[00:00:01] OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. [I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum ] IT IS 3:01. TODAY WE ARE GATHERING FOR THE MEETING OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THIS IS THE FINANCE, FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING FOR OCTOBER 8TH OF 2024. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. MR. BEACH IS ABSENT. TWO OF OUR MEMBERS ARE HERE, AND OUR PRESIDENT IS FILLING IN. ROBERT SELDERS IS FILLING IN ON THE COMMITTEE. SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM HERE TODAY. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. OUR SECOND ITEM AFTER THE QUORUM IS TO ASK FOR PUBLIC FORUM. THIS IS WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE. MECHELLE, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED? NO. OKAY. WE HAVE NO REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC FORUM TODAY, SO WE WILL MOVE ON. WE ALWAYS LOVE TO START WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT MESSAGE THAT WAY WE CAN GET OFF TO A POSITIVE START AND I'M SURE HE'S GOING TO [III. Superintendent's Message] HELP US WITH THAT. SO DOCTOR LOPEZ. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY AS WE'RE HEADING INTO OUR FALL BREAK. SO JUST AS A REMINDER, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THIS WEEK WE'LL HAVE NEXT WEEK OFF. AND THEN WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL HAVE OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING. SO IT'S GOING TO COME AROUND VERY QUICKLY. WE HAVE A LOT OF NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO ADDRESSING THIS WITH OUR COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR LOPEZ. OKAY. COMMITTEE, LET'S GET INTO THE AGENDA. [IV.A. Discuss Public Meetings] LET'S GO TO ITEM 4A, DISCUSS PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR SCHOOL FIRST RATING. ARTURO VALENZUELA IS HERE TODAY, AND, ARTURO, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ. STATE LAW REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE SCHOOL. FIRST RATING ASSIGNED BY TEA IN FRONT OF YOU. WE HAVE THE REPORT AND ALSO THE PRESENTATION. SO I WILL JUMP TO THE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE RATING THAT WE HAVE ASSESSED TO US. FIRST STANDS FOR FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS. THIS PRESENTATION IS REQUIRED TO HAPPEN DURING A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WILL HAPPEN ON THE 22ND, AND IT WILL BE WITHIN TWO MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING THE FINAL ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS. WHICH FOR US, IT WAS SEPTEMBER 10TH. BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING A NOTICE OF THE HEARING MUST BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THIS PUBLICATION WAS OUT YESTERDAY. THE PURPOSE OF THE RATING OR THE SYSTEM IS TO EXPAND THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IN TEXAS TO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES. THIS IS THE 21ST YEAR IN WHICH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE TO REPORT THEIR RATING UNDER THIS SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM HAS EVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND EVEN SOME INDICATORS ARE PAUSED DEPENDING ON THE TEA AGENDA. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SYSTEM IS TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MEASURE AND REPORT THE EXTENT TO WHICH FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED FOR DIRECT INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES, AND FAIRLY EVALUATE THE QUALITY OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS AND OPENLY REPORT RESULTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE 23-24 RATING THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TODAY IS BASED ON FISCAL YEAR 22-23. AND IT DETERMINES SCORES USING 21 INDICATORS, ONE MORE THAN LAST YEAR. I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE DISTRICT OBTAINED A PERFECT SCORE OF 100, AND THEREFORE A SCORE FOR AN A OR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT. SOME INDICATORS ARE CRUCIAL, WHICH MEANS THAT IF THEY ARE NOT MET, THE RATING BECOMES AN AUTOMATIC F. SOME INDICATORS ARE CEILING INDICATORS, WHICH MEANS THAT IF THEY'RE TRUE, THEY SET A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE POINT FOR THE DISTRICT, AND SOME INDICATORS ARE WORTH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POINTS, EITHER 5 OR 10, DEPENDING ON THE INDICATOR. SO I WILL GO THROUGH THE INDICATORS AND NOW. WAS THE COMPLETE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND DATA SUBMITTED TO TEA WITHIN 30 DAYS OF NOVEMBER 27TH OR JANUARY 28TH DEADLINE, DEPENDING ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR END JUNE 30TH OR AUGUST 31ST. AND THAT'S A YES. WAS THERE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION AND THE AFR ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS A WHOLE? THAT WAS A YES. WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PAYMENT TERMS OF ALL DEBT AGREEMENTS AT THAT FISCAL YEAR? THE ANSWER WAS YES. DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS TO THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM, TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES? THE ANSWER WAS YES. WAS THE TOTAL NET POSITION BALANCE IN THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES COLUMN IN THE NET POSITION NET OF ACCRETION OF INTEREST FOR CAPITAL APPRECIATION BONDS, NET OF PENSION LIABILITY AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS GREATER THAN ZERO? [00:05:01] AND THE ANSWER WAS YES. WAS THE AVERAGE CHANGE IN ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OVER THREE YEARS LESS THAN 25% DECREASE OR DID THE CURRENT YEAR ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE EXCEED 75 DAYS OF OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES? AND WE DID PASS THAT. WAS THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF OF CASH ON HAND AND CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES? AND WE DID HAVE THAT AMOUNT ON HAND, AND WE GOT FULL POINTS, WHICH ARE TEN FOR THAT INDICATOR. WAS THE MEASURE OF CURRENT ASSETS TO CURRENT LIABILITIES RATIO FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUFFICIENT TO COVER SHORT TERM DEBT? WE GOT FULL POINTS, 10. DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GENERAL FUND REVENUES EQUAL OR EXCEED EXPENDITURES, AND IF NOT, WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 60 DAYS? AND WE GOT ALL TEN POINTS. INDICATOR NUMBER TEN WAS PAUSED SO I'LL SKIP OVER THAT ONE. 11 IS WAS THE RATIO OF LONG TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE LONG TERM SOLVENCY? WE GOT FULL POINTS 10. WHAT IS THE CORRELATION BETWEEN FUTURE DEBT REQUIREMENTS AND THE DISTRICT'S ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE? WE'VE GOT FULL POINTS FOR THAT INDICATOR AS WELL. WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO EQUAL OR LESS THAN A THRESHOLD RATIO? SO FOR US TO GET FULL POINTS IN THIS, THE RATIO HAD TO BE 8.5% OR LESS. AND WE GOT 7.71. WE DID HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, BUT THE TWO YEARS BEFORE THE RATIO WAS 7.13%. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID NOT HAVE A 15% DECLINE IN THE STUDENTS TO STAFF RATIO OVER THREE YEARS. WE GOT TEN POINTS. THEN INDICATOR NUMBER 15 WAS ALSO PAUSED FOR THIS SCORE, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND SKIP THAT ONE. DID THE COMPARISON OF PUBLIC EDUCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM KNOWN AS PEIMS THAT LOOK LIKE INFORMATION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AFR RESULT IN TOTAL VARIANCE OF LESS THAN 3% OF ALL EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION AND DIFFERENCE WAS ABOUT $1,900. SO WE ALSO PASSED THAT INDICATOR. THE EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT AUDITOR REPORT THAT THE AFR WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCES OF MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE FOR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS, AND FREE FROM SUBSTANTIAL FROM SUBSTANTIAL DOUBT ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE AS A GOING CONCERN. WE PASSED THAT INDICATOR. DID THE EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT AUDITOR INDICATE THAT THE AFR WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCES OF MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE FOR GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND LAWS RELATED TO LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS? WE GOT FULL TEN POINTS FOR THAT ONE. THEN INDICATOR NUMBER 19 DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POST THE REQUIRED FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON ITS WEBSITE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT CODE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND OTHER STATUTES LAWS AND RULES THAT WERE IN EFFECT AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR? AND WE GOT FULL POINTS, WHICH IS FIVE. DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS ANY CHANGES AND OR IMPACT TO LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL FUNDING AT THE BOARD MEETING WITHIN 120 DAYS BEFORE THE DISTRICT ADOPTED BUDGET AND THE CEILING WAS PASSED, AND THIS IS THE NEW ONE FOR THIS YEAR. DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVE ANY ADJUSTED REPAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR MORE THAN ONE FISCAL YEAR FOR AN OVERALLOCATION OF FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM FUNDS BASED ON FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, AND WE ALSO PASSED THAT INDICATOR. SO OUT OF THE 100 POINTS WE COULD GET IN THE RATING, WE GOT ALL OF THEM, WHICH GAVE US A SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT OR A RATING OF A. THERE'S OTHER DISCLOSURES THAT WE HAVE TO PUBLISH ALONG WITH THE REPORT AND IN OUR WEBSITE. SO IN THIS PRESENTATION WE PUT THE HYPERLINK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CURRENT CONTRACT WHICH ALSO LISTS THE PREVIOUS YEAR CONTRACTS. THERE'S ALSO A DISCLOSURE FOR REIMBURSEMENTS RECEIVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DURING THAT FISCAL YEAR. AND I HAVE A LIST OF THEM HERE. THERE'S ALSO WE NEED TO REPORT IF THERE WERE ANY OUTSIDE COMPENSATION AND OR FEES RECEIVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING AND OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ON FISCAL YEAR 2023. AND THERE WERE NONE. AND WERE THERE ANY GIFTS RECEIVED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND OR BOARD MEMBERS AND FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES, IF ANY? IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 AND THERE WERE NONE. LAST ONE IS BUSINESS. WERE THERE ANY BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD MEMBERS ON FISCAL YEAR 2023? [00:10:02] AND THE ANSWER IS NONE. SO I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET ME JUST SAY FROM THE OUTSET I HOPE THOSE LISTENING AND IN ATTENDANCE CAN GET AN IDEA OF THE LEVEL OF SCRUTINY THAT GOES ON WITHIN THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY WITH FINANCIAL AUDITS ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS REQUIRED BY THE STATE. WE JUST SAW 21 MEASURES WITH AN EXTRA 7 OR 8 AFTER THAT, THINGS THAT ARE MONITORED THAT THE DISTRICT SPENDS A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT. I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE RECEIVED A 100 AND THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE GRADE BECAUSE WE DO INTEND. AND THE BOARD I KNOW INTENDS FOR US TO ALWAYS BE TRANSPARENT. AND SO WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT OF ARTURO, MR. DODDS, EVERYTHING Y'ALL ARE DOING, I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT TO DO THAT, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL JUST KICK IT OVER TO LARRY GLICK FOR A QUESTION. THANK YOU SIR. COULD WE GO BACK TO NUMBER SIX PLEASE. WHICH WAS CHANGE IN ASSIGNED OR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE? YES. ON PAGE 31. PAGE 31. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE NUMBER IT WAS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS? IT WAS AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT -1% BECAUSE THERE WERE THREE YEARS. SO THE LAST YEAR WE HAD A DECREASE OF 9% IN FUND BALANCE. BUT THEN WE HAD BEFORE THAT A 5% INCREASE, AND BEFORE THAT A 2% INCREASE. SO WHENEVER YOU AVERAGE THEM OUT, IT'S ABOUT -1%. YOU'RE SAYING LAST YEAR WAS 9% DECREASE. YES. SO YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS IS THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR THAT THIS IS BEING DONE ON. EVEN THOUGH IT'S FOR THE 23-24 REPORT. SO THIS WOULD BE FINANCIALS AS OF 22-23 AND BEFORE. YEAH. SO MY POINT IS THAT WHEN YOU DO IT THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE ONE OF THE POSITIVE YEARS. YEAH. AND NOW YOU'LL HAVE THE NINE. AND WE WERE LET'S SAY OVER 50%. RIGHT. WHEN YOU COMBINE, WHEN WE GET TO 25%, I THINK WE MIGHT BE AROUND 20% MAYBE? OVER THE. I WOULD SAY IT'S HARD TO TELL, BUT. WELL, WE WERE AT 272, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'LL END UP WITH. WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET THE FINAL FROM THE AUDITORS. I KNOW WHAT I'LL GUESS, BUT THAT'S A SERIOUS DECLINE. AND THE TWO YEAR. SO THAT'LL BE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT WHEN WE SEE THAT AGAIN. THANK YOU SIR. ALSO IN THAT INDICATOR IT'S A TWO PART. SO YES IT COULD BE A 25% DECREASE OR IF WE STILL HAVE 75 DAYS WORTH OF FUND BALANCE LEFT, YOU COULD STILL RECEIVE AND PASS THAT INDICATOR. AND IT'S AN EITHER OR. YES. YES. YEAH. OKAY. CORRECT. THANK YOU. GOOD. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE GOT A QUESTION? I WANT TO ASK ONE QUICK ONE. AND THIS IS BACK ON NUMBER NINE. SO A PAGE OR TWO FORWARD. PROBABLY ONE PAGE FORWARD. NUMBER NINE, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW HOW THE FORMULA CALCULATES CASH ON HAND OF 60 DAYS. WHEN THEY SAY 60 DAYS, DO THEY MEAN DO THEY TAKE THE BUDGET AND DIVIDE IT BY THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN A YEAR, OR DO THEY TAKE THE BUDGET AND DIVIDE IT BY THE NUMBER OF CALENDAR, THE SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR? BY THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE YEAR 365. 365? SO IT'S A 365. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT HELPS. THAT HELPS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT. AGAIN THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH I KNOW, I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT. I HOPE PEOPLE CAN JUST BY READING THROUGH IT AND LOOKING THROUGH IT, UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT GOES INTO BEING IN COMPLIANCE AND TO ACHIEVE THE MAXIMUM SCORE. WE ARE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF DOCTOR LOPEZ. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO SKIP TO THE NEXT ITEM. SORRY, NOT SKIP, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD TO THE NEXT ITEM. [IV.B. Information Items] THIS WILL BE ITEM B INFORMATION ITEMS REVIEW MONTHLY 20, AUGUST 2024 MONTHLY FINANCIALS. ARTURO, YOU'RE STILL UP? YEAH. YES, SIR. SO I'D LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE NUMBER 45, IN WHICH GENERAL FUND HAS SPENT 5.8% OF EXPENSES DURING THIS FISCAL [00:15:06] YEAR. AND THIS IS AGAIN, BECAUSE WE ACCRUED BACK SOME OF THOSE WAGES THAT WERE PAID ON JULY AND AUGUST, BECAUSE THEY WERE REALLY EARNED THAT FISCAL YEAR. AND THERE'S ANOTHER ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST EMPHASIZE WOULD BE THE ESSER FUNDING. AS OF AUGUST 2024, THERE'S ABOUT $5.9 MILLION AVAILABLE, WHICH WE INTEND TO SPEND BY SEPTEMBER 30TH REPORTING. I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. GIVE US JUST ONE SECOND. MR. GLICK, YOU GOT ANYTHING? ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY. THANK YOU. LOOKS IN ORDER. I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS HERE AS WELL. LET'S GO TO ITEM B2 DONATION OF $25,000. I THINK IT SHOULD SAY $25,000. DONATION FROM COMMUNITY PARTNER, MR. LARRY GLICK. TANYA RAMOS IS HERE. THIS IS ON PAGE 56. THANK YOU AND WELCOME. HI THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ. I'M TANYA RAMOS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES. AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT A DONATION RECEIVED FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER, MR. LARRY GLICK, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING OUR ANNUAL STUDENT TRIP TO MORGAN'S WONDERLAND IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. EVERY YEAR, PARTICIPATING ECSE STUDENTS AND ALE STUDENTS ATTEND THIS ULTRA ACCESSIBLE THEME PARK. IT FEATURES AN AMUSEMENT PARK, A WATER PARK, AND CAMP ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNED AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT HAVE MULTIPLE DISABILITIES, BOTH PHYSICAL AND OTHER DISABILITIES. AS A REMINDER, A FULL PRESENTATION OF JUST EVERYTHING THAT IS OFFERED AT THE THEME PARK WAS PRESENTED TO YOU IN 2022, AND THIS YEAR THEY HAVE ADDED FOUR ADDITIONAL RIDES AS ATTRACTIONS AND A ZIP LINE, SO MAKING IT A MORE SPECTACULAR EXPERIENCE AND TREAT FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND. IN SUPPORT OF THIS TRIP, MR. LARRY GLICK IS PROVIDING AN UNSOLICITED, GENEROUS DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 TO BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. SO ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD ANY QUESTIONS? MECHELLE, THIS ITEM WILL MOVE TO THE BOARD AGENDA OR THIS IS IT. THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM FOR TODAY. THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM, PERIOD. MR. GLICK WILL MAKE HIS DONATION THROUGH GEF, WHICH IS NOT A GARLAND ISD ACCOUNT. SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. SORRY. IT'S PROVIDED TO YOU ALL FOR AN UPDATE. WELL, IF NOTHING ELSE, WE CAN APPRECIATE MR. GLICK FOR STEPPING UP FOR THE KIDS ONCE AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? VERY GOOD. YES. ONE QUESTION. WE'LL GET TO YOU LAST. I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU ON THE ZIP LINE, MR. GLICK. [LAUGHTER] I'D PAY 25 GRAND TO SEE THAT. MR. GLICK. THANK YOU. A FEW WORDS, SO IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. THIS WILL BE THE SIXTH YEAR WE'VE DONE THIS. AND IT STARTED WITH A LADY NAMED RENEE PATTON, WHO WAS AN ALE TEACHER AT LUNA. AND SHE HAD PUT AN ARTICLE IN ONE OF OUR NEWSPAPERS ABOUT DOING IT. AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING. SO YOU'RE JUST TAKING HER CLASS? AND THEN WE DECIDED, COULD WE DO MORE THAN THAT? AND THEN WE FOLLOWED UP AND MANY, MANY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED AND SHE LEFT THE DISTRICT. AND SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LADY NAMED SHEILA MCCOMAS, WHO'S EARLY CHILDHOOD AT WEAVER. FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN WE HAD ADVERTISED INSPIRATION ISLAND, WHICH IS THE SECOND PART OF IT. FIRST, IT WAS MORGAN'S WONDERLAND. INSPIRATION ISLAND IS A WATER PARK, AND SHE CALLED ME UP ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THE TRIP. SHE SAID WE HAVE A PROBLEM. INSPIRATION ISLAND WON'T BE OPEN, BUT SHE KNOWS EVERYBODY THERE. SO SHE CALLED UP INSPIRATION AND THEY OPENED IT UP JUST FOR US. AND NOW, AS YOU SAID, THEY'VE ADDED A WATER PARK AND THEY'VE ADDED A CAMPGROUND WITH BARBECUES AND HORSEBACK RIDING. AND I WAS LOOKING ON THEIR WEBSITE AND THEY'VE OPENED UP FOUR NEW RIDES. ONE IS THE ZIP LINE. AND NO, I WON'T PARTICIPATE. EXPERIENCE, A THRILLING ROLLERCOASTER RIDE IN OUR 4D MAGIC CINEMA LOCATED INSIDE OF OUR SENSORY VILLAGE, SOAR TO NEW [00:20:05] HEIGHTS. THIS IS CALLED JETTE'S WONDER BIKES. SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS ON JETTE'S WONDER BIKES. JETTE'S WONDER BIKES IS ON THE ULTRA ACCESSIBLE, BUTTERFLY THEMED AND A CRUISE, SO THEY KEEP MAKING IT BETTER AND BETTER. I THINK IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO, TIME MAGAZINE CALLED IT ONE OF THE TOP 100 PLACES IN THE WORLD. SO MS. MCCOMAS INDICATED IN THE FIRST GO AROUND TALKING TO TEACHERS. WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW SCHOOLS GOING. AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS, IF YOU'RE A PARENT, IF YOU'RE A TEACHER, PLEASE I THINK MR. MILLER WILL VOUCH FOR THE FACT THAT I CAN HANDLE ANOTHER $25,000. RIGHT. SO. I'LL VOUCH. YEAH, I'LL WRITE THE CHECK FOR HIM. [LAUGHTER] OKAY. THANK YOU. HOW MANY? HOW MANY CHILDREN, HOW MANY KIDS STUDENTS WILL BE ATTENDING THIS YEAR? DO WE HAVE A COUNT OR WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT IT? SO WE DON'T HAVE A COUNT YET. WE ARE HAVING AN INTEREST MEETING LATER THIS MONTH TO KIND OF SEE WHICH CAMPUSES AND CLASSES ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, AND THEN FROM THERE, DEPENDING ON YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS THAT WANT THEM TO GO AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO WE DON'T HAVE A COUNT YET. BUT LAST YEAR WE HAD CLASSES FROM SPRING CREEK, FREEMAN, WEAVER AND SOUTHGATE ATTEND. AND SO WE DO ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS ATTENDING THIS YEAR AND BEING INTERESTED IN BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. AND WITH THIS DONATION, IT WILL HELP TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM. THANK YOU. WELL, AGAIN, MR. GLICK, THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU, TANYA, FOR THE WAY YOU HELP THESE KIDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. THAT'LL BE ITEM THREE. WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT FOR 2024 OCTOBER 2024. MARK BOOKER, THANK YOU AND WELCOME. TO MR. MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DOCTOR LOPEZ, WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU THE OCTOBER CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT, WHICH CONSISTS OF 14 CONTRACTS, NONE OF WHICH EXCEEDED THE REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE ACTION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE OCTOBER RENEWAL REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS HERE? YOU WILL NOTE A COUPLE OF BIG RED ITEMS THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING. THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NO LONGER BEING SPENT. SO WE'VE ELIMINATED THOSE FROM THE CONTRACT RENEWAL AS I UNDERSTAND IT. YES, SIR. TWO OF THOSE. THE FIRST ONE IS THE ADOPTION, WHICH WE'VE GOT AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE ADOPTION WOULD BE FOR NEXT YEAR THAT MIGHT INCREASE AS IT RELATES TO THE 510 CONTRACT. THAT WAS THE ESSER FUNDS THAT WENT AWAY, WHICH RESULTED IN THAT REDUCTION. GREAT. OKAY. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER. LET'S MOVE THEN TO B3. THIS IS I'M SORRY, THAT WAS B3. LET'S MOVE TO B4. THIS WILL BE RECEIVED. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, COOPERATIVE PURCHASING REPORT. MR. BOOKER, YOU'RE STILL UP. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ONCE AGAIN, THIS REPORT IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT THE DISTRICT APPRAISES THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ALL OF THE FEES WE PAID AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF COOPERATIVES. THAT CONTRACT HAS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND LISTED AS AN INFORMATION ITEM TO COMPLY WITH THE STATUTE. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE COOPERATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE REPORT. OKAY, LET ME LET ME REPEAT JUST TO MAKE SURE AND DO IT IN MY WORDS, IT'S BASICALLY WE'RE A MEMBER OF A LOT OF COOPERATIVES THAT ALLOW US TO BUY AND RECEIVE BETTER PRICING ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE PURCHASE WITHIN THESE CO-OPS. AND THESE CO-OPS THERE IS A FEE. AND EVEN THOUGH THE FEE MAY BE $376,000 TOTAL WHAT WE'RE SAVING BY BEING MEMBERS OF THESE CO-OPS IS FAR IN EXCESS OF ANY FEES THAT WE PAY. HAVE I SUMMARIZED IT APPROPRIATELY? YES, SIR. AND ONE THING I WOULD BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE REASONABLENESS OF THAT FEE IS RIGHT AT 1%. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. LAST YEAR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT $334,000,800, AND I BELIEVE $80,000 WERE SPENT. SO IT'S OUR AVERAGE OF ALL THE FEES ENDED UP BEING 1%. YEAH. AND EVERYBODY I THINK HAS FELT THE IMPACT OF INFLATION. I KNOW I SPENT $300 A DAY ON A STINKING BATTERY FOR MY TRUCK. SO THINGS ARE OUT THERE, AND I THINK IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE REMAIN DILIGENT WITH YOU KNOW, SAVING A PENNY OR TWO WHERE WE CAN. SO LARRY, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ON THIS? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, MR. BOOKER. WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM THREE. I'M SORRY 4B 5 RECEIVE PRESENTATION ON FACILITIES MAINTENANCE FROM SUMMER OF 2024. PAUL GONZALES. GOOD AFTERNOON, TRUSTEE MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. DOCTOR LOPEZ. I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT GOT ACCOMPLISHED THIS SUMMER IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. [00:25:05] SO FIRST SLIDE HERE SHOWS LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL AT LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL THE OLD TURF WAS FULLY REMOVED AND NEW TURF WAS INSTALLED. IT LOOKS VERY. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT THE FIELD LOOKS VERY, VERY NICE AND VERY, VERY CLEAN AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB. ELLIS DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF GETTING THAT PROJECT DONE THIS SUMMER. WE WERE ON A VERY SHORT TIMELINE, BUT WE GOT IT. WE GOT IT COMPLETED. AS YOU KNOW, SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS KIND OF A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD SOME TORRENTIAL WEATHER COME THROUGH THROUGH THE TRI CITIES, AND IT'S A MAJOR DAMAGE TO OUR DISTRICT. PUT US IN A REALLY, REALLY TIGHT TIMELINE TO GET SACHSE REDONE. IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST SUMMER, WE GOT THAT FIELD REPLACED. FACILITIES HADN'T HANDLED THAT PROJECT, AND STORMS CAME IN AND DID SOME DAMAGE. WE HAD SOME LIGHT FIXTURES, LIGHT STANDARDS THAT WERE DESTROYED ON THE FIELD. WE HAD SHATTERED SHARDS OF GLASS ALL OVER THE FIELD, AND WE JUST FELT THAT IT WAS RIGHT TO REPLACE THE WHOLE FIELD ENTIRELY JUST FOR SAFETY ISSUES AND STUDENTS NOT GETTING HURT ON THE FIELD SO THAT PROJECT WAS COMPLETED ALSO AS A FACILITIES PROJECT. HERE'S ANOTHER EXTENSION OF THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE DURING THE STORM, DURING STORMS THAT ROLLED THROUGH HERE. JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU WHEN I ASKED THE MR. O'LEARY, THE MANAGER OVER THE GROUNDS DEPARTMENT, HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF TREES THAT WERE UPROOTED OR, OR JUST KNOCKED DOWN FROM THE STORM DAMAGES AND OUR GROUNDS DEPARTMENT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS AS WE PREPARE FOR THE OPENING OF SCHOOL. THIS WAS REALLY, REALLY AN ISSUE WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAD TO GET SCHOOLS OPEN AND THEN WITH ALL THESE DAMAGES. BUT THEY WORKED REALLY HARD. WE HAD OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT THAT HELPED OUT WORKING WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS, AND WE GOT IT ALL CLEANED UP. AND KUDOS TO THE GROUNDS DEPARTMENT FOR COMING THROUGH ON THE MAJOR DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE THIS SUMMER ON THE GROUNDS. AND THEN HERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA WORK THAT THEY DID JUST TO EVERY SUMMER WE HAVE A LARGE EFFORT TO GET NEW FRESH MULCH AND KIND OF MAKE SPRUCE UP OUR FRONT DRIVE APPEAL. BESIDES THE STORM DAMAGES, THEY WERE STILL DOING THEIR REGULAR ROUTINE WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY YEAR TO PREPARE FOR THE OPENING OF SCHOOL. AND THEY GOT THAT WORK COMPLETED. AND THOSE ARE JUST DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, JUST A SMALL PIECE OF WHAT GOT DONE. BUT THERE WAS MULTIPLE CAMPUSES ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITHOUT JUST A FEW OF THEM THAT WE DID. AGAIN IN RELATION TO THE STORM DAMAGE. WE HAD ROOFS THAT WERE BASICALLY PARTIALLY RIPPED OFF OF THE TORN OFF THE PORTABLES, OR THEY HAD MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE ROOFS AND ROOF LINES, SO WE GOT THOSE COMPLETED AT MULTIPLE CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. CENTERVILLE WAS JUST ONE OF MANY THAT NEEDED REPAIRS, BUT WE HAD ROOFS REPLACED AT MANY OF THESE PORTABLES THAT WERE DAMAGED. THIS IS SHOWING SOME PORTABLES ALSO WHERE WE WENT IN AND DID A FLOOR REPLACEMENT. WE DID SOME TAPE AND BEDDING, REPLACED SHEETROCK. SOME OF THESE WERE ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH GOLDEN MEADOWS, WHICH WAS PART OF THE RECONSOLIDATION OF CAMPUSES, TO SAY WHERE WE HAD TO MOBILIZE PORTABLES TO CAMPUSES THAT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PORTABLES OR WE JUST NEEDED TO HAVE EXTRA SPACE FOR STUDENTS. AND THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB. THEY GOT THE PORTABLES READY TO RECEIVE OUR STUDENTS FOR THE START OF SCHOOL. HERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES OF SOME FLOORING. LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL WAS IN DIRE NEED OF SOME FLOOR REPLACEMENT. WE WENT IN THERE AND GOT SOME MAJOR FLOOR WORK DONE IN SOME OF THE CLASSROOMS. AND THEN ALSO WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL PRETTY MUCH GOT A WHOLE NEW TILE FLOOR IN THEIR LUNCH AREAS. IT WAS IN DIRE NEED OF FLOORING REPAIRS. AND THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AT WEBB, AND THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AT ROWLETT ELEMENTARY TO DOING SOME MAJOR FLOORING REPAIRS. IF YOU VISITED WILLIAMS STADIUM HERE AS PART OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON THAT JUST KICKED OFF THIS YEAR, AS YOU NOTICED, THE OLD PRESS BOX. WE HAD SOME MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES IN THAT OLD PRESS BOX STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT NEEDED TO BE REMEDIATED. [00:30:09] AND WE NEEDED TO GET RID OF THE PRESS BOX. SO MAINTENANCE WENT IN THERE, DEMOED THE PRESS BOX. WE'RE STILL CURRENTLY WORKING WITH SOME ENGINEERING FIRMS. WE HAVEN'T FINISHED ALL THE WORK. THERE'S SOME STRUCTURAL WORK WE'RE STILL WORKING ON AND SOME FENCING AND SOME PIPE RAILING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO WE'LL BE FINISHED UP HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON THAT PROJECT. AS ALWAYS, EVERY YEAR WE DO PAINTING ALL OVER THE DISTRICT. OUR PAINTERS ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO GET OUR SCHOOLS FRESHENED UP FOR THE START OF SCHOOL. AND AGAIN, THEY JUST WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND GOT A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MULTIPLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES THAT WE ADDRESSED OVER THE SUMMER, THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB. HERE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR MEP PROJECTS THAT WE WORKED ON AND JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AT SELLERS MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE HAD A DOMESTIC WATER LEAK. AND WE WERE LOSING THOUSANDS OF GALLONS DAILY. AND MY ONE OF THE ENERGY SPECIALISTS THAT'S IN OUR DEPARTMENT, BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION THAT OUR WATER BILLS WERE INCREASING, AND WE GOT AN ENGINEERING FIRM INVOLVED, AND WE GOT A REPAIR CREW OUT THERE TO KIND OF GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE OR KIND OF AN ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE. BUT AT SELLERS, WE REMOVED ABOUT 180FT OF WATER LINE AND ADDITIONAL CLEAN OUTS. WE WERE REPIPED UNDER THE SIDEWALKS. THAT PROJECT WAS A VERY, VERY LARGE PROJECT THAT GOT COMPLETED THIS SUMMER. ALSO AT SHOREHAVEN WE REPLACED 160FT OF A SANITARY LINE. PLUMBERS WOULD GO OUT EVERY SCHOOL YEAR. THE PRINCIPAL WOULD CALL ME AND SAY, HEY, WE GOT ANOTHER STOPPED UP DRAIN. SEWAGE IS BACKING UP IN THE SCHOOL. AGAIN WE DID SOME MORE EVALUATION OF THE SYSTEMS. FOUND OUT THAT WE HAD SOME MAJOR CLOGS WITH TAR AND GRAVEL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BOND PROGRAM, ANY, TAR AND GRAVEL ROOFS THAT ARE BEING DONE WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THAT GRAVEL AND TAR DOES NOT GET IN OUR SANITARY LINES, BECAUSE THIS WILL CAUSE A MAJOR ISSUE. AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND REPLACE THE PIPING. SO WE TOOK CARE OF THAT. AND THIS WAS JUST OVER THE MULTIPLE OF YEARS THAT AS WE REPAIRED ROOFS, THAT IT CAUSED AN ISSUE AT SHOREHAVEN. PARKCREST, WE JUST HAD JUST FROM OLD AGE OF SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS THAT WERE DETERIORATED WE REPLACED THE SANITARY SEWER. GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD SOME SINKS AND DRAIN REPLACEMENTS. NORTH GARLAND, WE HAD SANITARY DRAIN REPLACEMENTS IN THE MECHANICAL ROOMS. AND IN SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD ADDITIONAL SANITARY REPAIRS MADE THIS SUMMER ALSO. SO IN THE MEP DEPARTMENT, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF WORK THAT GOT DONE IN PLUMBING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. CUSTODIAL. SO THIS SUMMER WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY DID A LOT OF OUR IN-HOUSE CLEANING ON OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES. WE PERFORMED DEEP CLEANING THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING. WE ALSO TOP SCRUBBED AND RECOATED THE FLOOR FINISHES IN ELEMENTARIES AND SECONDARIES. A LOT OF THIS, A LOT OF THIS HAD SOME CHALLENGES. WE HAD SUMMER SCHOOL AND WE HAD CONSTRUCTION. PART OF THE BOND CONSTRUCTION. SO WE HAD TO WORK AROUND THOSE CHALLENGES. BUT I GOT TO SAY, OUR CUSTODIAL DEPARTMENT WE'RE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE IMPROVING. WE'VE GOTTEN PROBABLY 90% OF ALL OUR STAFF HIRED ON. WE'RE DOING TRAINING. WE'VE IMPLEMENTED NEW TRAINING PROGRAMS. WE'VE BROUGHT ON SOME STAFF THAT SPECIALIZE IN TRAINING AND WE'RE DOING IT IN HOUSE. AND I GOT TO SAY, OUR CUSTODIAL DEPARTMENT IS COMING ALONG. I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THEM. ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME? MR. GLICK. JUST A COMMENT. IF YOU SAW THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE TO OUR TREES WITH THAT STORM, THOSE WINDS WERE ABOUT 80 MILES AN HOUR. SO IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT'S ABOUT TO HIT THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA, THOSE WINDS NOW ARE OVER 155 MILES AN HOUR, SO ALMOST TWICE AS BAD. SO KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PAUL, JUST REAL QUICK, WITH RESPECT TO THE CUSTODIAL. YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE DID DURING DURING THE SUMMER. AND THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 90% STAFFED. [00:35:01] ABOUT WHAT PERCENT WERE WE STAFFED DURING THE SUMMER? WE WERE PROBABLY AT AROUND 80%. WHAT WE'RE FACING IS THOSE SPECIALIZED POSITIONS I TALKED ABOUT, LIKE THE TRAINING STAFF, WE WANTED TO GET THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, THE ACTUAL PEOPLE THAT ARE CLEANING THE BUILDINGS. THOSE ARE AND THE LEADS, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANTED TO GET ON STAFF. THE ONES WHERE WE LACKED DURING THE SUMMER WERE SUPERVISORS. THE TRAINERS AND SUPERVISION. SO BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE HAD ABOUT 80% OF OUR STAFF ON BOARD THIS SUMMER. SURE. AND WITH RESPECT TO ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED, DID WE ALREADY OWN THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED TO BE USED FOR THAT? OR WAS THAT STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO MAKE UP SINCE WE TRANSITIONED OUT OF OUR PREVIOUS CONTRACT? WELL, IN OUR PREVIOUS CONTRACT IN OUR PREVIOUS CONTRACT WHEN WE NEGOTIATED THAT CONTRACT, WE ACTUALLY ADDED THAT AFTER CERTAIN TERMS OF THAT CONTRACT, THAT EQUIPMENT WOULD COME TO US, WHICH IT ALL DID, IT ALL CAME TO US. THE ONLY BAD THING ABOUT IT WAS THE FIRM THAT WAS THE COMPANY THAT WAS MANAGING THE CONTRACT. THEY DIDN'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB ON MAINTAINING THEIR EQUIPMENT. SO WHEN WE FIRST TOOK OVER THE EQUIPMENT, A LOT OF THAT EQUIPMENT HAD TO COME INTO OUR. WE HAVE A IN-HOUSE REPAIR SHOP. SO WE ENDED UP BRINGING IN THAT EQUIPMENT AND GET IT BROUGHT IT UP TO DATE, YOU KNOW, CHANGE PARTS AND SO FORTH. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF REPAIRS THAT WE HAD TO DO INTERNALLY TO GET EVERYTHING WORKING AGAIN. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. THAT'LL BE AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE STAYING UP HERE FOR THIS, MR. GONZALES. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 4B 6, WHICH WILL BE RECEIVE PRESENTATION ON HUDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL SANITARY SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT. GO AHEAD. AGAIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, TRUSTEE MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR LOPEZ. I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE SANITARY REPLACEMENT I HAVE HERE. NATHAN HART WITH RWB. WHO I TEAMED UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT TEAMED UP WITH ON THIS VERY, VERY CHALLENGING PROJECT. SO THE BOARD RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON HUDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL SANITARY SEWER LINE IN THE FINANCE FACILITIES OPERATION COMMITTEE ON NOVEMBER 29, 2022. THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT FOR THE PROJECT SCOPE WAS RIGHT AT $1 MILLION, FUNDED OUT OF THE EDUCATIONAL STABILIZATION FUND 651. AFTER WORKING WITH RWB THE BOARD RECEIVED AN UPDATE AT THE FINANCE AND FACILITIES OPERATION COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 9TH, 2023, AFTER THE CSP SOLICITATION WAS PUT OUT BY OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO CONSIDER AN APPROVAL TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF HUDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL SANITARY SEWER LINE. THE INCREASE WAS $753,300, FOR A TOTAL PROJECT NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF 1.753,300. TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION FROM MR. HART TODAY, KIND OF LETTING YOU KNOW HOW THAT PROJECT WENT AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT HUDSON. I TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MR. HART. YOU JUST HIT THE BUTTON TO CHANGE THE SLIDES. GREAT. THANK YOU, PAUL. THANK YOU. BOARD AND DOCTOR LOPEZ. SO, AS PAUL NOTED, THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE ABOUT HUDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. AT HUDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAD KIND OF HAD A PROBLEM. THERE WAS SOME SEEPAGE OF THE SEWER OUT OF THE GREASE INTERCEPTOR MANHOLE COVERS ON THE WEST SIDE, AND WE HAD SIGNIFICANT BLOCKAGE OF THE SANITARY SEWER THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL, AND PARTICULARLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. AS PAUL NOTED AT OTHER FACILITIES, THEIR STAFF WOULD CONTINUE TO COME TO HUDSON AND CONTINUE TO TRY TO UNCLOG. AND IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY JUST COULDN'T EVER UNCLOG IT ANYMORE. SO WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES WE HAD WITH THAT BUILDING. THAT BUILDING IS A STRUCTURED SLAB BUILDING, WHICH IS GREAT FOUNDATION TYPE, BUT IT MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET TO THE PIPING UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST SAW CUT THE SLAB. AND OF COURSE, LIKE ALL YOUR FACILITIES, IT'S OCCUPIED ALL SCHOOL YEAR LONG AND THE ONLY TIME TO GET IN THERE AND REALLY DO A LOT OF WORK IS DURING THE SUMMER AND THE WINTER TIME PERIODS. SO THOSE WERE KIND OF SOME OF THE ISSUES. NOW WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF WHAT WE FOUND AND, THEN WE'LL TRANSITION AFTER THAT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE SOLUTION WAS THAT WE CAME UP WITH AS TO HOW TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES WE HAD AT THIS FACILITY. SO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE FOUND UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING ARE MULTIPLE BROKEN PIPES. THE MAIN LINE OUT OF THE WEST SIDE WAS SO BLOCKED UP AND SO SOLID WITH DEBRIS BLOCKING IT THAT WE HAD TO GET A DIAMOND [00:40:10] TIPPED AUGER OUT THERE JUST TO CUT THROUGH IT ENOUGH TO GIVE FLOW BEFORE SCHOOL ENDED THIS LAST YEAR. THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR FOUND MULTIPLE BROKEN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR PIPES AND CLEANOUTS. AND THEN SIGNIFICANT SOIL MOVEMENT UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING. THESE ARE PICTURES OF SOME OF THE BROKEN PIPES. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE GRAY WATER POURING OUT IN PLACES AFTER WE UNCOVERED SOME OF THE PIPING. THESE ARE THE CLEANOUTS AT THE FRONT AND THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL. THIS IS NOT AFTER THE CONTRACTOR BROKE THEM OFF. THIS IS AFTER THE CONTRACTOR LIFTED THEM OUT OF THE GROUND. SO THEY WERE ALREADY SHEARED OFF AND WERE NOT ABLE TO BE USED. YOU CAN SEE MULTIPLE BROKEN ELBOWS UNDERNEATH THE SLAB IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PIPE SHIFTING AND MOVING AROUND DUE TO SOME OF THE SOIL MOVEMENT UNDER THE FACILITY. AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A GENERAL PICTURE OF SOME OF THE PIPE CORROSION AND DETERIORATION THAT WE FOUND UNDER THE BUILDING DUE TO THE AGE AND CONDITION. I THINK HUDSON'S BEEN IN SERVICE FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS OR SO. SO I INCLUDED THIS PICTURE HERE BECAUSE THIS WAS A CAMERA VIDEO THAT ONE OF THE THE CONTRACTOR TOOK OF THE MAIN LINE SHOWING THAT IT WAS ABOUT 75% BLOCKED. AND PRIOR TO THEM AUGERING IT OUT. SO THE SOLUTION WAS A TWO PART SOLUTION. PHASE ONE, WHICH WAS AN IMMEDIATE FIX. AS PAUL MENTIONED IN THAT FIRST WINTER. IN WINTER BREAK, 22-23. THE GREASE INTERCEPTOR IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, AND THAT COMES OUT OF THE KITCHEN, GOES THROUGH THE GREASE INTERCEPTOR THEN RUNS THE ENTIRE WAY BACK TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN COMES OUT TO THE SANITARY MAIN. SO ANYTHING, ANY BLOCKAGE, THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE OF THE SCHOOL MEANS YOU CAN'T GET THE GREASE WASTE OUT OF THE KITCHEN OUT TO THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE, THE MAIN LINE IS RUNNING JUST ALONG HUDSON. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE CAPPED THE SANITARY LINE GOING BACK UNDER THE SCHOOL OFF TO GREASE INTERCEPTOR AND TOOK THE GREASE WASTE RIGHT OFF THE GREASE INTERCEPTOR STRAIGHT TO THE SANITARY MAIN. AND SO NOW WE IMMEDIATELY ALLEVIATED ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBSERVABLE ISSUES AND PROVIDED THAT RELIEF PRIOR TO US GOING IN AND ADDRESSING ALL THE THE PIPING YOU JUST SAW UNDERNEATH THE SLAB DURING THIS PAST SUMMER. SO THAT WAS PHASE ONE. PHASE TWO, WHAT WE DID WAS WE ESSENTIALLY TUNNELED UNDER THE SCHOOL, KIND OF LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE AT YOUR HOUSE IF YOU'VE HAD YOUR SANITARY PIPING REPLACED UNDERNEATH YOUR SLAB. WE CREATED KIND OF NARROW CRAWL SPACE UNDERNEATH THE SCHOOL. SINCE WE HAVE A STRUCTURED SLAB, WE EITHER HAD TO REMOVE LARGE PORTIONS OF THE SLAB TO COME IN FROM ABOVE, OR WE HAD TO TUNNEL UNDERNEATH. SO WE CHOSE TO TUNNEL UNDERNEATH. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS WAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO START ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE SCHOOL WAS GOT OUT. WE STARTED AT THE BACK AND THE SIDE AND THEN THE FRONT TO SOME AND TO SOME EXTENT, WE'RE ABLE TO PRETTY MUCH DO A LOT OF THE TUNNELING BEFORE SCHOOL EVER GOT OUT AND NOT DISRUPT ANY OF THE LEARNING THAT WAS HAPPENING. AND SO THEN WE FINISHED THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT THIS PAST THIS PAST AUGUST. AND THIS IS A DIAGRAM SHOWING THE APPROXIMATE EXTENTS OF THE CRAWL SPACE. SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS PICTURE SHOWS KIND OF THE ALMOST FINISHED CONDITION OF THE CRAWLSPACE WE NOW HAVE, THE ABILITY TO SERVICE THE PIPE THE MAIN LINES UNDERNEATH THE FACILITY. WE REPLACED ALL THE OLD CAST IRON PIPING THAT YOU SAW PREVIOUSLY. IT WAS FALLING APART WITH NEW PVC PIPING. WE ALSO SUSPENDED THE PIPING FROM THE SLAB ABOVE. AND SO AS THE SOIL MAY MOVE IN YEARS TO COME, IT WON'T AFFECT THE PIPE. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE PIPE BREAKING OR SHEARING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE PUT LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THIS AREA AND WE HAVE A CRAWLSPACE ACCESS HATCH AS WELL. AND THE CRAWLSPACE IS VENTILATED AS WELL. WE ALSO REPLACED THE MAIN OUT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL ALL THE WAY TO THE MANHOLE, AND WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND BLOCKAGES ON THIS MAIN LINE AS WELL. THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES OF THE MOSTLY FINISHED PRODUCT. THIS IS A HEAVY MILL PLASTIC THAT KEEPS MOISTURE FROM ENTERING INTO THE CRAWLSPACE AND GIVES IT JUST A BETTER WORKING ENVIRONMENT. YOU CAN SEE WE SEALED PIPES GOING BACK OUT TO THE REST OF THE UNDERNEATH OF THE SCHOOL. AND THIS IS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF A ROUGH SECTION DETAIL OF WHAT IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE. MOVING FORWARD. WE DID A GREAT THING. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE ON THE WEST SIDE OF HUDSON ANYMORE, AND WE FIXED THE GREASE INTERCEPTOR. [00:45:06] BUT WE STILL HAVE THE EAST SIDE OF HUDSON. AND WHILE THE EAST SIDE HAS NOT HAD AS MANY ISSUES AND SERVICE REPORTS AND REQUESTS BASED ON WHAT WE FOUND UNDER THE SLAB. WHEN WE ADDRESSED THE WEST SIDE, WE BELIEVE THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO GO IN AND ADDRESS THE EAST SIDE FAIRLY SOON. AND THAT IT IS LIKELY IN A VERY SIMILAR CONDITION TO WHAT WE FOUND. PROBABLY SOME BROKEN ELBOWS, BROKEN PIPE, SHIFTING OF PIPING, PARTIALLY BLOCKED LINES, AND PROBABLY SOME OF THE CLEANOUTS ARE PROBABLY SHEARED OFF AND NOT OPERATING AS WELL. AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS SHOULD BE DONE IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 MONTHS, AND THAT'S IT. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. HART. RIGHT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. HART. MR. GLICK. THANK YOU. I'M INVOLVED WITH WATERVIEW GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY, AS THE CROW FLIES, PROBABLY NOT MANY MILES AWAY FROM THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND EVERY YEAR WE TALK ABOUT SPRINKLER HEADS BREAKING, PIPES BREAKING. SO I'M ASSUMING IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF SOIL OVER THERE. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU'VE SOLVED THE PROBLEM NOW SO WE WON'T HAVE SOIL MOVEMENT PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE? WE HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM ON THE MAINS. THE MAINS WERE THE LARGEST ISSUE AND BIGGEST PROBLEM WERE MOST OF THE BLOCKAGE WAS. AND THE AREAS THAT DIDN'T WORK WELL. SOME OF THE TWO INCH OR SOME OF THE SMALL RUN OUTS TO DRAINS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY ARE STILL DIRECT BURIED. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH MONEY AND SO MUCH TIME. BUT SO WE FIXED ALL THE MAINS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, AND WE FIXED THE GREASE INTERCEPTOR TO WHERE YES YOU WON'T HAVE ANY MORE SOIL MOVEMENT ISSUES WITH YOUR PIPING OR BREAKAGE OR BLOCKAGE UNLESS, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS FLUSH SOMETHING DOWN THERE. AND SO. RIGHT. SO WE'RE ABOUT TO BUILD AGAIN, LESS THAN A MILE FROM THERE. AT SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL, A MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER. SOIL WILL BE EXACTLY THE SAME. SO, PAUL, I GUESS FOR EITHER ONE OF YOU. ARE WE UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEMS WITH THE SOIL, THE MOVEMENT OF THE SOIL? AND ARE WE PREPARED WHEN WE BUILD THAT TO MAYBE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WE MIGHT HAVE DONE BACK IN THE 90S WHEN WE BUILT THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE'LL TAKE WE'LL TAKE THOSE THOSE PRECAUTIONS I HAVE NOT REVIEWED. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE DETAILED SLAB AND HOW THE SLAB, THE WAY THE SLAB IS GOING TO BE POURED. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY CRAWLSPACE. THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT QUESTION FOR MR. FERNANDEZ, BECAUSE HE'S PROBABLY LOOKED AT THE SLAB DETAILS FOR THE PROJECT. DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S SLAB ON GRADE OR IS IT A CRAWLSPACE? YOU WANT TO COME AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU MR. GONZALES. TRUSTEE GLICK, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MR. MILLER, DOCTOR LOPEZ, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION REGARDING THE MULTI-PROGRAM BUILDINGS THAT WE ARE, AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE PRESENTING THOSE TO YOU. THAT IS ACTUALLY A PIERS AND GRADE BEAMS WITH CARBON FORMS IN THE FIELD HOUSE AND THEN THE ATHLETIC AREA, THE MULTI-PROGRAM FACILITY. THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE. IT'S AN ATHLETIC TURF. SO THAT WILL BE DONE USING A LIFT METHOD. SO WE'LL TAKE SOILS OUT AND THEN WE'LL PUT SOILS BACK IN USING A LIFT METHOD TO SECURE THAT. VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN ALL OF OUR OTHER FOOTBALL PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE DONE. WHENEVER WE'RE BUILDING A TURF PROGRAM LIKE THAT OR BASEBALL, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE BASEBALL PROGRAM. SO YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE 20 YEARS FROM NOW HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE SOIL MOVEMENT? NO, SIR. THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING HERE IS A STRUCTURAL SLAB, AS MR. HART INDICATED. STRUCTURAL SLABS ARE BASICALLY THEY ARE BUILT ON THE EXISTING SOILS, AND SO YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF MOVEMENT. YOU'LL HAVE THOSE. YOU'LL HAVE A SLAB ON GRADE. THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE TEND TO CALL IT. YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF MOVEMENT THERE. WHAT WE CALL PBR. AND SO WE WILL. WE'RE ELIMINATING A LOT OF THAT WITH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOUNDATION DESIGNS THAT WE'RE USING FOR THE NEWER BUILDINGS. [00:50:05] GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? JUST REAL QUICK, MR. HART, WITH RESPECT TO THE TUNNELING. YES. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AT OUR NATATORIUM IS WE WERE ADVISED AND WE WENT AHEAD AND BUILT THE PLUMBING TUNNEL FOR ISSUES LIKE THAT. BUT I'M LOOKING AT THAT UNDER THE SLAB, AND I'M REMEMBERING SNOWMAGEDDON AND FREEZES AND ALL THAT STUFF. ARE THOSE INSULATED WELL ENOUGH TO PREVENT DAMAGE. THEY ARE. ONE I DON'T. THERE'S NO DOMESTIC WATER LINES THAT I REMEMBER IN THAT TUNNEL. TWO WE DON'T HAVE ANY AREA WAYS. IT'S ALL MECHANICAL VENTILATION. AND SO IT'S THROUGH EXHAUST FANS AND HOODS ON THE ROOF. AND SO ONCE IT GETS BELOW A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE, THOSE SHUT OFF. AND SO IT PREVENTS ANY, LIKE FREEZING AIR FROM BEING CIRCULATED BENEATH THE SCHOOL. AND SO I THINK AND THEN OF COURSE, THE SOIL IS A GOOD INSULATOR AND HELPS RADIATE HEAT. AND SO I THINK WITH THOSE TWO THINGS, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM IN THAT PARTICULAR ONE. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT IN SOME CRAWLSPACES, YOU KNOW. BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT IN THAT ONE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO POTENTIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE, I THINK YOU SAID OR IS IT THE WEST SIDE. THE OTHER SIDE. THE OTHER SIDE. IS IT SIMILAR SCOPE, SIMILAR STRUCTURE AS BIG A PROJECT AS THE ONE YOU JUST FINISHED. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE GREASE INTERCEPTOR THIS TIME. RIGHT. IT WOULD BE SIMILAR. HUDSON IS ROUGHLY EQUAL ON ABOUT ON BOTH SIDES. WE HIT JUST THE WEST SIDE, AND SO IT'S ABOUT THE SAME SIZE ON THE EAST SIDE. SO IT'LL BE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE ABOUT THE SAME DURATION PROBABLY. AND IT ALSO HAS A MAIN IN THE FRONT THAT COMES TO THE SAME MANHOLE FROM THE EAST SIDE. SO WE WOULD PROBABLY END UP TAKING THAT OUT AS WELL FROM THE EAST SIDE OVER TO THE MANHOLE. WE'VE TALKED TO THE MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR THAT DID THIS PROJECT, AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW AFTER DOING THIS AND STUFF, HE FELT LIKE IF AND I TALKED TO MR. GONZALES ABOUT THIS, WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY. WE FELT LIKE WE COULD PROBABLY START EVEN EARLIER THAN, I THINK WE STARTED ABOUT THE END OF APRIL, BEGINNING OF MAY THIS TIME WE COULD PROBABLY START RIGHT AFTER SPRING BREAK TIME. MAKE SURE WE GET PAST ANY INCLEMENT WEATHER. AND WE COULD START TUNNELING AND ACTUALLY PUTTING IN MAIN PIPING AND THEN DO THE DEMO OF THE OLD AND TRANSITION TO THE NEW. AND WE COULD DO A GOOD CHUNK OF THE WORK ACTUALLY, DURING SCHOOL WITHOUT AFFECTING ANY OPERATION OF THE SCHOOL AFTER HOW SUCCESSFUL WE WERE WITH TUNNELING IN THE LAST MONTH OF SCHOOL THIS YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU PAUL. THANK YOU. WHY DON'T WE GO TO INFORMATION ITEM B 7 REVIEW, AUGUST 2024 TAX REPORT. MR. DODDS IS GOING TO STAND IN FOR KRISTI COOPER. YES. THIS IS A BUSY TIME IN THE TAX OFFICE. GETTING OUT, GETTING READY FOR TAX STATEMENTS. SHE SENT A PICTURE THE OTHER DAY OF ALL THE TAX STATEMENTS THAT THEY WERE PUTTING IN BY HAND AND HAD SUGGESTED WE COME OVER THERE AND HELP, BUT SAID BE READY FOR PAPER CUTS WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING THOSE IN. BUT CHAIRMAN MILLER BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ, BEFORE YOU IS THE TAX INFORMATION FOR AUGUST OF 2024. AND THE REPORT IS ON PAGE 100 FOR YOUR VIEWING. OKAY. REALLY GOOD WORK. MR. GLICK, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS. THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK THERE. KEEP COLLECTING THOSE TAXES. THANK MS. COOPER AND HER GROUP. ONE CLARIFICATION. YOU ASKED ON NUMBER SIX. YES, BACK ON THAT. THAT IS AN AND NOT AN OR. I GOT SIX AND NINE CONFUSED ON THE REPORT. AND GOING FORWARD YES, THAT WILL BE A MAJOR CONCERN AS WE'RE GOING INTO OUR FUND BALANCE AND MOVING THAT FORWARD. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION MR. GLICK. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I LOOKED AT NUMBER NINE. I SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT NUMBER SIX ON THE QUESTION YOU ASKED. SO ANYWAY, SO SO SIX AND NINE. AND THEN I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT IS IT DIVIDED BY, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND IT'S DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF DAYS. YES. SO THAT MAKES FOR A SMALLER REQUIREMENT BECAUSE IT'S A BIGGER DIVISOR. [00:55:05] SO AND I DID THE MATH IT'S AN AVERAGE OF THREE YEARS AVERAGE OF THREE YEARS. SO LET'S JUST SAY WE AVERAGE $600 MILLION SPEND EXPENSE BUDGET. DIVIDE THAT BY 365 TIMES 60. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 90 TO $100 MILLION. IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? 98 TO $100 MILLION. YEAH. I'M NOT GOING TO DO MATH UP HERE IN MY HEAD RIGHT QUICK BUT I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD ON THAT. WELL, LARRY WILL CHECK ME, I'M SURE. [LAUGHTER] SO AND THE CURRENT FUND BALANCE STARTED AT, WHAT, 270 SOMETHING? WE WERE AT I BELIEVE 262. WE WILL FINISH SOMEWHERE AROUND 210 AS WE PRESENTED IN THE. THERE'S STILL SOME CALCULATIONS THAT THE AUDITORS AND MR. VALENZUELA IS DOING. AND WE SHOULD END UP SOMEWHERE AROUND 210, 208. SOMEWHERE IN THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM C1 SORRY 4C1. [IV.C. Action Items (Non Consent)] CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2024 2025 SALARY SCHEDULE ADDENDUM. CERTIFY AND PREPARE EDUCATORS THE CAPE AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACH STIPEND. AND DOCTOR BROWN IS GOING TO JOIN US. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. CHAIRMAN MILLER AND, SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ AND BOARD MEMBERS, I'M BRINGING TO YOU A STIPEND THAT WE NEED TO ADD TO OUR SALARY SCHEDULE FOR 24-25. WE HAVE RECEIVED A PORTION OF A GRANT FROM DALLAS COLLEGE TO HELP SUPPORT OUR CAPE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, WHO WILL BE SUPPORTING OUR CAPE AND CAPE TEACHERS, WILL BE RECEIVING A $3,500 STIPEND. AND SOME OF THEM FOUR, I BELIEVE, WILL BE SUPPORTING MORE THAN ONE CAPE INSTRUCTOR AND WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $500 WHEN THEY SUPPORT MORE THAN ONE INSTRUCTOR. THIS IS FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, A PASS THROUGH AMOUNT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. LARRY, YOU DIDN'T HAVE. YOU WANT TO GO? ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD, MISS STANLEY. THANK YOU. I JUST SO THE $3500 IS A PASS THROUGH, OR THE ADDITIONAL 500 IS A PASS THROUGH? THE ADDITIONAL $400,000. OKAY. GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. MR. GLICK. COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE WORDING IN THE FUNDING SOURCE? IT SAYS DALLAS COLLEGE, US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHER QUALITY PARTNERSHIP GRANT. YES. IS IT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH DALLAS COLLEGE TO US. IS THAT. YES, SIR. DALLAS COLLEGE RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE $400,000 THAT WE ARE USING FOR OUR CAPE PROGRAM IS COMING FROM A PART OF THE GRANT THAT THEY RECEIVED. I BELIEVE IT IS A FIVE YEAR GRANT AND AT LEAST $5 MILLION EACH YEAR. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. WE WILL FORWARD TO. I BELIEVE IT IS 4C, THIS IS NUMBER TWO. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND. ELISA CORDOVA-LONG. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN MILLER, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DOCTOR LOPEZ, TODAY WE HAVE THE OCTOBER BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR THE GENERAL FUND. WE HAVE OUR NORMAL BUSINESS PRACTICES OF CROSS-FUNCTIONAL, BALANCED, NEUTRAL TRANSFERS THAT HAVE NO BUDGET IMPACT. AND WE HAVE ONE AMENDMENT ITEM, WHICH IS A REMAINING PURCHASE ORDER FOR FUNCTION 51. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? CERTAINLY. JUST REAL QUICK I'M SAYING THIS TO MYSELF BECAUSE I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF THE THIRD COLUMN THAT'S IN THE BOXES, ALL THOSE ITEMS, WHEN ADDED UP, EQUALS A ZERO IMPACT TO THE BUDGET. IT'S JUST TRANSFERS WITHIN THE BUDGET, AND THEN THE 138 IS AN ADDITIONAL ITEM, CORRECT? OKAY. SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOTAL EXPENDITURES, THIRD COLUMN IT SAYS ZERO. THAT'S BECAUSE EVERYTHING UP ABOVE IT ZEROES OUT. AND THEN THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS GOING TO BE THE 138. AND I HAVE TO DO THAT MATH EVERY TIME AND REMIND MYSELF. SO I'M DOING IT OUT LOUD TODAY. MAYBE IT HELPS SOMEBODY. MAYBE IT DIDN'T, BUT IT HELPED ME. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? NOW THAT I'VE GOT EVERYBODY CONFUSED. SEE IT WORKED. THEY DIDN'T ASK YOU A QUESTION. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO NUMBER THREE. [01:00:03] THIS IS ITEM 4C 3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF TEMPORARY RIGHT OF ENTRY AGREEMENT BETWEEN GARLAND ISD AND THE CITY OF SACHSE. AND JAVIER FERNANDEZ WILL BE PRESENTING. THIS IS PAGE 105. THANK YOU. COMMITTEE CHAIR MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR LOPEZ, HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU A RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN GARLAND ISD AND THE CITY OF SACHSE. THE CITY OF SACHSE IS PERFORMING SOME SURVEYING FOR AN IMPROVEMENT THERE TO A SEWER LINE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE AND HAVE TO DO SOME SURVEYING FOR THAT. AND IT'S AT MUDDY CREEK, AND IT IS NEXT TO PROPERTY THAT THE DISTRICT OWNS. SO THIS JUST ALLOWS THEM THE ABILITY TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. IT IS A RURAL PROPERTY, SO THERE IS NO IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT PROPERTY AT THIS TIME. SO WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE THIS CAUSING ANY ISSUES FOR THE DISTRICT. SURE. CAN YOU WILL YOU ENVISION FOR ME WHAT PURPOSES THEY WOULD NEED TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY? YES. AS THE ACTION ITEM STATES, THEY'RE DOING TOPO BOUNDARY SURVEYS. THEY'LL BE STAKING OUT, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE GOT THE RIGHT TOPOGRAPHY AS THEY'RE AS THEY'RE WORKING ON A SEWER LINE. OKAY. SO IT'S VERY STANDARD PROTOCOL. SURE. NO. IT'S FINE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? MR. GLICK. BOARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ. WE'LL GO TO 4 C4, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING GARLAND ISD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS PUBLIC ENERGY ALLIANCE. MARK BOOKER TO MR. MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TO DOCTOR LOPEZ. WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU CONSIDERATION OF A INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE ENTERED INTO. WE DO HAVE PRESIDENT ANNE VAN BRUNT, OF VAN BRUNT AND ASSOCIATES, AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS PUBLIC ENERGY ALLIANCE, WHO IS HERE TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION REGARDING THEIR SERVICES AND WHAT THEY'LL BE OFFERING FOR THE DISTRICT. HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU. COMMITTEE. DOCTOR LOPEZ, CHAIRMAN MILLER, FOR HAVING ME TODAY. I REPRESENT THE TEXAS. I'M ANNETTE VAN BRUNT, AND I REPRESENT THE TEXAS PUBLIC ENERGY ALLIANCE. AND IT'S SUPPORTED BY MY FIRM, VAN BRUNT ASSOCIATES AND TEXAS PUBLIC ENERGY ALLIANCE IS A CO-OP. WE'RE NOT JUST A CO-OP FOR PROCUREMENT OF ELECTRICITY. BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE NOT JUST A CO-OP. WE PROVIDE A BETTER CONTRACT. WE THINK A LOWER PRICE, A FASTER PROCESS AND MORE COMPETITION THAN YOUR TYPICAL ELECTRICITY CO-OP. WE'RE THE ONLY CO-OP THAT COMBINES NOT ONLY THE PROCUREMENT PART, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SERVICES. REALLY HELPING YOU GET TO THE BEST OUTCOMES AND THE BEST CONTRACTS. WE'RE ONLY AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS IS TYPICAL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES SUCH AS CITIES, ETC., JUST AS OTHER CO-OPS ARE. AND WE REALLY PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO EIGHT SUPPLIERS. A TYPICAL ELECTRICITY CO-OP IN TEXAS IS REALLY ONLY HAS ONE SUPPLIER. WE HAVE WE WANT TO MAINTAIN COMPETITION THROUGHOUT. WE THINK IT LEADS TO THE BEST OUTCOMES. WE THINK WE SAVE TIME. WE HAVE AN ABILITY, ONCE APPROVED, TO CONTRACT RIGHT AWAY. THE DISTRICT HAS ABOUT NINE MONTHS TO GO UNTIL YOU NEED A NEW CONTRACT IN PLACE. SO WE REALLY WANT TO KIND OF HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH THAT. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE FULL SUITE OF ENERGY PROCUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND ACCESS TO OUR PROPRIETARY CONTRACT. SUPPORTED BY VAN BRUNT ASSOCIATES AND ENERGY ADVISORY FIRM THAT WAS FOUNDED RIGHT WHEN TEXAS DEREGULATED BACK IN 2001. WE HAVE OVER 30 YEARS ENERGY EXPERIENCE. WE'VE REPRESENTED OVER 50 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS. WE'RE AN ACCREDITED TEXAS ENERGY MANAGER AND A LICENSED ENERGY BROKER AND AGGREGATOR. THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS PUBLIC ENERGY ALLIANCE AND THE DALLAS AREA. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW DALLAS ISD, ARLINGTON ISD IRVING, ELGIN, WYLIE, AND THEN THE CITY OF CARROLLTON. BUT WE ALSO SUPPORT MANY OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE HOUSTON AREA, THE LARGE DISTRICTS HOUSTON, PEARLAND, ALVIN AS WELL AS IN THE SOUTH TEXAS AREA. YOU'RE SEEING MISSION ISD UP THERE. DOCTOR LOPEZ, I DID PRESENT TO YOU BACK IN, I BELIEVE, 2017, SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT TIME FRAME. BACK IN MISSION. I'M ORIGINALLY FROM MISSION, TEXAS. WOW. I'M ACTUALLY BASED IN HOUSTON NOW. OUR MEMBERSHIP IS ONE OF THE LARGEST WITH OVER 15 OR 1.5 MILLION MEGAWATT HOURS. [01:05:05] SO THAT'S A 1.5 BILLION KILOWATT HOURS. SO YOU'D BE IN VERY, VERY GOOD COMPANY. WE SERVE OVER 3600M. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ALL TODAY, JUST REALLY QUICKLY IS WHAT WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT IS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON YOUR WHOLE LOAD. WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE YOUR ELECTRICITY PRICE. YOUR CURRENT PRICE IS $51 A MEGAWATT HOUR, OR 5.1 CENTS A KILOWATT HOUR. THE MARKET HAS DUE TO PRIMARILY DUE TO FEBRUARY 2021 FREEZE URI. ERCOT HAS INSTITUTED A NUMBER OF NEW CHARGES, A NUMBER OF NEW SERVICES THAT ARE REQUIRED FROM THE SUPPLIERS. AND SO YOUR COSTS ARE GOING TO GO UP SOME. OUR ROLE IS TO HELP MAYBE PACKAGE YOUR LOAD IN A WAY THAT HOPEFULLY WILL MINIMIZE SOME OF THAT IMPACT TO YOUR BUDGET. SO THE THINGS THAT DRIVE YOUR PRICE ARE THE SIZE OF YOUR LOAD AND YOUR EVEN THOUGH THE BULK OF YOUR LOAD, I THINK BELIEVE IT'S TWO THIRDS IS WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND, YOU STILL HAVE A THIRD OF YOUR LOAD THAT IS SUBJECT TO DEREGULATION THAT YOU HAVE TO COMPETITIVELY BID. SO THE LOAD SHAPE IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT AND ALSO WORKING ON PLANNING. YOU GUYS HAVE SOME NEW CONSTRUCTION PLANNED IN THE FUTURE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT IN THE NEXT CONTRACT SO WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ENSURING THAT YOUR LOAD SHAPE IS PACKAGED IN A WAY THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY SURPRISE COSTS LATER. ANY THAT WE CAN'T THAT ANYTHING WE COULD ANTICIPATE. SO MAKING SURE CONTRACT TERMS ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE AND THEN MAXIMIZING THE NUMBER OF BIDDERS. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT DRIVER, JUST AS WHEN WE GO FILL OUR TANKS WITH GAS, WE CAN DRIVE AROUND AND GET THE MOST, YOU KNOW, GET THE CHEAPEST OFFER AVAILABLE TODAY. BUT IF WE ARE ONLY LIMITED BY WHAT'S AVAILABLE TODAY AND WE CAN'T GET THE PRICES THAT WE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO GET A FEW YEARS AGO. SO THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO IS BEST IS TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BUY AND TIME THE MARKET AS BEST WE CAN TO BUY WHEN PRICES ARE GOOD. SO THAT IS THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS PROVIDE THAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF STATISTICS THAT SHOW THAT THE FURTHER MORE RUNWAY, THE MORE TIME THAT WE BUY INTO THE FUTURE, THE BETTER PRICING THAT WE CAN GET. SO THAT'S PART OF OUR PROCESS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU JUST KIND OF RETAIL BID SPREADS OVER TIME. YOU DODGED A BULLET IN 2022. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BUY THEN. WE DID HAVE A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAD TO BUY AT THAT TIME, AND WE AVOIDED THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND PRICES HAVE COME DOWN QUITE A BIT. YOU CAN SEE, THOUGH, THAT THE RANGE OF 2024 IS BETWEEN 5382 AND 8780. THAT'S FOR PRICING THAT HAS COME INTO US FOR OUR MEMBERS IN 2024. WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET Y'ALL CLOSER TO THE LOWER END. AND WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN MARKET PRICES FROM EARLIER IN THE YEAR. A BIG DRIVER OF THE OTHER BESIDES THE HURRICANE URI AND THE OR SORRY FREEZE URI, WE ALSO HAD HAVE A CHANGE IN THE KIND OF GENERATION THAT'S IN TEXAS. WE HAVE A LOT MORE SOLAR AND WIND, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT DISPATCHABLE. WE CAN'T TURN THE SUN ON AT NIGHT IF WE NEED IT, AND WE CAN'T MAKE THE WIND BLOW. SO WE ARE WE ARE VERY MUCH. WE'RE GREAT FOR MOST OF THE TIME UNTIL ONE OF THOSE TWO THINGS ISN'T HAPPENING. AND SO WE'RE PUTTING THE MARKET IS PUTTING A LOT MORE IN THE HANDS OF THE CUSTOMER OF WHEN THEY USE THAT WILL DETERMINE THE PRICE THAT YOU PAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON WAYS TO MINIMIZE YOUR USAGE DURING THOSE HIGH PEAK TIME FRAMES. 31% THOUGH OF OF THE MARKET IN 2023 WAS FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES. THAT IS GOING TO END UP BEING FOR 2024, UPWARDS OF 40%. AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW THAT A PEAK DAY IN 2023 WAS 85,000MW IN ERCOT. IF WE HAVE EVERYTHING RUNNING PER ITS RATED, WE HAVE 95,000MW AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET. BUT IF AT NIGHT THAT GOES DOWN TO 82,000, AND THEN IF THERE'S NO WIND AT NIGHT IT GOES DOWN TO 73,000. SO WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING TO MINIMIZE THE TIME PERIODS THAT YOU ARE USING WHERE WE CAN. WE USE A DETAILED DASHBOARD. WE ENTER ALL YOUR ENERGY DATA INTO A DATA. SO A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE. BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMEBODY PUT IT IN AND PUT IT IN WAYS AND INTERPRET IT IN WAYS THAT YOU CAN MAKE ACTIONABLE CHANGES TO REDUCE THOSE COSTS THAT'S WHAT WE WORK TO DO. WE DO A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT BENCHMARKS TO HELP YOU REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT YOUR CAMPUSES IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WORKING AT THIS CAMPUS, AND HOW CAN WE REPLICATE THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE LOOK AT A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT BENCHMARKING. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TOOLS. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM QUICKLY. WE ALSO HELP SUPPORT ANY OF YOUR FACILITY EXPENSES. THIS WAS A STUDY THAT WE DID FOR A DISTRICT THAT NEEDED CONTROLS. AND WE WANTED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, WELL, YOU KNOW, THESE CONTROLS COST A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. HOW WILL THEY PAY FOR THEMSELVES? AND WE HAVE THE STATISTICS TO HELP SUPPORT THAT IN PLACES WHERE THEY MAKE SENSE AND PLACES WHERE THEY DO NOT. [01:10:02] WE ALSO WORK TO HELP IN OPPORTUNITIES WHERE YOU'RE ALREADY DOING CONSTRUCTION TO DO THE ECONOMICS OF COMBINING METERS AND COMING UP WITH ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE DURING FOR 4CP TIMES. SO ALL IN ALL WE WORK ON YOUR DEMAND COST REDUCTIONS THROUGH FOR 4CP POWER FACTOR METER COMBINATIONS, USE MODIFICATION RATE SCHEDULE MODIFICATION AND THEN ALSO REDUCE THE PROCUREMENT. SELECTING WHEN TO BUY LONG TERM VERSUS SHORT TERM CONTRACTS, ENSURING MAXIMUM COMPETITION AND MINIMIZE PRICE RE-OPENERS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THAT WAS A LOT. THAT WAS A LOT. SORRY. I WAS TOLD TEN MINUTES SO I WAS. [LAUGHTER] NO NO NO YOU DID GREAT. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO. LARRY, DO YOU HAVE ANY? YOU KNOW, AS I THINK THROUGH THIS FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TELL ME, YOUR ORGANIZATION, THE CORPORATION HOW IT'S SET UP NONPROFIT, FOR PROFIT MUNICIPALITY. TELL ME ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE BASIC ENTITY. RIGHT. APPROVED ENTITY, PROCUREMENT ENTITY OR PROCUREMENT METHOD. YOU'VE GOT YOUR INTERLOCAL, YOU'VE GOT YOUR RFPS AND RFQS. WELL, POLITICAL SUBDIVISION CORPORATION IS AN ENTITY SPECIFICALLY FOR ELECTRICITY PROCUREMENT. AND IT'S I USE THE TERM CO-OP. THAT TERM IS NOT USED. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL RECOGNIZE. WE ALSO ADD ANOTHER LAYER IN THAT WE HAVE AN INTERLOCAL. AND INTERLOCAL ACTUALLY IS NOT REQUIRED TO USE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION CORPORATION. BUT WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE. SO WE USE AN INTERLOCAL AS WELL. SO IT IS A NONPROFIT. THE TPEA HIRED VAN BRUNT AND ASSOCIATES. AND SO, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES. IT'S JUST THE VEHICLE BY WHICH WE RUN THE PROCUREMENTS. AND VAN BRUNT ASSOCIATES IS PAID FROM THE FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED BY THE COOPERATIVE. AND IS THERE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS? THERE IS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HOW THAT HOW IS THAT APPOINTED? THEY WERE APPOINTED BY ME, I GUESS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WE HAVE A FORMER RELIANT EXECUTIVE, THE RETIRED RELIANT EXECUTIVE ON THE BOARD, AND ACTUALLY SOMEONE WHO'S ON THE BOARD MEMBER AT BERNIE ISD, WHO'S ON OUR BOARD AS WELL. OKAY, SO SO THE ORGANIZATION, THE CORPORATION CONTRACTS WITH YOU TO MANAGE, I GUESS. YES. YOUR COMPANY. YES. TO MANAGE IT. AND THEN DOES IT REPORT TO ANYBODY OR IS IT JUST IT'S OWN CONTAINED ENTITY? ITS OWN CONTAINED ENTITY? OKAY. AND DO Y'ALL PUBLISH FINANCIAL DATA OF ANY KIND? WE FILE THE 990S. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN. OKAY, SO ALONG THOSE LINES, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I WROTE DOWN. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE ENTITY THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. REMIND ME AGAIN HOW MUCH ENERGY WE USE. WHAT IS OUR CURRENT ENERGY EFFORT. YOU USE? FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ALL I REMEMBER IS THE 10 MILLION. THE $10 MILLION WAS TOTAL, AND I BELIEVE 3 MILLION IS IN THE DEREGULATED SIDE. AND I BELIEVE YOU USE ABOUT 36,000 MEGAWATT HOURS A YEAR ON THE DEREG SIDE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO TOTAL THAT FOR ME, 36 TOTAL IT IN. SO YOU USE ABOUT $3 MILLION WORTH OF ELECTRICITY. FROM THE NUMBERS I WAS GIVEN ABOUT 3 MILLION ON THE DEREGULATED SIDE. OKAY. OKAY. AND AND SO THROUGH THIS EFFICIENCIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU CAN BRING ADVISORY DIFFERENT DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES THAT YOU'VE GOT. YOU WILL BE ABLE HOPEFULLY TO BE ABLE TO SAVE US ON THAT. SO YOU MENTIONED THE WORD DASHBOARD AND YOU SHOWED IT REAL QUICK. I HAD NO I GOT NO IDEA WHAT IT CONTAINS ON THAT. BUT IS THAT INFORMATION THAT WILL BE SHARED WITH STAFF THAT YOU WORK WITH. DOES THAT INFORMATION? IT FLOWS TO THE BOARD. SO A FEW COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU AS MANY AS THE DISTRICT'S PERSONNEL THAT WOULD LIKE ACCESS TO IT, YOU GET YOU GET ACCESS TO IT THROUGHOUT THE THE LIFE OF YOU BEING A MEMBER. SO YOU HAVE WE HAVE DATA AT THE FACILITY LEVEL, THE METER LEVEL AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT WIDE LEVEL. AND EVERY EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT WHO WANTS ACCESS TO IT CAN SEE IT. ACTUALLY THE BIDDERS, THE SUPPLIERS. WHAT? WE PUT OUT THE PRICE REQUEST TO BID ON YOUR LOAD. THEY ALSO USE THE PORTAL. THEY CAN'T SEE ALL OF YOUR OTHER DATA. THEY ONLY SEE THE PART THAT THEY NEED TO PROVIDE PRICING. BUT THAT'S HOW WE TRACK ALL OF YOUR DATA. OUR SYSTEM GOES A FEW TIMES A MONTH AND GRABS YOUR UTILITY DATA FROM ENCORE AND GETS THAT. AND SO IT'S CONSTANTLY UPDATING. WE ALSO DAILY GO GET YOUR SMART METER TEXAS DATA FOR ALL OF YOUR METERS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO SMART METER TEXAS. SO THAT GETS UPDATED EVERY DAY. SO WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? THE DASHBOARD IS THEN. [01:15:03] SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS ONCE A YEAR WE DO AN ENERGY SUMMIT, SO WE WILL COME TO WHOEVER THE TEAM WOULD LIKE ME TO PRESENT TO BUT WE WILL GO THROUGH YOUR SPECIFIC BASICALLY HOW YOU'RE DOING, HOW WHICH CAMPUSES ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS, WHICH WHICH MIGHT NEED SOME IMPROVEMENT. WE ALSO USUALLY PROVIDE SOME STRATEGIES. EVERY YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THEM. YOU'LL DECIDE WHICH ONES EITHER FIT INTO YOUR FINANCIAL BUDGET OR YOUR YOUR YOUR HUMAN CAPITAL BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME TO PURSUE. BUT WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR WE CHECK TO SEE HOW YOU DID ON ON WHATEVER ACTIONS YOU TOOK, WHETHER IT'S 4CP OR POWER FACTOR CORRECTION OR THINGS OF THAT SORT. OKAY. AND THANK YOU. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS I'M AWARE OF IS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE HAD A 20 PERSON MEETING THAT NEEDED TO GO ON IN ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. WE HAVE TO TURN ON THE WHOLE DANG BUILDING. OH, YEAH. WE CAN'T JUST TURN ON THE ROOM. YES. ARE THERE ANY WHAT STRATEGIES CAN WE DO? BECAUSE TO ME, THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF WASTE. IT IS. IT IS. WELL, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT A LOT OF MY SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE HAVE WE HAVE CAMPUSES WHERE CENTRAL, THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION OUT OF CAMPUS LIKES TO WORK ON THE WEEKENDS. THEY'LL PUT A DX UNIT THERE. SO YOU'RE NOT RUNNING THE WHOLE CHILLER SYSTEM FOR THE SCHOOL. THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS CREATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO MANDATE CERTAIN SET POINTS, IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE THEM FOR ON OCCUPIED AND UNOCCUPIED. ONLY CERTAIN HOURS THAT CAN BE TURNED ON ON THE WEEKENDS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT AT LEAST THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE FOCUSED AND YOU'RE NOT RUNNING THINGS FOR AS MANY HOURS. AND THOSE THOSE CAN LEAD TO HUGE SAVINGS. A NUMBER OF HOURS THAT YOU'RE NOT RUNNING IS IS JUST IS JUST HUGE. SO THINGS OF THAT SORT. BUT IF YOU HAVE PLACES THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT VERY BIG, BUT THEY'RE USED QUITE A BIT IN OFF HOURS, THE TYPICAL RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD A DX UNIT THAT'S JUST FOR THAT AREA SO THAT YOU DON'T RUN THE CHILLERS THE WHOLE TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE. MR. GLICK. SO AS HOMEOWNERS IN THE DEREGULATED AREA, WE CAN CONTRACT WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROVIDERS. I THINK THERE MAY BE OVER 30 RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE TO NORMALLY SIGN A CONTRACT FOR THREE MONTHS TO MULTIPLE YEARS. YEP. IN YOUR CASE, IS THERE A CONTRACT SIGNED WITH YOUR COMPANY AND THE PROVIDERS, OR DO YOU FIND THE BEST PROVIDER ON A DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY BASIS? RIGHT. SO I HELP YOU FIND THE BEST PROVIDER. YOU JOIN TPEA AND THEN YOU'RE CONTRACTING WITH TPEA TO FIND YOU THE BEST OPTION. AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR TEAM, I, WE DON'T WE ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACT ON YOUR BEHALF. WE PRESENT TO YOU THE OFFERS FROM THE DIFFERENT SUPPLIERS. ALL OF OUR SUPPLIERS I DIDN'T GET INTO THAT, BUT ALL OF OUR SUPPLIERS WENT THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS TO BECOME A QUALIFIED SUPPLIER. WE ALSO DEVELOPED OUR OWN CONTRACTS. SO WE DON'T USE THE RELIANT OR THE TXU OR THE CONSTELLATION CONTRACT. WHAT WE DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO WAS TAKE THE BEST PARTS OF EACH OF THEIR CONTRACTS AND THEN ENSURE THAT THERE'S A BILATERAL LANGUAGE. A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL SPELL OUT WHAT HAPPENS, THAT THEY GET PAID. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DEFAULTED? THEY GET PAID. BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LANGUAGE ON WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DEFAULT. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT IS SPELLED OUT. AND SO WE HAVE OUR OWN CONTRACT. I HAD MID-AMERICAN, WHICH IS A COMPANY OWNED BY BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, YOU KNOW, WARREN BUFFETT. AND THEY TOLD ME THAT WE ONLY USE THREE CONTRACTS IN OUR COMPANY. AND THAT FOR ELECTRICITY WE USE OUR CONTRACT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THE VAN BRUNT ASSOCIATES CONTRACT. IT'S VERY FAIR. IT'S WIDELY ACCEPTED. WHAT IT REALLY DOES IS SPELL OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF IT'S LIKE A PRENUP, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S GOT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WHAT HAPPENS IF. SO THESE ARE SHORT TERM CONTRACTS? NO, NO, THEY'RE AS LONG AS YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH. SO WE WILL PRESENT OFFERS FOR 12, 24, 36. WE'LL ALSO LOOK FOR A SWEET SPOT TERM. LET'S SAY YOUR CONTRACT ENDS IN JUNE. AND BUT WE THINK THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO END THROUGH NEXT THROUGH FEBRUARY IS A BETTER ENDING POINT. YOU'LL GET A BETTER PRICE THAT WAY. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SWEET SPOT TERMS AS WELL, TO BE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES ENDING A MONTH EARLIER OR TWO MONTHS LATER THAN THE WHOLE YEAR CAN END UP BEING A SIGNIFICANT PRICE DIFFERENCE JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE THE MARKET IS. SO WE DON'T ANOTHER DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE WE'RE A LOT OF YOU DO BUY AT HOME, BUT ALL OF US AT HOME, WE CAN ONLY BUY A MONTH IN ADVANCE, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY A SHAME. SO IF WE THINK THAT THE MARKET IS GREAT IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN'T DO THAT. WE CAN ONLY BUY A MONTH IN ADVANCE WHEN OUR CONTRACT IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE. SO THEN YOU'RE KIND OF STUCK IF IT'S A REALLY HIGH TIME TO RENEW, YOU'RE JUST STUCK. WE DON'T AS A COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER, COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMER, YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO BUY YEARS IN ADVANCE AND YOUR FOLKS DOWN THE ROAD ARLINGTON ISD, WE BUY [01:20:04] FIVE AND SIX YEARS IN ADVANCE. SO THAT IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LUXURY THAT A COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER HAS THAT A RESIDENTIAL DOES NOT HAVE. THANK YOU. SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THOSE FOUR CONTRACTS I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO GO TOWES, MR. JOHNSON IN A SECOND. THOSE FOUR CONTRACTS, I GUESS THEY'RE PAID UP FRONT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THAT CONTRACT. OR DO YOU? IS THERE A FEE TO DO A FORWARD CONTRACT? NO, NO, NO. SO. SO ELECTRICITY HAS THEY TRADE IN FUTURES. THERE'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, ORANGE JUICE FUTURES. SO THERE'S FUTURES. AND SO THEY THERE IS A MARKET FOR THEM TO HEDGE THOSE FORWARD CONTRACTS. SO I MEAN A FEW YEARS AGO WE DID TEN YEAR CONTRACTS AT $27 A MEGAWATT HOUR, 2.77 CENTS FOR FOLKS UP HERE. AND SO THOSE WERE LOCKED UP FOR TEN YEARS. SO COULD THERE BE A PREMIUM? MAYBE. BUT IT'S REALLY JUST DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE MARKET VIEWS FUTURE ENERGY PRICES TO BE. AND IT'S TRADING AT THOSE VALUES AND WE LOCK THOSE UP. BUT THERE IS NO INTEREST RATE OR ANY TYPE OF OTHER CARRYING FEE. AND WE'VE SEEN AS OF LATE WHAT WE CALL A BACK OR DATED MARKET. SO THERE'S A CONTANGO WHEN PRICES GO UP. BACK OR DATED IS WHEN PRICES BECAUSE IT'S BACKWARDS. THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER IT SEEMS BACKWARDS THAT THE LONGER YOU GO OUT, PRICES ARE LOWER. BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE MARKET IS AT THE MOMENT. THE LONGER YOU GO OUT, PRICES ARE LOWER. KIND OF LIKE INTEREST RATES A LITTLE BIT. MR. JOHNSON, THANK YOU. AND I APOLOGIZE. I HAD A WORK CALL, SO I KIND OF CAME IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED SOME OF THIS, BUT I WANT TO KIND OF CLEAR SOME OF IT UP. YOU SPEAK IN TERMS OF THE NON REGULATED AND REGULATED MARKETPLACE. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE IN THE NON REGULATED MARKET. ABOUT 30% OF YOUR LOAD. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SCHOOLS. I'VE BEEN GIVEN VERY LITTLE INFORMATION, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND OF YOUR BUDGET WISE, ABOUT 70% IS IN THE REGULATED SIDE AND ABOUT 30% IS ON YOUR DEREG SIDE. AND FOR THE PUBLIC, AS I JUST WANT THEM TO FOLLOW ALONG THE REGULATED SIDE WOULD BE THE ONES UNDER GP&L. CORRECT? CORRECT. SO ANYTHING THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT ZONE WILL CONTINUE TO GET GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT. CORRECT. SO WE'RE NOT NO ACTION THAT WE TAKE AT THE BOARD MEETING IS GOING TO BE A REFERENDUM ON GARLAND POWER AND LIGHT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT CLEARED UP. SO WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT PAUL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAR NORTH GARLAND, SACHSE AND ROWLETT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD DISCUSSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ABSOLUTELY. THANKS SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. BOARD. LET'S GO TO ITEM FOUR. I THINK IT'S 4B 5 WOULD BE CONSIDER. I'M SORRY. WE JUST DID FIVE. LET'S GO TO SIX. THIS IS ITEM SIX. THIS IS NEW BIDS CONTRACT. THIS NUMBER A CONTRACT NUMBER 5225. MR. BOOKER, YOU HAVE A THROUGH H. IT LOOKS LIKE. WILL YOU JUST ROLL THROUGH THOSE FOR US? YES, SIR. THE TWO CONTRACTS THAT SHE HAD ALREADY DISCUSSED WAS THE ACTUAL INTERLOCAL, WHICH ALLOWS US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SECOND DOCUMENT WAS THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT THAT WE WOULD ENTER INTO. SO THOSE WERE THE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT WE THAT SHE JUST KIND OF REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED. SO THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF PROFESSIONAL PARKING SERVICES CONTRACT 52-25. THAT'S UTILIZED SPECIFICALLY BY THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER. IT IS A RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER IS D&L EQUIPMENT AND PARKING SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, LLC. IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $114,000, AND THAT IS PAID OUT OF 757 CURTIS CULWELL CENTER FUNDING. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF FINE COLORED PAPER THAT'S STORED IN OUR WAREHOUSE. CONTRACT 74-25. THAT CONTRACT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT REFERRED TO EXHIBIT A. THAT CONTRACT IS NOT TO EXCEED $150,000, AND THAT IS PAID OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. THE VENDORS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE TABULATION ARE THOSE THAT ARE BEING AWARDED RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD FOR CONTRACT. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SERVICES THAT'S CONTRACT 15725 THAT PROVIDES ASSET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE TO FACILITIES TRACKING AND LIFE CYCLE. FRONTLINE TECHNOLOGIES IS THE RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER. IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT ONE YEAR WITH SIX ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS. THAT CONTRACT IS NOT TO EXCEED $120,000 FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE IS FOR CTE, STEAM INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SERVICES. [01:25:04] CONTRACT 212-25. THAT CONTRACT, OF COURSE, IS UTILIZED FOR CTE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS TO PROCURE STEAM RELATED TECHNICAL TRAINING, PRODUCTS, SUPPLIES, TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES. IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED TO LAB RESOURCES. THE LISTING OF THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE IS LISTED, BUT TO NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $249,999. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF HANDHELD COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT PRIMARILY USED BY OUR SECURITY DEPARTMENT. RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER IS BEARCOM. IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT WITH A ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ANNUAL RENEWABLE OPTIONS, WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $125,000 PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. THE NEXT CONTRACT IS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, INSTRUCTIONAL, TESTING AND MATERIALS. CONTRACT 302-2501. SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED AND UTILIZED BY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF INSTRUCTIONAL TESTING MATERIALS FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE TESTING MATERIALS BEING RECOMMENDED TODAY IS FROM HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUBLISHING COMPANY. NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $324,999 PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. THE NEXT CONTRACT IS THE PURCHASE OF TEXTBOOK ADOPTION FOR THE PHYSICAL FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION. THAT'S CONTRACT 321-2501. THE DISTRICT IS RECOMMENDING QUAVER EDUCATION TO PROVIDE THOSE MATERIALS. IT'S A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS, WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $617,400 PAID FOR OUT OF 410 STATE TEXTBOOK FUND. THE NEXT CONTRACT IS TO PURCHASE OF AIR CONDITIONING FILTERS. CONTRACT 234-25 THAT IS UTILIZED BY THE DISTRICT'S HVAC DEPARTMENT TO REPLACE AIR FILTERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. RECOMMENDED COMPANIES IS TALLADEGA MACHINERY AND SUPPLY COMPANY AND AIR RELIEF TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, ACCORDING TO EXHIBIT A. IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT WITH ONE YEAR FOR ANY RENEWABLE OPTIONS, WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $160,000 PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY, LET ME PAUSE YOU THERE JUST REAL QUICK. WE WENT THROUGH ITEMS 6A THROUGH H. THESE ARE NEW BIDS. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ON ANY OF THIS AS WE WENT THROUGH IT? VERY VERY SELF-EXPLANATORY. OKAY, MR. BOOKER, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM SEVEN NOW, THIS IS 7 A, B, AND C, IF YOU'LL JUST TAKE US THROUGH THOSE THREE. YES, SIR. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR INCREASE IS FOR THE MAINTENANCE, GENERAL TRADES AND MERCHANDISE SERVICES UTILIZED BY ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TRADES IN OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. THE RECOMMENDED SUPPLIERS THAT WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR THIS CONTRACT ARE LISTED ON EXHIBIT A. THE CONTRACT TERM IS IN ITS THIRD OR FOURTH ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS. WE MOVED TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT FROM $3 MILLION, FOR AN INCREASE OF 1 MILLION, TO MAKE THE NEW, NOT TO EXCEED $4 MILLION. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR INCREASE IS FOR THE WORKERS COMPENSATION THIRD PARTY SERVICES THAT IS PRIMARILY USED, OF COURSE, AND BEING MANAGED BY THE RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. WE ARE RECOMMENDING A INCREASE FROM $1,129,042 FOR $30,000 JUST TO ANTICIPATE SOME ADDITIONAL INCREASES, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE NEW AWARD 1 MILLION 159 THOUSAND AND 42 DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE PAID OUT OF THIS FUND 753 RISK MANAGEMENT. AND THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU CONSIDER APPROVAL INCREASE IN AWARDS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE. CONTRACT 39723-07 KHAN ACADEMY SERVICES WAS ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT FOR A SHORT TERM PILOT, WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS MADE A DETERMINATION THAT IT CONTINUES TO PROVIDE VALUE TO THE DISTRICT SO THAT CONTRACT IS TERM IS ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ANNUALLY RENEWABLES FOR KHAN ACADEMY, WHICH WOULD BE INCREASING FROM THE $74,999 THAT WAS THE PILOT FOR THE INCREASE OF $140,000 FOR THE TO MAKE THE NEW AWARD $214,999. THAT IS PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUNDS. THOSE ARE THE THREE CONTRACTS WE HAVE BEFORE YOU. VERY GOOD. OKAY. BOARD. WE WENT THROUGH THE CONTRACTS. THIS IS NEW BIDS NUMBER. ITEM NUMBER OR CATEGORY SIX AND THEN AN INCREASE TO AWARD OF BIDS WAS NUMBER SEVEN. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT BEFORE WE PROCEED ANY FURTHER? YES, MA'AM. MISS STANLEY. THANK YOU. I'M JUST CURIOUS. THE KHAN ACADEMY, WHAT ARE WE GETTING? WHAT ARE WE USING? WHAT WAS THE PILOT AND WHAT ARE WE SECURING? THE INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED. WE DID A FIRST A SHORT TIME TERM PILOT TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT CONTRACT. [01:30:03] AFTER THEY MADE A DETERMINATION THAT IT PROVIDED THE BEST SERVICES FOR THE PROGRAM, THEY MADE A DETERMINATION THAT IT WAS WORTH CONTINUING AND EXPANDING THE SERVICE PAST THE PILOT TO THE FULL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT. CAN SOMEONE JUST EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE PILOT AND THE PROGRAM IS? YES, MA'AM. WE'VE ALWAYS I DO, BUT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE USING THEM. I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE USING KHAN ACADEMY TO SUPPORT KIND OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS. SO OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE PREPARING FOR SAT, TSI KIDS HAVE ALWAYS HAD ACCESS TO KHAN AND TEACHERS USE KHAN. THIS ALLOWS US TO GET THE FULL KIND OF PLATFORM SO TEACHERS CAN HAVE MORE ACCESSIBILITY, ACCESS TO STUDENT WORK, PERSONALIZE IT FOR DIFFERENT KIDS. AND SO IT JUST ALLOWS US TO HAVE A LOT MORE TOOLS TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CAR OR ANY NECESSARY, ANY REASON FOR US TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WITH THAT IT IS NOW 432 AND I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN. [VI. Adjournment] SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. IT'S 4:32. MR. SELDERS, WHAT TIME WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN THE BOND MEETING? IN TEN MINUTES. SO. 04:42. 4:42. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.