[I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum]
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IT IS SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.
WE ARE STARTING THIS MEETING AT 5:45. I DO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
THERE IS A QUORUM AND WE CAN PROCEED. OUR ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR TODAY WILL BE THE PUBLIC FORUM.
AND MICHELLE, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS FOR SPEAKING TO US TODAY? WE HAVE NO CARDS, SO WE'LL SKIP RIGHT DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE.
[III. Superintendent's Message]
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE PUT $8 MILLION IN THE FUND BALANCE THIS YEAR.COMING FROM THE DEFICIT. SO WE WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY.
EVEN WITH THE TRE PASSING, WE FORECASTED A $4 MILLION DEFICIT.
THAT'S A $12 MILLION TURNAROUND. WE STILL GOT TO DO A LOT OF CUTTING.
THE STATE DOES NOT FINANCE FOR THE AMOUNT OF WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? THE AMOUNT OF THE TEACHER RAISES INFLATION. THERE'S NO ADJUSTMENT.
THERE'S NO ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION. THANK YOU. SO, SO WHAT IS WHAT IS REALLY HANDICAPPING A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL UNDER 2019 FUNDS. AND SO IF YOU'RE 2019 FUNDS WITH 2026 EXPENSES, IT'S REALLY CREATING A STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT. SO WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU BE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S, THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL PULLING TOGETHER. SO WE WILL CONTINUE THAT.
IT HAS BEEN A. IT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT 6 OR 7 YEARS.
[IV.A. Information Items]
BUT LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR OF OUR AGENDA.THIS WILL BE AGENDA ITEMS FOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DIANNE CASPER. DIANNA CASPER. MY BAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN MILLER PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
TEN CONTRACTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR RENEWAL WITHOUT ANY INCREASES IN AMOUNT.
AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE, ONE IS ACTUALLY A DECREASE IN AMOUNT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
OKAY. COMMITTEE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS OR THE REST OF THE BOARD? MR.. BEACH. ON THE, ON THE EXHIBIT A, THE DISTRICT FURNITURE FOR 14 MILLION IS THAT THIS IS BRAND NEW FURNITURE THAT WE'RE REPLACING OLD FURNITURE IN OUR IN OUR BUDGET.
I CAN GET SOME FURTHER INFORMATION FOR YOU, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS JUST A STRAIGHT RENEWAL OF THE FURNITURE AUTHORIZATION THAT YOU PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY LAST YEAR TO ALLOW US TO PURCHASE FURNITURE COMPLIANTLY FOR NEW BUILDS, RENOVATIONS AS WE START TO WORK THROUGH THOSE PROJECTS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU GOOD, MR. BEACH? OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DIANNA. ALL RIGHT.
NOW WE'LL GO TO 4.A NUMBER TWO REVIEW JULY 2026 MONTHLY FINANCIALS.
THE FIRST PAGE THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS PAGE SEVEN.
THERE'S A SMALL DEFICIT GOING ON. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COLLECTIONS.
AND AS OF JULY 2026, THEY GET ACCRUED BACK. THAT'S ONE OF OUR ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
THE, THE EXPENSES AND THE REVENUE PERCENTAGES ARE RELATIVELY REASONABLE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S.
I'LL JUMP TO THE NEXT SUMMARY STATEMENT, WHICH IS THE ONE FOR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES.
AND THEY'RE ALSO CLOSE TO WHAT WAS IN THERE LAST YEAR.
BLESS YOU. AND LASTLY, WE HAVE THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND THAT THAT HAS A NET INCOME OF 129,000.
THIS IS DUE TO SOME PENALTIES AND INTEREST THAT CAME IN ON JULY THAT THEY DO GET RECORDED ON 26-27.
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BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT IS EARLY IN THE YEAR REVENUE TO BE DETERMINED? MR.. BEACH. QUICKLY, ARTURO, WHEN DO WE, WHEN DOES THE INTERIM CHARGE CLAIMS COME THROUGH? THEY THEY COME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT THE LAST THE LAST PAYMENT COMES AROUND JULY OR JUNE LAST LAST TIME IT CAME IN JULY AND WE HAD TO ACCRUE THAT BACK. SO IT GOES BACK TO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
NO. OKAY. AND WE GET THAT AGAIN IN JULY OR NEXT YEAR? OH WELL, WE'RE RECORDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SOME OF THE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ON THE BUDGET? PRETTY SIMPLE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. LET'S MOVE ON TO A 4.A.3, WHICH IS REVIEW THE 2020 THE JULY 2026 TAX REPORT. KRISTI COOPER, WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MILLER. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ. BEFORE YOU IS THE JULY COLLECTION REPORT FOR THE 2025 TAX YEAR REFLECTING 98.45% COLLECTED.
WE ARE AT 98.66 COLLECTED TODAY. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
OKAY. COMMITTEE. ANY QUESTIONS ON TAX COLLECTION? REPORT SEEMS TO BE RIGHT IN LINE. YES, SIR. VERY GOOD JOB.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 4.A.4 WHICH IS RECEIVED PRESENTATION ON INSTRUMENT REPLACEMENT PLAN UPDATE. AND JOSEPH FIGARELLI IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH [LAUGHS]. YEAH. WELCOME. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRPERSON MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
YOUR COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT TO OUR BAND PROGRAM HAS REALLY IMPACTED THE OUTCOMES OF OUR STUDENTS.
WE HAVE DOUBLED THE RESULTS OF YEARS PRIOR BY SECURING 1 TO 2 BANDS AT THE UIL STATE MARCHING CONTEST AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL ALL STATE STUDENTS FROM 2 TO 10. ALSO, WE HAVE HAD HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BANDS SELECTED TO THE PRESTIGIOUS MUSIC FOR ALL PERFORMANCE, AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL WIND MARK OF EXCELLENCE CONTEST IN THE IN THE TNA HONOR BAND COMPETITION.
SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL AND GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL ADVANCED TO AREA, AND HUDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVANCED TO THE SEMIFINALS IN THAT INCREDIBLE COMPETITION. SO WE THANK YOU. AS A REMINDER, I WOULD LIKE TO DEFINE WHAT A QUALITY INSTRUMENT MEANS FOR GISD BANDS.
THESE ARE INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR THEIR RESPONSIVENESS AND HIGH QUALITY OF SOUND, AND ARE BEING USED IN TOP ENSEMBLES AND PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAS.
OUR DIRECTORS APPLIED THEIR COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE TO SELECT THE TOP BRANDS AND MODELS FOR EACH INSTRUMENT, RESULTING IN THREE TIERS VARSITY, NON-VARSITY AND BEGINNER.
TODAY WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE PROCESS, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENT UPDATES, AS WELL AS THE AMOUNTS AWARDED VERSUS THE AMOUNTS BUDGETED.
OUR PROCESS INCLUDES. DIRECTORS CREATED A LIST OF QUALITY INSTRUMENTS.
DIRECTORS ORDERED BASED ON APPROVED VENDORS AND LOWEST BIDS WHEN APPLICABLE, AND INSTRUMENTS ARE THEN DELIVERED TO CAMPUSES AND ARE DOCUMENTED ONCE RECEIVED. THE FOLLOWING SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF INSTRUMENTS ORDERED AND RECEIVED FROM EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME OF THE INSTRUMENTS TAKE LONGER TO ARRIVE DUE TO BACKORDERS OR DUE TO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.
IF YOU LOOK ON THIS SLIDE, AUSTIN ACADEMY ON THE YEAR 23-24 ORDERED 102 INSTRUMENTS.
THEY HAVE RECEIVED 102 INSTRUMENTS, 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR, 131 INSTRUMENTS WERE ORDERED.
THEY RECEIVED ALL 131 AND IN THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR, THEY ORDERED 50 AND HAVE RECEIVED ALL 50.
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TOTAL OF 283 INSTRUMENTS WERE ORDERED FOR ALL THREE YEARS, AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED ALL 283 INSTRUMENTS.IF YOU LOOK DOWN ALL THE WAY TO WEB SAME PROCESS THROUGH 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR, ALL THE WAY TO 25-26, TOTAL ORDER WAS 77. THEY HAVE TOTAL RECEIVED UP TO THIS POINT IS 76.
I CAN SAY ABOUT 90 TO 98% OF THE INSTRUMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS POINT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, SAME PROCESS 23 TO 24.
THEY ORDERED 108 INSTRUMENTS AND THEY RECEIVED ALL 108.
TOTAL NUMBER OF ORDERED INSTRUMENTS WAS 211. THEY RECEIVED 205.
UP TO NOW, IF YOU LOOK DOWN TO SOUTH GARLAND, YOU'LL SEE AT THE VERY END THEY'VE ORDERED 235 INSTRUMENTS AND THEY'VE RECEIVED 213 INSTRUMENTS. ON THIS SLIDE, WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AS TO WHAT HAS BEEN AWARDED VERSUS WHAT HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THIS PROJECT.
24-25 WAS 1,555,600. AND LAST YEAR, 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR, ANOTHER 1,555,600.
TOTAL AMOUNT AWARDED OF THOSE THREE YEARS WAS 6,222,400.
FINE ARTS OUT OF THAT NUMBER, WE BUDGETED A LITTLE BIT LESS $6,211,330.
THE COST TO DATE RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT'S BEEN ORDERED AND RECEIVED, IS $5,867,276.96.
THE AMOUNT IS STILL ENCUMBERED AS WE'RE WAITING FOR MORE INSTRUMENTS TO BE RECEIVED.
IS $320,744.93. AMOUNT THAT HASN'T BEEN USED IS $23,308.11. THESE ARE INSTRUMENTS THAT WE EITHER CLOSED THE ACCOUNTS AND NEVER WERE RECEIVED.
THEN THAT MONEY JUST REMAINS THERE. FOR YOUR REVIEW, WE'VE ADDED THE LINKS THERE SO YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT EACH EACH SCHOOL HAS ORDERED AS FAR AS INSTRUMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. BEACH, YOU'RE. MR. JOHNSON. THANK YOU, MR. FIGARELLI. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. WHAT TYPE OF REVIEW GOES INTO THE SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR AN INSTRUMENT WITH RESPECT TO, SAY, BRAND TYPE STYLE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE? AND WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR, SAY, HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE VERSUS A MIDDLE SCHOOL BEGINNING BAND? SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. YES, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE.
IT'S MADE UP OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL STAFF.
AND THAT COMMITTEE PUTS TOGETHER THE REQUEST OF INSTRUMENTS. NOW, WE STARTED WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS THREE YEARS AGO, WE STARTED WITH EVERYONE INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE THE TOP NOTCH INSTRUMENTS.
AND THEN WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THESE INSTRUMENTS, AND WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO OUR TIERS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, THAT THROUGH A LOT OF RESEARCH AND A LOT OF STUDIES THROUGH THEM, AND COMPARISONS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE IT'S BEEN USED, WE'VE COME UP WITH A TIER ONE, TIER TWO AND TIER THREE. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, NOW IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD AN INSTRUMENT TO THAT LIST, NOW WE TRY TO STICK TO THAT LIST. BECAUSE REMEMBER, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL ALL OF THE SECTIONS WITH THE SAME TYPE OF INSTRUMENT, LIKE WE WOULD LIKE ALL OUR TRUMPETS TO.
SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL THE SECTIONS THAT WAY WE TRY TO KEEP AS LEAST AMOUNT OF INSTRUMENTS IN THOSE TIERS, ABOUT 2 OR 3 CHOICES OF EACH ONE. SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS PROJECT, HAVE THE SAME INSTRUMENTS ON EVERY SECTION.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BRING SOMETHING IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP TO US, I GET THEM, AND THEN I BRING THEM TO THE COMMITTEE, WHICH INVOLVES ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORS, THE HIGH SCHOOL HEAD DIRECTORS. AND THEN WE RESEARCH THAT INSTRUMENT, WE STUDY IT, WE SEE WHERE IT BELONGS, AND IF IT'S IF IT BELONGS IN THOSE TIERS, WE ADD THEM IN. IF IT DOESN'T BELONG IN THOSE TIERS BECAUSE IT'S NOT OF THE SAME CALIBER, WE DO NOT ADD THEM IN.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I MEAN, I'VE GOT THREE, THREE BAND KIDS MYSELF.
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REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? BECAUSE THE PRIORITY FOR AS, AS I RECALL FROM THE BOARD, WAS WE WANTED TO UPGRADE AND MODERNIZE DILAPIDATED INSTRUMENTS.AND SO TO MAKE SURE THAT PRIORITY STAYS PLACED, I DO WANT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET AT SCALE, THAT WE CAN REPAIR AT A REASONABLE COST AND KEEP THE STOCK THAT WE HAVE IN GOOD SOUND CONDITION WITHOUT BUSTING BUDGETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WHAT FACTOR DOES THAT GO INTO THE TIERING MODEL YOU HAVE? WELL, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REPAIRS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGHER THE QUALITY OF THE INSTRUMENT, IT'S GOING TO LAST LONGER.
WE GOT TO WE GOT TO FIX A LEAD PIPE ON A BRASS INSTRUMENT.
IT'S STILL GOING TO BE THE SAME COST. PRETTY MUCH. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE INSTRUMENT IS, BUT BECAUSE IT'S MADE WITH BETTER QUALITY, IT'S GOING TO LAST LONGER AND IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE HOPEFULLY FEWER REPAIRS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT WITH THIS CASE, IT'S GOING TO HELP US A LOT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO CUT DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF REPAIRS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO WITH, WITH WHEN WE WOULD HAVE A NORMAL LESS QUALITY.
AND SPECIFICALLY BRASS INSTRUMENTS. I'M THINKING IT WOULD BE BOTH. I MEAN, I MEAN WOODWINDS ALSO.
BUT ALL OF THEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE USING BRASS OUT IN THE MARCHING FIELD ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, THEY GET STUCK THE MOUTH, THE, THE VALVES GET STUCK.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE BETTER THE QUALITY, THE LESS, FEWER DENTS IT TENDS TO TAKE SOMETIMES.
YES, IT'S HARDER MATERIAL, OF COURSE. YES. AND IT'S GOING TO JUST SAVE ON.
IT'S JUST THE REPAIR COULD POSSIBLY BECOME IT'S MORE CLEANING VERSUS REPAIR.
NOW OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S IT'S WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TO REPAIR.
THAT'S JUST AN ONGOING THING THAT WE GOT TO DO. BUT I'M HOPING WITH THE NEW INSTRUMENTS AND THE BETTER QUALITY THEY ARE, IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE LESS OF THAT. AND AS WE SEE THIS COALITION OF ALL THE INSTRUMENTS THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED OVER THE YEARS, AND IT'S BECOME QUITE IMPRESSIVE. ARE WE SEEING THE COST OF REPAIR? BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THE OLDER INSTRUMENTS THAT WE HAD TO KEEP GOING WERE, WERE MORE COSTLY TO KEEP GOING BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE FAR MORE ISSUES.
CORRECT. ARE WE SEEING THE COST OF REPAIRING PER INSTRUMENT DECLINING? WELL, RIGHT NOW REMEMBER WE HAVEN'T FULFILLED THE WHOLE ENTIRE PROJECT.
SO WE'RE ON YEAR FOUR. YOU KNOW, WE DOUBLED UP THE FIRST TWO AND THEN THE OTHER TWO IS AROUND FOUR.
IT'S A TEN YEAR PLAN. SO WE'RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY YET.
SO WE CAN PROBABLY SAY THAT IN THE EIGHTH OR NINTH YEAR, BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE INSTRUMENTS ARE WE STILL GOT A LOT OF THE OLD INSTRUMENTS IN THERE, AS WE HAVEN'T REPLACED THE WHOLE FULL 100% OF IT.
SO THOSE INSTRUMENTS ARE STILL BEING REPAIRED AT A HIGHER COST.
NOW AGAIN, MARCHING SEASONS, MARCHING SEASON WHEN WE TAKE THOSE INSTRUMENTS OUT.
SO YOU STILL GOT TO DO SOME MINOR REPAIRS. BUT IN THOSE CASES, WE SOLIDIFIED JUST TO THAT.
YES, WE CAN POSSIBLY SAY IT'S GOING DOWN THERE, BUT WE STILL GOT A LOT OF THE OLD INSTRUMENTS THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING TO REPAIR AT THIS POINT. AND ARE THE BAND TRAILERS PROVIDING GOOD PROTECTION FOR THE INSTRUMENTS AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD BEFORE? 100%. TOTALLY. AND WE THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT. WE WE COULDN'T.
OUR INSTRUMENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN BAD SHAPE RIGHT NOW, BEING IN THE REGULAR TRAILERS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOVING AROUND AND, AND NOT SECURED. YES, ABSOLUTELY. 100%. THANK YOU SIR.
ANYBODY ELSE RIGHT HERE. MR. BEACH. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AND AGAIN, WHEN A STUDENT GRADUATES, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THOSE INSTRUMENTS? DO WE STORE THOSE INSTRUMENTS AND LOOK AND SEE THEM WHERE THE NEED IS FOR INCOMING STUDENTS? OR WHAT IS THE FORMAT THERE? YES, SIR. MR. BEACH.
EVERY YEAR ALL THE INSTRUMENTS GET. FOR THE INSTRUMENT, FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE LEAVING. I MEAN, ALL THE INSTRUMENTS GET RETURNED BACK THEIR PROPERTY OF GISD. SO THEY RETURN BACK TO TO THE CAMPUS.
IT GOES BACK. IT'S ON OUR INVENTORY. AND THEN AS NEW INSTRUMENTS COME IN FROM FROM IF IT'S A HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY'RE COMING IN FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY GET REISSUED AT THAT POINT AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED FOR THAT NEXT YEAR GET THOSE INSTRUMENTS.
SO THEIR RETURN BACK IN AND THEIR REISSUE TO CURRENT STUDENTS.
WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY ARE REUSED OR AFTER WE STORE THEM OR WHATNOT LIKE THAT.
AND WE STILL HAVE NEW WITH THE PROGRAM CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, THE NEW INSTRUMENTS GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ARE WE, HOW ARE WE STAIR STEPPING THAT AS FAR AS WHO GETS THE, THE ONES THAT WERE JUST THERE WHEN THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE GRADUATING.
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YES. WELL, OUR DIRECTORS GET INSTRUMENTS FOR, FOR BANDS.SO THE TOP BAND GETS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INSTRUMENTS.
IT'S THEIR CHOICE OF WHAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE.
SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL TRY TO PUT ALL THE INSTRUMENTS TOGETHER TO FULFILL THE TOP BAND.
LET'S JUST SAY THAT. AND THEN ONCE THEY'VE COMPLETED THAT, THEY'LL GO TO THEIR SECOND BAND AND GET THAT TIER TWO INSTRUMENT FOR THE SECOND BAND, AND THEN THEY'LL MOVE ON TO THE THIRD BAND. RIGHT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE BANDS, FOUR BANDS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS. THAT'S WHY IT'S A TEN YEAR PLAN. SO WHEN THE, WHEN, WHEN THE STUDENT GRADUATES FROM BEING IN THE TOP BAND RETURN, THEY WILL RETURN THE INSTRUMENT THE NEXT KIDS FOR THE NEXT YEAR THAT COME INTO THAT FIRST BAND WILL NOW BE ISSUED THESE INSTRUMENTS. SO IT REMAINS IN THOSE BANDS AND THE KIDS THAT MAKE THAT BAND THE FOLLOWING YEAR WILL NOW BE GIVEN THOSE INSTRUMENTS TO USE.
IS IT LABELED FOR THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL? IN OTHER WORDS, IF IT WAS A LAKEVIEW GRADUATE, WOULD THAT THAT INSTRUMENT STAY WITH LAKEVIEW OR DOES IT GO OR IS IT GOING TO BE WHEREVER THE NEED IS? NO, NO, NO, IT STAYS WITH THAT SCHOOL.
IT'S ACCOUNTED FOR THAT SCHOOL AND IT'S IN THEIR INVENTORY. SO EACH SCHOOL HAS THEIR OWN INVENTORY. WE DON'T. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WE DON'T WE DON'T HELP EACH OTHER OUT, IF SOMEBODY NEEDS A TRUMPET AND THEY GOT IT, LOAN IT OUT.
IT IT'S LOANED OUT, BUT IT RETURNS BACK TO THAT CAMPUS BECAUSE IT'S UNDER INVENTORY.
SO IN YOUR COMMITTEE AND YOUR EVALUATION OF WHEN STUDENTS COME IN AND LET'S SAY THAT YOU HAVE MORE TRUMPETS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OR WHATEVER LIKE THAT, HOW DO YOU BASE YOUR INFORMATION THERE? WHAT DO YOU DO AS FAR, DO YOU HAVE TO ORDER MORE TRUMPETS OR SOMETHING? I MEAN, FOR THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL OR, OR DO YOU GO BACK TO THE I GUESS YOU HAVE AN INVENTORY NOW? YES WE DO, YES WE DO. AND OF COURSE, IT'S UP TO THE HEAD DIRECTOR.
AND THE HEAD DIRECTOR SEES HIS PROGRAM OR HER PROGRAM, AND THEY KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP.
AND IF I'M GETTING A LOT OF MORE CLARINETS IN MY TOP BAND THAT I'M GOING TO NEED.
BUT AGAIN, THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS OF WHAT THEY ALLOW IN THE BAND.
THE REST ARE GOING TO GO TO SECOND BAND, THIRD BAND, AND SO ON.
SO I'M ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TEN TRUMPETS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE STUDENTS FILL THAT TOP BAND, I HAVE ALL THE INSTRUMENTS PER KID AND WE JUST MOVE IT DOWN.
SO BUT AGAIN, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT'S BASED ON THE DIRECTOR KNOWING WHAT'S COMING THE NEXT YEAR AND THEY'RE ORDERING ALWAYS BASED ON THEIR NEED IS ON THE MUSIC NEED BASED ON ALSO THE STUDENT NEED OF WHAT'S NEEDED.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS ON THE ON THE GRADUATING STUDENTS AND THEIR INSTRUMENTS THAT THAT ARE THAT ARE BROUGHT IN, ARE THEY WHAT DO WE DO? DO WE REFURBISH THOSE OR DO WE JUST. WHO EVALUATES THAT? WHO LOOKS AT THOSE INSTRUMENTS AND SAYS, WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING WITH THIS. WE JUST NEED TO STORE IT. WHO DOES THAT? THE DIRECTORS DO. THEY LOOK AT IT EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR EACH CAMPUS, AND EACH HEAD DIRECTOR FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AT EACH CAMPUS.
AND THEY THEY DO THIS EVERY YEAR. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS.
THEY EVALUATE THE INSTRUMENTS AND THEN THE INSTRUMENTS EITHER GO FOR REPAIR OR THEY GO FOR CLEANING OR BOTH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE CLEAN THEM. SO AT THAT POINT, THAT'S THE, THE, THE, THE COMPANY COMES IN, THE MUSIC COMPANY COMES IN AND THE DIRECTOR SHOW THEM THE INSTRUMENTS. AND THEN THERE'S AN ANALYSIS DONE ON THE INSTRUMENTS, AND THEN WE GET THE INFORMATION. THIS REPAIR HAS TO HAPPEN OR JUST CLEANING HAS TO HAPPEN.
DOES, DOES THAT COME FROM YOUR BUDGET OR DOES IT COME FROM THE, THE, THE DIRECT BAND AT, AT THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL FOR THE CLEANING OR WHATEVER THE CLEANING. COMES OUT OF MY BUDGET. DOES COME OUT AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
WHAT IF YOU DON'T MIND? CAN YOU GIVE US A NUMBER WHAT YOU'RE HAVING TO SPEND ON THAT? I SPEND ABOUT 400,000 A YEAR DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN 19 CAMPUSES, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR FOR INSTANT REPAIR AND CLEANING.
AND SO I GIVE THEM EACH BASED ON THE CAMPUS SIZE AND ALL THAT.
ARE THESE INSTRUMENTS INSURED? YES. SO IF ONE IS TORN UP, WE CAN FILE AN INSURANCE CLAIM OR WHAT DO WE DO? USUALLY THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO. I DON'T KNOW UP TO WHAT DEGREE WE CAN GET REPLACEMENTS, BUT WE ARE INSURED UNDER GISD.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST HAVE A ONE REALLY SIMPLE QUESTION.
I ALWAYS LOOK AT THE MATH. SO GO BACK TO YOUR SACHSE, THE HIGH SCHOOL REPLACEMENT STUFF.
JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAD ORDERED 110 INSTRUMENTS AND 23-24 AND ONLY GOT 103, DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE NOT ORDERING THOSE ANYMORE? YES. AND THEY JUST HAVEN'T COME IN. YES. AND IF YOU SEE THE C RIGHT NEXT TO IT MEANS IT'S CLOSED.
IT MEANS EITHER WE DIDN'T GET THE INSTRUMENTS OR THEY STOPPED MAKING THAT INSTRUMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAPPEN. AND SO SINCE IT'S BEEN A WHILE BACK, WE JUST CLOSED IT SO THAT YES, THEY DIDN'T GET THE EXTRA SEVEN INSTRUMENTS ON THERE.
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LET'S SAY YOU GO TO THE NEXT YEAR, YOU GOT 76 AND 70.IF THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE THE INSTRUMENT, IT'S NOT CLOSED, BUT THEY RECEIVE IT IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
DOES IT GO INTO WOULD IT GO TO 71. NO, NO WE KEEP WE KEEP IT BY YEAR.
ONCE WE CLOSE IT, WE DON'T PUSH ANYTHING TO THE NEXT.
WELL, FOR INSTANCE, NONE. 24-25. NOTHING IS CLOSED.
NOTHING'S CLOSED. YES, WE'RE STILL RECEIVING. IF YOU RECEIVE IT, IT'S THE NEXT YEAR ALREADY, RIGHT? I JUST WANT I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT DOUBLE DIPPING. JUST DOUBLE COUNTING WHAT HAS BEEN ORDERED AND WHAT'S BEEN RECEIVED. IF YOU REORDER IT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, YOU SUBTRACT IT FROM THIS YEAR. BECAUSE SUDDENLY IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT AND YOU CANCELED IT AND YOU ORDER IT THE NEXT YEAR, IT'S LIKE DOUBLE COUNTING. YEAH, NO, NO, WE DON'T REORDER IT WITH LAST YEAR'S.
WHAT WE DO IS ONCE WE CLOSE IT, BASICALLY WE DIDN'T GET THAT INSTRUMENT.
WE CLOSE IT, IT'S OVER. SO THE NEXT YEAR THEY START ALL OVER WITH A NEW FUNDING.
IF THEY WANT TO TRY TO ORDER THAT INSTRUMENT AGAIN WITH THAT NEW FUNDING IT GOES INTO NEXT YEAR.
IF THEY DON'T GET IT AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING CLEAN. OKAY. GOTCHA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, I THINK
[IV.B. Action Items (Non Consent)]
4.B.1. THESE ARE ACTION ITEMS WILL BE FORWARDED ON TO THE BOARD.THIS IS NUMBER ONE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN MILLER. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR LOPEZ. TONIGHT, WE HAVE FOR YOU THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND ONLY AS THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES FUND.
STARTING WITH THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND ON PAGE 32 ARE THE DETAILS.
WE'RE INCREASING LOCAL REVENUE BY $3,982 FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR BUS CLAIM ACCIDENT.
THIS WILL ALSO INCREASE FUNCTION 34 STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.
NEXT ON OUR AMENDMENTS, WE HAVE THE 1.3 MILLION FOR THE BAND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT.
LAST, WE HAVE OUR PO ROLLOVERS FROM THE CURRENT.
THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR FUNCTION 51 WILL INCREASE BY 233,580.
FUNCTION 53 WILL INCREASE BY 472,812. WE HAVE TWO APPENDIX ITEMS TO THIS MONTH'S AMENDMENT BOARD DOCUMENT. WE HAVE THE TAX RATE CALCULATION WORKSHEET AND THE REVISED TAX IMPACT STATEMENT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE YOU WAITING ON US? YEAH. SORRY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. COMMITTEE.
ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL REPORTS? OKAY.
THANK YOU. SEEING NONE. IT'S A VERY GOOD REPORT.
THANK YOU. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE TO. 4.B.
NUMBER TWO, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SETTING THE TAX RATE FOR THE 2026 2027 SCHOOL YEAR.
DOCTOR LOPEZ. WHEN WE HAVE THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A SMALL PRESENTATION ON THIS, BUT WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE INFORMATION OUT ON WHAT OUR TAX RATE IS LOOKING LIKE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR OR FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.
WE SET A BUDGET ON JUNE 28TH FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.
NOW WE HAVE TO FUND IT. AND SO THAT IS A REASON FOR SETTING THE TAX RATE IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK.
IT SEEMS LIKE THREE YEARS AGO, BUT LAST YEAR OUR OUR TAX RATE TAX RATE WAS 78.69.
AND THEN OUR RATE WAS 3840. SINCE OUR VALUES CAME IN HIGHER AN 8% INCREASE UNDER SCHOOL FINANCE THAT COMPRESSES AUTOMATICALLY STARTS COMPRESSING THE TAX RATE, WHICH IS GREAT FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.
THIS WILL COMPRESS FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR POINT OR $0.316 FROM THE 78,69.
SO OUR TAX RATE WILL DECREASE DOWN TO 75,53. AND THAT'S $0.7553. AND THAT'S ALWAYS CONFUSING HOW TO SAY THAT.
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BUT ANYWAY AND THEN OUR RATE WILL BE 3840. IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR, OUR TOTAL TAX RATE WAS $1.1709, WHICH OUR TOTAL TAX RATE WILL WILL BE DOWN TO $1.139309.NO ZERO ZERO. SORRY, I NEED TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIGGER BEFORE I READ IT.
BUT THAT IS WHAT OUR TAX RATE WILL BE FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.
OKAY. AND IF YOU WANT TO GO, GO AHEAD. I'LL GO ONE MORE.
LET ME ASK FOR QUESTIONS ON THIS PART. ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR ON THE SETTING OF THE TAX RATE.
COMPRESSION HAS BEEN OUR FRIEND OR ENEMY DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF THE COIN YOU'RE ON.
BEEN THE FRIEND OF TO THE TAXPAYER. YES. OKAY.
CONTINUE. SO WE WILL HAVE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE TAX RATE.
AND I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION DOWN TOWARDS TO THE BOTTOM.
THE MIDDLE EXPLAINS WHAT OUR VALUES ARE AND WHAT OUR M AND O TAX RATE WILL BE WHERE IT'S 7553.
OUR VALUES DID GO UP FROM 31 BILLION TO 33.9 BILLION.
AND SO, BUT OUR I&S RATE WILL REMAIN THE SAME TO, TO MAKE OUR PAYMENTS FOR OUR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
IF YOU REMEMBER ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TRE WE TALKED ABOUT, THE I&S CAN ONLY BE SET FOR THE PAYMENTS THAT ARE DUE ON OUR VOTER APPROVED BONDS. BUT I DO WANT TO DRAW IT TO THE CAPITALIZED WORDING ON ON THE RESOLUTION.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY SAY SO IN THIS WORDING THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR M AND O FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE. THAT IS BECAUSE OUR VALUES DID INCREASE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HAVING COMPRESSION, IT STILL WILL RAISE A LITTLE MORE MONEY THAN IT DID THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE SECOND STATEMENT IS NOT REALLY REQUIRED, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW REALLY WHAT IF ON $100,000 HOME IT SAYS THAT THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY A -4% BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY GOING DOWN.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY WORD. WE CAN'T CHANGE THE RAISED WORDING THAT IS REQUIRED.
SO ON $100,000 HOME LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, THEY WOULD PAY $31 $31.61 LESS THAN WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE PAID LAST YEAR. AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO AUSTIN MATH.
SO NO, WE WON'T GET INTO AUSTIN MATH. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPREADSHEETS.
OKAY, COMMITTEE. YOU SEE THAT THE TAX RATE THAT WILL BE RECOMMENDED AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING LEVEL WILL SHOW A DECREASE FOR THE TAXPAYERS ON AVERAGE $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $32.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? AND AGAIN, AUSTIN MATH, BUT WE CAN GET INTO THAT AT ANOTHER TIME.
COMPRESSION IS OUR FRIEND ON THIS. AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT, MR. DODD, AT THE LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING TO MR. DODD AND I THAT OUR TAX TAXABLE VALUES WENT UP SO MUCH.
WE HAD A LOT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT CAME ONLINE.
AND I BELIEVE WE WENT UP, WHAT WAS IT, $2 BILLION.
RIGHT. AND SO THAT WAS, THAT INCREASED. THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST INCREASE.
AS WE FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR WAS, WAS THAT MOST HOMESTEADS STAYED FLAT WHICH IF YOU HAD YOUR APPRAISAL LAST YEAR AND YOUR APPRAISAL THIS YEAR, AND IT'S THE SAME, YOU SHOULD PAY LESS TAXES THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE TAX RATE ACTUALLY GOING DOWN. BUT THE BUSINESS, PERSONAL OR BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY IS WHAT INCREASED.
YEAH. SO INVENTORY EQUIPMENT AND THOSE KIND OF ALL THE PERSONAL PROPERTY INSIDE A BUSINESS.
SO IT DID HAVE AN IMPACT. WE WERE A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED BY THE NUMBER WAS, WAS THAT BIG, BUT BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE WE'D SEEN THE GET THAT CLOSE TO THE PROJECTION.
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ALL RIGHT. SO ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.I DID WANT TO TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE GET OUR VALUES IN, WE SEND THAT THOSE VALUES TO THE STATE.
THE STATE SENDS US BACK WHAT OUR TAX RATE WILL BE WHICH SHOWS COMPRESSION.
SO WHEN WE'RE SETTING THE TAX RATE IT'S REALLY ALREADY SET BY THE STATE.
AND SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW WHAT THEY SAY. AND ANY ADDITIONAL PENNIES THAT WERE VOTER APPROVED WHICH LIKE THE TAX RATE ELECTION LAST YEAR, ARE ADDED ON TOP OF THAT AT THAT POINT. SO THAT'S HOW THE TAX RATE IS SET.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DODD. LET'S GO TO 4.B.3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ACT.
ACT DALLAS MOU. NOW I KNOW DOCTOR BROWN [LAUGHS] AND THIS IS NOT DOCTOR BROWN.
WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE MOU FOR ACT DALLAS WHICH IS AN ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
AND THIS IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ACT DALLAS AND GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WOULD ALLOW STUDENT TEACHING OR CLINICAL TEACHING AND OR INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.
I WILL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. LET'S GO. I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE GOING TO STAY FOR THE NEXT ONE.
YES. THANK YOU MISS WIGGINS. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ACTION ITEM 4.B.4.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE COMMIT PARTNERSHIP MOU.
OKAY. THIS IS A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WOULD ALLOW US.
I'M TRYING TO GET TO MY PAGE. OKAY. WE RECEIVED THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
WE RECEIVED AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A STIPEND TO PAY EITHER A PART TIME EMPLOYEE OR ONE OF OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES TO MONITOR AND TRACK OUR, OUR CERTIFICATION PROCESS.
AS YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS EACH YEAR.
SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HELP THAT PERSON GET THAT INFORMATION ALONG WITH COMMIT AND PAY THEM THE.
THAT'S ACT. PAY THEM A STIPEND OF $13,000 IS SPLIT INTO TWO PAYMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS ON COMMIT.
I DON'T SEE ANY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT PROGRAMS. LET'S LET'S PROCEED THEN TO ITEM 4.B.5. CONSIDER APPROVAL TO RE ADOPT RESOLUTION TO DECLARE A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION FOR HOUSE BILL THREE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER REQUIREMENT.
MARK QUINN WELCOME. GOOD EVENING DOCTOR LOPEZ MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THE GISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED A RESOLUTION ON AUGUST 22ND, 2023 TO DECLARE A GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTION FOR HOUSE BILL THREE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER REQUIREMENT, REQUIRING ONE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER AT EVERY DISTRICT CAMPUS DURING REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS. THE 89TH TEXAS TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION ADDED THE FOLLOWING.
A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION CLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXPIRES AFTER ONE YEAR.
UPON EXPIRATION, THE BOARD MUST REEVALUATE WHETHER THE BOARD IS ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE ORIGINAL REQUIREMENT, I.E., SWORN POLICE OFFICERS ON EVERY CAMPUS AND IF NOT, MUST RENEW THE GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION AND THE ALTERNATIVE STANDARD TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
THIS RESOLUTION IS A CONTINUATION AND READOPTION OF GISD ALTERNATIVE PLAN, WHICH IS TO HAVE HIGHLY TRAINED GISD ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS AT EVERY CAMPUS THAT DOES NOT HAVE A SWORN POLICE OFFICER, AND I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
QUESTIONS ON THIS QUESTION. IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST GO THROUGH THE THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SECURITY OFFICER THAT ARE DESIGNATED WITHIN THIS. AND WE HAVE THE SROS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE GO OVER THE OTHER TWO, AND WE HAVE OUR ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS, OUR ASOS, THAT ARE ON ALL ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. AND THEN WE HAVE UNARMED OPERATIONS SECURITY OFFICERS THAT THOSE ARE THE 24 HOUR A DAY, SEVEN DAY A WEEK INCLUDES DISPATCH WHERE THEY'RE DOING CAMPUS PATROLS, PROPERTY CHECKS, THAT KIND OF THING.
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AND THEN BUT WE DON'T HAVE MARSHALS AT THIS POINT.THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ASO AND A MARSHAL.
WELL, ASO WE WE EMPLOY OUR OWN GISD FUNDED ASOS.
THEY GET THE TRAINING, THEY GET EXTENDED TRAINING ON TOP OF WHAT A GUARDIAN GETS.
SO WE TRAIN ALERT ACTIVE ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE SELF AID BUDDY AID STOP THE BLEED TRAINING.
AS FAR AS WHAT. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS CHOSEN TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE REQUIREMENT AND DO EXTRA TRAINING FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON OUR CAMPUSES FOR SECURITY PURPOSES. VERY MUCH SO.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OF THIS? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
LET'S GO TO 4.B.6 NEW BIDS CONTRACT. A 310-26-02.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT, CONSULTING SERVICES AND MATERIAL.
DIANNA CASPER. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, CHAIRMAN MILLER PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT SERVICES AND MATERIALS CONTRACT 310-26-02. THIS IS AN EXTENDED RFP IN WHICH WE ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL VENDORS TO CONTINUE CREATING A POOL OF AWARDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT VENDORS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND VETTED FOR GARLAND ISD CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS.
THIS SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF NINE NEW COMPANIES.
FINANCIAL IMPACT OF NOT TO EXCEED $300,000 FROM A FUNDING SOURCE OF 199 GENERAL FUND.
THE NEW ADDITIONS SUPPLIERS ARE LISTED ON EXHIBIT A WITH ASTERISKS.
I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE A QUESTION, MR. BEACH, REAL QUICK. WHEN WE EXTEND THE RFP PROCESS, WHEN WE DO THIS PROCESS AND THEY COME IN, DO YOU AND MR. BRUMAN GET TOGETHER AS FAR AS GOING OVER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE SPECIFICATIONS? OR IS THAT HOW IT'S DESCRIBED, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO GO THAT DIRECTION OR NOT? CORRECT. SO AS AN RFP, WE RUN EACH SECTION OF THAT JUST AS WE WOULD A STANDALONE ONE TIME RFP.
WHEN THOSE SUBMISSIONS COME IN FROM VENDORS OR RESPONDING SUPPLIERS, THEY RUN THROUGH A DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS BY THE BUYER WHO IS OVERSEEING THAT PARTICULAR SOLICITATION. ONCE THEY HAVE MET THE DUE DILIGENCE REQUIREMENTS, THEN THEY THOSE RESPONSES ARE RELEASED TO THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE AS DETERMINED BY THE OWNING DEPARTMENT, MR. BRUMAN'S DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THOSE EVALUATORS REVIEW THOSE SOLICITATION RESPONSES, DETERMINE TO MEET SCOPE AND SPEC AS ISSUED IN THE SOLICITATION ITSELF.
SO I'M CURIOUS, WITH THE WAY TEA JUMP THROUGH HOOPS A LOT OF TIMES, OR DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR A CONTINUED SCHOOL YEAR OF 26-27? ARE THEY GOING TO JUMP CHANGE ON US IN MID-STREAM LIKE THEY HAVE ON DIFFERENT THINGS? GOOD EVENING. BOARD. I THINK WITH AN RFP LIKE THIS, WITH MR. RUIZ AND I BEING THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS, BEING ABLE TO COME MONTH BY MONTH WITH A NEW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EVERY TIME A HOOP COMES UP, USUALLY THERE'S A VENDOR THAT CAN ANSWER THE CALL FOR US.
AND SO THIS ALLOWS US TO BRING IT FORWARD EACH AND EVERY TIME. OKAY, GOOD.
OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYBE FOR MR. BRUMAN BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN. JUST LOOKING AT THE NEW ADS HERE I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE FOR TEACHERS IN GENERAL ED OR MAYBE SPECIAL ED. IS THERE ANY DESIGNATION, ANY WAY TO DESIGNATE BETWEEN THOSE? I KNOW THAT WE'RE GROWING SO FAST IN OUR SPECIAL ED NEEDS.
I JUST WONDER HOW MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS AND TRAINING ARE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
TO BE SPECIFIC I'D HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU WHENEVER WE DO THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE.
BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. SELDERS. THIS MAY ALSO BE SOMETHING TO COME BACK TO US AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
WITH THIS VENDOR LIST, HOW DO WE ALSO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TRAINING THAT THEY PROVIDE IN TERMS OF THE PD? IS THAT INTERNALLY THAT WE DO THAT, OR IS THERE SOME MECHANISM OR STRATEGY THAT WE USE WITH THEM TO DETERMINE THAT? I CAN SPEAK FROM MY OWN DEPARTMENT THAT YOU WOULD SEE US START TO LET SOME OF THE VENDORS FALL OFF AS WE START TO ROLL OUT THINGS YEAR AFTER YEAR,
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AND AS WE GET RESULTS EACH AND EVERY YEAR. BUT I THINK THAT RESTS WITH EACH DEPARTMENT AS THEY BRING THE VENDORS FORWARD THEY'RE ACTIVELY RECRUITING THOSE EACH AND EVERY TIME.AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY GET ADDED. SO I WOULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY.
I'D SAY IT'S INTERNAL. INTERNAL. OKAY. THANK YOU.
SEEING NO MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.
LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 4.B. 4.B.6.B CONTRACT 345-27-01.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF FINE ARTS TEMPORARY STAFFING PERSONNEL SERVICES.
DIANA. CASPER. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF FINE ARTS TEMPORARY STAFFING PERSONNEL SERVICES CONTRACT 345-27-01. THIS IS FINE ARTS TEMPORARY STAFFING PERSONNEL SERVICES CONNECTS ARTISTS, DESIGNERS AND OTHER CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITHIN THE FINE ARTS REALM WHO REQUIRE SHORT TERM CREATIVE ASSISTANCE.
THIS SERVICE WILL ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO BROADEN THEIR SKILL SETS AND MAINTAIN THEIR COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR DISTRICT FOR PROJECTS, EVENTS AND WHEN STUDENTS NEED SPECIALIZED ARTISTIC SKILLS.
THIS IS AN EXTENDED RFP AGAIN. WE ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL VENDORS TO CONTINUE CREATING A POOL OF AWARDED TEMPORARY STAFFING VENDORS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND VETTED FOR GARLAND ISD CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS. THIS IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT YIELDED FROM A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WITH A CONTRACT TERM OF ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ANNUAL RENEWAL OPTIONS. A FINANCIAL IMPACT NOT TO EXCEED $800,000, WITH A FUNDING SOURCE OF 199 GENERAL FUND.
I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BEACH. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME TOO? THIS IS KIND OF NEW TO ME, I GUESS, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT PURCHASING MODULE OF THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM RESOURCE GUIDE.
WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? SO TEA PUBLISHES WHAT IS CALLED THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY RESOURCE SYSTEM.
I'VE GOT IT ALL BACKWARDS. WE CALL IT THE THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY RESOURCE SYSTEM GUIDE.
IF YOU WOULD THINK ABOUT OUR BOARD POLICY CH WHICH IS OUR PURCHASING POLICY THAT YIELDS FROM STATUTE AND REGULATION, THE FACE OR THE FAR GUY THAT THIS IS CALLED AS WELL.
ALSO YIELDS FROM THE SAME STATUTE AND REGULATION.
IT'S REALLY JUST TEA'S GUIDE OF HERE DISTRICTS OR ENTITIES OF HOW TO PROCEED WITHIN THE DIFFERENT AREAS FINANCE, PURCHASING. I BELIEVE THERE'S A SPECIAL ED MODULE.
AND WHAT FOR. HAVE THEY EVER COME BACK ON AND SAID, OH, YOU CAN'T DO THAT THROUGH THAT MODULE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE? ON AN EXTENDED RFP? YES. NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. BEACH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S GO TO NUMBER 4.B.7 INCREASE TO AWARDED BIDS.
WE HAVE 7.A WILL BE CONTRACT 290-22. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR DIGITAL PRINTING EQUIPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES. DIANNA CASPER. ONCE AGAIN, FINAL ITEM THIS EVENING IS AGAIN CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR DIGITAL PRINTING EQUIPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES. CONTRACT CONTRACT 290-22. THIS BUDGET INCREASE COVERS THE $5,614 MONTHLY BASE LEASE FOR FOUR PRINT SHOP COPIERS FROM JULY THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2026.
IT INCLUDES $3,594 IN AVERAGE MONTHLY PRINT COPY CHARGES, DRIVEN BY RISING DISTRICT PROJECT VOLUMES, AS WELL AS OUTSOURCED PROJECTS FOR WILEY ISD AND MESQUITE ISD.
COMBINE THESE EXPENSES BRING THE ESTIMATED MONTHLY COST TO $9,208, RESULTING IN A SIX MONTH TOTAL ANTICIPATED EXPENSE OF $55,248. THE TABLE BELOW ILLUSTRATES THE BREAKDOWN OF INCREASES FOR THE REMAINING SIX MONTHS.
THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IS NOT TO EXCEED ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF $164,333, WITH AN INCREASE OF $55,248, YIELDING A NEW FINANCIAL OR NOT TO EXCEED AWARD OF $219,581,
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WITH A FUNDING SOURCE OF 75 2 PRINT SHOP. ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, MISS STANLEY? OKAY, SO JUST WALK ME THROUGH.
SO IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THE ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH WYLIE ISD AND MESQUITE ISD IS BEING PASSED ON TO THOSE ISDS? I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THAT. I'M LOOKING TO SEE IF THE PRINT SHOP IS HERE.
I'LL DEFER OVER TO THE PRINT SHOP TO ANSWER THAT.
HELLO? I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE? WELL, IT SAYS HERE THAT WE'RE BEING ASKED FOR THAT INCREASE.
ARE WE GETTING REIMBURSED BACK FROM THOSE ISDS? YES WE ARE. YEAH. THE THE THE INCREASE IS CAUSED BY MESQUITE ISD CLOSED THEIR PRINT SHOP. SO THEIR FARMING WORK OUT TO OUR SHOP. AND YES, WE WE COVER OUR EXPENSES ANYTIME WE BILL A JOB.
OKAY. THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU LEAVE, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
I'M KEITH HOBSON, COORDINATOR OF PRINTING SERVICES.
OKAY. I HAD I HAD THE SAME QUESTION. SHE ASKED IT, BUT I WAS GOING TO ASK ONE MORE.
YES, SIR. WHEN IT COMES TO LEASING VERSUS PURCHASING, WHAT IS THE ANALYSIS THAT GOES INTO THAT? LEASING? I'M NOT SURE I CAN ANSWER. PURCHASING COPIERS.
IS THAT A CAPITAL ALLOCATION ISSUE, MR. DODD? OR. IT IS. AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE WE LEASE ALL OF OUR COPIERS.
THE COPIERS WE USE IN OUR OFFICES AND ON CAMPUS.
IT'S GENERALLY A 3 TO 5 YEAR LEASE. THAT WE DO.
AND SO EQUIPMENT WEARS OUT. AND SO IF YOU PURCHASE THEM, THEN YOU HAVE TO REPURCHASE, GO OUT FOR AN RFP, WHICH WE HAVE TO DO ON LEASES TOO. BUT ONCE THAT IS SET, THEN WE RUN EVERYTHING THROUGH THE RE-LEASE ALL THE, USUALLY ALL THE TONER AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS COVERED IN THE LEASE.
AND SO THAT WAY IT'S ALL DONE AND WITH ONE DOCUMENT.
SIMPLER PROCESS. YES. AND THEN I'M ASSUMING ALL REPAIRS ARE ON THE PROVIDER.
NOT. WE DON'T, WE DON'T PAY FOR REPAIRS OF THIS LEASED EQUIPMENT.
IT WOULD PROBABLY DEPEND ON WHAT THE REPAIR IS.
IF WE DID SOMETHING WRONG TO THE COPIER, MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE TO FIX IT OURSELVES.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE CALL THE COMPANY. THEY COME OUT, THEY FIX IT AND MOVE ON.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE. YES. OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR THAT ITEM.
[V. Executive Session]
EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR PURPOSES PERMITTED BY TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.2.001. WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY IN PERSON OR BY PHONE.
WHEN THE BOARD SEEKS THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT NUMBER ONE PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION.
NUMBER TWO, A SETTLEMENT OFFER, OR NUMBER THREE, ON A MATTER WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER.
ITEM B PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.074 DELIBERATING DELIBERATION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST A AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
ITEM C WOULD BE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
SECTION 551.076 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.
AT THIS TIME IT IS 6:40 AND WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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WE ARE NOW BACK AT 7:32. I'M HERE TO CERTIFY THAT NOTHING THAT WASN'T POSTED TO BE DISCUSSED WAS DISCUSSED.[VI. Adjournment]
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT AT 7:32. THANK YOU.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.