFF IN JULY AND THIS IS KIND OF LOOKING AT IT MONTH TO MONTH.
AND IT SHOWS YOU THAT THERE'S A THERE'S A DELTA THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR BACKLOG PER MONTH.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE START UP OF SCHOOL.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY MORE PEOPLE ENTERING OUR BUILDINGS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE GET AN INFLUX OF WORK ORDERS JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
BUT THEN AS YOU SEE IT KIND OF PLATEAU OR KIND OF REVERSE INVERT IS OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, YOU'LL START SEEING THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN CLOSE OUT AND COMPLETE A LOT MORE WORK ORDERS WITHIN THAT MONTH PERIOD.
SO IF WE LOOK AT HOW WE ENDED UP FOR OUR MID-YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE AT THE END OF THE SIX MONTH PERIOD WE WERE THERE WAS BASICALLY 320 WORK ORDERS THAT STAYED IN THE BACKLOG.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THOSE GOT TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT AT THE START OF JANUARY.
SO AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
COMMENTS OR QUESTION FROM THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU. WE'LL BE MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 5 RECEIVE THE BUDGET PLANNING FOR 2023 2024.
MR. BEACH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL BUDGET WORKSHOP.
ONE OF THOSE IS OUR TAXABLE VALUES FROM DCAD.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROJECTIONS BECAUSE DCAD SAID THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE US THAT AT THIS TIME.
AND SO MISS MAYO IS GOING TO COVER THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE COMPLETELY UNKNOWN, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO GIVE A VERY HIGH LEVEL BUDGET PRESENTATION FOR NEXT YEAR LEADING INTO A WORKSHOP WORKING WITH MR. JOHNSON AND MR. BEACH IN THE COMING MONTH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO COVER THIS WILL GO FAIRLY QUICKLY BECAUSE IT'S A HIGH LEVEL WORKSHOP, BUT THE TEXAS ECONOMIC OUTLOOK BECAUSE THAT DOES IMPACT THE M&O AND I&S TAX RATES. WELL, THE 22-23 GENERAL FUND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND THOSE PROJECTIONS, A QUICK LEGISLATIVE UPDATE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS DOWN IN AUSTIN AND THEN THE HIGH LEVEL PROJECTIONS FOR 23-24 FOR THE GENERAL FUND STUDENT NUTRITION FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND PROJECTIONS.
AND SO TEXAS ECONOMY, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, MOST FIRMS ARE STILL UNDERSTAFFED.
SO NOT ONLY IS EDUCATION FILLING THIS PINCH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS ALSO FEELING THIS PINCH.
SO THIS IS A FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS SURVEY AND RESPONDENTS OF BUSINESSES AND COMPANIES.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE KEY PIECE 60% ARE NOTING TO BE UNDERSTAFFED.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE DALLAS PLANO IRVING UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.
AND WE ARE NOW RETURNED TO HISTORIC LEVELS OF LOW UNEMPLOYMENT.
MS. MAYO IS GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME HIDDEN FACTORS THERE.
SO EVEN THOUGH UNEMPLOYMENT IS LOW, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SHAKE UP IN THE ECONOMY.
THE NEXT PAGE IS THE TEXAS ECONOMY.
AND LIKE I NOTED, THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE HISTORY.
AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THIS DETAIL IS, 2020 AND MAXIMUM COMPRESSION RATE, THAT IS OUR TAX RATE.
THAT IS THE TAX RATE FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS.
SO ONLY 72 SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAD THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE.
THE ASSESSED VALUES HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY IN TEXAS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
2021 DUE TO TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH THERE ARE NOW 318 DISTRICTS AT THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE AND LARGE TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH IN 2022 THERE ARE NOW ALMOST 700 DISTRICTS AT THE TAXABLE VALUE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE.
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TIME BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS AT THAT.AND THAT'S GOING TO CREATE MORE CONVERSATIONS IN REGARDS TO SCHOOL FINANCE AND FUNDING FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BECAUSE IT CAN BE LOOKED AT AGAIN AS A TEXAS TAX VERSUS A LOCAL TAX RATE.
IN APRIL WE WILL RECEIVE A PRELIMINARY ASSESSED GROWTH VALUATION FROM DCAD THAT WE CAN START BUILDING BUDGET PROJECTIONS ON FOR THE I&S TAX RATE. I DID ASK, CAN YOU GUARANTEE US THAT OUR RATE IS NOT DECLINING? BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE HOME MARKET ARE HOME VALUES, HOME SALES DECLINING AND THE CHIEF APPRAISER ASSURED ME THAT WE WILL NOT SEE A NEGATIVE RATE. WE WILL SEE VALUE GROWTH.
SO TEXAS ECONOMY, THIS DISPLAYS.
I'M SORRY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION HERE YOU SURE CAN. MR. RINGO YOU MIND IF I ASK A QUESTION HERE ON THIS SLIDE? YES. SO IN THIS CHART, 2022, YOU KNOW WHICH ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS WOULD GARLAND FALL IN NOW? WE ARE IN THE PURPLE SECTION.
SO WE ARE AT THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE.
SO. AND WHEN YOU SAY MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE LISTENING AND THIS STUFF IS ALL GREEK, WHICH MOST TEXAS SCHOOL FINANCE IS, WHEN YOU SAY MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT IS THE LOWEST RATE THAT EXISTS? YES, SIR. SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
TEXAS SCHOOL FINANCE USES A LOT OF TERMINOLOGY.
AND SO IN THE LAW, THERE ARE TRIGGERS WHEN DISTRICTS VALUES GROW, THEY CAN ONLY COMPRESS SO MUCH.
AND SO BECAUSE OUR VALUE GROWTH HAS BEEN SO MUCH DUE TO NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMPANIES MOVE INTO THE AREA, BUT ALSO NEW HOMES BEING BUILT AND HOME VALUES INCREASING.
WE HAVE BEEN CAPPED AT THE COMPRESSION AND SO WE ARE SO WE CANNOT COMPRESS ANY MORE IN 2022 THAN WHAT THE .0846 WAS.
MS. GRIFFIN ANY QUESTION? OKAY, MOVING ON.
AND SO STATEWIDE ENROLLMENT AGAIN, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOT FUNDED ON ENROLLMENT.
WE ARE FUNDED ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW ENROLLMENT IN TEXAS HAS INCREASED SINCE 1987, 88, COVID HIT ROUGHLY 3% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION UNENROLLED IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT INCREASE AGAIN ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH IS LEADING INTO CONVERSATIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH THE CURRENT SESSION THAT IS TAKING PLACE. IS THAT CONVERSATION STILL HAPPENING AS FAR AS BASING IT ON ENROLLMENT INSTEAD OF ADA? YES. SO THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN ALMOST EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE COST TO THE STATE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IS TYPICALLY PRETTY ASTRONOMICAL.
THERE'S DISCUSSIONS, BUT THEY'VE NEVER PROCEEDED IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN DUE TO WHAT IT WOULD COST THE STATE BECAUSE INSTEAD OF FUNDING ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, WHICH HAS BEEN FLUCTUATING FOR DISTRICTS BETWEEN 90 TO 95% TO FUND ON ENROLLMENT, WOULD INCREASE THE STATE'S BUDGET BY THAT 5 TO 10% TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND NEXT SLIDE IS REALLY THE GARLAND ISD FORECAST.
YOU HAVE SEEN THIS WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHER AND WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN GREAT INTEREST RATE CHANGES AN OUR DEMOGRAPHER WILL BE BACK IN JUNE TO GIVE AN UPDATE BECAUSE WE DO FORESEE THIS PICTURE CHANGING ON CLOSINGS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING DUE TO THE INTEREST RATES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE MARKET.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MS. MAYO FOR THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING MR. BEACH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
SO SOME OF THIS THAT WE'VE HEARD BEFORE THAT DR.
RINGO HAS MENTIONED IS THESE ARE 22, 23 GENERAL FUND UNKNOWNS.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT HIGHER THAN USUAL VACANCIES.
UNFILLED POSITIONS WAS 60% OF THOSE SURVEY RESPONDERS MENTIONED THAT BEFORE.
WE'RE HAVING HIGHER THAN USUAL RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS, AND THAT'S COMMON THROUGHOUT TEXAS.
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WE EXPERIENCED THAT LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR AND ARE EXPECTING THAT TO CONTINUE, WHICH IS KIND OF BRINGING US BACK TO WHY WE MAY BE SEEING THAT VERY HIGH PAYROLL SAVINGS DUE TO VACANCIES.WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THOSE KIND OF CHALLENGES HAPPENING.
AND WE ARE STILL BUDGETING AT OUR 98% TAX COLLECTION RATE.
SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA.
FROM 18-19, WE'VE DECREASED $0.2875 CENTS.
SO JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU OUR HISTORICAL TAX RATE HERE.
JUST KIND OF TO TALK BACK ABOUT WHAT DR.
RINGO MENTIONED BEFORE WITH THE MCR THAT WE ARE AT THE FLOOR.
SO WHEN YOU SAW ALL OF THE ALMOST THE WHOLE STATE WAS PURPLE.
ONE OF THE TOP LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS IS TAX RATE COMPRESSION.
AND AS WE GET MORE INTO OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS, IF AND LIKELY THAT COMPRESSION COMES THROUGH ON OUR M&O SIDE, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE IT COULD REDUCE OUR OVERALL TAX RATE. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT BOND.
I WAS EXCITED YOU WANTED TO SPEAK.
[LAUGHTER] SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR $15 A MONTH IMPACT TO TAXPAYERS, YOU KNOW THAT THAT COULD BE POSITIVELY BENEFITING THEM AS WE MOVE THROUGH TAX RATE COMPRESSION. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE UPDATING YOU EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE ON HOW THAT AFFECTS THE DISTRICT AND HOW THAT COULD BE AFFECTING THE VOTERS.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE POINT THAT OUT.
HERE WE ARE GARLAND ISD COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS IN DALLAS COUNTY AND WHERE WE ARE, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE ONE OF THE LOWEST DISTRICTS, EVEN WITH OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE INCREASE, UP TO 1.2, THREE, FOUR SIX, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE STILL VERY LOW.
WE ONLY JUMP UP ABOUT TWO SLOTS THERE.
SO WE ARE STILL MAINTAINING A VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE OUTLOOK AND WE REALLY WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR REALLY THINKING ABOUT OUR TAXPAYERS AND OUR CONSTITUENTS AS WE MOVE THROUGH OUR BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS IN OUR FUTURE YEARS.
OUR ENROLLMENT HISTORY IS REPRESENTED HERE.
THIS IS A SIMILAR SLIDE THAT WE SEE EVERY TIME.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE THAT WE STILL ARE SEEING A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT FOR IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN THIS IS KIND OF THE DEMOGRAPHERS REPORT, YOU'VE ALL SEEN THIS BEFORE.
THIS IS A DEMOGRAPHERS REPORT TO KIND OF SHOW US WHERE WE MIGHT BE SEEING THOSE ENROLLMENT GAPS.
AND IT TENDS TO BE IN OUR EARLY EDUCATION AREAS AT ELEMENTARY.
AND SO, AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON PRE-K.
AND SO I WANT TO GIVE A, YOU KNOW, A SHOUT OUT TO YOU, DR.
SO WE HAVE FOR 23 COMPLETED THE FOUR 6 WEEKS.
AND SO WE DID IMPROVE SLIGHTLY FROM THE THIRD SIX WEEKS.
THE REST, THE FIFTH AND SIXTH SIX WEEKS ARE BASED ON HISTORICAL AVERAGES.
AND SO THIS IS LESS THAN WE HAD PROJECTED IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET.
RIGHT HERE. BEFORE WE MOVE ON AND THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION SO FAR, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I GOT, I KNOW HOW THE FINANCIAL PART OF THE DISTRICT HAS I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD BENEFITED, BUT I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WORD.
THERE'S A HOLD HARMLESS THAT WE'VE BEEN UNDER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF COVID.
I'M ASSUMING THAT HAS A FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT THE BUDGET HAS RECEIVED BECAUSE OF THE HOLD HARMLESS.
IS THAT CORRECT, OR HAS THE BUDGET ALWAYS BEEN BUILT ON AN ACTUAL ADA THAT WE EXPECTED?
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SO THERE'S TWO THINGS.WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY OPERATING UNDER A HOLD HARMLESS.
SO THE STATE HAS NOT EXTENDED THAT INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE ARE OPERATING WITH OUR ACTUAL ADA.
AND WHEN DID THAT EXPIRE AGAIN? LAST YEAR. IT WAS JUST LAST YEAR FOR THE ONE, THREE, FOUR, SIX WEEKS.
YEAH. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS AND SO TO ANSWER YOUR NEXT QUESTION IS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN SCHOOL BUSINESS IS WE HAVE AN ENROLLMENT NUMBER THAT WE BUDGET ON BECAUSE ALL THE CHILDREN COULD COME.
SO WE STAFF AND WE DO HAVE TO BUDGET ON ENROLLMENT, BUT WE'RE FUNDED ON ADA.
AND SO AS THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE HAPPENED, AS THAT GAP HAS BEGUN TO CREATE FROM 96% DOWN TO 94%, THAT'S CREATED KIND OF A FUNDING ISSUE FOR US BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING TO BUDGET AT ONE LEVEL, YET WE'RE RECEIVING REVENUE AT THIS OTHER LEVEL AND THE FURTHER THAT GAP GOES.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'RE PAYING SO CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT ADA NUMBER.
ONE AREA THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF OFFSET A LITTLE BIT OF THAT GAP IS DUE TO SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION. SO WE HAVE GROWN IN SPECIAL ED, WE HAVE GROWN IN CCMR LIKE CHEERS TO THAT TEAM.
THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB THERE.
AND SO THOSE FUNDING ACTIONS HAVE OFFSET SOME OF THAT GAP.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY WATCHING CLOSELY.
AND THAT'S A STATE WIDE ISSUE AS WELL.
YEAH. AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.
BUT JUST AGAIN, FOR MY MIND, I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAD A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING.
THERE'S NO ELEMENT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET THAT WAS IMPACTED BY HOLD HARMLESS.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A BENEFIT THIS YEAR IN OUR BUDGET FROM A HOLD HARMLESS.
IT'S BEEN STRICTLY ON OUR ADA.
YES. WE DID RECEIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HOLD HARMLESS JUST DUE TO THAT CHANGE.
BUT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD US MENTION THAT BUT THAT'S A ONE YEAR DEAL. THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'RE NOT HEARING THAT SUPPORT GOING FORWARD WITH AN ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY KEEP MOVING.
OKAY. ALL GOOD. OKAY, SO THIS IS THE FUND BALANCE AND DR.
RINGO SPOKE TO THIS EARLIER ON IN THE AGENDA, SO I'LL JUST MOVE PAST THIS.
THIS IS HISTORIC BUDGET TO ACTUALS PAYROLL.
SO WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL REPRESENTATION HERE JUST SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THE PAYROLL, I DON'T REALLY LIKE THE WORD SAVES BECAUSE IT'S DUE TO VACANCIES, BUT PAYROLL SAVES THAT WE'RE SEEING.
YOU CAN SEE BACK IN 2016, 17 AND 17-18, THAT'S WHEN WE WERE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO NORMAL.
AND THEN 18, 19 WAS WHEN WE CHANGED OUR FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT WAS AN EXPECTED CHANGE THERE.
AND THEN AS WE MOVED INTO COVID, WE BEGAN TO HAVE GREATER, QUOTE UNQUOTE SAVES THE PAYROLL SAVES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TREND THAT WE'RE ON THIS YEAR AND THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN EARLIER SLIDES.
THESE WERE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET ADDITIONS THAT WERE APPROVED LAST YEAR.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT ROW.
BUT DISTRICT PAY RAISE, PAY TO TEACHERS PAY SCALE WAS ABOUT $21 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THEN THIS IS A GENERAL FUND BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT I'LL BE BRINGING TO YOU.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE VERY NEXT LINE ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, BUT I'LL DISCUSS THIS IN DETAIL.
BUT THE POINT OF THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THE NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE.
AND ONE PARTICULAR THING JUST TO NOTE HERE IS WE KIND OF ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO THINGS.
SO THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT REFLECTS WHAT'S ON PAPER.
IT SHOWS US THAT WE ARE FULLY FUNDED ON ALL OF OUR STAFF.
OUR BUDGETS AND NON PAYROLL BUDGETS ARE FULLY FUNDED.
AND SO IF EVERY DOLLAR WERE TO BE EXPENDED, WE WOULD BE AT A DEFICIT OF $73 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO MITIGATE THAT LOSS IN BETWEEN THAT RAISE THAT WE SAW EARLIER TODAY.
BUDGET VACANCIES BY JOB ARE LISTED HERE.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GETTING THE CRITICAL VACANCIES.
THIS REPRESENTS ALL VACANCIES AND IT WAS UPDATED IN MARCH.
IT'S AN ESTIMATED MONTHLY PAYROLL SAVINGS, ABOUT $2.4 MILLION DOLLARS AT THIS RATE.
AND THEN THIS IS WHERE I WAS TALKING BACK TO THAT LOW RANGE OR HIGH RANGE.
ONCE WE RECOGNIZE THOSE SAVINGS, HOW IT'S GOING TO MINIMIZE THAT NET IMPACT TO FUND BALANCE.
BUT WE STILL EXPECT TO BE AT A DEFICIT BUDGET.
CAN WE? QUESTION MS. GRIFFIN? YES.
CAN YOU BACK UP TO THE 22-23 GENERAL FUND BUDGET ADDITIONS?
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YES, MA'AM. WHEN WILL WE BE ASKING THE BOARD? WHEN WILL YOU ALL BE ASKING THE BOARD FOR THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE ADDED OR WOULD LOVE TO CONSIDER? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO REALLY NEGOTIATE ON THIS PAGE WITH THE BOARD AND STAFF AND DR.LOPEZ? SO WE'LL BE COMING UP TO THAT IN A FEW SLIDES.
SO THIS IS LAST YEAR'S NUMBER.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR FOR THE CURRENT BUDGET.
RIGHT. BUT WHAT I'M ASKING IS, HAVE WE BEEN ASKED AS A BOARD? NOT YET. I'M BRINGING THAT TO YOU TONIGHT AND I'LL EXPLAIN IT IN MORE DETAIL FOR NEXT YEAR.
IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? I'LL BRING IT TO YOU IN A FEW SLIDES.
IF YOU WANT TO SKIP AHEAD, IT'S GOING TO BE PAGE 75.
SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF OUR TIMELINE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS EXCITING OR DEPRESSING, BUT THE 88TH THE LEGISLATURE IS IN FULL FORCE.
AND THE COMPTROLLER RELEASED THE BIENNIAL REVENUE ESTIMATE.
IT IS A 26.3% INCREASE FROM 22-23 BIENNIUM.
AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY? SO OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, WE HAVE GOTTEN A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.
SO THIS PRESENTATION WAS PUT TOGETHER AND SUBMITTED ACCORDING TO OUR TIMELINES.
AND THEN WE WENT ON SPRING BREAK, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL.
SO WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF INFORMATION SINCE THIS SLIDE, SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
BUT A LOT OF THESE ITEMS ARE SIMILAR.
THEY'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT INCREASING HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION LIKE DR.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THIS IS THE START.
THIS IS THE SENATE PRIORITIES.
WE ALSO NOW HAVE A HUGE LIST FROM THE HOUSE.
AND THOSE THINGS CHANGE SO MUCH FROM NOW UNTIL MAY.
AND SO WE'LL KEEP TRACKING AND MONITORING THAT AND SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU GUYS.
SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO DIRECTLY LIKELY AFFECT EDUCATION FUNDING.
THEY ARE COMPLETELY UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, OF COURSE, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO ONE THING THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED A LOT IS AN INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
SO IN THE CURRENT LANGUAGE, IT IS VERY SPECIFIC ON WHAT THAT INCREASE HAS, HOW IT HAS TO BE SPENT.
SO CURRENTLY IT'S 75% OF ANY CHANGE FROM YEAR OVER YEAR BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE IS REQUIRED FOR COMPENSATION INCREASES FOR TEACHERS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS AND COUNSELORS.
SO THERE'S SOME VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.
SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE STAYING AS MUCH INFORMED AS POSSIBLE.
AND THERE'S ALSO THE TEA TEACHER VACANCY TASK FORCE THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY HEARD A LOT ABOUT.
WE EXPECT THERE TO BE SOME DISTRICT IMPACT AS SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THAT TASK FORCE COME OUT.
WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE RECEIVE REVENUE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, IMPROVE SCHOOL SAFETY FUNDING AND MENTAL HEALTH AND STUDENT DISCIPLINE. SO THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO BE THINGS THAT ARE LIKELY AFFECT OUR CURRENT SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULAS.
CAN ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK? YES SIR. SO THAT WE ARE KIND OF AWARE OF IT TOO, AND THE PUBLIC IS AWARE.
ON THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SALARY MECHANISMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHEN ARE THE BILLS HAVE TO BE POSTED OR DONE SO THAT WHEN DISTRICTS START POSTING ARE DOING THEIR ANNUAL BUDGETS, IN OTHER WORDS, IN THE END OF THIS MONTH, ISN'T IT? AND THAT NO, THE BILLS ARE ALL BEING SUBMITTED.
AND HERE'S A TIMELINE PRESENTED HERE.
WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY ARE SIGNED INTO LAW.
OKAY. AND THAT COULD BE MAY 29TH.
SO WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST IS WE MADE OUR BEST GUESS ESTIMATES.
BUT AS YOU RECALL, WE CAME BACK IN JULY AND AMENDED THE BUDGET BECAUSE, AS MR.
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JOHNSON SAID, WE DID NOT HAVE FINAL DETAILS UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.AND AS YOU KNOW, BY LAW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO ADOPT OUR BUDGET BEFORE JUNE 30TH OF EACH YEAR.
SO WE ARE RACING AGAINST THE CLOCK, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK IN JULY, LATE JULY, AND AMEND THE BUDGET IF YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S HOW IT FALLS THROUGH. THANK YOU, LARRY.
THANK YOU, SIR. COULD YOU GO BACK ONE PAGE? I THINK AS WE'VE BEEN READING, THE DIFFERENT BILLS COMING ACROSS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT BASIC ALLOTMENT, THERE'S, I THINK THREE THAT I'VE SEEN SMALL, MIDDLE AND VERY LARGE INCREASE IN BASIC ALLOTMENT.
JUST GIVE US SOME IDEA OF WHERE YOU THINK THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, IF THEY GO TO THE FULL LENGTH OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT US? BECAUSE IT'S, WHAT, 61 60, RIGHT.
I MEAN, I CAN BRING THAT BACK OR WE CAN PUT THAT IN A BOARD INSIGHT.
I HAVEN'T DONE THE MATH ON THAT.
THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
FROM WE LOOKED AT THERE WAS SOME ANALYSIS DONE IN A RECENT TRAINING THAT I DID, AND IT SHOWED BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, $100 OR $200, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THE STATE IMPACT WAS TREMENDOUS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU EVEN AT $100.
AND SO I WOULD EXPECT WELL, NOT ME PERSONALLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM EXPERTS SAYING IS THAT IT IS LIKELY TO BE ON THE LOWER END JUST SO THEY HAVE CAPACITY TO INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AND ALL THE TAX COMPRESSION.
BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT PRIORITIES THEY DECIDE TO SHIFT.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. OF COURSE.
THANK YOU. GOOD, GOOD QUESTION.
OKAY. THIS IS JUST A REMINDER THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO POST BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE BEFORE OUR CERTIFIED VALUES ARE KNOWN.
IF WE ADOPT A RATE HIGHER THAN WHAT'S PUBLISHED, WE HAVE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN.
SO IT'S RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME TO DO THAT.
AND SO WE TRY TO COMMUNICATE THAT OUT.
ALSO THERE'S SOME LEGISLATION ON BOARD THAT I WENT AHEAD AND FORWARDED TO DR.
RINGO THAT WILL DEAL WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
OH, PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO THESE ARE OUR 23-24 GENERAL FUND BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.
WE ARE RIGHT NOW PROJECTING A 3% INCREASE.
WE DID GET AN UPDATE IN APRIL.
AND SO THEY SAID WHEN THEY COME BACK IN APRIL, THEY WILL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION AND FIGURES.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING AT A 3% INCREASE.
AND IF IT IS, WE'LL ADJUST OUR FIGURES AND REPORT THAT OUT.
THE TOTAL TAX RATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS 1.2346, SO THAT IS AT OUR 0.8506.
AND OUR I&S TAX RATE BASED ON SUCCESSFUL BOND ELECTION IS 0.3840.
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, 47,000, A DECREASE OF 883.
THAT'S A FIGURE DIRECTLY DERIVED FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHERS OUTLOOK.
SO WE APPLIED THAT NUMBER BASED ON HIS PROJECTIONS.
AND THEN WE WERE HOPING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS FOR THAT TO STABILIZE AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT.
AND THEN THIS IS BUILT ON CURRENT LEGISLATION.
SO AS YOU KNOW, IT IS ALL LIKELY TO CHANGE.
QUESTION. MR. GLICK THIS IS MAYBE A QUESTION FOR MS.
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RAY. I'M NOT SURE.SO AS WE'RE IN PUBLIC TALKING ABOUT THE BOND COMING UP, WE'RE ALL STARTING TO GET PROBABLY VERY SIMILAR QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A TAX INCREASE? AND MY COMMENTS HAVE BEEN, YES, THERE WILL BE A TAX INCREASE.
YOU'LL SEE IT ON EACH OF THE THREE PROPOSALS.
AND SO THE RATE THAT YOU SHOW THERE IS THE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, SIX, AND THAT'S WITH THE $0.06 .06 ADDED ON IF THE BOND GOES THROUGH ALL THREE PROPOSALS.
BUT IN REALITY, THE PROSPECT IS THAT THAT NUMBER WILL BE LOWER.
HOW DO WE SAY THAT? HOW DO WE NOT SAY THAT? HOW DO WE? I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE SAY.
MS. RAY ANY COMMENTS ON HOW WE SHOULD APPROACH THAT? I THINK YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH KIND OF SAID IT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR ESTIMATION THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
HOWEVER, BASED ON PROJECTIONS, THAT NUMBER COULD BE HIGHER OR LOWER.
WHY DON'T WE JUST KIND OF KEEP IT VAGUE? IS THAT? WE WON'T KNOW ANYTHING UNTIL JULY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT OTHER THAN TO GO AND SAY THAT IT APPEARS TO BE THE LEGISLATURE'S PRIORITY TO FURTHER COMPRESS TAX RATE, WHICH IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, AND JUST CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING BOTH.
AND I THINK THAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE GIVING THAT WHOLE PRESENT.
THANK YOU. SO MR. GLICK. YOU KNOW, TO ME, THE HILARIOUS THINGS ABOUT GOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR, WE'RE SITTING HERE AND IT'S REAL EASY FOR STAFF BECAUSE ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS COME UP WITH A BUDGET WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW OUR TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE.
THEY DON'T KNOW OUR ADA, THEY DON'T KNOW THE ALLOTMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T KNOW THE COMPRESSION.
I MEAN, WE KIND OF OUR BUDGETS ARE ALWAYS A SWAG AND THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO SAY IT.
WE'RE JUST KIND OF GUESSING AT IT UNTIL FURTHER DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE.
BUT SOME OF THESE THINGS I THINK OUR PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON, SAID SOME OF THESE THINGS WE MAY NOT KNOW UNTIL THE GOVERNOR SIGNS THEM INTO LAW, AND THAT COULD BE WELL AFTER, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE WELL INTO THE PROCESS OF APPROVING OUR BUDGET.
SO I EXPECT THERE TO BE PUT LIKE THIS PERSONALLY.
I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN THROUGH IT NOW, WHAT, 19 YEARS IN A ROW OR HOWEVER LONG YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD? 100 YEARS IN A ROW.
IF I'M 100 LINDA IS A FEW MORE THAN ME, THEN YEAH, YEAH.
I DIDN'T EVEN MENTION TEACHER RETENTION RATE.
SO THERE'S FIVE VARIABLES THAT HAVE GREAT IMPACT INTO OUR BUDGET.
I GUESS AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S ADA AND THE EXPENSE SIDE ON THE TEACHER RETENTION, EVERYTHING ELSE UNLESS THEY CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT. OUR BUDGETS ARE GOING TO I MEAN, THE DOLLARS WE GET ARE BASED ON ADA.
SO OUR ADA DETERMINES THE DOLLARS WE GET.
THE TAX RATE DETERMINES WHICH BUCKET IT COMES OUT OF.
DOES IT COME OUT OF THE STATE OR THE LOCAL TAXPAYERS? SO REALLY THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING LEFT IS OUR TEACHER RETENTION RATE AND HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO SPEND ON OUR 84, 85% OF OUR BUDGET ON? SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
I THINK AS MUCH AS WE CAN HONE IN ON THEM, WE DO.
WE HAVE NO LOCAL CONTROL ON OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
WE HAVE NO LOCAL CONTROL ON OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE STATE, THE GOVERNOR.
AND WHEN THEY DECIDE TO MOVE, THAT'S WHAT WE RESPOND TO.
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CALLED A FLOATING CHECKBOOK.WELL, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE SOME CONTROL WITH GOLDEN PENNIES, CERTAINLY.
BUT. GOING THERE, LARRY, I'M GOING WITH WHAT YOU STARTED THE CONVERSATION OFF WITH IS WHAT SHOULD WE BE SAYING? AND I THINK IT'S.
I THINK STAFF REALLY GAVE US AND GENERAL COUNSEL GAVE US PRETTY GOOD GUIDELINES.
YEAH. AND COVER THE BOTH POINTS AND I THINK WE'RE COMFORTABLE THERE.
THANK YOU. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
MR. MILLER, I KEEP THINKING HILARITY.
DOESN'T ALWAYS FEEL HILARIOUS.
THAT'S TRUE EVERY YEAR WE DON'T GET FINAL NUMBERS UNTIL WELL INTO OUR YEAR.
BUT WE DO HAVE A GREAT TEAM HERE AT GARLAND ISD THAT WORKS WITH US IN PROJECTING THOSE FIGURES.
A STATE COMP ED, AGAIN, IS ONLY PROJECTED FINAL FIGURES TO COME.
THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES WITH THE CENSUS BLOCK TIERS FROM THE CENSUS THAT WAS DONE RECENTLY, AND SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE DETAILS AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT US THIS YEAR AND THEN HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR.
AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, PROPERTY VALUES ARE ESTIMATED WITH CURRENT LAW.
CURRENT FUNDING FORMULAS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BASIC ALLOTMENT, OTHER LEGISLATIVE MANDATES.
THEY ARE NOT CURRENTLY REFLECTED THERE.
THE OTHER THING IS JUST TO KEEP IN MIND IS TRS ACTIVECARE RATES FOR EMPLOYEES.
AND SO THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE ANOTHER INCREASE THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR STAFF.
SO THIS IS GETTING INTO WHAT MS. GRIFFIN SAID EARLIER.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF EARLY ON IN THE YEAR, SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INCREASES AS IDENTIFIED.
BUT RIGHT NOW OUR SHARS REVENUE IS ESTIMATED WE'RE GOING TO GET AN APRIL COST REPORT.
SO WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU IN APRIL, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.
AND IF WE NEED TO UPDATE THAT REVENUE FIGURE INCREASE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THOSE ARE PROJECTIONS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE HAVE IT AT $8 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THEN IN OUR FUTURE YEARS, WE DID LOWER IT TO SIX.
BUT WE'RE DOING SOME ANALYSIS NOW AND SO THAT MAY INCREASE.
I'LL SHOW YOU HOW THAT IMPACTS AS WE GET THERE.
SO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT IN THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR MIND.
SO WE DID SHARE THAT WITH YOU LAST YEAR FOR FUTURE.
HOWEVER, UPON SUCCESSFUL BOND THAT WILL BE REMOVED.
SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE, CONSIDER THAT.
PART OF THE GRANT WAS FEDERAL FUNDED AND HAD A VERY NORMAL END DATE OF SEPTEMBER 30TH.
PART OF THE GRANT ENDED IN APRIL 30TH.
AND SO THAT'S COMPLEX WITH OUR PAYROLL, AS YOU KNOW.
WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF ABOUT $800,000.
SO WE WON'T KNOW THE TRUE IMPACT UNTIL WE GET TO THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
HOWEVER, IF YOU RECALL THAT SLIDE WHERE WE HAD ALL THAT PAYROLL SAVINGS, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVEN IN THE MOST THE YEAR WHERE WE MAYBE WERE THE MOST NORMAL, WE STILL HAD ABOUT 5 OR $6 MILLION DOLLARS.
SO WE EXPECT TO COVER THIS FROM PAYROLL SAVINGS FROM GENERAL FUND.
THIS IS THE PAGE YOU WANT TO REFER ME TO.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS LEADING INTO IT BECAUSE THIS IS OUR GISD RAISE HISTORY.
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BREAKS IT DOWN YEAR BY YEAR.AND THEN THIS IS THE SLIDE MS. GRIFFIN THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN THERE'S JUST SOME SRO CONTRACT INCREASES THERE THAT ARE EXPECTED.
BUT I DO WANT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS.
OUR CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING THEIR BUDGETS.
AND SO IN THAT PROCESS THAT ENDS THIS WEEK, THEY ENTER IN THEIR LINE ITEM REQUEST, AND THEN THOSE REQUESTS GO TO ROUNDTABLE FOR REVIEW, AND THEN THEY COME TO YOU. AND SO WE WILL SEE SOME MORE ITEMS ON THIS LIST, BUT I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE.
AND THEN AS WE ADD THESE ITEMS AND AS YOU APPROVE THEM, WE'LL OFFSET THAT PLACEHOLDER.
BUT EARLIER, I THINK MR. MILLER ASKED ABOUT THE COVID IMPACT.
IT WAS TO THE ESSER I'M SORRY I SAID COVID.
THE $3 MILLION DOLLAR IMPACT THAT COULD AFFECT NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE LINE ITEMS WOULD BEGIN.
BUT THE TOTAL WE EXPECTED, AT LEAST IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, WAS ABOUT $3 MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT'S ALL COMING TO US FROM STAFF.
MY QUESTION WAS WHEN IS THE BOARD GOING TO BE ASKED OF WHAT WE SEE AS ADDS OR.
YOU ALL HAVE A VERY ORGANIZED PROCESS OF WHAT YOU BRING TO US.
I WAS ASKING, ARE WE GOING TO BE PROACTIVE THIS YEAR? AND IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE AS THE BOARD WANT TO SEE BEFORE YOU BRING US SOMETHING THAT IS SEMI, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT DR.
LOPEZ AND I CAN TURN AND ASK HIM THE SAME QUESTION TOO.
YOU KNOW, WHEN DO YOU ASK FOR OUR INPUT AFTER YOU'VE GIVEN US EVERYTHING OR IS IT PROACTIVELY TO SAY, I MEAN, WE SIT HERE AND WE LOOK AT THIS, WE ARE PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE SEE THE PROS, THE CONS AND WHATEVER.
AND I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION, ARE YOU GOING TO ASK THE BOARD FOR WHAT WE SEE? BECAUSE MANY TIMES WE GET ALL THE WAY DOWN AND BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS REMINDED TO BE GRACEFUL TO STAFF AND TO TAKE WHAT WE GET, AND I THINK WE DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF THAT.
BUT WHEN IS THE PROCESS? BECAUSE IT'S COLLECTIVELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE TEAM OF EIGHT, YOU KNOW, PLUS THE EXECUTIVE TEAMS. SO I'M JUST ASKING A QUESTION BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT PAGE FROM LAST YEAR, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THERE THAT WE MAY WANT TO BASICALLY DISCUSS.
BUT HERE I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
ONE EXAMPLE ON THIS PAGE IS YOU ALL TALK ABOUT TASB EQUITY RAISE IMPACT, BUT WE NEVER SEE WHAT COMES FROM TASB. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND YES, WE ARE CALLING IT THE CORRECT THING, BUT I THINK AS MONEY GETS TIGHTER AND WITH STAFFING AND ALL OF THAT, THERE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THAT MAY BE NEEDED.
AND OF COURSE, THIS IS A LINDA GRIFFIN REQUEST.
WE WOULD ASK FOR BOARD MEMBERS REQUESTS IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD FOR BOARD MEMBERS REQUESTS.
THESE ARE THINGS TO LOOK INTO.
OKAY, LET ME RESTATE THAT. YEAH, WE'RE JUST FOR A SECOND.
WHEN I SAY THE BOARD, I DIDN'T SAY A BOARD MEMBER.
SO AT SOME POINT THAT MEANS WE AS THE BOARD HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND COME TO AGREEMENT.
YEAH. IT CANNOT BE SEVEN INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS AND THAT'S NOT I DIDN'T SAY BOARD MEMBER.
OKAY. SO WHAT WE COULD DO IS REVIEW TOPICS AND BRING YOU IF THERE'S TOPICS THE BOARD WANTS TO LOOK AT, SUCH AS IT COULD BE RAISES OR WHATEVER, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT AND WE COULD MAKE THAT AS A TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION.
AND THEN THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN PUT THEIR IDEAS IN.
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I THINK THAT'S FAIR.WE NORMALLY THE PAST FEW CYCLES HAVE BEEN BRINGING THE BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PAY RAISES IN APRIL WHAT THAT ALLOWED US TO DO WAS LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THOSE PAY RAISES ARE GOING TO BE.
LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID IT, WE WERE THE FIRST 1 TO 60,000 AND THERE WERE SO MANY DISTRICTS.
WE HEAR SO MANY DISTRICTS ALREADY, GOING AHEAD AND APPROVING PAY RAISES.
AND THEY DID THAT LAST YEAR AND THEN WE BEAT THEM TO THE PUNCH.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THERE'S AN ADVANTAGE TO DOING THAT.
AND IF WE HAVE A WORKSHOP FOCUSING ON THAT, WE COULD TAKE THIS IN CHUNKS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EVERY SINGLE ITEM ON THE BUDGET AT ONCE.
WHAT WE COULD DO IS A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION FOR OUR APRIL COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND WE JUST TALK ABOUT THE TOPICS TODAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR APRIL.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE FLUSH THEM OUT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THE ADVANTAGE, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU.
SO LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID OUR BOARD MEETING FOR OUR FINAL BUDGET PRESENTATION, IT WAS SO SMOOTH BECAUSE WE ALREADY IRONED OUT THE COSTS OF ALL THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, AND WE ALREADY APPROVED THEM IN APRIL, AN MAY.
AND REMEMBER HOW JUNE IS WITH ALL THE CONFERENCES AND TRAININGS AND WE'RE BEING PULLED EVERYWHERE.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS MS. GRIFFIN IS LET'S TALK ABOUT A FEW TOPICS.
ONE OF MINE WOULD BE, LET'S TALK ABOUT RAISES.
LET'S MAKE THAT A PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.
MORE OF JUST A FLUID DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
WE COULD SHOW THAT AND WHAT PREPARED WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE BUDGET IMPACT.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? YEAH, YOU GOT IT.
IF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE, I JUST WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE TO BE CLEARER AND MORE DETAILED AROUND THE TABLE THAN ONCE WE LEAVE THE TABLE. SO FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, I THINK WE WILL PREPARE IS A WHOLE DISCUSSION, ONE AROUND FUTURE RAISES TO INCLUDE STIPENDS LIKE THE RETENTION STIPEND, THAT TYPE OF THING IS THERE.
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH EQUITY.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME ANALYSIS ON WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT TWO MAJOR AREAS FOR OUR RAISES BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO DO BUDGET IMPACTS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THAT.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THAT MIGHT HAVE TO BE A 2 TO 3 YEAR PROCESS.
BUT WE HAVE TO START SOMETIME, WE HAVE TO START SOMETIME.
SO THOSE ARE TWO MAJOR THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THIS YEAR'S SALARY SCHEDULE.
ALSO, ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER TOPICS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO ALLOW US TO PREPARE FOR THAT ONE COMING IN APRIL AND IT'S GOING TO COME QUICKLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT OUR BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK AND THEN BOOM, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN APRIL AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MS. STANLEY. SORRY, I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHEN WILL WE TALK OR ADDRESS OR LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER, I GUESS WE CALL THEM STIPENDS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE LOOKED AT THE STIPENDS WE GIVE FOR ALL THE EXTRA DUTIES THAT THE TEACHERS AND STUFF DO? AND DO WE HAVE A WAY TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT LIST IS AND WHAT THEY ARE AND WHEN THE LAST TIME THAT WAS LOOKED AT AS FAR AS AN INCREASE AND IS
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THAT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE IS REALLY BIG AND IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER THING THAT WE ASK OUR STAFF TO DO AND WE DO PAY THEM TO DO THAT.YEAH, SO I HAVE TO SAY IT PUBLICLY.
SO EVERY YEAR WE GET TASB AND WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS THAT DO THESE THINGS EVERY YEAR.
WE GET TASB TO DO A MARKET ANALYSIS.
THE REASON WHY WE'RE UNIQUE AND DO IT EVERY YEAR IN DALLAS COUNTY, THE MARKET CHANGES EVERY YEAR.
IT'S NOT A STATIC MARKET LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING MARKETS.
SO WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPETITIVE AND WE ALWAYS GET OUR STIPENDS ALIGNED.
THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO MAKE MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS LIKE LAST YEAR IN OUR OUR BAND DIRECTORS.
THEY WERE SIGNIFICANTLY WAY OUT OF KILTER FROM OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS AND WE FELL SO FAR BEHIND.
OTHERS WILL SAY, WHAT ABOUT US TOO? BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT AND STIPENDS ARE COMPLEX BECAUSE IN SOME STIPENDS YOU GET THE STIPEND RATE PLUS EXTRA DAYS.
WHEN YOU ADD THOSE TWO THINGS UP, THAT'S WHAT GIVES YOU THE ENTIRE STIPEND.
SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ANALYZE THEM ALL.
AND IF WE'RE WITHIN MARKET AND WHAT OUR MARKET RATE, WE USUALLY LOOK AT 95% RATE.
SO WE'RE AT 95% OF THE MARKET OR HIGHER THEN WHEN WE LEAVE IT UNTOUCHED.
SO SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, MINE HASN'T CHANGED.
WELL, OUR MARKET HAS AND ALLOWED US TO STAY IN THE FOREFRONT ON A LOT OF THINGS.
THE STIPENDS THAT WE SEE CURRENTLY THAT ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY IS GOING TO BE YOUR RETENTION STIPENDS.
PEOPLE ARE NOW GIVING MORE RETENTION STIPENDS TO KEEP THEIR PEOPLE.
SIGN ON STIPENDS EVERYBODY'S COMPETING FOR THE SAME POOL OF PEOPLE, SPECIAL EDUCATION STIPENDS.
THERE'S A HUGE, HUGE VOID IN SPECIAL EDUCATION ACROSS THE NATION.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CERTIFIED BILINGUAL TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOMS. THOSE ARE THE FOUR MAJOR STIPENDS.
SO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS AS SOON AS THE MARKET CHANGES, THOSE STIPENDS WILL CHANGE.
AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, WHY DID YOU PICK THEM? I FEEL LIKE MY STIPEND NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
BUT THAT'S WHERE THE TASB STUDY COMES.
NOW, THE NUANCES OF THE TASB STUDY WILL COME OUT AND SAY YOU NEED TO.
AND SO INSTEAD OF GOING BY THAT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GIVE A SIGNIFICANT JUMP SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE LIKE A RAISE AND THEN A TASB STUDY. AND THEN PEOPLE WONDER WHAT THE TASB STUDY IS.
BUT THE STIPENDS ARE LOOKED AT EVERY YEAR.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE KIND OF WHAT MS. GRIFFIN IS SAYING IS THAT, DO WE NEED TO JUST KNOW THAT THAT STUDY HAS BEEN DONE AND.
I HAVE FAITH THAT IT'S BEING DONE.
BUT SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE LIKE TRUTH BUT VERIFY, RIGHT? SO I WASN'T AWARE THAT WE ARE DOING THIS.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE DO IT, BUT I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING.
AND I THINK IT JUST WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD SEE SOME OF IT.
THAT'D BE FINE FOR US TO SHOW SOME OF THE COMPARISONS ON PAST STUDIES.
THIS IS ALL ADMINISTRATIVE, SO THAT'S WHY THE BOARD DOESN'T NORMALLY SEE IT.
THIS IS DOWN WORKING LEVEL, GETTING THINGS DONE, RIGHT.
WHAT THE BOARD NORMALLY DOES IS LOOK AT THE OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING AND GO WITH IT.
SO WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, LOOK AT MY SCHEDULE AND AM I ADEQUATELY PAY GRADE? THAT'S USUALLY NOT A BOARD FUNCTION.
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THAT'S MORE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE IS THE MOVING TARGET FOR SUMMER SCHOOL, RIGHT? WELL, BECAUSE TWO THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. ONE, PEOPLE ARE WANTING THEIR TIME.
WHAT HAPPENED OVER COVID IS PEOPLE PREFER TIME OVER MONEY NOW.
SO IF IT COMES TO, LET'S SAY, $20 AN HOUR AND I'M GOING TO BE WORKING SIX HOURS AND I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO DO THAT, BUT IF WE GO UP TO $30 AN HOUR NOW, WE MIGHT BE ENTICING SOME PEOPLE TO DO IT.
AND WE'RE SEEING WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING IN THE SAME TIME.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME MOVEMENT BECAUSE THE MARKET IS DEMANDING THAT.
WANT TO BE CLEAR, I WAS NOT ASKING FOR DETAIL.
I WAS ASKING IT'S COMMUNICATION.
AND THERE'S JUST A WAY TO DO THAT.
SO IF WE KNOW THE INFORMATION, WE UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION, AND WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION TO UNDERSTAND AND GO ALONG WITH WHAT'S BEING DONE, BUT JUST TO GIVE IT TO US WITH NO EXPLANATION, THAT'S THE DEAL.
ANY OTHERS? OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
GO AHEAD, MS. MAYO. THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN. THANK YOU. MR. BEACH. SO JUST MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
AND WHILE THIS IS A SUBMITTED BILL THAT IS NOT WRITTEN TO A LAW, OUR INDUSTRY EXPERTS ARE USING THIS BASED ON, IT'S JUST CURRENT LAW. SO BASED ON SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SAYS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR THE STATE HAS TO GUARANTEE A LEVEL OF STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS PER WADA.
SO IT'S JUST BASICALLY A FORMULA BASED ON CURRENT LAW.
AND DUE TO THAT IT INCREASES THE YIELD TO OUR GOLDEN PENNY.
SO IT'S GOING TO GO RIGHT NOW WITH CURRENT LAW, AS WE KNOW, CURRENT LAW IS GOING TO CHANGE.
AND THE REASON I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT IS BECAUSE RIGHT HERE, WHEN YOU LOOK ON THIS REVENUE SLIDE FROM 23 TO 24, YOU SEE AN INCREASE IN REVENUE, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A DECREASE IN ADA.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT.
SO BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO MAINTAIN THAT MANDATE, IT MUST INCREASE.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHY WHEN WE'RE REDUCING ADA, WE ARE STILL INCREASING.
ON THAT POINT. YES, I'M SORRY.
MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO SAY IT.
THAT'S OKAY. MYSELF JUST TO MAKE SURE.
BUT ON EXISTING GOLDEN PENNIES THAT WE HAVE, WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE CHANGE IN THE GOLDEN PENNY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT, ALLOTMENT ALLOCATION ET-CETERA FROM THE STATE.
SO IT WAS BEFORE THE MATH FORMULA HAD A $98 AND NOW IT'S $129.
SO WITH RESPECT TO THAT, I KNOW IN THE PAST WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A TRE, WE KNEW THE IMPACT OF A GOLDEN PENNY TO THE SCHOOL BUDGET.
IF WE WERE ABLE TO ACCESS A GOLDEN PENNY, GET A TRE PASS ONE GOLDEN PENNY WAS WORTH $7,800, $7,900, SOME NUMBER PER STUDENT.
AND NOW THAT IMPACT IS GOING TO BE MUCH GREATER.
IS THAT WHAT I'M READING? IT'S GOING TO BE GREATER? YES. YEAH, MUCH GREATER.
AT SOME POINT IN MY MIND I HAD THAT NUMBER OF ABOUT JUST LESS THAN $8,000 PER STUDENT IMPACT WITH
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THE GOLDEN PENNY.I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT NEW NUMBER MIGHT BE.
WE CAN RUN THOSE FIGURES TO YOU NOW.
IT'S JUST TO SAY, IF WE RAN IT RIGHT NOW.
AND IT GOES ON WADA, RIGHT, IT'S NOT ON? THAT'S CORRECT.
WELL, IT ALSO TIES BACK TO THE MCR AND THE TAX RATE.
AND SO IT'S IF THAT FURTHER COMPRESSION IS INITIATED AND THEN IT BEGINS TO AND THEN LIKE THE INCREASE IN HOME SALE VALUE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TIE TOGETHER BECAUSE IT HAS A LOCAL COMPONENT TO IT.
SO AS SOON AS THE LEGISLATURE.
SO WE COULD RUN THE NUMBERS NOW.
ABSOLUTELY. AS SOON AS THE LEGISLATURE IMPLEMENTS THE NEW LAW, ALL OF THOSE FIGURES WOULD CHANGE.
BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT A GOLDEN PENNY IS WORTH.
IS IT ARE YOU COMFORTABLE SEEING THAT IN OUR APRIL PRESENTATION, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT IN A BOARD INSIGHT? I MEAN, WE DON'T WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW ANYWAY.
OKAY SURE. IT'S JUST SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO KNOW.
FOR FUTURE STRATEGIC PLANNING? YES. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT.
WE ARE MAINTAINING A $8 MILLION DOLLAR INTEREST INCOME.
SO THAT COULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE THERE.
SO WE'LL BE SURE TO BRING THAT TO YOU.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING THAT 509 MILLION FOR REVENUE BASED ON CURRENT LAW.
SO THIS IS OUR EXPENDITURE BUDGET.
NOW. THIS IS PENDING TO CHANGE WITH RAISES AND THEN ANY OTHER LEGISLATIVE MANDATES.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING THAT TRS INCREASE ABOUT $450,000.
THE TEACHERS INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.
SO LET ME TALK ABOUT THAT IN REVENUE, TOO.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT REALLY QUICK, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THAT THAT APPEARS TO BE A REDUCTION FROM THE BUDGET BECAUSE IT IS NOT A REDUCTION OF PROGRAM, THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT IS STILL BEING CONSIDERED, STILL GOING STRONG.
AND SO NOW THAT WE'VE LEARNED INFORMATION AND KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS, AS TEA IS NOW LAID IT OUT, IS WE WILL GET A LETTER FROM TEA THAT KIND OF TELLS US WHO HAS BEEN APPROVED AND WHAT THAT IMPACT IS GOING TO BE.
WELL, BECAUSE IT'S A REVENUE INCREASE AND AN EXPENSE INCREASE, THE FLOW THROUGH IS ZERO.
IT'S A NET IMPACT TO OUR FUND BALANCE.
AND SO WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENT AND BETTER FOR REPORTING PURPOSES TO BRING THAT TO YOU AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT SINCE THE IMPACT IS A FLOW THROUGH AND A NET IMPACT ZERO, THE ACTUAL FIGURE, ONCE WE RECEIVE THE INFORMATION FROM TEA AND THEN BE BEFORE THE PAYOUT TO TEACHERS.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT IT IS NOT A REDUCTION OF PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S DUE TO TEA'S DETAILS AND AS WE LEARNED HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE I POINT THAT OUT.
SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO SEE THAT NEGATIVELY.
IF YOU REMEMBER MANY SLIDES UP.
WE HAD SOME ONE TIME PAYMENTS THAT AFFECTED THIS CURRENT BUDGET YEAR THAT'S THAT $439,000.
THEY'RE BEING TAKEN OUT FOR OUR PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE A 1.5% NON PAYROLL INCREASE.
WE ADD THAT IN SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD REFLECTION OF WHAT THE EXPENSE BUDGET'S GOING TO BE.
THIS IS A SLIDE JUST SHOWING OUR REVENUE BREAKDOWN SO THAT YOU.
MR. GLICK HANG ON JUST A MINUTE. WE GOT A QUESTION BRANDY.
YEAH, AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY RAISES, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY RAISES AT THIS TIME.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE $10 MILLION DOLLARS THAT IS IN THE BOND.
SO IF WE WERE USING THE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH IS 21 MILLION, IF WE DID THE SAME THING, IT WOULD BE ADDING 21 MILLION TO IT'D BE SIMILAR.
BUT THAT WAS A LOT OF NO, I UNDERSTAND. WELL, AT LEAST WE HAVE A NUMBER FROM LAST YEAR YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.
SO. SO THIS SHOWS US AS STATE REVENUE, AS OUR LOCAL REVENUE INCREASES, STATE REVENUE DECREASES.
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SO WE'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IF THE STATE MOVES FORWARD WITH THOSE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES OF FURTHER COMPRESSING THE TAX RATE, THAT PUTS MORE PRESSURE ON THE STATE.BUT AS WE SAW FROM THE COMTROLLER'S BIENNIUM, THEY HAVE SOME MONEY TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, JUST WHEN WE INCREASE NON PAYROLL BY THAT AMOUNT, IT'S THE MATH THAT OFFSETS THAT.
AND THEN THESE ARE OUR GENERAL FUND SCENARIOS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
SO YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE MORE OF AN IMPACT.
BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ANALYSIS.
AND SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IF WE DECIDE TO INCREASE THAT.
STUDENT NUTRITION HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB GETTING ALL OF THEIR OPERATIONS BACK TOGETHER POST COVID.
SO THEY ARE EXPECTED TO ADD MONEY TO FUND BALANCE AGAIN THIS YEAR.
SO THEY ARE WORKING ON I THINK YOU SAW A CONTRACT OR I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME CONTRACTS COMING THROUGH FOR SOME OF THEIR FUND BALANCE SPEND DOWN S&S CAN ONLY CARRY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BEGIN WORKING ON THAT.
THIS BUDGET DOESN'T REFLECT THAT, BUT THEY'RE WORKING ON THOSE PLANS.
AND WE MEET WITH STUDENT NUTRITION MONTHLY.
AND THEN RAISES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET.
AND THEN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, THIS IS BUILT ON THE 0.3840, AND IT DOES INCLUDE PAYMENTS FOR NEW DEBT SCHEDULES THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE MAY 23RD ELECTION.
THESE ARE THE PAYMENTS, SO YOU CAN SEE THE PAYMENT IMPACTS THERE.
AND THEN THESE ARE OUR NEXT STEPS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO COME TO YOU IN APRIL WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THINGS THAT YOU SUGGESTED TODAY.
WE'LL GET OUR INFORMATION FROM DCAD.
SO WHEN WE COME TO SEE YOU AGAIN IN APRIL, WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU, MS. MAYO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. MILLER YOU'RE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS INPUT.
I MEAN, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SAVE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO FULLY HIRE WHAT PERCENT OF OUR BUDGETED TEACHERS FULFILLMENT.
WHAT PERCENT ARE WE GETTING TO BEING FULFILLED IN OUR TEACHER GOAL? HOW CLOSE ARE WE? 70%. 80%.
90%. DOES ANYBODY KNOW THAT NUMBER? AND IF IT'S NOT, WE CAN GET IT LATER.
I DON'T KNOW WE KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEAD, I CAN DO SOME QUICK MATH BUT.
I DON'T WANNA PUT ANY WORDS IN ANYBODY'S MOUTH.
I'M TRYING TO GET A FEELING FOR IF WE EVER THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO, QUOTE, FULL EMPLOYMENT, WHICH MEANS A LITTLE BIT OF ABSENTEEISM OR TURNOVER, BUT NOT LIKE WHAT WE EXPERIENCED THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SO IF THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GET TO 85% OR 90% IN THE NEXT 2 OR 3 YEARS, WHATEVER THAT EXPECTATION IS, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM STAFF'S OPINION ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THAT ARENA.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES GOING FORWARD, JUST KIND OF BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIG NUMBER, RIGHT? THAT'S THE BIG SPIN.
THERE'S NO WAY TO UNDERSTATE THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHERS GIVING QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN A CLASSROOM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO STRIVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEND EVERY PENNY WE BUDGET IN THOSE BUCKETS, ESPECIALLY WITH PAYROLL. BUT WE'RE ALSO PRETTY REALISTIC IN THAT THERE ARE OTHER PRESSURES AT PLAY HERE AND WE MIGHT NOT GET THERE.
PERSONALLY, I THINK IT'S A TRAVESTY, BUT IT'S A NATIONAL TRAVESTY.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE QUALITY INSTRUCTION INSIDE EVERY CLASSROOM, AND I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE COULD STRIVE FOR WITHIN A BUDGET OR WITHIN ANY OTHER GOAL THAT WE'VE GOT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
BUT THANK YOU. WE CAN BRING THAT WHEN WE DO OUR RAISE ANALYSIS.
WE CAN BRING THAT INFORMATION FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING GOING FORWARD.
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THAT RECEIVING IT THEN? YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S AGAIN, NOT CRITICAL TODAY.I'VE GOT AS WE GET TOWARD BUDGET ADOPTION, WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN JUNE, CORRECT? YES. OKAY.
AND WHEN DO WE DECIDE WHAT IS THE NEW NORMAL? SO IS THAT KIND OF THAT SAME QUESTION? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE STILL UP NEXT, WE'LL GO TO ITEM B ACTION ITEMS.
[IV.B. Action Items (Non Consent)]
NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS IN THE 22-23 GENERAL FUND.THANK YOU, MR. BEACH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
LOPEZ, I WANT TO BRING TO YOU THE MARCH BUDGET AMENDMENT.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE DETAILS PAGE ON, I BELIEVE IT'S YOUR PAGE 90.
EARLIER IN OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT AFTER LEARNING TEA'S PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES, THAT WE WERE GOING TO ONLY REMAIN THE AMOUNT OF TEA FUNDS THAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO PAY OUT BASED ON INFORMATION FROM TEA.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH THE REVENUE AND EXPENSE.
THIS IS NOT ANY REFLECTION OF WHAT WILL BE PAID OUT OR WHAT TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE.
THAT'S HANDLED BY ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS JUST SIMPLY THE BUDGET IMPACT.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO BRINGING YOU A TURF TRACK AND SCOREBOARD PROJECTS AT SELECT CAMPUSES.
AND THIS WAS A CONTRACT THAT WAS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD LAST MONTH, AND THIS IS JUST NOW THAT THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN APPROVED WE'RE TRANSFERRING THE FUNDING OUT TO SUPPORT THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? MR. BEACH. I'M SORRY, BUT I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THIS.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE $80 MILLION DOLLAR NUMBER.
BUT WHAT LOOKING BACK AT OUR HISTORY.
YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT HAS THAT NUMBER TYPICALLY BEEN? WELL, CAN YOU.
WHAT NUMBER ARE YOU? THE 8.9? PAGE. I'M SORRY.
OTHER FINANCING, IT'S 8.9 MILLION, IS THAT IT.
YEAH, BUT THE TOTAL AMENDED BUDGET SAYS 18.
THE LINE ON SO THAT'S THE. I'M SORRY.
THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN, FOR HELPING ME WITH MY OWN REPORT.
[LAUGHTER] SO THAT'S THE COMBINATION OF ALL OF THE TRANSFER OUTS THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR.
AND ALL I'M SAYING IS, WHAT'S A NORMAL YEAR FOR US? IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE PRETTY ACTIVE IN THAT.
YES, WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, DUE TO SOME OF OUR AGING FACILITIES, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE PROPOSING A BOND IS WE HAVE HAD TO SUPPORT SOME HVAC NEEDS AND SOME OTHER NEEDS, JUST LIKE THIS I WAS LEADING THE WITNESS BECAUSE REALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN A BOND ISSUE, IF THAT BECOMES A SUCCESSFUL REALITY, WILL WE SEE SOME RELIEF IN THIS NUMBER? YES. AND IF IT IS NOT A SUCCESSFUL REALITY, IT'S GOING TO GO THE OTHER WAY.
SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL'S SUPPORT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MS. MAYO.
SHE'S BEEN UP FOR AN HOUR. YOU'VE BEEN UP FOR AN HOUR? YEAH. YOU CAN SIT DOWN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
YOU ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.
GOOD EVENING, MR. BEACH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I BRING. I'M GRADY BROWN, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND I BRING TO YOU TWO SALARY SCHEDULE ADDENDUMS FOR THIS YEAR.
ONE IS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL PAY FOR OUR SUMMER SCHOOL STAFF, WHICH INCLUDES OUR PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, NURSES, PARAPROFESSIONALS, AND OTHER SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THE OTHER ADDENDUM IS FOR A RESIDENCY COACHING STIPEND.
ONE OF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, BUT ONE OF THE TEACHER TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT WE CREATE A PATHWAY FOR TEACHERS TO BECOME TEACHERS BY PROVIDING A RESIDENCY EXPERIENCE.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE IN THE CORPORATE WORLD HEARD THIS CALLED AN APPRENTICESHIP.
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THIS IS FUNDED.WELL, LET ME JUST GO TO THE ADDENDUM BEFORE I GET AHEAD OF MYSELF.
IS, AS YOU SEE IT WRITTEN HERE.
FOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL $7,500.
FOR HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL $5,700.
FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL $5,000.
SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL $3,800.
FOR ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL $5,000 FOR ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL $3,800 AND EMERGENT BILINGUAL PRINCIPAL $6,100. AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS PAY.
SCHOOL COUNSELOR $40 PER HOUR.
SUMMER SCHOOL NURSE $40 PER HOUR.
PARAPROFESSIONAL $15 PER HOUR.
AND THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THESE PAYMENTS WILL BE OUR ESSER AS WELL AS GENERAL FUND IN SOME CASES.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DO. GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR PRESENTATION AND I'LL ASK MY QUESTION.
WE ARE BEGINNING A PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN SPENDING THE PAST YEAR, WHICH IS A PART OF TCLAS PLANNING, A PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE TEACHERS WHO COME IN AS RESIDENTS IN THEIR FINAL YEAR OF THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE.
OUR TEACHERS WILL SERVE AS MENTORS OR COACHES TO WORK WITH THOSE NEW BEGINNING RESIDENT TEACHERS.
OUR TEACHER STIPEND WILL BE $5,000 FOR EACH OF THOSE TEACHERS.
YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION NOW? I'M READY.
WHAT IS THE SUMMER SCHOOL HOURS THIS YEAR FOR THE CALENDAR? THIS YEAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY.
FULL DAY. BUT I MEAN, WHAT'S THE START DATE AND THE END DATE? I DON'T HAVE THOSE DATES.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE THE START DATES? JUST WE'RE GRADUATING IN MAY THIS YEAR.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE'RE STARTING EARLIER IN JUNE AND FINISHING IN JUNE, IS IT GOING TO BE A ONE? IS THIS A ONE MONTH? OH, IT WILL BE. YES.
BUT THE HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL WILL LAST A WEEK LONGER THAN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY.
I DO KNOW THAT. I JUST DON'T HAVE THE DATES.
ISN'T IT ABOUT THREE WEEKS. TWO WEEKS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY.
DR. CADDELL HAS THE DATES. GOOD EVENING.
OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS WILL BE OFFERED JUNE 12TH THROUGH THE FULL DAY PROGRAMS. THE ONLY ONE THAT WILL DIFFERENTIATE FROM THOSE THAT TWO WEEK DATE WILL BE OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMING FOR OUR PRE-K, K AND I BELIEVE FIRST GRADE EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS.
THEY HAVE A FOUR WEEK PROGRAM.
IS SUMMER SCHOOL FREE THIS YEAR OR ARE STUDENTS PAYING TO GO? OH, IT'S FREE.
OKAY. THAT'S ONE PROBLEM I HAVE.
OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE DATES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DON'T ANYBODY TAKE OFFENSE TO THIS BUT WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE WE GOING TO TEACH KIDS IN TWO WEEKS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL? THERE IS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON AND DR.
HILL MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU.
I JUST MAKE SURE THEY HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN TEACH IT.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER HOW MANY RESIDENCY COACHES ARE WE LOOKING AT? BECAUSE YOU SAID THIS 5,000 WAS PER COACH.
SO HOW MANY COACHES? WE'RE LOOKING AT UP TO 20 COACHES BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING UP TO 20 TEACHER RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH TWO OF OUR LOCAL UNIVERSITIES, UT DALLAS, AS WELL AS DALLAS COLLEGE.
I REMEMBER WE USED TO HAVE A MENTORING PROGRAM HERE IN GISD.
ANYWAY, THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL UNDER KAY KOONER.
I REMEMBER DOING THAT BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THE MENTORS FOR ONE OF THE TEACHERS.
AND IT WAS IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT AGAIN.
THAT KEEPS TEACHERS INTERESTED IN STAYING.
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SO IT'S A GOOD THING.I'VE BEEN THERE. I'VE BEEN THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
SO IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
SO, MS. STANLEY, THAT WAS A PERFECT SEGUE, MR. BEACH. TWO WEEKS IS NOT A LOT OF TIME, BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE TARGET VERY SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
FOR OUR SECOND THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS, WE HAVE A LITERACY AND A MATH FOCUS.
AND SO HALF THE DAY IS LITERACY AND HALF THE DAY IS MATH.
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR P.E., A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
THEY GET UP, THEY GET MOVING, AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY STRONG PROGRAMING THIS SUMMER.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
MR. BEACH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BEFORE YOU IS A MULTI-REGIONAL COOPERATIVE THAT THE STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN UTILIZING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT IS A REQUIREMENT EACH YEAR THAT WE SUBMIT A SELECTION OF THE COMMODITIES AND CLASSES IN WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.
THAT IS THE DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED BEFORE YOU.
MS. MILLER IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATES TO THE OPERATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER.
THE CITY OF GARLAND MRS. COOPER. MR. BEACH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
THE OFFER AMOUNT IS $190,230, OF WHICH GISD WILL RECEIVE $104,632.02.
THE RESOLUTION AND DEED IS ATTACHED AS WELL, IF APPROVED.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD. QUESTIONS, MS. STANLEY. SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I ACTUALLY LOOKED THIS PROPERTY UP, BUT IT SAID THAT IT WAS ALREADY OWNED BY THE CITY OF GARLAND.
SO IT GOES INTO THEIR NAME AT THAT TIME AND BECOMES TAX EXEMPT.
SO IT'S BEEN STRUCK OFF SINCE 1997 TO THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AND NOW THEY WANT TO OFFICIALLY OWN IT.
THEY WANT TO OWN IT AND UTILIZE IT FOR CITY PURPOSES.
MOVING ON. THANK YOU, MS. COOPER.
THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, NEW BIDS, CONTRACT 175-23-01.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF CUSTODIAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.
MR. BOOKER, ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT? YES, SIR. OF COURSE THE OPERATIONAL STAFF ARE HERE TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
97% OF THE FUNDING WOULD COME FROM FEDERAL GRANT.
THE OTHER 7% WOULD BE LOCALLY FUNDED.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. SEEING NONE.
CONTRACT 310-23-08 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF ON SITE COUNSELING SERVICES.
THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $402,000.
IT ALLOWS FOR SIX I BELIEVE IT'S SIX SOCIAL WORKERS TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE SAF SCHOOLS.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS THERE? MS. STANLEY, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. JUST FOR US PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT IS AN SAL SL SCHOOL OR COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT SCHOOL SCHOOL ACTION FUND.
MR. BOOKER, I CAN ANSWER THAT FOR YOU.
WE HAVE FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS PART OF THE SCHOOL ACTION FUND.
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BLAND AND HIS TEAM IN INNOVATION.IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU'VE SEEN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS.
SCHOOL ACTION FUND. NOW IT'S COMING. THANK YOU.
SOMETIMES THESE ACRONYMS JUST THROW ME.
THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6 INCREASE TO AWARDED BIDS.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR ONLINE CURRICULUM.
THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS $74,999.
ANY QUESTIONS? MS. STANLEY. I'M SORRY.
DO WE KNOW HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN USING THIS CURRICULUM? TEN YEARS. THANK YOU.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOVING ON TO ITEM B CONTRACT 9-22 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE AWARD AMOUNT FOR DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS FOR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A CONTRACT UTILIZED BY OUR STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
YES, SIR. THAT IS FUND 240 STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM C, THE CONTRACT 269-21 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARD AMOUNTS FOR LAMINATING AND OFFICE MACHINES, SUPPLIES AND SERVICES. MR. BOOKER? YES, SIR.
ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE AN INCREASE BEING PROVIDED FOR THE LAMINATING AND OFFICE MACHINE SUPPLIES.
THAT WOULD BE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, FUND 199.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, THAT'LL MOVE US TO ITEM NUMBER 5 EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DR. LOPEZ WE HAVE ANY? MECHELLE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SEEING NONE, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVED. IT IS 4:54 AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED.
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