OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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WE ARE BLESSED TO BE HERE TODAY.THIS IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024.
WE HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD AGENDA IN FRONT OF US TODAY.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
[II. Public Forum]
MECHELLE. OKAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE NO CARDS THAT HAVE REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO US TODAY.SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
[III. Superintendent's Message]
WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT.AND THE SUPERINTENDENT MESSAGE COMES TO US TODAY FROM DOCTOR LOPEZ.
BUT REALLY, IT'S AN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF THE DISTRICT.
GREAT LABOR DAY PARADE, GREAT GREAT WEATHER.
HELLO. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER GOOD MEETING.
TAKE IT TO TAKE IT OVER, CHAIRPERSON MILLER.
OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO OUR AGENDA.
[IV.A. Information Items]
THESE ARE INFORMATION ITEMS 4A.WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE A BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER.
MR. BOOKER. YES, SIR TO MR. MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DOCTOR LOPEZ.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THE REPORT.
WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW ITEMS ON THE LIST TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE OR BOARD MEMBERS? LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING'S PRETTY STANDARD AND ROUTINE WITH THIS TODAY.
DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT AT ALL ON THE 190-21.
190. THE FIELD LIGHTING SCOREBOARD MARQUEE INSTALLATION AND SERVICE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SCROLL DOWN TO THE REPORT.
THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT WAS JUST REDUCED.
OKAY. AND THAT'S THE MONEY WE'RE LOOKING AT.
IS THE MONEY STILL AVAILABLE? YES, SIR. OKAY.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
LET'S GO TO ITEM 4A 2, RECEIVE PRESENTATION ON HVAC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS COMPLETION UPDATE.
PAUL GONZALES, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DOCTOR LOPEZ, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
OKAY. SO THE BOARD RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON HVAC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AT THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING AND FINANCE MEETING ON MAY 10, 2022.
THE ORIGINAL SCOPE AMOUNT WAS 4.1048848, TO BE FUNDED OUT OF 651 EDUCATIONAL STABILIZATION FUND.
AFTER THE DESIGN THE BOARD RECEIVED AN UPDATE AT THE FACILITIES AND FINANCE AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 14TH, 2023, TO CONSIDER APPROVAL TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT FOR THE HVAC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
AND WE HAVE EMA HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION.
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PAGE 340 THE PDF.GIVE US ONE SECOND WHILE WE TRY TO PULL UP THAT PDF.
WHILE THAT'S BEING DONE, I GUESS I CAN ASK PAUL A QUESTION.
WILL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AT LAKEVIEW AND NAAMAN WILL THAT WHEN WE DO THE REMODELS AT THOSE CAMPUSES, WILL THIS HVAC, THE COOLING TOWER AND ALL THAT BE AFFECTED? THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT IN PLACE? IN LOOKING AT LAKEVIEW PARTICULARLY, IT SAYS NEW PEERS AND SUPPORT STEEL MARLEY COOLING TOWERS, CONTROL VALVES, PIPING AND V.F.D.
OLD BAC COOLING TOWERS REMOVED FROM THE ROOF.
WILL, THOSE HAVE TO BE MOVED AGAIN OR READJUSTED AGAIN ONCE THE REMODELING STARTS? IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SCOPE OF WORK.
THANK YOU. GOOD. PAUL, WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING YOUR ANSWER IN THE MICROPHONE? YES. SO THE QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS THE SCOPE OVER AT NAAMAN FOREST AND LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE ON THE COOLING TOWERS THAT TRUSTEE BEACH HAD JUST ASKED, WOULD IT BE AFFECTED BY BOND SCOPE AND WITH THE CURRENT PROJECTS? AND I STATED, NO, IT WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.
I'VE GOT IT HERE. OKAY, WE'LL GO OLD SCHOOL.
SO FIRST PART OF THIS WE'VE TOUCHED ON IS THE COOLING TOWER RELOCATION AT NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL.
THE BIG THING HERE IS WE TOOK THE COOLING TOWER FROM THE ROOF DOWN TO THE GROUND.
VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'LL MAKE IT EASIER TO MAINTAIN.
ANYTIME YOU HAVE TO GO ON A ROOF OR HAVE EQUIPMENT ON A ROOF THERE'S POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ROOF.
NEW COOLING TOWER SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO FOR SEVERAL MORE FOR MANY MORE YEARS.
THE COOLING TOWER WAS ALREADY ON THE GROUND, BUT IT'S THE SAME PROCESS.
REPLACE ALL THE CONTROLS VALVES.
PUT VFDS ON THE CHILLER AND COOLING TOWER IN ORDER TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.
THEN THE BIG PROJECT WAS, OF COURSE, AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN WE TURNED AROUND AND REPLACED ALL THE PIPING.
IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, PROBABLY 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO.
A LARGE PART OF ADDRESSING IN THIS.
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SO THAT BUILDING SHOULD BE READY TO GO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW ALSO.THAT'S PROBABLY THE EXTENT OF OUR DEAL.
WE HAD A GREAT PARTNERSHIP ON THIS DEAL WITH ENTECH CONTRACTORS.
BRIAN, FROM THE FACILITIES OFFICE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, MASON MUELLER WAS OUR PROJECT MANAGER ON THE PROJECT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNS? COMMITTEE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS WHEN YOU MOVE SOMETHING FROM A ROOF TO THE GROUND.
I KNOW I SEE SOME LITTLE FENCING AROUND SOME OF THEM.
I'M ASSUMING, PAUL, WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME KIND OF PROTECTIVE FENCING AROUND THIS EQUIPMENT.
YES, SIR. NOW THAT WE'RE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED THE PROJECT FROM THE ORIGINAL SCOPE, YES, WE'RE GOING TO FENCE AROUND IT SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY YOU KNOW, MESSING WITH THE VALVES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
YES. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING, AND I KNOW THIS COULD BE AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION TO ANSWER, BUT WITH ALL THE UPGRADES WE DO, LIKE, ESPECIALLY AT ROWLETT, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE RELIABILITY OF THE SYSTEM? IN OTHER WORDS, WE HEAR FROM TIME TO TIME OF A ROOM BEING HOT OR A CAFETERIA BEING COLD OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IS HAPPENING.
I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE ALL THE NEW CONTROLLERS IN ROWLETT AS WELL.
TELL ME NOW HOW, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON HVAC, I THINK, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
TELL ME HOW THIS COMES TOGETHER TO MAKE A MAKE A PROPER SYSTEM.
SO PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK, NOT ONLY WAS IT TO REPLACE THE ROTTED PIPING, THE FAN COIL UNITS, THE THE AIR HANDLERS, IT ALSO INCLUDED THE HVAC CONTROLS.
A LOT OF THE CONTROLS WERE ALREADY PRETTY MUCH, I WOULD SAY 60, 70% DONE AS PART OF THE SECO PROJECT THAT, AS MR. BRISTOW COMMENTED ON ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO THAT COVERED A GOOD PORTION OF THEM.
BUT WITH THIS PROJECT, WE FINALLY HAVE 100% CONTROLS REPLACEMENT AT ROWLETT.
GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. BEACH? ONE QUICK QUESTION TO YOU.
BY TAKING THE UNITS OFF THE ROOF AND PUTTING THEM ON THE GROUND WILL WE BE ABLE TO, I GUESS WITH THE NEW PIPING AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF IN CASE OF A SNOWSTORM, WHICH SEEMED LIKE WE'VE HAD ONE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE IT'S REALLY PIPES FREEZING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
WILL THIS HELP US MONITOR THAT BETTER TO FOR INSULATION PURPOSES? WELL, THE UNITS KICKING ON, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP MOVING INSTEAD OF SITTING STILL OR IDLE.
SO AS YOU STATED, THE WATER WILL CONTINUOUSLY CIRCULATE EVEN IN SUBZERO TEMPERATURE JUST TO KEEP THE WATER FLOW SO WE DON'T FREEZE UP OUR PIPES. SO AGAIN, THAT WAS ADDRESSED PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK.
YES, SIR. ALSO WITH THESE, WITH CHILLERS LIKE THIS AND COOLING TOWERS, HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE TO DRAIN WATER PUT MORE WATER, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE? DOES IT CONTINUE TO STAY ENCAPSULATED IN THAT UNIT THE WHOLE TIME, OR BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF IRON IN THAT WATER THAT CORRODED THE PIPES BEFORE.
NOW THAT WE HAVE PVC, PROBABLY WON'T.
BUT WHAT MAINTENANCE DO WE NEED TO DO THERE? SO THERE IS NO PVC IN THIS SYSTEM.
THIS IS ALL PRETTY MUCH STEEL OR COPPER LINES.
THE WHERE WE DO LOSE THAT WATER EVAPORATION ON THE COOLING TOWER SITE.
IT HAS A SELF HAS A BASIN THAT PRETTY MUCH WORKS LIKE A TOILET FLUSH VALVE THAT WHEN IT GETS A LITTLE LOW, IT FILLS THAT BASIN BACK UP.
SO THERE IS SOME LOSS OF WATER.
MOSTLY IN THESE HOT SUMMER MONTHS WHEN WHEN THE SYSTEM IS WORKING REALLY HARD.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU SHOULD NOT BE LOSING ANY, ANY LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER.
AND, PAUL, ONCE A UNIT IS TURNED OFF WHEN THE BUILDING IS EMPTY OR WHATEVER.
HOW QUICK WHEN YOU TURN IT BACK, DOES IT, CAN IT COOL DOWN A BUILDING? SO NONE OF OUR SYSTEMS PER SE, ARE TURNED OFF.
OKAY. OUR SYSTEMS HAVE WHAT THEY CALL NIGHT SETBACKS, AND THERE'S CERTAIN SET POINT TEMPERATURES.
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A BUILDING WILL ALWAYS BE CONSTANTLY RUNNING.BUT ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS, WE NEVER JUST SHUT THE SYSTEMS OFF.
OKAY. WHY DON'T WE MOVE TO ITEM 4A 3? WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE JULY 2024 MONTHLY FINANCIALS.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
I PRESENT TO YOU THE JULY 2024 FINANCIALS.
AS YOU CAN SEE AND STARTING ON PAGE 15 OF YOUR PACKET, THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR FUND 199 ARE 10.3 MILLION THIS MONTH.
WHICH I'M PRESENTING IT AND IT'S LOWER BECAUSE SOME OF THE ACCRUALS THAT WERE EARNED FOR SALARIES ON JUNE OR ON FISCAL YEAR 23, 24 WERE PULLED BACK FROM THIS MONTH.
SO THIS IS WHY IT'S A LITTLE LOWER THAN NORMAL.
THE OTHER KEY PAGE THAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS PAGE NUMBER 25, IN WHICH YOU CAN SEE THE REMAINING BALANCE FOR ESSER THREE, WHICH IS THE FINAL ESSER GRANT WE HAVE IS 6.4 MILLION.
AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS? I WANT TO AND MAYBE MR. DODDS THIS IS SOMETHING YOU AND I DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE WEEK IN REVIEWING THE AGENDA.
TALK ABOUT THE JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST ACCRUALS.
IF YOU WERE FOR PAYROLL, THAT WILL ACCRUE BACK TO JUNE.
IT'S NOT SHOWING UP IN THIS REPORT.
BUT WHEN THOSE CONTRACT PEOPLE ARE PAID THEY'RE PAID BACK INTO THE ACCRUAL THAT'S FOR JUNE.
MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS.
SO THE CPA UP THERE IS PROBABLY BETTER AT THIS.
BUT I WILL EXPLAIN IT I WILL EXPLAIN.
SO MAINLY THIS IS DEALING WITH TEACHER CONTRACTS.
TEACHER CONTRACTS ARE FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST TO AUGUST.
BUT OUR FISCAL YEAR IS JULY 1ST TO JUNE.
AND SO THEY HAVE EARNED THEIR CONTRACT AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE PAID IN JUNE AND JULY.
AND THIS WILL BE A PROCESS THROUGH EACH YEAR.
YOU KNOW, IF OUR TEACHER CONTRACTS WERE JULY 1ST TO JUNE 30TH, THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT ACCRUAL.
BUT THIS IS THE WAY WE HAVE IT SET UP.
AND SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR ALL THE IT WAS PAID OUT IN JULY AND AUGUST.
BUT IT'S PULLED BACK TO THE FISCAL YEAR THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY EARNED.
OKAY. AND THEN JUST ON A GO FORWARD, THE NORMAL MONTHLY PAYROLL NUMBER IS ABOUT WHAT? IT'S ABOUT 20 MILLION.
20 MILLION. AND YOU SEE AN 8 MILLION NUMBER ON PAGE 15.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE ACCRUAL STUFF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YES. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE CONFUSED THAT 8 MILLION IS OUR GOAL.
DID WE SAVE THAT MUCH MONEY AND NO.
YEAH, RIGHT. NO WE DIDN'T SAVE IT.
ONCE. ONCE. SEPTEMBER PAYROLL.
THEN IT'LL START FOR TEACHERS ACTUALLY BEING IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT LOOKS LIKE NOW WE GO TO ITEM 4A 4, WHICH IS REVIEW JULY 2024 TAX REPORT.
KRISTI COOPER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
THERE WERE FIVE REFUNDS, WHICH EXCEEDED $500.
THAT WILL BE REPORTED IN JUNE OF 2025.
AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, WE WERE AT 98.83% COLLECTED FOR THE 2023 BASE TAX LEVY.
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I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.SUPER AND GOOD JOB TO YOU AND THE STAFF AND OUR OUR ATTORNEYS THAT DO THE COLLECTION.
IT SEEMS TO BE RIGHT ON PAR WITH WITH OTHER YEARS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTY ON THIS REPORT? OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN.
[IV.B. Action Items (Non Consent)]
LET'S GO TO ITEM 4B NUMBER ONE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SETTING THE TAX RATE FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.SO WE APPROVED A BUDGET IN JUNE, AND THIS IS SETTING THE TAX RATE FOR OUR BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED.
WE RECEIVED ONCE AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND HERE.
WE HAVE TO RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED VALUES BEFORE WE CAN SET A TAX RATE.
AND SO WE RECEIVED OUR CERTIFIED VALUES JULY 25TH OF 2024.
THOSE VALUES ARE SENT INTO TEA AND THE CONTROLLER AND THEN ONCE THEY SEE THOSE VALUES, THEN THEY SEND BACK WHAT OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE IS.
IF WE WAS TO GO ABOVE THAT $0.05, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT FOR A TAX RATE ELECTION.
SO THIS CURRENT YEAR WE ARE STAYING WITHIN THAT.
AND SO OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE WILL BE SITTING AT 0.6669 CENTS OR $0.6669.
AND THEN OUR INTEREST AND SINKING FUND, WHICH IS ONLY TO PAY BOND PAYMENTS, THAT'S ALL WE CAN USE THIS TAX RATE FOR IS $0.3840.
THIS WILL BE A TOTAL TAX RATE OF $1.0509 AND THEN WE WILL DO A RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO SET OUR TAX RATE. AND ONCE WE DO THAT, THEN WE WILL SEND IT TO MISS COOPER, AND SHE WILL START PREPARING ALL THE TAX STATEMENTS TO GO OUT. OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TAX RATE AGAIN? IT'S A MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE'S BASICALLY $0.61 AND SOME CHANGE.
AND WE DO HAVE FIVE PENNIES THAT WE'VE ADDED OUR GOLDEN PENNIES THAT MAKES IT 66.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY STRAIGHT.
THANK YOU. SO THE ACTION ITEM ITEM ON THAT FOR THIS MONTH WILL BE TO APPROVE THIS TAX RATE.
YES. AND THIS CANNOT BE IN CONSENT.
THIS HAS TO BE AN ACTION ITEM.
THERE'S SOME STRICT VERBIAGE THAT HAS TO BE SAID IN THE MOTION.
AND THAT WILL BE AT THE ACTUAL BOARD MEETING.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE GARLAND ISD TAX ROLL.
I'M GOING TO TELL KRISTI TO TELL US THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TAX ROLL AND A TAX RATE.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO REPEAT.
YES, THE TAX RATE IS THE RATE THAT WE APPLY TO THE VALUES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE TAXABLE.
OKAY. SO MR. MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR LOPEZ, SHOULD THE BOARD APPROVE THE 2024 PROPOSED TAX RATE WE ARE REQUESTING THE APPROVAL OF THE 2024 TAX ROLL WITH THE TAXABLE VALUE OF $32,690,505,529, PRODUCING A LEVY OF $320,111,000.
WELL, $111,612, WITH AN M&O LEVY OF $203,142,515, AND AN I&S LEVY OF $116,969,096.
THIS IS A 13.93% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S TAX LEVY, AND THE VALUE INCLUDES OUR CEILING VALUES LOST, THE VALUE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR TAX CEILINGS.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO IN ADDITION IN ADDING TO THE EQUATION THE INCREASE FROM THE $40,000 EXEMPTIONS TO THE $100,000 FOR HOMESTEAD, PLUS ANY OF OUR 65 AND OLDER THAT ARE FROZEN, ALL OF THAT MATH HAS BEEN DONE AND IS INCLUDED IN THIS.
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CORRECT. AS WELL AS THE NEW CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR NON HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES THAT WENT INTO PLAY THIS YEAR.AND THAT'S FOR THE THREE THE NEXT THREE YEARS, UNLESS LEGISLATION CHANGES THAT.
AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER IS WHAT, 2.5%? NO IT'S 20%, 20% AND IT'S ON VALUES REAL VALUES THAT ARE LESS THAN $5 MILLION.
BUT ALL THAT'S BEEN CALCULATED.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE CALCULATION.
CORRECT. I'VE ALREADY GOT A HEADACHE THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE WELCOME. THAT, AGAIN, WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM FOR THE BOARD MEETING.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CHANGES TO THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL FOR THE YEAR 2024.
KRISTI COOPER JUST STAY UP THERE AND WALK US THROUGH THIS.
YES. MR. MILLER, WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR TO MAKE THE REQUIRED CHANGES TO THE DISTRICT'S APPROVED TAX ROLL, AS CERTIFIED BY THE CHIEF APPRAISER MONTHLY UNDER CHAPTER 2025 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE.
THESE CHANGES THAT WE RECEIVE ARE RECEIVED VIA CERTIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL TAX ROLL AND THEY INCLUDE EXEMPTIONS, VALUE SETTLEMENTS, OMITTED PROPERTIES, CLERICAL ERRORS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO ADDRESS, CORRECT, REFUND OR SEND CORRECTED BILLS.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT THROUGH WITH ALL THE CHALLENGES TO THE APPRAISAL VALUES? OH, NO. WHEN WILL THAT BE COMPLETED? NEVER. [LAUGHTER] YEAH.
NO. WE ACTUALLY STILL HAVE VALUE UNDER DISPUTE, EVEN ON OUR 2020 TAX ROLL.
BUT WE STILL HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN 2023 THAT'S OUT THERE FOR VALUE AND DISPUTE, AND IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO ABSORB THAT A GOOD 4 OR 5 YEARS. SO AS THOSE CASES ARE SETTLED, LET'S CALL IT.
AND THE FINAL PROPERTY VALUE IS ASSESSED.
DO THEY PAY IT AT THAT TIME OR ARE THEY PAYING NOW WITH THE CHANCE OF GETTING A REFUND LATER? SO THE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE SIMPLY A VALUE AND DISPUTE THAT ARE JUST THAT DOESN'T TAKE THEM TO THE ARBITRATION SIDE OF IT, THAT ARE JUST A SIMPLE GO BEFORE THE ARB, THOSE WE SHOULD ABSORB BY NOVEMBER AND HAVE THOSE BILLS OUT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO PAY, WHICH IS THE LARGE PORTION OF WHAT IS UNDER VALUE AND DISPUTE.
BUT IN REGARDS TO THE ONES THAT GO TO LITIGATION, THOSE TAKE A WHILE.
AND COULD YOU REPEAT THAT LAST QUESTION ONE MORE TIME? IT WAS JUST. MAKE SURE I EXPLAINED IT RIGHT.
DO THEY JUST DO THEY PUT IT IN ESCROW OR DO THEY JUST NOT PAY UNTIL THE CASE IS SETTLED? NO BY LAW, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE UNDISPUTED AMOUNT.
OKAY. SO IF THEY DO NOT PAY THEN THEY PAY IT THE FULL PENALTY AND INTEREST FOR THE AMOUNT THAT'S UNPAID, AS WELL AS ATTORNEY FEES, WHATEVER THE STATUS OF THAT ACCOUNT IS ONCE IT'S SETTLED IN COURT. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PREVIOUS NUMBERS ABOUT PERCENTAGE OF COLLECTION, IS THAT A PERCENTAGE OF COLLECTION ON THE FULL AMOUNT OR COLLECTION ON THE AMOUNT, THAT'S UNDISPUTED.
THAT IS OUR COLLECTION ON OUR TAX ROLL AT THAT MOMENT.
THE TAX ROLL CHANGES EVERY MONTH. SO IT'S THE FULL AMOUNT.
SO EVERY TIME WE ABSORB A VALUE OR THEY SETTLE THAT AND THE CHANGES HAPPEN, THEN OUR TAX ROLL CHANGES THE PERCENTAGE OF COLLECTION CHANGES, THE BILLS CHANGE, REFUNDS CHANGE. SO EVERY SINGLE MONTH IN THE FUTURE AS WE COLLECT, AS WE GET THINGS SETTLED AND IT CHANGES OUR PERCENT OF OUR COLLECTION PERCENT.
IS THERE A WAY FOR YOU TO TELL US OKAY, OUR COLLECTION PERCENT WENT UP HALF A POINT, BUT MOST OF THAT WAS FROM SETTLEMENTS OR WAS THAT FROM COLLECTIONS? WE COULD BREAK SOMETHING DOWN? YEAH, I THINK IT'D JUST BE INTERESTING TO KNOW.
SO WE'RE NOT GIVING ANY FALSE.
EVERY TIME I SEE THE PERCENT GO UP, I THINK WE COLLECTED THE MONEY.
SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU GUYS.
IF IT'S EASY THEN THAT'D BE FINE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO 4B 4.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2024 2025 GENERAL FUND.
GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIRMAN MILLER, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR LOPEZ.
WE HAVE THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR THE SEPTEMBER FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
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WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR ITEMS FOR YOU FOR THE AMENDMENT.IN FUNCTION 51, WE ARE REQUESTING A $1 MILLION INCREASE FOR HVAC URGENT REPAIRS THAT ARE NOW REQUIRED, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL MOTORS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL THEATER EQUIPMENT.
ALSO WITH THAT WE HAVE FUNCTION 52, WHICH IS THE INCREASE TO THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR THE ROWLETT PD, SRO SERGEANTS, WHICH IS PART INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ROWLETT.
WE ALSO THIS MONTH HAVE THE AN AMENDMENT AN APPENDIX ITEM.
SORRY. AND IT'S A 2024 TAX RATE CALCULATION WORKSHEET.
AND THIS CALCULATES THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE.
COMMITTEE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? BOARD MEMBERS? MR. BEACH.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SECURITY MONITORING SERVICE, THE 130,000, THAT'S STRICTLY SALARY.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE UNIFORMS, VEHICLES, ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S STRICTLY FOR THAT POSITION.
GOOD AFTERNOON. DR. CROMER. YES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.
AS PART OF THIS SELECTION, THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN $10,000 BY MUSICAL THEATER INTERNATIONAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY TO PRODUCE THE SHOW DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
ONE CHECK FOR $5,000 HAS ALREADY ARRIVED, WITH ANOTHER $5,000 CHECK SET TO ARRIVE NEXT MONTH, BECAUSE THE CDAP STATES THAT THE DONATIONS OF 5000 OR GREATER MUST REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT BOTH OF THESE DONATIONS BE APPROVED.
JUST REAL QUICK. HOW LONG AGO DID WE GET THIS CHECK? HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN PENDING? I BELIEVE THE FIRST CHECK ARRIVED OVER THE SUMMER, SO IT'S JUST SORT OF SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE. MR. DODDS, YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN? IS THERE A MATERIALITY ISSUE HERE? IT SEEMED LIKE FOR AN AMOUNT THIS SMALL, TO HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD BEFORE IT CAN HAVE ANY BENEFIT TO THOSE WHO HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO AND HAVE BEEN RECEIVED MONTHS AGO AND JUST NOW COMING TO US, IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE THIS MORE EFFICIENT? SO WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS.
BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS.
I CALL IT A BUREAUCRATIC FORMALITY.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET THOSE CHECKS TO THE KIDS RIGHT AWAY.
THE POLICY ACTUALLY DOES NOT SAY 5000.
AND WE RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT THE 5000 IS ACTUALLY DELINEATED.
MIKE. THE 5000 IS ACTUALLY DELINEATED IN SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY DISPOSAL.
WHAT THE POLICY DOES SAY UNDER CDC IS THE BOARD DELEGATES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT UNSOLICITED GIFTS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. HOWEVER, ANY GIFT THAT THE POTENTIAL DONOR HAS EXPRESSLY MADE CONDITIONAL UPON THE DISTRICT'S USE FOR A SPECIFIED PURPOSE OR ANY GIFT OF REAL PROPERTY, SHALL REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL.
SO IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT 5000 LIMITATION.
IT'S JUST RESTRICTED DONATIONS BUT THAT WHEN YOU FOLLOW THE AUDITOR'S THING, BECAUSE WE REVIEWED THIS MS. RAY FOLLOWING THE AUDITOR'S REVIEW, THIS WOULD FALL UNDER THAT.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET A DING.
SO WE HAVE TO MODIFY THAT PORTION OF THE POLICY TO DELINEATE THE DONATION PART BECAUSE.
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CORRECT. BECAUSE ON THE YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT ONE SIDE IT'S CLEAN, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE IT DOES KIND OF IT'S THAT GRAY AREA.AND WE ALWAYS FOLLOW FALL UNDER THE SIDE OF CAUTION.
WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANYBODY THINKING WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE POLICIES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MODIFY THAT SECTION THAT YOU BROUGHT UP.
ABSOLUTELY. IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE $5,000 LIMITATION.
YEAH. AND THAT'S BASED OFF THE CDAP, THE CDAP ACTUALLY.
IT'S NOT THIS COMMITTEE'S PURVIEW TO ADJUST THE POLICY.
WE WOULD RATHER GET INTO THE FLOW A LOT QUICKER.
TO ME, 10,000 IS A REALLY SMALL AMOUNT TO HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO LET'S GO TO B I BELIEVE I'M ON 4B SIX.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN MILLER, DR.
I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SAFETY AND OPERATIONS HERE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CITY OF ROWLETT SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT MODIFICATION. THE ATTACHED CITY OF ROWLETT SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ADDS GISD PAYING 100% OF THE SALARY AND BENEFITS OF THE SRO SERGEANT.
THAT AMOUNTS TO $130,000 ANNUALLY.
THIS RECOMMENDATION BRINGS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT SRO BUDGET TO 780,000.
THIS ADDITION IS IN LINE WITH PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATE SUPERVISORY SPAN OF CONTROL WITHIN THE ROWLETT SRO PROGRAM, PROPORTIONALLY SPEAKING, AND CONSIDERING THAT GISD PAYS 0% OF VEHICLE MAINTENANCE OR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT EXPENSES FOR ROWLETT PD SROS, THIS ADDITION CREATES EQUITABLE EXPENDITURE ACROSS THE TRI CITY SRO PROGRAMS, AND YOU WILL SEE THOSE TWO TABLES, THE CURRENT SRO PROGRAM AND HOW THE DISTRICT SHARE VERSUS THE CITY SHARE AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
AND I HIGHLIGHTED THE ADDITION.
SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION, I'M PROVIDING THIS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND THE RECOMMENDED MOTION, WHICH WILL BE FOR THE BOARD MEETING.
I'LL WAIT TILL THEN TO READ THAT.
BUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IS 130,000 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
IS IT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS OR IS IT NOW THAT'S THE NEW AMOUNT GOING FROM 75% TO 100%.
NO, THAT'S ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
WE WERE PAYING 0% FOR THEIR SUPERVISOR.
WE PAY 50% OF THREE LIEUTENANT SUPERVISORS FOR GARLAND PD.
AND WE ALSO AND I'M JUST TRYING TO I'M GOING TO SAY THIS.
IT'S ON PAGE TWO SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE PAY FOR CITY OF GARLAND AND CITY OF SACHSE.
AND KIND OF LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SO WE GIVE 50% OF VEHICLE MAINTENANCE EXPENSES TO GARLAND PD.
AND SACHSE EVERY 4 TO 6 YEARS, WE PAY FOR HALF OF TWO VEHICLES, ABOUT $45,000.
ROWLETT WE'RE NOT PAYING A PENNY FOR ANY PERCENT.
WE'RE PAYING ZERO SHARE OF THE SUPERVISOR.
AND SO SPAN OF CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IS ONE SUPERVISOR TO 8 TO 10 OFFICERS.
AND WITH THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT'S CURRENTLY SUFFICIENT.
RIGHT? YES. WELL, ACTUALLY WE HAVE ASOS STILL IN ROWLETT, WE HAVE ASOS IN GARLAND.
BUT ONE DAY WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT ROWLETT WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE SROS IN ALL THE SCHOOLS.
I DON'T THINK GARLAND IS EVER GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE.
SURE. MR. BEACH. SO IN LOOKING AT THE THE BOARD, THE LITTLE SQUARE THINGS YOU GAVE US FOR EACH PROGRAM, DO OUR THREE LIEUTENANT SUPERVISORS HAVE OVERSIGHT
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OVER THE SACHSE OFFICERS? DO THE GARLAND LIEUTENANTS? YES. NO.SO THERE'S NOT A SUPERVISOR IN THE SACHSE PROGRAM.
THEY ARE SUPERVISED BY A SERGEANT.
WE DO NOT PAY PART OF THAT YET.
HOWEVER, THINK ABOUT THE TWO CARS THAT WE PAY EVERY 4 TO 6 YEARS.
SO THE POLICE CHIEF IN ROWLETT DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER THE SROS.
THE POLICE CHIEF IN ROWLETT DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER THE SROS.
WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT OVERSIGHT.
THESE ARE ROWLETT OFFICERS WE'RE PAYING FOR.
WE'RE NOT CREATING OUR OWN PEOPLE TO SUPERVISE THEM.
SO THE POLICE CHIEF IS NOT TAKING THAT ROLE? NO. THE POLICE CHIEF SUPERVISES LIEUTENANTS AND SERGEANTS, LIEUTENANTS AND SERGEANTS IN ROWLETT.
THEY DON'T HAVE LIEUTENANTS. THEY HAVE SERGEANTS.
THE SERGEANTS SUPERVISE PATROL OFFICERS, TRAFFIC OFFICERS, SRO OFFICERS.
HE'S BEEN SUPERVISING THE SROS.
HE SPENDS THE VAST MAJORITY OF HIS TIME.
BASICALLY 100% OF HIS TIME IS SPENT SUPERVISING THOSE SERGEANTS.
AND SO IN THIS AMENDED MOU, WE WOULD BE PAYING FOR 100% OF HIS 100% OF HIS TIME.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, MR. BEACH? I'LL WRAP MY ARMS AROUND IT.
OKAY, SO IT'S A ROWLETT SERGEANT THAT'S CURRENTLY SUPERVISING SROS INSTEAD OF THE CITY PAYING FOR IT BECAUSE WE'RE USING THEIR TIME, WE'RE PAYING FOR IT. THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE.
SO EACH. SO DOES THAT MEAN HE'S STRICTLY GOING TO BE WITH THE SRO PROGRAM AND NOT DOING.
UNLESS THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, OF COURSE, OR UNLESS IT'S SUMMER BREAK WHENEVER WE'RE NOT USING THEM.
THAT'S HOW ALL THAT'S HOW ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES USE THEM.
AND IN ROWLETT SPECIFICALLY THE SRO SERGEANT DURING THE SUMMER, HE DOES LEA SUMMER CAMPS WITH OUR KIDS, BASICALLY LIKE LEADERSHIP GARLAND, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT IT'S FOR CHILDREN, FOR OUR STUDENTS.
MR. BEACH, YOU OKAY? NO. I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT OUR SROS ALL HAVE SUPERVISORS. THE QUESTION IS, WHO'S PAYING FOR THEM? AND THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD SUPERVISORS.
IN SOME CASES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE PAYING IT AND IN SOME CASES NOT.
AND IN THIS SPECIFIC CASE, THE ONLY ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ROWLETT.
IF I'M CORRECT, WE WERE NOT PAYING BEFORE, WE WILL BE PAYING GOING FORWARD FOR A SERGEANT WHO WILL BE A SUPERVISOR OF THE SROS FOR OUR ROWLETT CAMPUSES.
AND I DON'T THINK GARLAND SUPERVISES ROWLETT OR ROWLETT SUPERVISES GARLAND OR SACHSE.
THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN, BUT THEY EACH HAVE DOES SACHSE HAVE A SUPERVISOR? YES THEY DO.
OKAY. THEY DO. HE DOES OTHER DUTIES ALSO.
RIGHT. BECAUSE HE HAS FEWER SROS TO SUPERVISE.
OKAY. MR. JOHNSON. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AND I THINK I SHARE SOME OF MR. BEACH'S INTEREST IN THIS.
AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE KIND OF ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND THE PYRAMID THAT'S GOING FORTH HERE, IT SEEMS PRETTY OBVIOUS TO ME THAT AS TIME GOES ON, WE'RE BEARING MORE AND MORE AND MORE COSTS OF THE SRO PROGRAM.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT HE'S GETTING AT.
THIS IS GETTING SHIFTED MORE AND MORE FROM MUNICIPAL BUDGETS TO OUR BUDGET.
BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THEY'RE BUDGETARY ISSUES PALE IN COMPARISON TO THE ONE WE HAVE.
AND AT SOME POINT, SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE.
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STATE REALLY TO DO THIS.SO I JOINED MR. BEACH. THIS IS I DON'T KNOW IF I'M OKAY WITH EITHER, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF WE HAVE MUCH CHOICE BUT TO GET OUR HEAD AROUND IT.
I THINK CORRECTLY, WE GOT LIKE $15,000 A CAMPUS.
PER CAMPUS AND $0.28 PER STUDENT.
THAT TOOK CARE OF IT. WHICH MEANS IT WAS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE FROM THE STATE.
SO I THINK YOU'RE BARKING UP THE RIGHT TREE, THOUGH, WHEN YOU SAY, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE, RIGHT? AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I'M NEVER GOING TO BEGRUDGE.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR ME TO BEGRUDGE MONEY THAT WE SPEND TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.
PERIOD. BUT THE SECOND THING IS, IF THE STATE'S GOING TO BE MANDATING STUFF, THEN THEY NEED TO ALSO PROVIDE FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T GIVE US ANY OTHER WAY TO PAY FOR IT.
SO I THINK THAT I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
WELL, I NEED TO MAKE A COMMENT.
I'M 100% ON BOARD FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR OUR STUDENTS, THE BUILDINGS, SROS.
BUT I'M ALSO WE'RE A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT TAKES IN THREE COMMUNITIES.
AND THOSE OTHER TWO COMMUNITIES, SACHSE AND ROWLETT ARE PART OF GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE'RE ALL ON BOARD, AND WE'RE ALL ONE BIG FAMILY AND WE'RE ONE BIG TEAM. AND I LOOK AT THIS AND WE WHEN I SAY THAT WHAT HURTS ME MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS THE PARTNERSHIP OF WHERE WE ARE AS PARTNERS AS FAR AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR CITY ENTITIES, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY IT BOTHERS ME THAT TO ME, IF THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO BE SAFE, JUST LIKE WE WANT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE SAFE AND WE WANT OUR BUILDINGS TO BE SAFE, JUST LIKE THE CITY WANTS THEIR BUILDINGS TO BE SAFE THAT WHILE THEY'RE NOT SHARING IN THAT RESPONSIBILITY WITH US ALONG THE WAY, BECAUSE TO ME, THAT'S JOINING HANDS AND SAYING, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER AS ONE BIG FAMILY.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.
WELL, PART OF IT IS THIS MR. BEACH ON MS. GARRETT'S, DR.
WE WEREN'T SPLITTING COSTS WITH THEM ON OTHER THINGS.
AND THEY CAME TO US WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ASKS.
OKAY, THIS WASN'T THEIR ONLY ASK.
THERE WAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ASKS.
THIS IS THE ONE WE SAID WE COULD DO.
THE OTHERS WE SAID WE COULDN'T DO OKAY BECAUSE WE'RE IN A BUDGET SHORTFALL.
BUT WHEN THE SRO PROGRAM, YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT IT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 52, THE SRO PROGRAM VERY STARTED OFF WITH JUST BASE OFFICERS.
AND YOU COULD LOOK AT FIVE WHERE WE SPLIT SALARIES 50/50.
BACK PRIOR WHEN I GOT HERE THE BOARD DECIDED THE BEST WAY TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS SAFE IS TO PARTNER WITH ALL TRI CITIES AND EXPAND MORE SROS AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES WITH AS MANY AS MUCH PRESENCE THEY COULD AT THE ELEMENTARY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT GARLAND, IT'S A 1 TO 5 RATIO.
WHEN YOU LOOKED AT ROWLETT, IT WAS MORE LIKE 1 TO 3.
OKAY. WE AGREED TO SAY, WELL, IF YOU EMPLOY THESE OFFICERS, WE WILL GIVE YOU 100% OF THEIR SALARIES.
BUT BY THAT, THAT MEANS THEY GO THEY PAY FOR THEIR TRAINING.
THEY PAY FOR THEIR ONBOARDING, THEY PAY FOR ALL OF THEM.
AND THEN THESE PEOPLE AREN'T ON THE STREETS.
OKAY. SO WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S KIND OF THE TRADE OFF.
THEY HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS EQUIPMENT AND GEAR.
AND DEPENDING ON THE THE CITY, IT'S THAT WAY.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE ROWLETT ISN'T A GOOD PARTNER OR, YOU KNOW, MR. JOHNSON IS ACTUALLY RIGHT, THAT THE MORE WE WANT, THE MORE WE EXPAND THE, THE MORE FINANCIAL IMPACT IT WILL HAVE.
AND SO THEY ASKED FOR THE SERGEANT.
WE FEEL THAT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE SUPERVISED ANYWAY.
WE WOULD BE SPENDING THAT MONEY IF WE DID IT INTERNALLY.
BUT THEY CAN'T REPORT TO US BECAUSE THEY'RE FROM A DIFFERENT ENTITY ANYWAY.
SO THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE COULD DO IT.
AND IF THEY'RE BEING USED FOR US, THAT WAS THE LOGIC BEHIND IT.
SO THEY ARE BEING GOOD PARTNERS.
NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO GO TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND SAY, LISTEN, YOU HAVE ALL THESE UNFUNDED MANDATE TO INCLUDE THE SRO PROGRAM THIS TIME AROUND. YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE THE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OFFICE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS TO BE A PRIORITY TO ADEQUATELY FUND OUR SCHOOLS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY.
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GO TO ANY PARENT RIGHT NOW.WHAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING THEY DON'T SAY ARE MY KIDS LEARNING? ARE MY KIDS SAFE? AND THE IT'S HARD TO IT'S HARD TO GUARANTEE THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED LIKE THIS.
SO I DO AGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU.
WE NEED AS A TRI CITY AREA, WE ALL NEED TO SAY, HEY, THE ONE THING OUR CITIES NEED AND THE ONE THING THE DISTRICT NEEDS IS FOR THIS TO BE ADEQUATELY FUNDED SO WE COULD GET THE PERSONNEL IN THERE TO PROTECT OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES, WHICH IS OUR CHILDREN.
AND I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, DOCTOR LOPEZ.
BUT I GUESS WHERE MY HEARTBURN SITS IS THIS IS NOT A NEW POSITION THAT THEY'RE NOW ADDRESSING.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEING ADDED.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE HAD.
RIGHT? BECAUSE THESE SROS HAVE BEEN SUPERVISED BY THIS SERGEANT.
THE DIFFERENCE IS, IS THEY'RE NOT ADDING ANYTHING.
THEY'RE JUST ASKING US TO PICK UP 100% OF HIS.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE COMFORTABLE HAD THEY COME BACK TO US AND SAID, HEY, HOW ABOUT A 50/50 SPLIT? WE'RE GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP OUR SROS.
AND YES, WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE, FUNDING.
BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT A NEW POSITION THAT THEY'RE ADDING.
THIS IS AN EXISTING POSITION AND THEY'RE SIMPLY ASKING US TO CARRY THEIR SHORTFALL.
BUT I GET IT AND I GET THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT, I GET THAT, BUT IT DOES CAUSE ONE TO PAUSE.
THEY NEVER HAVE HAD UNSUPERVISED OFFICERS IN ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT THINK ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE.
SO 110,000 PLUS 75,000, BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE PAYING THAT FOR GARLAND.
YOU'RE PAYING THEIR HALF OF THEIR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE EXPENSES.
AND THAT WOULD HAVE COST US 185,000.
SO I LIKE THE DEAL THAT WE STRUCK FOR 100% OF THE SRO SERGEANT AT 130.
BUT I GET IT. WE MADE THE BEST DEAL WE COULD.
GOOD CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, MS. GARRETT. THANK YOU. DOCTOR GARRETT.
I'M SORRY. LET'S GO TO ITEM SEVEN IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF DONATIONS FROM WATSON MSD PTA.
ARE YOU GINA? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
GOOD EVENING. COMMITTEE CHAIR MILLER AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF WATSON MSD, I'M GINA MAKIDON, I'M THE PRINCIPAL.
AND I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER A DONATION FROM OUR PTA.
THEY'RE DONATING ABOUT $10,000 TO HELP US WITH FIELD TRIPS TO COVER ALL FIELD TRIPS FOR KINDER TO FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS, AND ALSO $7,000 ABOUT TO BUY IXL.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
THE PIECE OF SOFTWARE THAT YOU WISH TO PURCHASE.
HAS IT BEEN APPROVED BY OUR IT DEPARTMENT? YES, MA'AM. SO.
OKAY, SO WE KNOW THAT IT WILL WORK AND WE DON'T.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR NETWORK.
MY QUESTION WAS VERY SIMILAR TO MISS GRIFFIN.
SO AND THIS IS MORE JUST TEACH ME ON THIS ONE.
WHY WOULD WE GO GET THIS LEARNING SOFTWARE? I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE EXISTING SOFTWARE THAT WE COULDN'T USE.
I'M JUST STRUGGLING WITH THAT THAT WE.
SO WE USED WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE I-READY PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH MATH AND THIRD THROUGH FIFTH READING.
IXL IS A PROGRAM THAT WE USED LAST YEAR FOR READING AND MATH.
AND IT HELPS THE STUDENTS THAT HAVEN'T MASTERED THE SKILLS TO MASTER.
AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE TO FURTHER THEIR SKILLS TO, FOR ENRICHMENT, TAKE THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
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SO WHY WOULDN'T WE USE THAT MORE DISTRICT WIDE? I'M NOT SURE THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS, TWO YEARS FOR READING AND MATH, AND WE JUST LIKE SAW THE RESULTS AND IT HELPED TO PROVIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO WE WANTED TO EXTEND IT TO SCIENCE, AND THAT'S WHY IT COSTS MORE, BECAUSE WE ADDED SCIENCE TO IT.YEAH. OUR PTA IS REALLY AWESOME.
THEY SUPPORT US 100% ALL THE TIME AND NOT JUST FINANCIALLY, BUT ALSO JUST PHYSICALLY IN LABOR.
AND THEY COME AND OPEN DOORS IN THE MORNINGS FOR US TO HELP US.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU BOARD. THANK YOU, MS. MAKIDON. YES, SIR.
DOCTOR BOOKER IS GOING TO JOIN US FOR A WHILE.
MR. BOOKER, WILL YOU JUST TAKE US THROUGH THE ITEMS ON ITEM EIGHT? THERE ARE A, B, C, D, E, AND F.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE VENDORS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE EXHIBIT A.
THEY DO PROVIDE BEST VALUE FOR THE DISTRICT.
IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT WITH A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH FOUR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS.
IT HAS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $400,000 THAT'S PAID FOR OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS.
THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF STRUCTURED CABLING TECHNOLOGY.
IT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH FOUR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS.
THE PRICING WAS IDENTIFIED AS CONFIDENTIAL.
BUT THEY DID REQUEST THAT THEIR PRICING REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL.
THE CONTRACT, 70% OF IT IS PAID THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND 683 FOR THE BOND FUND 30%.
WHEN WE RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE, WE DO A SURVEY AS TO WHY THIS CONTRACT WAS EXTENDED SEVERAL TIMES, WE DID GET FEEDBACK INDICATING THAT THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF WORK FOR OUR DISTRICT IS PRETTY LARGE.
THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF BROADCASTING SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT PRIMARILY USED BY GRS TV TO PROVIDE THE BROADCASTING SERVICES FOR OUR DISTRICT.
VIDEO TEX INCORPORATED THAT'S LISTED AT EXHIBIT A.
THE NEW AWARD IS A REPLACEMENT CONTRACT THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD.
THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU FOR 3252503.
IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT.
IT IS BEING PROCURED USING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE WITH ONE YEAR WITH THREE ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS, WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 500,000 PAID FOR BY THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT CONTRACT, THE NEXT CONTRACT IS SIMILAR.
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COGAT IS ONE OF THOSE THAT DIFFERENTIATE IT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PROGRAMS FOR MST AND CLASSICAL IDENTIFICATION.THIS CONTRACT IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO RIVERSIDE ASSESSMENT, DOING BUSINESS AS RIVERSIDE INSIGHT.
IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT.
IT IS PURCHASED THROUGH A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE.
THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION IS FOR ONLINE ASSESSMENT FOR DUAL LANGUAGE.
THIS CONTRACT, 3252505, IS UTILIZED TO HELP WITH IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING THE PROCESS OF OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS.
THAT CONTRACT IS RECOMMENDED TO DATA RECOGNITION CORPORATION.
IT'S A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE CONTRACT ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS.
THAT CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $150,000 PAID FOR OUT OF GENERAL FUND.
THAT WAS ALL OF THE NEW INCREASES.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE INCREASE, IF YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO PROCEED.
YES, THAT THAT WRAPS UP SECTION A, WE'LL NOW GO TO SECTION 9 B9.
ITEM A MR. BOOKER. YES, SIR. THIS IS AN INCREASE IN CONTRACT VALUE.
IT IS FOR PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS. CONTRACT 228-20.
THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE USING FUNDS FOR UPGRADING SOUND AND UPGRADE SYSTEMS FOR 30 OF OUR BOGAN PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS. THE RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER IS, TEXAS FIRE SOUND INCORPORATED.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT FROM $74,999 TO $1.5 MILLION TO MAKE THE NEW AWARD $1,574,999. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVED A SAFE GRANT FUND, WHICH WOULD BE 95% OF IT WOULD BE USED UP BY THE GRANT.
THOSE ARE THAT'S THE INCREASE THAT'S BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.
THAT'S THE PA SYSTEMS. AND IT IDENTIFIED 30 CAMPUSES.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE JUST WENT OVER? OKAY. MR. BOOKER, THANK YOU.
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM FIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[V. Executive Session]
DOCTOR LOPEZ, DO WE HAVE A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, SIR. SO WE HAVE NO NEED FOR THAT.AND THE NEXT ITEM IS ADJOURNMENT.
[VI. Adjournment]
IT IS NOW 4:03.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 4:03.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.