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OKAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS NOW 3:25. THIS IS TUESDAY, MAY 13TH OF 2025.
[I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum ]
THIS IS THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC FORUM.
[III. Superintendent's Message]
MESSAGE, DR. LOPEZ. WELL THANK YOU TRUSTEES APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S DILIGENCE.WE JUST WENT THROUGH A VERY ENGAGING BOARD WORKSHOP.
WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH OUR FINAL PHASE, HOPEFULLY IN JUNE.
A LOT OF THESE ARE EXPENDITURES THAT WE GOT TO GET IN FRONT OF AS NOT ONLY THE THE THE YEAR CLOSES.
SO I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COMMITTEE AND BOARD LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[IV.A. Information Items]
THIS IS OUR AGENDA. AND THIS IS ITEM FOUR A WILL BE NUMBER ONE.MARK BOOKER IS COMING TO THE PODIUM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT FOR MAY 2025, MR. BOOKER. YES. TO MR. CHAIRMAN MILLER, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DR.
LOPEZ WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU THE CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT FOR MAY 2025.
WE DO HAVE 15 CONTRACTS FOR RENEWAL, ONE OF WHICH WILL REQUIRE APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AS IT IS, IT DID EXCEED THE $150,000 THRESHOLD.
BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE MAY RENEWAL REPORT.
YOU GIVE THE COMMITTEE JUST A SECOND. MR. BEACH YOU HAVE A QUESTION. JUST REAL QUICK ON THE ON THE ONLINE TICKETING SERVICES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE THE DIFFERENCE HERE, DO WE RECEIVE SOMETHING BACK FOR THEM DOING THAT SERVICE FOR US? YES SIR. THERE'S ACTUALLY REVENUE PRODUCED FROM THE CONTRACT.
THIS IS JUST THE FEES THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT REVENUE.
OKAY. AND WE'LL IDENTIFY THAT IN THE HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT BALANCE OUT.
DOES IT IS IT IS IT PROFITABLE FOR YOU? YES, SIR.
YES, SIR. OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. MR. BOOKER, ON THAT LINE, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE HAVEN'T GONE TOTALLY DIGITAL WITH OUR TICKET PROCESS AT THIS POINT? THERE'S STILL SOME AT THE DOOR SALES.
YES, SIR. OKAY. AND CASH OR ARE THEY ALL CREDIT CARD? THERE'S A COMBINATION. COMBINATION. YES, SIR.
OKAY. SO ALL THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE? YES, SIR.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOARD. LET'S GO TO ITEM FOUR A TWO RECEIVE PRESENTATION ON INDOOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY PURIFICATION SYSTEM PHASE TWO, PAUL GONZALEZ.
GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
SO STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
HE OR SHE SPENDS 15,600 HOURS INSIDE A SCHOOL BUILDING.
UNFORTUNATELY, POOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN SCHOOLS CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACT HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF STUDENTS AND STAFF, PRODUCING MORE POOR ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AND UNDERMINING LONG TERM GOALS.
IT'S SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES FOR GARLAND ISD DUE TO AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIGNIFICANT VENTILATION SYSTEMS AND ACCUMULATIONS OF POLLUTANTS SUCH AS MOLD, DUST, ALLERGENS, POOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY PRESENTS SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO OVERALL EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES.
CHALLENGES INCREASE STUDENTS AND STAFF ABSENTEEISM.
I CAN'T GET THAT WORD. YES, MA'AM. ADDITIONAL COSTS ABSENTEEISM.
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OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK MR. JOE GUERRA HE IS FROM ED PROTECTION TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF HOW PHASE ONE WENT.THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES LAST YEAR ASKED FOR AN UPDATE HOW HOW THE PILOT WENT.
AND HE'S HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE ACTUAL PHASE ONE REVIEW.
THANK YOU, MR. GONZALEZ. APPRECIATE IT. GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ GOOD EVENING.
GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
SO IN THIS LITTLE REVIEW THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR YOU.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK SENSE OF THIS. THE NAME OF OUR COMPANY IS PROTECT ED PROTECT EDUCATION.
THE PRODUCT ITSELF IS MANUFACTURED BY A COMPANY CALLED WELL AIR.
THEY'RE OUT OF IRELAND. IT'S A MEDICAL GRADE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES, HEALTHCARE, HOSPITALS, SURGICAL ROOMS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW ABOUT THE PRODUCT.
AND THIS STARTED OVER A YEAR AGO AND YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A MINUTE THE TIME STAMP.
AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS WHAT PHASE TWO LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN ALSO WANT TO SHARE A STAKEHOLDER TESTIMONIAL VIDEO OF SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY PRODUCT. SO HERE'S THE UNIT ITSELF, AND I DID BRING ONE WITH ME, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN PERSON.
THIS UNIT HANGS ON THE WALL AND YOU'LL SEE HERE THE DESCRIPTION OF IT ON THIS POWERPOINT.
BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS PURIFIER, IT TAKES AIR IN FROM THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM OF THE UNIT, RECIRCULATES IT THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE UNIT.
WHEN A CLASSROOM HAS ONE OF THESE HANGING IN THEIR IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
THE TECHNOLOGY DISTRIBUTES THE AIR AROUND THE ROOM AND CREATES AN ENVELOPE.
SO AT THE POINT OF IMPACT WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM, ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER GRADE LEVELS WHERE KIDS ARE SNEEZING AND COUGHING, NOT COVERING THEIR MOUTHS, THIS UNIT HELPS TO CLEAN THE AIR IMMEDIATELY.
WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED IN A CLASSROOM AND THE UNIT IS TURNED ON, IT WILL CIRCULATE ALL THE AIR IN THAT ROOM WITHIN 45 MINUTES AND PURIFY THAT AIR 100%. AND AGAIN, WHAT WE REALLY HANG OUR HAT ON WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS TECHNOLOGY NANO STRIKE TECHNOLOGY CREATES THERE'S COILS IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THIS GRAPHIC, THESE COILS THAT ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE UNIT DESTROY ANY PATHOGENS THAT GO THROUGH THERE.
THERE'S TWO VERY DISTINCT TYPES OF FILTRATION THAT OCCUR.
ONE IS WHAT THEY CALL TRAP FILTRATION LIKE IN THE HVAC SYSTEM HERE.
WHAT HAPPENS YOU HAVE FILTERS, BE IT MERV FILTERS, HEPA FILTERS, ANY PATHOGENS, ANY DUST PARTICLES, ALL THAT IT GETS TRAPPED ON THAT FILTER. HERE WHAT HAPPENS IT COMES INTO THE SYSTEM, THE PLASMA FIELD THAT THESE COILS CREATE DESTROY THOSE PATHOGENS. SO THEREIN LIES THE DISTINCT DIFFERENTIATOR BETWEEN TRAP FILTRATION VERSUS NANO STRIKE.
SO IT'S A IT'S A REALLY SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY THAT'S VERY UNIQUE.
SO I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU JUST KIND OF A QUICK IF YOU WOULD.
NANO STRIKE IS A LETHAL WEAPON IN AIR DISINFECTION AND VIRUS DESTRUCTION.
THIS UNIQUE PLASMA BASED NANOTECHNOLOGY KILLS ALL AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS BY USING COIL TUBES THAT ARE SURROUNDED BY AN ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA DISCHARGE. THE DISCHARGE PROVIDES A DEADLY STRIKE THAT KILLS AND DEACTIVATES ALL HARMFUL MICROORGANISMS SUCH AS VIRUSES, BACTERIA, AND FUNGI AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE PLASMA FIELD.
THIS PATENTED TECHNOLOGY HARNESSES MULTIPLE PATHOGEN INACTIVATION PROCESSES IN ONE POWERFUL STRIKE.
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IT DESTROYS DNA AND PROTEIN IN A SUBSECOND TIME FRAME.THIS STOPS VIRUSES FROM SPREADING AND BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL SPORES FROM REPRODUCING.
UNIQUE TO NANO STRIKE IS ITS ABILITY TO ATTACK THE CELL MEMBRANE, DNA, AND PROTEIN CAUSING OSMOTIC PRESSURE, WHICH QUICKLY BURSTS A PATHOGEN CELL, PROVIDING NO WAY FOR THE CELL TO SELF-HEAL OR DEVELOP ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE.
THEREFORE, ONLY HARMLESS DEAD PATHOGEN DEBRIS EMERGES FROM THE FIELD.
NOVAERUS'S NANO STRIKE TECHNOLOGY IS THE FIRST LINE OF PROTECTION AGAINST AIRBORNE VIRUSES AND BACTERIA, PROVIDING CLEAN AND SAFE INDOOR AIR.
THE INSTALLATION OF THE FIRST PILOT OCCURRED IN 2024.
THIS IS A QUICK PHOTO OF YOUR TEAM WHEN THEY INSTALLED THEM.
THE UNITS GET INSTALLED ABOUT BETWEEN 4 AND 6FT HIGH OFF THE WALL, EXCUSE ME, OFF THE FLOOR.
AND THE IDEA IS IT'S IN THE BREATHABLE ZONE IN A CLASSROOM.
I WILL JUST TO BRAG ON ON YOUR TEAM AND PAUL'S TEAM, THE DEPLOYMENT OF THESE UNITS IT WENT UP IN TWO DAYS APPROXIMATELY, AND WE RELEASED THE UNITS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK AND BY THE END OF THAT WEEK THEY WERE ALL INSTALLED.
THE INITIAL PILOT INCLUDED LIBERTY GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SHUGART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WE DID AN AFTERTHOUGHT WITH ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAD AN INCIDENT IN THEIR BAND ROOM, AND THEY HAD AN INCIDENT IN THEIR EARLY COLLEGE WING WITH BAND EQUIPMENT THAT WAS STORED IN THERE, AND IT WAS WET WHEN THEY STORED IT. SO IT CREATED SOME MOLD AND MILDEW.
SO WE WENT IN THERE AND MITIGATED THAT RIGHT AWAY. AND THEN WE ALSO DID A SMALL ONE OFF WITH A MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND ROOM THAT WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING SOME MOLD AND MILDEW. PART OF THE INITIATIVE INITIALLY WAS YOUR DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES RENEE, I'D PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME, BUT I'M AFRAID I'D BUTCHER IT.
ONE OF THE NOTABLE CRITERIA THAT WAS USED WHEN WE SELECTED THE PILOT SCHOOLS WAS THE NUMBER OF RESPIRATORY RELATED ILLNESSES THAT HAD OCCURRED ON THESE CAMPUSES, AND THAT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF HOW WE SELECTED THESE SCHOOLS IN PHASE ONE.
AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE ATTENDANCE DATA.
AND THESE CAMPUSES KIND OF QUALIFIED WITHIN THOSE TWO CRITERIA.
SO THE IMPLEMENTATION OCCURRED IT WAS VERY SIMPLE.
THERE'S A SCRIM SCREEN INSIDE OF THE UNIT THAT GETS RINSED DOWN ONCE A SEMESTER AND THAT'S IT.
THERE'S ONE HANGING IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AT IT.
THERE IS ONE HANGING IN YOUR ANTEROOM IN HERE.
AND I'VE ALSO GOT THIS UNIT WITH ME HERE THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU.
SHARING CLEAN AIR, TO ME, MEANS THAT EVERY STUDENT DESERVES A SAFE, HEALTHY PLACE TO LEARN.
AS A PERSON WITH ASTHMA. I KNOW THE VALUE OF BEING ABLE TO BREATHE IN CLEAN AIR.
BUT IF YOU'RE PUTTING THINGS IN BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO PURIFY THE AIR AND LESS BACTERIA, LESS MOLD THINGS FLOATING IN THE AIR, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN STUDENT ATTENDANCE RATE, INCREASED TEACHER ATTENDANCE RATE. A SNEEZE IS IN THE AIR FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES.
SO THAT'S MILLIONS OF GERMS IN A 30 MINUTE CLASSROOM SITTING AND ON THE SURFACE, FOR 24 HOURS.
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SO IF WE COULD STOP IT IN THE AIR, IT WON'T GET TO THE SURFACE, IT WON'T GET TO ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE TOUCHING.AND WE CAN STOP THE SPREAD OF ANY ILLNESSES IN OUR SCHOOL.
BOTH CAMPUSES WERE CHOSEN BY ME BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF 911 CALLS THAT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE RELATED TO ASTHMA TYPE SYMPTOMS. THIS SYSTEM, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S IN THE CLASSROOM, YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HEAR.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU ACTUALLY CAN SMELL THE DIFFERENCE.
I ALSO CARE A LOT ABOUT MY STAFF, AND I WANT THEM TO FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL.
I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT AIR QUALITY, BUT WHEN WE'RE PUTTING A BIG SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR THEM, IT IT LETS THEM KNOW HOW MUCH THE DISTRICT VALUES THEIR HEALTH AND THE JOBS THAT THEY DO.
USUALLY I HAVE LIKE 4 OR 5 KIDS OUT AT ONE TIME, NOW IT'S LIKE 1 OR 2.
SO THAT'S IT'S INTERESTING. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT'S PRETTY NEAT.
JUST RECENTLY, AIR PURIFIERS WERE PUT INTO THE ROOM, AND WHEN I TOLD THE TEACHERS IT WAS, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOME, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF AIR PURIFIERS IN YOUR ROOM. THEY WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT GOT TO BE LIKE, THESE WERE DANGEROUS ROOMS AT ONE TIME.
AND NOW THEY'RE PROBABLY THE CLEANEST ROOMS IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
THEY COULDN'T EVEN GET THEIR ROOMS READY BECAUSE OF OUR SITUATION.
BUT NOW THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY HAPPY, THEY'RE VERY CONFIDENT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING FOR A LONG TIME, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE OUT THERE TO SUPPORT THE USE OF THESE TYPE OF DEVICES IN OUR SCHOOLS SO I WAS ELATED, BECAUSE ANYTIME I CAN PREVENT A FLU OUTBREAK, I'M HAPPY.
BUT I DO NOTICE THE SMELL DOESN'T LINGER LIKE IT USED TO BEFORE.
SO THAT'S NICE. SO MY PARA, SHE HAS ASTHMA, SHE HAS NOTICED A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR ROOM JUST BECAUSE SHE DEALS WITH THOSE BREATHING ISSUES AND THAT KIND OF THING DAILY. I MEAN, SHE CAN JUST FEEL IT, FEEL IT EVERYWHERE THAT IT IS CLEANER AND IT IS CLEARER AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S THE AIR IS GOING TO BE CLEANER HERE.
WELL, THAT'S I MEAN, WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO COME SEND THEIR KID HERE OR TEACH HERE? SO YEAH, IT IT HELPS CREATE THE MESSAGE TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND, AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT, FIRST OF ALL, YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE AND THEIR HEALTH.
I WANT TO TAKE MR. DUNPHY WITH ME ON ALL MY TRAVELS.
SO THAT THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THIS OVERVIEW.
IN PHASE TWO, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO, WE'RE PROPOSING SIX MORE CAMPUSES.
JUST STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM ONE, JUST BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY GOT A SMALL SAMPLING IN THERE, WE WANT TO COMPLETELY OUTFIT ALL OF ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN FROM THE TOP WE WANT TO TARGET ABBOTT, COUCH, WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, JACKSON MIDDLE AND SCHRADE MIDDLE AS THE NEXT PHASE. SO PHASE TWO WOULD INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 220 UNITS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THESE CAMPUSES, ABOUT 35 UNITS PER. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE INVESTMENT FOR THIS PIECE, IF WE WERE TO GET APPROVED FOR ALL OF THIS, WOULD BE $592,900. LET ME OPEN IT UP TO MR. GONZALEZ OR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO LATER, LATER THIS, THIS EVENING IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY APPROVE THIS NEXT PHASE. I AM GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT MANY I HAVEN'T RECEIVED OUT OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY MOLD OR INDOOR AIR QUALITY WORK ORDERS OR OR CONCERNS.
SO WE'RE WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM.
AND THIS WOULD BE PHASE TWO. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, YOU HAD A QUESTION, JAMIE? YEAH. I'M SORRY. I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOU SAID THERE'S ALREADY SOME UNITS IN ROWLETT, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING ABOUT 25 MORE.
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SO I'M ASSUMING THAT JUST PARTIAL BASED ON I MEAN, WHAT WHAT TYPES OF CLASSROOMS AT ROWLETT ARE THEY GOING INTO CLASSROOMS OR ARE THEY LIKE BAND HALLS AND BIGGER? THEY'RE THEY ARE STRATEGICALLY PLACED AROUND THE WE'RE LOOKING AT ATHLETIC AREAS.WE'RE LOOKING AT BAND HALLS, WE'RE LOOKING AT CLASSROOMS. SO A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE VARIETY OF OF ALL. NOW THEY DO OFFER LARGER UNITS THAT I'D LIKE TO GET IN LOCKER ROOMS AND SO FORTH.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST STRATEGICALLY LOOKING AT CERTAIN AREAS.
AND JUST DOING QUICK MATH IT'S ABOUT 2,700 A UNIT.
IS THAT ABOUT CORRECT? IT'S ABOUT ABOUT CORRECT.
YES. AND THEN WE DO THE INSTALL OURSELVES? YES SIR.
WE DO THE INSTALL THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S REALLY EASY A COUPLE OF SCREWS ON THE WALL AND THEY JUST HANG IT UP.
AND YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE HANGING A DOOR DOORBELL OR SOMETHING.
YEAH. IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY SIMPLE. PRETTY VERY VERY SIMPLE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. SO YOU MENTIONED THAT IT REDUCED THE NUMBER OF 911 CALLS.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW DOES THAT CORRELATE TO THE NUMBER OF ABSENT ABSENCES THAT WERE RECORDED? DO WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS? RENEE, CAN YOU HELP ME OUT WITH THAT? GOOD EVENING BOARD, DR. LOPEZ. AS FAR AS ABSENTEEISM, WE LOOKED AT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THERE'S NO BY NO MEANS A SCIENTIFIC CALCULATION BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO DO THAT.
BUT SO I DID AN ANALYSIS OF THE ABSENTEEISM THAT WERE ON THE CAMPUS BEFORE AND THEN AFTER, AND IN ALL OF THE CAMPUSES THEY WENT DOWN, THEY SIGNIFICANTLY WENT THE ABSENTEE RATE WENT DOWN AT HUDSON.
NOW, YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S OTHER VARIABLES THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I MEAN, ASTHMATIC STUDENTS COULD HAVE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT CAMPUS OR THEY COULD HAVE LEFT THE DISTRICT. SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY, BUT IT DOES SHOW THAT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS THAT IT WAS ON, IT DID REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE ABSENT.
AS FAR AS 911 CALLS, IT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THOSE.
BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY IS AS FAR AS THE TEACHERS, CERTAIN CAMPUSES, BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CLEAN OR DIRTY. IT'S NOT MAKING A CAMPUS CLEANER.
THEY'RE NOT DIRTY. IT'S THEIR ENVIRONMENT THAT'S AROUND THEM EITHER.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DRIVE CARS TO PICK THEM UP, A LOT OF BUSSES.
BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE OUR HEPA FILTERS, WE STILL OPEN UP TO REPLACE INDOOR AIR WITH OUTDOOR AIR.
SO WHEN YOU DO THAT, SOME OF THAT STUFF COMES IN.
SO WE DID HAVE A DYNASTIC IN DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF 911 CALLS, AS WELL AS RESPIRATORY VISITS.
SO EVEN THE FACT THAT YOU CAN REDUCE THOSE AT SIGNIFICANTLY AT HUDSON SO IT COULD BE 1 OR 2 ROOMS THAT ARE CAUSING WHEN THE KIDS GO IN THERE, MAYBE THERE'S A LOT OF MOLD SPORES, MAYBE THERE'S A LOT OF DUST.
SO YOU MENTIONED SIGNIFICANT DECREASES. SO IT WENT FROM WHAT TO WHAT? FOR THE 911 CALLS I DIDN'T LOOK AT BECAUSE WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD TO CALL 911 THAT MUCH.
OKAY. SO I MEAN, WE WERE CALLING IT A LOT. I'D HAVE TO GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.
I REALLY JUST FOCUS ON THE ABSENTEE RATES AND ACTUALLY, HOW MANY KIDS WENT TO THE CLINIC.
LIKE, SO FOR HUDSON, IT WAS IF YOU LOOKED AT 23- 24 SCHOOL YEAR, YOU HAD 124 RESPIRATORY RELATED VISITS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD ASTHMA. IT COULD BE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, ASTHMA, ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE LUNGS AND THEY WENT DOWN TO 69.
SO I DIDN'T DO A PERCENTAGE ON THAT. WHAT ABOUT LIKE LIBERTY GROVE? LIBERTY GROVE AS FAR AS RESPIRATORY VISITS DID NOT GO DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, THERE WERE 72 TO 70, BUT THEY HAVEN'T HAD TO CALL 911 FOR RESPIRATORY VISIT AT ALL.
AND THEY WERE CALLING, I THINK. I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT HEAD, BUT IT WAS OVER TEN TIMES THAT I KNOW, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER. AND THEN SHUGART? SHUGART FOR VISITS 35 TO 34 BUT THEY AGAIN ARE NOT HAVING TO CALL 911 .
SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE ASTHMATICS UNDER CONTROL.
SO WE DON'T THEY MIGHT STILL COME TO THE CLINIC, BUT IT'S NOT IN A RESCUE 911 TYPE OF SITUATION.
OKAY. AND THAT THAT'S FOR THE 911 OR FOR THE VISITS? THAT'S FOR RESPIRATORY TYPE VISITS. THEY HAD A LOT OF RESPIRATORY ISSUES, SOME HAVOC TYPE SYSTEMS, LIKE NOT HAVING A GOOD AIRFLOW IN PARTICULAR CLASSROOMS.
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AND EVEN THOUGH YOU TRY TO FIX IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A NEW UNIT, THERE ARE SOMETIMES YOU CANNOT GET THE SAME AIRFLOW IN EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM.AND THESE VISITS, THE STUDENTS WERE STILL AT SCHOOL, RIGHT? THEY WERE STILL AT SCHOOL. SOME OF THEM WERE SENT HOME. I DIDN'T LOOK AT WHETHER THEY WENT HOME OR NOT. OKAY. WHAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET AT IS WE TALKED ABOUT ATTENDANCE IMPROVEMENTS, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO CORRELATE THE ATTENDANCE IMPROVEMENTS TO WHAT THAT TURNS OUT TO BE IN TERMS OF.
WELL, LIKE IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT HUDSON, THEY HAD ATTENDANCE RATE 3.5% AND IT WENT DOWN TO 1.95%.
SAME FOR ROWLETT. ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL WAS 4.64% TO 3.75%.
LIBERTY GROVE WAS 3.4% TO 2.99%. AND SHUGART? SHUGART DIDN'T GO DOWN VERY MUCH. NO, NO, THEY DIDN'T GO DOWN.
BUT THEY HAD A LOT LESS, I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THEM BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF 911 CALLS THAT WERE MAKING.
SO THAT'S WHY I CHOSE THEM AS THE NUMBER ONE.
AND THAT HAS SINCE RESOLVED. OKAY. AND SO THESE UNITS ARE ONLY IN THE CLASSROOM, RIGHT.
AND THE NURSES AND THE NURSES. SO WHEN THE STUDENTS LEAVE THE CLASSROOM AND THEY GO TO COMMON AREAS, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE EXPOSED TO. THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE EXPOSED TO VARIABLES THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
AND THERE'S NO WAY TO TAKE 100% OF PATHOGENS OUT OF THE AIR.
YOU CAN ONLY DECREASE THEM. BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE PATHOGENS, IT'S THE DUST, THE MOLD SPORES, ALL THAT STUFF THAT GIVES THE KIDS. I DIDN'T TALLY UP HEADACHES WHICH IS A LOT OF TIMES ALLERGY RELATED.
SO I DIDN'T TALLY THAT INFORMATION. I CAN DO THAT MORE BROAD ASSESSMENT.
BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE KEEPING THE KIDS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, NOT NECESSARILY AT MAKING THEM ABSENT, BUT KEEPING THEM FROM LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LEARN IF YOU HAVE A HEADACHE.
AND A LOT OF THE TEACHERS AT SHUGART AND ESPECIALLY LIBERTY GROVE WERE COMPLAINING OF A LOT OF MIGRAINES, HEADACHES, SNEEZING, COUGHING, THOSE KIND OF STUFF.
SO IT'S HARD TO PROVIDE DATA THAT WE DON'T COLLECT.
RIGHT. OKAY. I WAS JUST JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, HOW ARE WE CORRELATING THAT THIS PARTICULAR DEVICE IS MAKING THAT KIND OF IMPACT, SPECIFICALLY? YOU COULD NEVER HUNT UNLESS YOU DID A SCIENTIFIC STUDY WHERE YOU HAD ALL THE DATA COLLECTED, YOU WOULDN'T 100% BE ABLE TO CORRELATE THAT. I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE DONE SOME SCIENTIFIC STUDIES.
BUT I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT TASK.
I'M JUST GOING BY WITH WHAT PEOPLE SAY, WHAT THE NURSES SAY, LOOKING AT ABSENTEE RATES AND LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT COME IN THE CLINIC WITH THEIR COUGHING, SNEEZING AND RESPIRATORY, ESPECIALLY ASTHMA.
RIGHT. RIGHT. NO, I MEAN, I TOTALLY THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE GOOD QUALITY AIR.
AND SO IT'S HARD. YEAH, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS. I'M JUST TRYING. IT'S HARD TO PROVE IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THE PROOF. BECAUSE WE DON'T COLLECT THAT DATA.
WE COLLECT HOW MANY KIDS COME IN WITH HEADACHE, WHAT THE CAUSE OF THAT HEADACHE OR WHAT THE CAUSE OF THAT RESPIRATORY ISSUE, YOU'D HAVE TO ALSO GO LINE BY LINE AND CORRELATE IT.
I DON'T HAVE A SOFTWARE PROGRAM. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. BEACH. MRS. K, I RESPECT YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION ON THIS QUESTION I'M GOING TO ASK, ARE WE GETTING THE RESULTS THAT WE WANT FOR THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THIS PROJECT? IF YOU WANT MY OPINION, I THINK WE ARE. BECAUSE IT IS GETTING RID OF SOME OF THOSE SMELLS.
I'M GETTING A LOT LESS PHONE CALLS ABOUT COME FIX THIS MOLD.
IT'S BEEN HERE, IT'S GROWING AND ALL, SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT LESS OF THOSE PHONE CALLS.
THOSE ARE WHAT SCARE ME. AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE ROBERT AND THE QUESTION THAT HE WAS ASKING THERE, WE'VE ONLY HAD THIS PROJECT IN PLACE FOR ONE YEAR.
AND IF YOU THINK THAT, THEN I'LL BACK YOUR YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION.
I THINK TO ME IT'S WORTH IT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT HELPS THE TEACHERS AND IT HELPS THE KIDS.
AND THEN WE'RE NOT HAVING THAT RISKY 911 CALLS.
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THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. MR. GONZALES, IS THIS BUILT INTO THE EXISTING BUDGET, THE FUTURE BUDGET, OR IS IT JUST A FUND 199? NO. THE ACTION ITEM THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU IS OUT OF OUR STABILIZATION FUNDING, BASICALLY FUNDING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED OUT OF 199 IN PREVIOUS YEARS.SO IT'S EXISTING BUDGET. SO THIS IS MONEY IN A, IN A LINE ITEM THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN SPENT ALLOCATED, JUST HADN'T BEEN USED YET. YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT.
IS THAT WHY IT DOESN'T SHOW FUNDING SOURCE. IT'S ON THE ON THE FUNDING.
ON THE ACTUAL FUNDING SOURCE, IT'S 651 EDUCATIONAL STABILIZATION.
AGAIN, THAT'S IN THE AGENDA ITEM FOR ACTION LATER IN, IN THE OKAY.
IT'LL BE ADDED TO THE FRONT PAGE FOR THE AGENDA.
YES. OKAY. JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION. OH, GO AHEAD, MRS. STANLEY. SO I AM FOR THIS 100%. MY, IT'S NOT REALLY A CONCERN.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE PICKING THE BEST OR THE WORST OF THE ROOMS TO PUT THESE IN, BECAUSE IDEALLY WE CAN'T PUT IT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. AND I GUESS IT'S MORE I JUST WANT TO SAY MORE OF A COMMENT, BUT WE TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT COME UP IN OUR BUDGET THAT IS NOT COVERED BY ANY STATE FUNDING. IT'S NOT COVERED BY ANY, BUT IT'S STUFF THAT HAS TO BE DONE TO OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE VERY AGING FACILITIES. SO THEN MY NEXT KIND OF SPIN OFF OF THAT COMMENT IS ON OUR NEW BUILDINGS, DO WE DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT IN BUILDS NOW SO THAT IN, LET'S FACE IT, 50 YEARS WHEN OUR NEW BUILDINGS ARE AGING, ARE WE GOING TO BE IN A SIMILAR POSITION? BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WHEN THESE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT, NO ONE WAS THINKING ABOUT AIR QUALITY CONTROL.
GREAT QUESTION. SO WE AS A DISTRICT IN THE 2014 BOND PROGRAM, ALL THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IN OUR VENTILATION SYSTEM HAVE A, A KIND OF THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE.
IT'S BIONIZATION IN OUR DUCTS. BASICALLY, IT'S IT'S ELIMINATING THE GERMS AS IT GOES THROUGH THE DUCTWORK IN OUR VENTILATION SYSTEMS. AND IN OUR NEW DESIGN, WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING IN THE, IN THE CURRENT BOND PROGRAM.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LAYER EFFECT, SO THAT'S THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE.
SO WE ARE, AS A DISTRICT DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB IN, IN, IN HAVING MULTIPLE LAYERS OF DEFENSE FOR THIS TYPE OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND GERMS AND SO FORTH. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT OUR AGING FACILITIES IS THEY WERE DESIGNED TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THEY'RE DESIGNED NOW.
SO A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR BUILDING ENVELOPE AND OUR OVERALL ROOF LEAKS.
SO AND WE'RE ADDRESSING A LOT OF THAT IN OUR BOND PROGRAM.
OH, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS TOPIC, WES? I JUST WANT TO COMMENT REAL BRIEFLY ON THIS THAT I THINK THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROGRAM.
SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT NURSE KOTSOPOULOS WAS TALKING ABOUT, I MEAN, THEY DON'T SOUND LIKE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF REDUCTION OF YOUR ABSENTEE RATE, BUT YOU GO FROM 3.9 TO 2.1 OR WHATEVER IT IS.
SO THIS PROGRAM ITSELF COULD PAY FOR ITSELF MANY TIMES OVER FINANCIALLY, NOT TO MENTION JUST THE BENEFIT WE GET TO OUR STAFF AND OUR KIDS AND SUCH. I CAN SAY THAT I HAVE KIDS THAT ARE AT HUDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THAT'S THE ONE OFF MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT.
AND YOU'VE ACTUALLY SEEN SOME OF THE BEST RESULTS COME FROM THAT.
I CAN I CAN TELL YOU, I KNOW THE ROOM THAT IT HAPPENED IN.
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IN FACT. AND IT'S ALL GONE. IT IS ALL GONE SINCE THEY INSTALLED THIS SYSTEM IN THERE.THOSE KIDS, THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS. THERE'S NO HEADACHES ANYMORE AMONGST THE BAND DIRECTORS.
THERE'S NO KIDS CONSTANTLY. JUST THAT ONE. ONE ROOM.
THAT WAS ONE ROOM IN HUDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT GOT DONE.
ALL THOSE BIG NUMBERS COME FROM THAT BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF SICK KIDS BECAUSE OF THAT ROOM.
AND SO I PERSONALLY CAN SAY AS A HUDSON BAND PARENT, I WANT TO THANK MR. GARRETT FOR THE PRODUCT THAT HE PUT FORTH. I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE DILIGENCE YOU'VE SHOWN, BECAUSE I CAN SAY I CAN.
I'VE SEEN THE RESULTS AND THEY'RE GOOD, REALLY GOOD.
AND I COULD SEE IF WE WERE ABLE TO ROLL THIS OUT ON A BIGGER THING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPEN FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS AND HOPEFULLY FOR OUR BUDGET. THANKS. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD AND ADD WES TO THE VIDEO NEXT TIME.
YEAH, I GOT ONE LAST QUESTION, MR. MILLER. WE HAD ONE MORE.
YEP. YOU MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU'RE TARGETING TO PUT THE PILOT TWO UNITS IN WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA THAT WE USED TO DETERMINE THOSE SCHOOLS AND THEN WHICH CLASSROOMS? HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHICH CLASSROOMS WILL GET THE UNITS? THE WAY I CHOSE THOSE PARTICULAR CAMPUSES WAS, ONCE AGAIN, 911 CALLS, I LOOKED AT THAT. I LOOKED AT HOW MANY RESPIRATORY VISITS, HOW MANY HEADACHE TYPE VISITS, AND I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN, BUT I DID THAT ANALYSIS.
AND THEN LOOKING AT WHAT CAMPUSES HAVE HIGH ABSENTEE RATES.
SO REALLY I FOCUS MORE ON THE TOP ONE BEING HOW MANY 911 CALLS RELATED TO ASTHMA, AND THEN THE SECOND BEING HOW MANY RESPIRATORY VISITS THEY HAD IN THEIR CLINICS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU, BOARD. AND THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET'S GO TO FOUR A THREE.
WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW MARCH 2025 MONTHLY FINANCIALS.
ARTURO VALENZUELA IS HERE. IT'S ON PAGE 16, I BELIEVE.
YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN MILLER BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.
SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ, I PRESENT TO YOU THE MARCH 2025 MONTHLY FINANCIALS FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
IF YOU GO TO PAGE 17, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR PERCENTAGE SPEND FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS 61.3%.
THIS IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN LAST YEAR BECAUSE I MADE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ALREADY.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE THAT I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE IS SLIDE NUMBER 20.
AND HERE THIS IS THE REVENUE FOR GENERAL FUND.
AND THERE'S TWO NUMBERS IN THERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT.
ONE OF THEM IS THE 50 [INAUDIBLE] 42 WHICH IS THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
THE BIGGER THE GRANTS, THE MORE FEDERAL REVENUE WE CAN COLLECT ON IT.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH. BEFORE I GO TO THE QUESTION, JUST GIVE ME ONE CLARIFICATION ON THAT INVESTMENT EARNINGS, THAT IS NOT I&S BOND EARNINGS. THAT IS STRICTLY OUR GENERAL FUND EARNINGS.
OUR GENERAL FUND INVESTMENTS. CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? MR. BEACH BACK ON PAGE 17 ON THE ACCOUNTS THAT YOU HAVE THERE.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 8900 ON TRANSFERS OUT. WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT $3 MILLION TRANSFER OUT, WHAT IS THAT? I DON'T RECALL WHAT THE TRANSFERS WERE ABOUT, BUT THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY EXPENSES THAT WE MOVED FROM IN WHICH WE MOVE FUNDS FROM GENERAL FUND TO OTHER FUNDS, AND THEY'RE USUALLY THE 600 FUNDS, LIKE THE STABILIZATION FUND THAT WAS TOUCHED ON EARLIER.
SO ONCE YOU APPROVE THE TRANSFER OUT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE IT THE NEXT DAY, WE COME IN, WE MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT. IT'S JUST A JOURNAL ENTRY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO ITEM FOUR A FOUR REVIEW THIRD QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT.
RHONDA, WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN MILLER, PRESIDENT SELDERS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.
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COVERING THE TIME PERIOD JANUARY 1ST THROUGH MARCH 31ST.THE FIRST CHART THAT YOU WILL SEE IS A PIE CHART THAT DEPICTS A SNAPSHOT OF THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT POSITION AS OF MARCH 31ST, 2025. AS OF MARCH 31ST, THE DISTRICT'S $1.25 BILLION IN INVESTMENTS WERE INVESTED IN THREE SEPARATE PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT POOLS, 50% OF THAT IN [INAUDIBLE] POOL, 20% IN LONE STAR AND 30% IN TEXAS CLASS.
DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS CHART, YOU WILL SEE THE INFORMATION THAT DETAILS HOW THE POOLS INVEST, THE FUNDS THAT ARE DEPOSITED WITH THEM, AND THIS HAS BEEN PROVIDED SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE UNDERLYING INVESTMENTS OF THE POOLS.
THE NEXT DOCUMENT THAT YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR PACKET DETAILS THE EXACT AMOUNT OF EACH OF THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT FUNDS AS OF 3/31 AND BEHIND THOSE DOCUMENTS, YOU WILL SEE A GRAPH THAT ILLUSTRATES THE DAILY INTEREST RATES IN THE POOLS OVER THIS LAST QUARTER.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE RATES HAVE DROPPED A LITTLE BIT OVER THE COURSE OF THE QUARTER. THE RATES AT THE END OF MARCH WERE FOR TAX POOL 4.3, TEXAS CLASS 4.4 AND LONE STAR 4.3. YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE THAT THE MOST RECENT FED FUNDS RATE CHANGE WAS LAST DECEMBER, AND THE CURRENT RATES ARE ALMOST EXACTLY THAT.
TAX POOL IS AT 4.29 AND LONE STAR IN TEXAS CLASS ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT SAME AMOUNT.
THE FINAL DOCUMENT SHOWS INTEREST INCOME FOR ALL THE FUNDS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE'VE EARNED $46.3 MILLION THROUGHOUT THE END OF MARCH FOR ALL FUNDS, WITH $7.8 MILLION OF THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND AND $36.6 $35.6 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS? WHILE THEY'RE THINKING JUST WITH RESPECT TO WHO I MEAN, EVERYBODY READS A DIFFERENT PERSON, MAYBE, OR LISTENING TO A DIFFERENT ECONOMIC ADVISOR OR DIFFERENT PROGNOSTICATORS.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN OUR INVESTMENT STRATEGY THAT WE DO TO PROTECT OR HEDGE AGAINST ANY OF THAT KIND OF MOVEMENT? TYPICALLY FOR US, YOU KNOW, WE AS ARTURO STATED EARLIER, WE'VE ALREADY MET OUR EXPECTED BUDGET FOR INTEREST INCOME.
AND MOVING FORWARD TYPICALLY, THE POOLS TRAIL THOSE RATES JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THE POOLS THAT WE HAVE INVEST IN WHAT WE CAN INVEST IN AS A DISTRICT, SO WE CAN GO OUTSIDE THE POOLS AND INVEST OUTRIGHT IN ANY SECURITIES THAT WE WANT TO AND GIVE OURSELVES SOME DIVERSIFICATION. THE INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO EVENTUALLY ALL COME DOWN TO THAT LEVEL, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RANGE THE FED FUNDS RATE ARE IN WE'RE WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE WHAT THAT RANGE IS.
AND BEFORE WE GET TO THAT BOTTOM LINE THEY'LL PROBABLY DECREASE IT AGAIN.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE INVESTMENT REPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.
AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, WE'RE AT 97.63. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? MOVING ALONG WELL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I'LL JUST GO TO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO FOUR B NOW FOUR B1.
[IV.B. Action Items (Non Consent)]
KRISTI I GUESS YOU'RE STAYING IN PLACE. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF STATUTORY WRITE OFF OF DELINQUENT TAXES.AND WHEN YOU, BEFORE YOU GO TO THE REPORT, EXPLAIN THE PROCESS THAT Y'ALL GO THROUGH OR THAT TAXING AGENCIES GO THROUGH TO GET TO THIS POINT, IF YOU DON'T MIND. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PROCESS? THE COLLECTION EFFORT THAT'S BEEN UNDERGONE BEFORE OR IF IT WAS OVERBILLED, YOU KNOW, JUST THE THINGS THAT GO ON BEFORE WE WRITE OFF.
OKAY, SO WRITE OFFS ARE TYPICALLY JUST UNPAID TAX LEVY.
WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE PROPERTY, THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, THOSE ARE USUALLY ACCOUNTS THAT WERE ASSESSED WELL, A VALUE WAS SET BY THEM BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE BUSINESS DID NOT REPORT THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER IN BUSINESS.
AND SO THOSE TYPICALLY GO UNPAID. AS FAR AS COLLECTION EFFORTS WE ARE REQUIRED TO SEND THREE STATEMENTS ANNUALLY, WHICH IS OUR OCTOBER INITIAL STATEMENT. WE HAVE A FEBRUARY DELINQUENT STATEMENT FOR BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY.
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AND THEN WE HAVE A MAY STATEMENT FOR REAL PROPERTY.IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE SEND MONTHLY STATEMENTS FOR ANY SUPPLEMENTAL OR CORRECTED TAX BILLS.
AND THEN AS FAR AS TURNING IT OVER TO FOR ADDITIONAL COLLECTIONS, THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY IS TURNED OVER IN APRIL FOR THE COLLECTION ATTORNEY TO TAKE OVER THOSE COLLECTION EFFORTS. AND THEN REAL PROPERTY IS TURNED OVER IN JULY EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN WE CYCLE TO THE NEXT YEAR AND JUST KEEP GOING.
BUT OUR COLLECTIONS CONTINUE AS THEY AS THEY COLLECT FOR US, WE WE CONTINUE TO POST THEM.
OKAY. GO AHEAD THEN. OKAY. OH, AND IN REGARDS TO WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO WRITE THEM OFF, THE STANDARD IS 20 YEARS FOR REAL PROPERTY AND 10 YEARS FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY. BUT AS A DISTRICT WE TYPICALLY DO 10 AND 4.
SO THE ATTORNEY RECOMMENDS THAT WE WRITE THEM OFF, WHICH IS THE LETTER THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED. WE ARE REQUESTING BOARD AUTHORIZATION TO REMOVE DELINQUENT TAXES FROM OUR ROLE, AS OUTLINED UNDER TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE SECTION 3305.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT TOTAL AMOUNT RECOMMENDED TO BE WRITTEN OFF IS $192,260.71.
EXHIBIT A REFLECTS THE REAL PROPERTY FOR 2004 AND PRIOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,534.88.
EXHIBIT B REFLECTS THE PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR 22 AND PRIOR.
EXCUSE ME, THAT'S TAX YEAR 22 AND PRIOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $167,725.83.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TAX REPORT? MISS STANLEY.
SO IS THAT JUST PROPERTY THAT THEY ENDED UP WITH? N O, THAT WOULD BE STRUCK OFF, PROPERTY THAT WAS FORECLOSED ON.
NOW, IF IT DOES RESELL, IF WE DO THE PROPERTY DOES RESELL FOR WHATEVER THAT IS, WHATEVER COMES, WHATEVER OUR PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS ARE, WE WILL PUT THE TAXES BACK ON TO OUR TAX ROLL IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE IT FOR ANY WRITTEN OFF YEARS IF WE'RE ABLE TO AND WE DO THAT OFTEN. OKAY, SO IF THEY SELL THIS LAND, THEN WE GO BACK EVEN THOUGH WE'VE WRITTEN IT OFF.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GO TO ITEM FOUR B2. LET'S CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2024-25 GENERAL FUND. ELISA CORDOVA-LONG. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, DR. LOPEZ. TODAY WE HAVE FOR YOU THE MAY BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THIS AN EXAMPLE OF THE QUESTION THAT MR. BEACH ASKED EARLIER ABOUT TRANSFERS, OR IS THAT A WHOLE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING PROCESS? NO, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE I TALKED ABOUT WE TRANSFERRED ABOUT $2.5 MILLION THE STORM THAT HAPPENED LAST MAY, THAT WAS IN THAT TRANSFER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE TOTALS IN THAT TRANSFER OUT.
OKAY. SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS JUST MOVING BUDGET INSIDE OF THE BUDGET TO WHERE WE NEED IT.
OKAY, I GOT YOU, I GOT YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GO TO ITEM FOUR B3 CONSIDER APPROVAL CONSIDER APPROVAL OF EQUALIS GROUP COOPERATIVE SERVICES PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, MARK BOOKER.
YES, SIR ONCE AGAIN TO TRUSTEE MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TO DR.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, BUT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTS THAT MAY WANT TO UTILIZE IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST AUTHORIZE THE DISTRICT TO USE A COOPERATIVE.
THAT COOPERATIVE IS BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS? JUST REAL QUICK. THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THIS AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW US TO BUY.
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WHAT TYPES OF ITEMS? WELL, THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CONTRACTS.THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH REGION TEN. THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT VARIETIES.
SOME OF THEM COULD BE PERSONNEL, SOME OF IT COULD BE SUPPLIES, SOME OF IT COULD BE TECHNOLOGY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO FOUR B.
I'M SORRY. YEAH FOUR B. NUMBER FOUR WOULD BE NEW BIDS.
CONTRACT 22 2227-25. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF PAINT, PAINTING SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE SERVICES, MR. BOOKER. YES, SIR ONCE AGAIN, THAT CONTRACT BEFORE YOU IS 227 - 25 FOR THE PURCHASE OF PAINTING SUPPLIES, WHICH IS UTILIZED BY OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
WE DID RECEIVE TWO RESPONSES, ONE OF WHICH, SHERWIN WILLIAMS, IS THE PRIMARY.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING MICHELLE LYLES AS AN ALTERNATE.
THAT IS A CONTRACT WITH ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS.
IT IS WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $180,000, WHICH IS PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUNDS.
BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THAT CONTRACT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON A. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER. LET'S GO TO FOUR B4B CONTRACT 237-25 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF INTERNET CONTENT WEB FILTERING. YES, SIR. ONCE AGAIN THAT IS THE CONTRACT FOR INTERNET FILTERING.
THE DISTRICT IS RECOMMENDING THAT CONTRACT TO MICROSHARE.
IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT WHICH IS JUST REPLACING AN EXISTING CONTRACT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CONTRACT? THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GO TO FOUR B 4C CONTRACT 302-2504.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, TESTING AND EQUIPMENT.
YES, SIR. THIS CONTRACT IS PRIMARILY UTILIZED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND TESTING.
THAT CONTRACT IS 302-2504. THAT IS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS EXTENDED RFP PROCESS, WHICH ALLOWS THE DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS TO ADD TO THIS LIST OF APPROVED SUPPLIERS AS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THE DISTRICT DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THAT CONTRACT.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THAT. THANK YOU. IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT.
THAT CONTRACT IS A ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS.
THAT IS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THOSE AWARDED VENDORS ARE LISTED ON EXHIBIT A.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COMMITTEE OR BOARD? OKAY. DON'T SEE ANY MR. BOOKER. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO FOUR B 4D AS IN DOG.
CONTRACT NUMBER 3 18-25-02 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF EFFICIENCY AUDIT.
YES, SIR. THIS IS THE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS THROUGH 18 - 2502.
AS A PART OF THE PROPOSITION A, THERE ARE THREE THERE ARE SOME DEADLINES THAT ARE SET IN THE CONTRACT, ONE OF WHICH STARTS WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT.
SO WE WILL BE ASKING FOR AN APPROVAL AT THE NEXT MEETING.
ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE A LITTLE BIT ON TIMING.
AT WHAT POINT? MAYBE DR. LOPEZ DOES THIS KICK IN LIKE TOMORROW? WILL THEY START THE PROCESS TOMORROW? THE ACTUAL AUDIT WILL BE APPROVED AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN AFTER THE AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. YES, SIR.
OKAY. SO IT SHOULD BE TO US BY SEPTEMBER. YEAH.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM?
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IF NOT, LET'S GO TO FOUR B4E. CONTRACT NUMBER 394 - 25-14.YES, SIR. THAT IS CONTRACT 394- 25-14. THIS IS A ANNUAL REQUIREMENT THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE DISTRICT TO ENTER INTO THAT AGREEMENT WITH MESQUITE ISD, TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES REQUIRED FOR THOSE THAT ARE HARD OF HEARING.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL CONTRACT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED.
AND THE NOT THE NEW AWARD, THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT WOULD BE $1,400,000 PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S AN ANNUAL CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THE WITH MESQUITE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. COMMITTEE BOARD ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS CONTRACT? IF NOT, WE'LL PROCEED NOW TO FOUR B 5 NUMBER A CONTRACT NUMBER 48- 23 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR DISH ROOM CHEMICALS, SAFETY, SANITATION AND SERVICES.
YES, SIR. THAT CONTRACT 48 - 23 IS UTILIZED BY THE STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE AWARDED RECOMMENDED VENDOR WAS PORTIONED PACK CHEMICAL CORP.
THEY NEED AN ADDITIONAL $5,000 INCREASE IN ORDER TO FINISH OUT THE YEAR, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE NEW AWARD TO BE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $155,000 PAID FOR OUT OF FUND 240 THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAM.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS COMMITTEE? BOARD MEMBERS ANY QUESTION? OKAY. THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO FOUR B5B CONTRACT NUMBER 90 - 24-01 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR ONLINE TICKETING SERVICES. YES, SIR. THIS IS THE CONTRACT 90- 24-01.
MR. BEACH. THIS IS THE CONTRACT THAT YOU ASKED THE INFORMATION ABOUT.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVED $818,000 IN REVENUE FOR THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
THAT CONTRACT IS BEING AWARDED TO HOMETOWN TICKETING, IT IS AN INCREASE.
WE ORIGINALLY HAD THE $74,999, WHICH WE'RE ASKING FOR, AN INCREASE OF $99,402, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE NEW AWARD $174,401. THIS IS ONE OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE LIKE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN FEE BECAUSE IT INCREASES REVENUE.
AND SO WE DO RECOMMEND THAT ONE FOR APPROVAL PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. BOOKER FOR THAT.
LET'S GO TO FOUR B5C CONTRACT 214 - 24 - 10. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR ELECTRONICS AND APPLIANCES SUPPLIES. YES, SIR. THIS IS THE CONTRACT FOR THE DISTRICT TO PROCURE AN ADDITIONAL 220 PORTABLE AIR PURIFIERS THAT WAS REVIEWED DURING THE PRESENTATION EARLIER IN THE DISTRICT.
THAT RECOMMENDED AWARD OR INCREASE IN AWARD IS TO WCSM ENTERPRISE, LLC.
THE INCREASE WILL BE GOING FROM $74,999, WITH AN INCREASE OF $550,000, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE NEW NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT $624,999 PAID FOR OUT OF 651 THE STABILIZATION FUND EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS HERE? ANY QUESTIONS HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GO TO OUR FINAL ITEM IN FIVE WHICH IS FOUR B5D CONTRACT NUMBER 290-22.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR DIGITAL PRINTING EQUIPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES.
YES, SIR. THIS CONTRACT IS A CONTRACT 290 - 22, WHICH IS AWARDED TO THE XEROX SOUTHWEST [INAUDIBLE] OFFICE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, DOING BUSINESS AS XEROX BUSINESS SOLUTIONS.
THIS WAS A THREE YEAR TERM THAT THE DISTRICT HAD TO PROJECT WHAT OUR EXPENDITURES WOULD BE.
DURING THIS THREE YEAR TERM, WE'VE HAD TO ADD A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AS WELL, AS THE DISTRICT HAD TO BASICALLY GIVE A ESTIMATE ON WHAT THE COLOR COPIES WOULD COST.
THE DISTRICT IS RECOMMENDING THAT FOR US TO INCREASE THAT CONTRACT, $749,412, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE NEW AWARD $3,996,412 WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT THAT IS DIVIDED
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BETWEEN THE COPIER POOL, WHICH IS FUND 756 AND THE PRINT SHOP, WHICH HAS A 60 MONTH LEASE ON THEIR EQUIPMENT THAT IS BEING FUNDED OUT OF FUND 752 FOR THE PRINT SHOP.71% OF THAT IS DUE TO COPIER POOL, 29% THROUGH THE PRINT SHOP.
THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER. ANY QUESTIONS HERE? BOARD SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU. THAT WRAPS UP THAT SESSION. THE NEXT ITEM IS SECTION FIVE WOULD BE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I'VE BEEN TOLD BY DR. LOPEZ WE DO NOT HAVE A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO THAT BEING THE LAST ITEM, I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
[VI. Adjournment]
SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 4:26.SEE, ROBERT, I GOT US BACK ONLINE AFTER YOU DRUG US SO LONG AND BUDGET.
I'LL TAKE THAT. MY SHOULDERS ARE BROAD.
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