[0:00] PM, and we are immediately going to go out and go into closed session at 527.

[0:32] Okay, everybody.

[0:36] For the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Gregory Portland, ISD, Monday, December 18.

[0:43] The time is 6 o'clock straight up. Please silence all your electronic devices.

[0:51] And let's see where we are here.

[0:57] We are back in open session from closed session.

[1:01] No action to be taken on any items in closed session.

[1:08] We have a forum.

[1:13] Six of our seven here.

[1:16] And we're going to start off with the indication by Nicole Nolan,

[1:19] followed by the pledge of allegiance by Melissa Gonzalez.

[1:23] Everybody please stand.

[1:38] I'm

[3:15] number six, the reading of the GPSD vision mission and beliefs and I'll start us off and then we'll go to my left with Zach the vision of GPSD is to educate and inspire and power.

[3:29] The mission of Gregory Paul and ISD is to educate and inspire and empower our students to succeed in life and become the next generation of leaders.

[3:38] In GPISD, we believe students are leaders and critical thinkers who embrace diversity and pursue excellence in all endeavors.

[3:48] In GPISD, we believe that parents, families, or two partners have a voice and have a high expectation.

[3:56] In GPISD, we believe faculty and staff will include some relationships and maximize student success with integrity, compassion, and talent.

[4:04] In GPSC, we believe principles and campus leadership are courageous leaders who show grace, empower others, embrace diversity, and cultivate GP pride.

[4:17] At GPSC, we believe the superintendent and central office advance our vision with intention, collaboration, and purpose driven leadership.

[4:25] In GPSC, we believe our Board of Trustees are strategic collaborative leaders who model good governance and empower and inspire others to serve the GP community.

[4:37] Okay, item number seven, recommendations and presentations.

[4:42] I didn't get a chance to look at the sign and sheet to see if we have any elected officials

[4:46] or honored guests here today.

[4:50] Anyone in the audience forgive me if I pass you over.

[4:56] And so we'll go ahead and move on to our student recognition.

[4:59] Yes.

[5:00] So, as we as a team go around to the front of Ms. Maturn come to the podium to do our recognitions tonight.

[5:35] And don't they look fantastic, right? We have the best school board.

[5:41] Yeah,

[5:44] well, good evening, Dr. Kavassos, Vice President Gregory, Trustees, and all of our GP family.

[5:51] Audience members, we invite you not only to observe our recognitions yet also to participate in the following way.

[5:56] So if you have a phone with you, if you could grab it real quick and scan that QR code that's on the screen.

[6:03] This is a chance just to submit a quick positive praise, a quick message of encouragement to our teachers.

[6:09] It's an exhausting week for our teachers and staff as we celebrate across the district so they will really appreciate it.

[6:16] If you could lift them up with some words of gratitude.

[6:19] Thank you.

[6:20] Now we'd also like to share a few reminders for those who are being recognized tonight.

[6:24] When your name is called, please approach the superintendent to receive a certificate and take an individual photo.

[6:30] Then please shake hands with each of our school board members.

[6:32] And if there is more than one person in your group to be recognized, please remain standing at the left side of the room until all of your group has come forward and will gather in the center of her group photo.

[6:43] For all recognitions, we invite our principals, teachers, and advisors of any student groups as well as supervisors or team members of employees and those working with the honorees directly to approach the front and join your honoree for group photo.

[6:56] Our recognitions will begin this evening with an opportunity to extend sincere gratitude to a neighboring industrial company for their dedication to some of our most incredible wildcats.

[7:10] Here at GPISD many of our students enjoy the opportunity to participate in the special Olympics throughout the school year.

[7:17] There are five million participants worldwide in 172 countries, including ours, who take part in this of the world's largest organization for children and adults that qualify for special and services and support.

[7:31] These wealth cat athletes are able to excel with their peers who share intellectual and physical abilities that are complementary to one another, and tonight we have several of them in the audience with us,

[7:44] who we will now invite forward to join our superintendent and school board.

[7:49] So please welcome them and our GPIC advisors for the special Olympics program, Mr. Brandon Ellis and Mr. James Espinoza.

[7:57] So can we bring up our athletes?

[8:04] And we also have with us our director of special education, Miss Amanda Monios, who will join us as well.

[8:21] Up for the front to get ready to smile big for a group photo.

[8:25] We all would like you to know that later this spring, we are going to be bringing back this entire group for recognition of the program and our athletes.

[8:35] So tonight, they are not here to receive certificates, like some of the other individuals, because you all will get that in the spring.

[8:43] Instead, they're receiving something really, really exciting, which is a really big check.

[8:50] Wildcats, the Special Olympics program, will be well supported this school year thanks to the significant donation of $31,000 from our friends at Sheneer Energy.

[9:09] And we're inviting our representatives from Sheneer to come forward and present this check to our Wildcat athletes.

[9:14] Please welcome Mr. Luis Bondeo and Ms. Nadia Muddy.

[9:55] Okay, and as our Special Olympics athletes wander back to their seat,

[9:59] We know that we...

[10:00] May have several parents and family members of these outstanding students in the audience. If you could please stand, if you're a family member, of these wild cats, so we can thank you for all you do.

[10:19] Thank you all very much, and thank you again to Sheneer.

[10:33] So next, we will honor those who have been selected by their campus administrators and teachers to appear in our feature video series, the line to priority 3 of the balance scorecard.

[10:43] Our most recent rising rock stars of GPISD from WC Andrews Elementary School, this student is in the fifth grade and has attended GPE for the last three years.

[10:55] She loves playing soccer and spending time outside with her sister. She enjoys reading books and participating in WCA's pod squad cheer team.

[11:04] The robotics club running club and choir. Her favorite classes are reading in science. She says she's not sure what she wants to be when she grows up yet.

[11:12] Though has thought about maybe owning a business one day, which would make complete sense to us because she cares a lot about serving others.

[11:20] Please welcome our first rising rock star tonight, Katara, more.

[11:34] And as she's shaking hands, our next rising rock star is a seventh grader from GP middle school who enjoys advanced English, pre-Algebra, playing the trumpet and developing skills and percussion in our awesome GP band program.

[11:48] She's already planning for high school by focusing on her grades and hoping for advanced and

[11:52] honors classes as well as college courses offered through the GPHSP Tech program.

[11:58] So far she's narrowed her list of college and career interests to environmental science, forensic

[12:02] anthropology, or marine biology, and is interested in rice university.

[12:08] Helping the environment is extremely important to her and with the ambition she carries

[12:12] everywhere she goes, we know she's going to go on to make a monumental difference in

[12:17] world. Please welcome Lily Crystal.

[12:28] And our third rising rock star for the evening from GP High School

[12:31] is a senior this year has attended GP ISD since elementary school at East Cliff. He's taking

[12:37] some challenging courses including dual credit English, calculus, and robotics. This rising rock

[12:42] star has played football with some of his fellow wildcats since they were five years old. And really

[12:48] says he appreciates the support for athletes here in GP. He plans to play football and study

[12:55] aerospace engineering at the United States Air Force Academy. Please put your hands together

[13:00] for Mr. Brody Mitchell.

[13:20] Now as they gather together for a group photo, we'd once again like to

[13:23] extend congratulations to these exceptional students and now ask their families to stand and let us thank

[13:29] you for the difference that you make in their lives. Families of our rock stars.

[13:51] Thank you all. Congratulations

[13:58] So, if you've driven near GP high school recently and I'm sure most people in this room have, then you've noticed that we have an

[14:03] agressions facility that is nearly complete to support the growing interest in our ag courses and FFA program.

[14:12] As an example, just a few weeks ago, GP high school celebrated the fact that 22 of our FFA members competed in eight different events at the

[14:27] earning first and second-place titles at the district level are here tonight. So we would

[14:33] like to recognize them for bringing their best and excelling on behalf of their fellow students,

[14:38] their school and our district, as well as congratulate all of our Wildcats in the FFA program

[14:43] who competed and will continue to compete in years to come. Learning second-place and district

[14:49] for Senior Ag Advocacy, Kaylin Baker.

[15:09] And also, second place in district for Ag Advocacy, Agent Garcia,

[15:31] earning first place in district for senior FFA Broadcasting, Attie Linley.

[15:55] Also, first place in district for senior FFA Broadcasting, Kalani Dawson.

[16:17] And finally, first place in district for senior FFA Broadcasting, Maddie Carmichael.

[16:39] And as she's making her way through the school board, shaking hands with congratulations.

[16:44] we ask the parents and family members of these students to please stand and let us thank you

[16:49] for all you do and all you give to GPIC and the FFA program.

[17:06] Here comes Mrs. Ferguson and as their

[17:10] teacher and advisor and principal joins them perfect both teachers you let everybody okay

[17:32] congratulations

[17:33] everyone and

[17:41] now it is time to announce our GPIC employees of the month for the last month of this

[17:47] calendar year. I'd like to ask our director, our executive director, excuse me, if you

[17:53] have been a resources doctor, Daniel Sabayas, to join Dr. Kovasa in the board for these

[17:57] employee recognitions. Tonight's honorees were selected from among nominations submitted

[18:02] by their peers, supervisors, students, and community members, all of whom, everyone in this

[18:07] room, can submit a request for recognition at any time on our website. This evening, we

[18:17] The district's paraprofessional employee of the month is someone who nearly everyone in our district knows due to her dedication to the team as a payroll specialist.

[18:27] Please welcome Mrs. Jackie Aragon.

[18:39] Known for being approachable, fun-loving and kind, her dedication to her work and to our more than 750 employees district wide is highly valued and appreciated far more than she may realize.

[18:52] She truly lives the vision to educate, inspire, and empower each day in her role with GPISD.

[18:58] And recently, we have seen her name submitted by a fellow employee for positive praise due to the incredible customer service that she provides in a timely and attentive fashion.

[19:10] If you know her, then you know her commitment to her work makes her an integral part of our district.

[19:15] And those who know her extremely well know that when she's not decked out in GP, red, and blue, or that lovely sweater.

[19:24] She is in blue and orange, sing her Houston Astros through season after season.

[19:30] A true joy to work with a pleasure to know, please help us congratulate the one and only Miss Jackie Otagon.

[20:13] Our professional employee of the month is a dyslexia interventionist with a heart for helping students who struggle with reading.

[20:22] And through her important work, she transforms lives for the better each and every day at East Cliff Elementary.

[20:28] Please join us in recognizing Mrs. Carrie Novak.

[20:39] Ms. Novak is as compassionate as she is talented to consistently working to bring dyslexia awareness to our families and the best education possible

[20:48] as well as supports and services for her students.

[20:52] Her unwavering dedication is truly remarkable,

[20:57] and she daily goes the extra mile to ensure the well-being

[21:00] and academic success of those in her care,

[21:02] which is her absolute highest priority.

[21:05] She is their advocate and confident,

[21:08] seeking ways to foster collaboration among teachers

[21:11] and assist her peers in discovering valuable resources

[21:14] and activities for students who face challenges.

[21:16] Her kindness and respect toward her students make her an outstanding role model both to our

[21:22] Wildcats and colleagues, and the depth of knowledge that she has attained coupled with a passion

[21:28] for her invaluable work shines through her teaching and creates an inspiring learning environment

[21:33] for all. A treasure to her bride and beautiful students at school and her bride and beautiful

[21:39] children at home. She is one of a kind at East Cliff and at GPISD. Let's give a big round of applause

[21:45] for a true different smaker, miscarried event.

[22:09] And with the families of our employees of the month, please stand

[22:12] and let us give you a round of applause.

[22:14] We thank you for being here tonight.

[22:26] Thank you.

[22:27] And congratulations again to all of our honorees.

[22:31] Our final recognition is not for particular individual.

[22:35] However, for the entire district and leadership team

[22:37] who work to ensure that GPISD continues to excel

[22:41] as stewards of taxpayer dollars

[22:43] and taxpayer property throughout the district.

[22:45] Back in 2017-18, Hurricane Harvey caused a significant amount of damage to schools in our region.

[22:52] In the case of GP ISD, damage to the roof of GP High School and Steven F. Austin Elementary

[22:57] School were among the most significant issues we experienced.

[23:01] It has taken six years and a lot of time, talent, effort, patience, and thoughtful management

[23:07] to ensure that GPISD received the legal settlement agreement and subsequent millions of dollars owed to our taxpayers that resulted from Harvey roofing damages at these campuses.

[23:20] Thanks to the efforts specifically from our superintendent, Dr. Komosos, who doesn't know that we wrote that.

[23:27] Our school board, our Assistant Superintendent of Business Finance and Operations, Dr. Ismail

[23:32] Gonzalez III, and our teams supporting this effort in recent years in business finance

[23:38] and operations as well as our campuses. We are proud to announce that we have finally

[23:43] been able to close a chapter on a long-awaited settlement and cooperation with Pearson

[23:49] Legal Law firm. At this time, we invite those who were part of this process and who are part

[23:56] district, not to be shy, but to please come forward and join the board and superintendent.

[24:02] If you are in the room, as tonight, we will bring forward a check in the amount that the district

[24:07] has officially received as a final sediment settlement to GP ISD, inclusive of all fees and

[24:13] a donation from Pearson Legal, which totals $2,362,500 owed back to our GP taxpayers.

[24:21] Congratulations.

[24:42] Right, right.

[24:43] Thank

[24:56] you.

[25:02] And the settlement in excess of 4 million?

[25:05] If I'm not mistaken.

[25:06] Ooh. Six million. Okay.

[25:09] Seven million. How many fingers were you holding at seven?

[25:14] Congratulations to the team working hard to make this possible.

[25:17] A feat not all districts have been able to achieve.

[25:19] And thank you to the team at Pearson Legal for your contribution.

[25:22] Trustees, friends and wildcats, this concludes the recognition portion of tonight's meeting.

[25:26] Thank you.

[25:41] As everybody is exiting the room after the recognition.

[25:48] Oh, sorry.

[25:51] Okay.

[25:55] Yeah.

[25:56] Yes, we can take a break.

[25:57] However, I want to let the room settle down a little bit,

[26:00] because I forgot to recognize somebody that was with us tonight.

[26:03] A special guest.

[26:04] That's with us.

[26:07] Not yet.

[26:08] Not yet.

[26:13] Okay, my apologies, I forgot to recognize a couple of special guests in the room with us tonight.

[26:23] I'll try to talk over the noise I know everybody's leaving.

[26:26] We have our pork commissioner representing San Patricia County, Mr. West Hoskins.

[26:31] Thank you for being here tonight with your daughter and your lovely wife,

[26:36] who is on our Education Foundation Board.

[26:39] Thank you both for serving our community.

[26:43] Yes, and former trustee, Mr. Hoskins.

[26:47] Okay, we're going to take a short break, short recess at 626, 10 minutes, tops, tops.

[32:11] Number 8, public hearing for the financial integrity rating system of Texas.

[32:17] Yes, so I'm going to ask Dr. Gonzalez to come forward to do our public hearing. This is a requirement to do a public hearing on our first rating each year.

[32:28] begins on page six in your board book.

[32:33] If you're wanting to follow along.

[32:36] So welcome, Dr. Gonzalez.

[32:38] Good evening.

[32:42] All right, it's not.

[32:43] It is fallen.

[32:43] What page did you start with?

[32:45] Page six.

[32:46] Thank you.

[32:47] Good evening.

[32:48] Number of the board.

[32:49] Mr. Vice Chair.

[32:50] Dr. Kavasos.

[32:52] Tonight.

[32:54] I am here to present our public hearing for the first,

[32:58] which is a stand for financial integrity rating system of Texas.

[33:03] Just like academics, how the Texas Education Agency holds us accountable.

[33:08] We're also held accountable to meet specific financial standards at the state level.

[33:15] And through first, we're able to be rated at certain levels.

[33:21] So this was enacted back in 2001,

[33:24] And really, again, gives a clear visual or idea to the state that we're being

[33:31] a fiscally responsible with our finances, and its primary goal is to improve management

[33:37] of the school district's financial resources.

[33:41] So, a couple of objectives to the first ratings is assessing the quality of the financial

[33:46] management practices in Texas public schools and fairly evaluating the quality of financial

[33:55] management decisions at a public institution and openly reporting these results to the

[34:02] general public.

[34:04] These reports lag several years be back so today we're going to be looking at the 2021-222 data

[34:11] to find the results for the most up-to-date first rating for GPISD.

[34:22] Scores are based on a summation of points on 20 indicators.

[34:27] As you can see there, if you receive a 90 to 100, you get a superior achievement

[34:32] and then from there it breaks down different rankings.

[34:36] But, since the enactment of this accountability system, we have at GPI is the always received a superior achievement and plan to continue doing so, moving forward.

[34:51] So, spoiler alert, we did receive a superior achievement for the district.

[34:58] So, to go through the process.

[35:00] This accountability system, I'm going to run through the 20 indicators and if any questions emerge

[35:05] or you have something that you would like to ask, don't hesitate to raise your hand and we can answer

[35:11] as well for the public also that is here. Very many people are here for this report, but if any

[35:19] questions come up, feel free. So was the AFR, the annual financial report filed within one month after

[35:26] The November 27th or January 28 deadline for the fiscal year-end date.

[35:31] The answer to that question was yes for that year.

[35:35] Was there an unmodified opinion in the annual financial report on the financial statements as a whole?

[35:41] The answer was yes.

[35:42] So those two were yes, there are paths.

[35:45] Was the school district in compliance with the payment terms of all-depth agreements

[35:49] that fiscal year-end, the answer is yes, did the school district make timely payments to the TRS

[35:56] TWC and IRS and any other government agencies the answer was yes

[36:02] Was the average change in fund balance over three years less than a 25% decrease or did the current years a sign and an assigned fund balance

[36:11] Exceeded 75 days of operational expenditures

[36:14] Our ends we we answered yes or the past that ceiling

[36:18] I did add some data in there so you can gauge an idea of where

[36:23] We ended that year when it came to the fund balance, which was at 109 million, but highly, well over exceeded the 75 days of operational expenditures, which came out to that year at 12 million, 62,113 dollars.

[36:45] Was the number of days of cash on hand and current investments in the general fund for the school district sufficient to cover operating expenditures?

[36:54] We received 10 out of 10 points here. The answer was yes, you can see here cash

[36:59] Was at 105 million with our total expenditures that year equally 59.5 million

[37:05] But that year we had 657 days of fund balance and needing the formula was designed to exceed 90 days, so we exceeded it by a very many by a lot for that year.

[37:29] Number eight was a measure of current assets to current liabilities ratio for the school districts efficient to cover short term debt.

[37:35] Here, it's based on a ratio that is assets over liabilities came out to 9.4, which was greater than 3, which was the standard for the state that year.

[37:47] So we passed that with 10 out of 10 points.

[37:51] Number 9, the school district's general fund revenues equal or exceed expenditures.

[37:56] If not, was the school district's number of days cash on hand greater than or equal to 60 days.

[38:01] Well, we passed the one before, which 90 days, this one again, we had 657 days of fun balance

[38:08] in our general fund, which resulted in a 10 out of 10 points for the district.

[38:16] Number 11 was a ratio of long-term debt liabilities to total assets for the school district's

[38:20] sufficient to support long-term solvency.

[38:23] Here, liabilities over assets came out to 0.48, which was less than 0.60, which is

[38:33] the standard for the state to receive 10 out of 10 points, and we did meet that as

[38:38] well.

[38:40] Was the debt per hundred dollars of assessed property value ratio sufficient to support

[38:45] future debt repayments?

[38:48] This might be a typo, but I think it was 10 out of 10 points.

[38:51] I think last year was eight, but here we do have a 1.72, which is less than 4, which is a standard,

[39:01] but you can see the sources of values that they pull from mainly from our audit reports

[39:10] to come up with these final results and to grade the district.

[39:15] We can see that it all, the local intermediate sources divided into revenue, multiply by

[39:22] liabilities, and they divide that by the assessed property value, our assessed property

[39:27] value that year was 11.4 billion.

[39:30] This year it was, it went up to 16 billion, right?

[39:33] So, it moved, it moved very quickly in the last couple of years.

[39:39] This one's correct number 13 was the administrative cost ratio less than the threshold ratio.

[39:46] We did score here eight out of 10 points.

[39:49] This has to do with where we are with the administrative pay.

[39:56] We found this year that there was a lot.

[40:00] We have a coding inaccuracies and have made those clear those up in the last couple of years since. So we're hoping moving forward that we're able to score 10 out of 10 points here.

[40:14] But still, eight out of 10 points is great for the district.

[40:19] Did the comparison of teams' data to like information in the California report result in an aggregate variance of less than 3%.

[40:27] The expense of the expenditures per fund type answers, yes, actually 131 divided into 59 million.

[40:37] We're at zero, so we didn't have very many variances for teams data that year,

[40:46] basically how many adjustments were made.

[40:49] It's looking more at a data quality measurement to ensure that we're being as accurate as possible when

[40:56] during data into our student information system,

[40:59] our financial system throughout the year.

[41:01] And then it's basically pulling in,

[41:05] a certain formula to see if we have too much

[41:09] adjustments throughout the year or not.

[41:11] And we really don't.

[41:12] We have a great, and we still have great teams

[41:15] with the district that keep track of all the changes

[41:19] that are necessary.

[41:20] And if none are, then we continue with our practices.

[41:25] 17, the external independent auditor report that the end of financial report was free

[41:30] of any instances of material weaknesses and internal controls over financial reporting

[41:34] and compliance for local state and federal funds answers yes the district was free

[41:39] of any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in that school year.

[41:47] 18 did the external independent auditor indicate the end of financial report was free of

[41:52] a material non-compliance for grants, contracts, and laws related to local state and federal funds.

[41:59] The answer was yes, we score 10 out of 10 points on that one.

[42:04] 19 did the school district post the required financial information on the website,

[42:09] in accordance with government code, local government code, Texas education code, Texas administrative code,

[42:14] and other statute laws and rules that were in effect at the school district's fiscal year.

[42:18] This was a 5 out of 5.

[42:19] we scored five out of five, number 20 did the school board members discuss the district property

[42:25] values at a board meeting within 120 days before the district adopted its budget. Yes, I mean,

[42:31] obviously the board does adopt it and we go through several workshops before that to discuss

[42:36] what property values look like and direction we're going in for the upcoming year.

[42:41] So we ended up with the 98 out of a hundred possible points, which results in a superior

[42:49] achievement, some additional requirements for the first rating for the public hearing of

[42:58] the first rating as to show a annual financial management report that includes our school board

[43:07] our superintendents and specific expenditures that are mainly a travel and so you can see that

[43:17] report here and

[43:22] then the next piece is to share our superintendents contract with in this meeting

[43:30] and I'll go through it slowly I don't know if anybody's seen online but if anybody is interested

[43:38] or would like to see a copy it's on our website and we've always had it on our website.

[43:44] This district practice is that so and at the same time with anybody wants a copy of this entire

[43:52] presentation feel free to email me reach out to me by phone.

[44:00] So that's my report. Any questions

[44:02] from the board?

[44:07] Laura has a question. Can you just share where to find the contract online?

[44:11] Yes, so if you go to the district's website and go to, I can go pull it up right now.

[44:25] We're going to go to the Superintendents

[44:34] page.

[44:41] Here you'll see your hover over the third bullet or box in there.

[44:48] And when you click it, it comes right up.

[44:51] So for those at home, or curious,

[44:55] it's on the superintendent's page.

[45:04] Any other questions from the board?

[45:09] Okay, then we'll move on to the next item that's comments from the public.

[45:13] Thank you.

[45:15] Are there any comments from the public about the information that Dr. Gonzalez just shared for the public?

[45:24] Nobody, no comments for public hearing. Now, we'll move on to item number 10, comments from public and open form.

[45:31] And we have no one signed up to comment.

[45:35] So we'll move on to item number 11, consent agenda.

[45:48] Is there anyone that wants to remove any items out

[45:51] from consent agenda?

[45:53] And that might present an item D.

[45:56] D is in dog, correct.

[45:59] Mark, did you?

[46:02] E?

[46:04] E?

[46:04] New else?

[46:06] I'm going to pull out G.

[46:19] Okay, so we'll start with that empty, right?

[46:22] You can't even remember the motion.

[46:23] So you should make a motion on the ones that we're not.

[46:25] That's right.

[46:26] Thank you.

[46:27] And then go.

[46:28] Thank you.

[46:29] Okay.

[46:31] So do I have a motion for items A, B, C, F?

[46:37] Can we do that?

[46:37] Can we prove we can set the remaining consent in the first and then?

[46:40] That's what she's doing.

[46:41] Yeah.

[46:42] Is the remaining consent?

[46:43] Yeah.

[46:45] So do I have a motion for A, B, C, F and H?

[46:49] So move Nicole and ZAC, ABCDF and H, Nicole and ZAC,

[47:02] all in favor,

[47:03] signify by raising your hands.

[47:07] Is that really okay?

[47:08] Sorry about that.

[47:08] Okay, so items ABCDF and H, NAS, ABCF and ABCF and H.

[47:17] Maybe, oh, I'm sorry, I included D in their ABC F and H pass, unanimous,

[47:28] okay.

[47:29] So now item number D. That was Melissa's request. What questions do you have Melissa?

[47:39] So just, can somebody's eat regarding the mandate as I understand the legislatures asking

[47:46] as the board to vote before March, whether or not we would hire chaplains, as in place

[47:56] of certified counselors, but can you just explain the part volunteers for sure. So this item

[48:05] is actually on page 129 in board in the packet. And so the law, it's Senate Bill 763 that

[48:14] school districts have the option to hire religiously-villity chaplains to work alongside a

[48:19] replace school counselors. And so I think the question is whether they can volunteer.

[48:25] And so yes chaplains can volunteer in our school as volunteers, but not be chaplains

[48:31] in their role as a volunteer. Because we already employ school counselors and we have three social

[48:37] workers, but they can definitely come in and sign up for volunteer opportunities in our

[48:41] tools, as anyone else could come in as a volunteer, but they wouldn't be volunteering as a

[48:46] chaplain in that capacity.

[48:49] Thank you for that, Claire.

[48:50] Yes.

[48:52] Okay.

[48:53] Item any other questions on item D?

[48:56] Okay.

[48:57] Item E.

[48:58] That was Mark's request.

[49:00] Yes.

[49:00] Just a clarification for public purposes.

[49:06] The course.

[49:08] Yes.

[49:08] on page 134 in the board book, it is for considering for starting next year, and it is an approved course through TEA, and going down to, let's see, the course is our peer, you can see on page 136 peer assistance for students with disabilities.

[49:30] And so in the description it's for students and actually we're just talking about this on the break.

[49:35] It's for students who in the general education program can be appear a supportive peer to students who have disabilities and work alongside them.

[49:48] So it's an innovative course that we are adding to are requesting to add to our course guide for next year.

[50:00] Any other questions?

[50:01] No, I just wanted to...

[50:04] I like it.

[50:04] Consent agenda has tendency to be perceived by the public as sliding stuff under the rug.

[50:11] I make sense?

[50:12] I didn't have to, it was acceptable, because it makes sense.

[50:17] So...

[50:17] Yeah, and we did not prefer not to be caught in the HB store or Walmart,

[50:22] and hey, what are you all doing?

[50:24] So, anyway, that's...

[50:26] Okay, and I pulled out G.

[50:27] I don't have any questions on G. I was just out of an abundance of caution, planning on abstaining from that, so that's why I wanted to pull it out.

[50:35] Okay. Yeah. So if you guys are okay with it, I'd like to vote on D&E and G separately. Is that okay?

[50:41] Yeah, that makes sense.

[50:42] Okay. Okay. So do I have a motion to approve items D and E?

[50:48] So moved Nicole,

[50:54] second, all in favor,

[50:58] signify by raising your hands, and DNA pass by unanimous vote.

[51:05] And then just for disclosure purposes,

[51:07] the reason you're abstaining from voting on the speech

[51:10] in debate tournament is you have a student

[51:11] that would be directly impacted.

[51:12] Yes.

[51:13] A bit of it.

[51:14] Yeah, yes.

[51:14] A bit of it.

[51:16] But hopefully.

[51:16] Yeah, and you know, and in the past,

[51:18] legal has said that I can vote, but I just, you might as well, might as well let's say.

[51:25] So, okay.

[51:26] I just don't want anyone to think you're eight minutes deep to the day program.

[51:28] Oh, thank you.

[51:29] Thank you.

[51:30] I appreciate that.

[51:32] Any questions on that item, item G?

[51:36] Okay.

[51:36] Do I have a motion to approve item G on consent agenda?

[51:40] Laura?

[51:42] I'll second.

[51:43] And Zach, second.

[51:46] All in favor?

[51:50] I think they're looking forward to it.

[51:53] I'll say the discussion there.

[51:55] I personally think this is excellent.

[51:58] Yeah, it really is.

[52:01] I would say when I first saw it come through, I was very concerned because it is out of state

[52:06] and it is and making sure that they had the money in their account to do it.

[52:10] Because it would be needed and needs to be paid out of their accounts.

[52:13] And then I was also concerned about the numbers of days,

[52:16] number of days that we have school that would be missed.

[52:19] However, it's the Friday of it is a half day,

[52:22] early release, and then there's no school that Monday.

[52:24] So they're really only missing a day and a half of instruction.

[52:28] So.

[52:29] Good timing.

[52:30] It'd be okay with me if they missed the whole week to load it up.

[52:33] That would be a GP at Harvard.

[52:35] Yeah, very, very, very, very, very, very, very excited for them.

[52:43] So I had Laura made the motion exact seconded, all in favor, signify by raising your hands,

[52:51] one, two, three, four motion passes, five in favor and one abstention.

[53:01] Okay, when we move on 9 and 12, regular business action items, discuss and take possible action,

[53:07] a GPSD fund balance board resolution.

[53:10] Yeah, so I have a Dr. Gonzalez come forward, this is on page 159 in the packet or board

[53:17] So we're going to talk a little bit about how much we should have in there and what we are proposing to do.

[53:24] All right, good deal.

[53:26] Good evening again, members of the board.

[53:29] So what is a fun balance in simple terms?

[53:32] It's the difference between assets and liabilities in a governmental fund at the close of the fiscal year.

[53:38] So in simpler term, it's also known as what's in our savings.

[53:43] how much funding do we have access to as a district. In your packet I wrote a lot of, I wrote

[53:54] an explanation of GASB 54 through the governmental accounting standards board and specifically

[54:00] 0.54 that addresses that a government tool governance body is, in a sense, recommended

[54:09] and required to manage the fund balance for the government to entity in a practice that allows

[54:17] the public to see where the funds are allocated and distributed throughout the fiscal year

[54:25] or for the upcoming year. So one of the recommendations is that a board approves a resolution

[54:33] committing the fund balance, which is what was put into your packet this weekend for your

[54:40] review.

[54:43] And through GASB 54 through that statement, what we would be requesting today is

[54:48] at the board adopt this resolution, which commits a fund balance at year end of this last

[54:57] earlier as followed.

[55:01] Tonight, we have our financial auditors with us in the room and the next item, they're going to be presenting the annual financial report for the fiscal year and August 31, 2023.

[55:17] So you're getting a little glimpse of the fund balance before that report, because we tied

[55:22] there a number directly to this report, which our fund balance for the end of the fiscal year

[55:29] came out to $145 million, $5202,772.

[55:36] So, in looking at our district finances and what we have committed or assigned and what is

[55:47] required to be unassigned.

[55:49] You can see here how I have, in meeting with Dr. Kavassos, and staff as well, broken out

[55:56] our fund balance.

[55:57] So I want to go to that committed section because that's the most important one to discuss

[56:04] because those funds are already committed and allocated towards those specific items.

[56:11] So looking at that committed section, you see the all-purpose practice facility, this is

[56:16] first one. There's a contract already signed with Fulton Construction to complete that and we are

[56:22] working with Turner Ramirez to design and build that. So those funds were committed through

[56:29] the general fund, $50 million, $19,284 dollars in two different phases if you recall. First,

[56:39] it was $29 million, $19,000, some around there. And then recently a couple of months ago, it was

[56:45] 20 more million out of the fund balance that was approved.

[56:49] Then we, as a governing body approved two years ago,

[56:55] a budget amendment of $14.8 million, if you recall,

[56:59] for the roof projects at the high school in Stephen F. Austin,

[57:02] some demolition and some additional deferred maintenance projects.

[57:07] Well, since then, we have spent off about,

[57:10] we've spent off 4,800,000 around there.

[57:14] So the remaining committed balance at the end of the year was 10 million, 225 that has not been spent.

[57:23] That basically rose over, but is already allocated for specific projects that have been approved in the past.

[57:30] Then you have the early childhood center, the peer revisions, the change order number 22 that the board approved because of the soil issues that we were having there came out to 1.2 million.

[57:42] And then Helis hadn't finished $436,000 of work for it with a track in field.

[57:50] That track was actually at about 104.

[57:52] The turf in track was about 1.4 million, but 436 was remaining to be completed after

[57:59] the fiscal year.

[58:00] And so that we have to show as a commitment for September 1 of this fiscal year.

[58:06] So in all 61,940,397 out of the 145 is committed to projects all approved by our board of trustees.

[58:22] So the remaining amounts of 48,510 is what you're seeing on the assigned.

[58:27] We have in their disaster recovery, which has been a line item, in the event that there's

[58:34] ever natural disaster here, or hurricane, more than likely, we're going to need to hash

[58:44] available to us to either renovate, restore, rehabilitate, or even make payroll.

[58:53] So, $18 million is what we're asking to commit to disaster recovery, and then we have litigation

[58:59] and tax settlements over the last couple of years and hearing a little bit, you're going

[59:03] to have Robert Sincere, our cheaper praiser come in, because he's going to talk to you later

[59:08] today about just where we are with our property values, but in collaboration with our tax

[59:15] office, they're starting to see appeals from these industry partners on their property values

[59:22] and appraisals. So when that happens, it's a, it's a, it's a domino effect. So if they are

[59:29] successful on an appeal, those entities that they pay taxes to in prior years are required to

[59:36] refund them back through a tax settlement. So that's what that line item is there for. We've experienced

[59:44] already in the last year or two, some small minor ones, mainly with midway farms, and I believe

[59:50] one was lost applying, and I might not, that might be it, right?

[59:56] Popolyduc, popolyduc, there you go, that one right there.

[59:59] But they haven't been...

[1:00:00] To agree that is significant for us to be alarmed, but they're coming and Roberts made that clear to us as far as how that works.

[1:00:10] Then we have insurance deductibles in the event. There is another roof damage or if what have you, there's deductibles.

[1:00:18] Our property insurance requires us to pay 2% of a name's storm and any buildings. So we would have that.

[1:00:25] We have minor fees here with claims and judgments, then in the last couple of years, we've been following a 10 year replacement plan, whether it's furniture for schools or equipment in our campuses, major capital equipment, uniforms, and anything related to operating a school district, we feel comfortable with 15 million in there.

[1:00:52] Then we notice that in the with all the bond projects we've come in several circumstances to the board for additional funds for construction projects so having a construction capital improvement contingency so that we can track any additional board approved items would help us in the future to know what we're

[1:01:19] improving and spending on above and beyond items that emerged that are either a lack of knowledge of knowing what's being done or something that is like the peer revisions that was out of our control didn't know what was under the ground.

[1:01:41] We also have considering going into next school year and with the situation we're dealing

[1:01:50] with up in Austin with the legislative stance on not approving the biennium.

[1:01:56] We've been talking with our human resources department and with senior cabinet about next year

[1:02:02] and the direction that we're going in with reoccurring cost and our situation financially.

[1:02:07] So in lieu of possibly paying raises, we're considering giving a retention stipend.

[1:02:14] Next year, all pending legislative action, but we all know that they still have not given

[1:02:22] additional funds to any public entities and the Bionium.

[1:02:28] The meeting started eight months ago, nine months ago, and they still after four sessions

[1:02:33] have left us with no answers and no direction, only an election to hope for the best upcoming

[1:02:43] in March. And then the board approved a, all kids eat free budget amendment this last year,

[1:02:50] so tracking that for this school year, which is a great investment for the district. We know that.

[1:02:58] And so all that money, all those funds, those are assigned funds.

[1:03:03] What that means is that they're not committed, but as a district, we want to assign them

[1:03:08] to specific areas, but they can always be modified.

[1:03:13] That money there, the 48.5 is available to us, and what have to be, even if we decided to

[1:03:20] do something with the capital improvement contingency, the district can not do anything without

[1:03:25] board approval. So the assigned dollars are at the government, governing bodies hands. This is

[1:03:32] just how we felt comfortable in designating them so that the board has an idea of what the

[1:03:38] district administration is considering and with these available funds. But they're assigned

[1:03:46] or we're asking the board to approve this resolution to assign them in this capacity. But if we

[1:03:55] still have to come to the board for approval to move them into a specific committed account

[1:04:01] for whichever project it is or expenditure item it may be.

[1:04:07] Then we have our unassigned fund balance.

[1:04:09] I put in there $35 million, $35 million is six months of operating expenditures.

[1:04:16] So, TEA recommends 90 days, three months of operating expenditures in your fund balance in total.

[1:04:26] And we felt comfortable adding six months of operating expenditures into our unassigned fund balance.

[1:04:34] So, those three with a small amount of inventory and prepaid and I think we might make some revisions on this before.

[1:04:41] But it's finalized, but we have some there that is equally in 50,766.

[1:04:49] That comes out to your total fund balance of 145,502,772 dollars.

[1:04:55] So if we reduce the 61.9, that comes out.

[1:05:00] To a little over 80 million in change that is actually available to be allocated or spent, which is the assigned and the unassigned together.

[1:05:17] So this resolution, if you haven't went through it basically, gives you a synopsis of what I just explained and gives the district and the board something to work off of when it comes to what our goals are for our fund balance for this school year.

[1:05:36] And every single year we will come with a updated fund balance resolution because of course

[1:05:42] things change so next year it will look very different or a little different depending

[1:05:49] on where we are financially at the time so open it up to any questions.

[1:05:56] Any questions?

[1:06:00] Thank you for that.

[1:06:01] I just comment,

[1:06:05] having the assigned category is so smart because things that we know are likely

[1:06:12] to come up, right, but not necessarily committed.

[1:06:16] So when you look at the 145 million, you think, oh my goodness, you know, money's going

[1:06:22] on trees.

[1:06:23] It's like, well, well, wait a minute, we've got these things coming up that we know, so I

[1:06:27] appreciate that. So do I have a motion to for the board to accept the

[1:06:33] registration to approve a resolution? Classifying the General Floor

[1:06:38] Balance according to governmental accounting standards board G-A-S-B-54 as

[1:06:43] presented. So I'm going to call and a second. Is that all in favor?

[1:06:55] None of

[1:06:55] Motion passes 706.

[1:06:59] Six out.

[1:07:03] Any other things?

[1:07:05] Yeah.

[1:07:05] Any other things?

[1:07:05] Yeah.

[1:07:06] There's six it was here.

[1:07:07] Thank you.

[1:07:11] Okay.

[1:07:11] For the record.

[1:07:12] Six out.

[1:07:13] Disgusting take possible action.

[1:07:15] Item 12B.

[1:07:17] Disgusting take possible action of annual financial report for the 2223 fiscal year.

[1:07:24] So, yeah, we'll have, actually, Mr. Silgado.

[1:07:28] Well, introduce us.

[1:07:29] Thank you.

[1:07:47] Thank you, Ms. Gregory.

[1:07:49] Members of the Board and Dr. Kamasos.

[1:07:51] We're here to present our annual financial report.

[1:07:54] We have Jeff Smith, CPA from GMS.

[1:07:58] Our independent auditors, as you are probably familiar.

[1:08:01] We are required to obtain an independent audit report every year.

[1:08:06] And so, Mr. Smith, along with this firm,

[1:08:09] staff came and did our audit, and so they'll be presenting to you tonight.

[1:08:14] You had the schedule sees that we're passed out.

[1:08:18] This is the comprehensive report, but you'll also get an electronic version of that.

[1:08:27] Thank you.

[1:08:28] Good evening.

[1:08:30] To all of you.

[1:08:31] No, it's the first time I presented in front of you, so, you know, I asked for some information

[1:08:35] in feedback on what you guys like.

[1:08:37] This has given short, and everybody will be happy.

[1:08:43] First off, I'd like to take the opportunity to thank Albert Buffie and their team for the hard work that they put in to getting us out of prepared.

[1:08:52] As you all know, this is not a simple undertaking. It takes a lot and with a new audit staff, a group involved, everything is a little different.

[1:09:03] But they have performed very well and should be committed for their efforts.

[1:09:07] The whole team, I think, we had everybody on staff hopping to get things done.

[1:09:13] We kind of moved in for a few days.

[1:09:14] I know it was an exciting time for everyone.

[1:09:18] But I will try to make this fairly painless for you and just go through this very briefly.

[1:09:24] You all have the audit report in front of you and so I'm going to start on page number two.

[1:09:30] That's the end of an audit report and gives you just some brief brief information, so as we have audited the financial statements of the government

[1:09:36] Electivities each major fund and the aggregate remaining fund information of GPI's the as of and for the year in

[1:09:44] August 31, 23, and in our opinion the accompanying financial statements present fairly in all material respects the respective

[1:09:52] financial position of the government activities each major fund and the aggregate remaining

[1:09:57] fund information of GPIsD as well as 31.

[1:10:00] Turn over the next page. It's very, very briefly. I want to go over objectives of the auditor as what we're doing. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement.

[1:10:15] And in performing that audit weeks exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism, identify and assess the risk of material misstatement.

[1:10:23] to obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit, evaluate the appropriateness

[1:10:28] of accounting policies, use, and conclude whether in our judgment there are conditions

[1:10:32] or events considered in the aggregate that raise substantial doubt about the district's ability

[1:10:37] to continue as we're going concerned for reasonable period of time.

[1:10:42] So, I'm not going to go over too much of the management discussion analysis, but just so you

[1:10:46] know starting on page 5 and continuing for a few pages, this is kind of your management's opportunity

[1:10:53] to give their highlights. So it kind of highlights the items that they want to point out to you guys.

[1:10:59] And so you can read these things. You know, it's me all kind of stole my thunder.

[1:11:05] Your fun balance there. We were really excited to present it and he kind of took it.

[1:11:11] But just to just to point out one of the things I highlighted is that the district general fund reported combined

[1:11:17] and then the fund balance was $145 million dollars, and so that was a great place to be.

[1:11:22] It was up about 36 from the year past, and just real quick, it's a point out the district's

[1:11:28] total revenues were $150 million, and a significant portion of those almost 43% are coming

[1:11:35] from taxes.

[1:11:36] So kind of keep that in relative terms as far as where your numbers are, where your money's

[1:11:40] coming from, and taxes are a big portion.

[1:11:43] If you turn over to page 12, this is information again provided by your management, it's economic

[1:11:50] factors and next year's budgets and rates.

[1:11:53] There are some factors there at the top you might want to take a look at.

[1:11:56] I think kind of give you some ideas of just some factors that are being considered as you go forward.

[1:12:03] Moving forward, I'm going to go over to page 16.

[1:12:07] So on page 16, we'll see it's a balanced sheet of all governmental funds, the only funds that I'm going to focus on for you is a very first column, it's the general fund.

[1:12:17] It's kind of a fund that you live in, it's kind of control where you operate, where you spend from and everything else, and I'm going to highlight just a couple numbers real quick.

[1:12:25] Cash and cash equivalents for the years at 143 million.

[1:12:31] Last year that number was 106 million.

[1:12:34] So it was increase of 37 million dollars in cash.

[1:12:38] So last that's overall.

[1:12:40] Your 156 million for the year.

[1:12:41] Prior year was 114 million.

[1:12:43] So you had a $41 million increase there.

[1:12:47] Coming down to total liabilities.

[1:12:48] Your total liabilities are 10 million.

[1:12:50] Last year they were 4.9 million.

[1:12:53] It's a little over $5 million increase there.

[1:12:58] So, you know, just some very, very small other numbers in there that you could point out.

[1:13:04] But again, the fund balance number, which we will discuss over on the next page on page 19.

[1:13:11] A couple of pages.

[1:13:13] Reven is just briefly point out your local and intermediate revenues,

[1:13:18] or 76 million for the year, prior year was 57 million.

[1:13:24] It's an increase of 19 million dollars.

[1:13:26] The majority of that increase is due to chapter 3313,

[1:13:29] and your interest income.

[1:13:32] Coming down to expenditures,

[1:13:34] I'm just going to point out a couple of items real quick.

[1:13:37] Instruction.

[1:13:39] Instruction was 33 million per year, prior year was 31 million,

[1:13:42] so that was an increase of about 2 million dollars.

[1:13:46] And capital outlay, current year is a 6.7 million prior year was that 859,000, so it was an increase of

[1:13:55] out 5.8 million.

[1:13:58] Overall, three lines from the bottom, net change in your fund bonds is 36 million.

[1:14:03] Fund balance beginning was 109 and fund balance ending is 145 million.

[1:14:09] It's not going to skip way to the back.

[1:14:12] We're going to go to page 75 and briefly just go to the independent audit report on internal

[1:14:18] control.

[1:14:20] So I'm planning and performing our audit of financial statements we consider GP ISD's internal

[1:14:25] control over financial reporting as a basis for designing procedures that are appropriate

[1:14:30] in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial statements.

[1:14:36] But not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the ISD's internal

[1:14:40] controls.

[1:14:41] Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of GPIsD's internal control.

[1:14:47] But down at the bottom paragraph, you'll note that during our audit, we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weakness.

[1:14:58] Over to page 77.

[1:15:01] The independent audit report on compliance of each major federal program. Second, paragraph states is in our opinion.

[1:15:09] GPIsD, complied in all material respects with the compliance requirements referred to that could

[1:15:14] have a direct and material effect on each of its major federal programs for the year ended August 31, 23.

[1:15:21] All right, I'm going to go to page 80. It's kind of the summary of the audit results.

[1:15:27] Some of this, you kind of saw when they went through the first ratings that asked questions and the answers

[1:15:30] where yes or no, a lot of these questions come from this page and the audit.

[1:15:36] So with very top under financial statements, the type of audit report issued was an unmodified

[1:15:40] report.

[1:15:41] It's the best report that you can get.

[1:15:44] Internal controls or financial reporting, was there one or more material weakness identified?

[1:15:48] The answer is no.

[1:15:51] Was there one or more significant deficiencies identified?

[1:15:54] Answer is none.

[1:15:56] Was there any noncompliance from material to financial statements noted?

[1:15:58] The answer is no.

[1:16:00] Under federal awards and internal controls over major programs,

[1:16:04] whether any material weaknesses identified

[1:16:06] the answer is no.

[1:16:08] Was there any significant deficiencies identified?

[1:16:10] The answer is no.

[1:16:11] And the type of water report issue was an unmodified report.

[1:16:15] Were there any odd findings disclosed

[1:16:17] that a required to be reported the answer is no.

[1:16:20] And if you turn over to the next page,

[1:16:22] page 81, section I was B and C,

[1:16:26] And we're there any financial answers none, and we're there any federal

[1:16:31] award findings and questions, costs, answers none.

[1:16:35] And that's about as brief as I can make the audit report.

[1:16:40] Overall, it was a good year for the school district,

[1:16:42] I mean, you see the increase in fund balance.

[1:16:45] And again, for our first year at audit,

[1:16:49] you're keen to incredible job of helping us get through it.

[1:16:52] So we appreciate it.

[1:16:55] Any questions?

[1:16:58] Are you available?

[1:17:00] This is done.

[1:17:01] It's out there.

[1:17:01] Yes, sir.

[1:17:02] We will be sending an electric copy tomorrow.

[1:17:04] Like, Trump copy?

[1:17:05] It's pretty hot off the process after.

[1:17:09] Any other questions?

[1:17:10] Yes.

[1:17:11] There's a certificate if the board approves the audit to be signed.

[1:17:15] If you should, as well as the management, we'll rub it with this one.

[1:17:22] There's no other question.

[1:17:25] Go right ahead.

[1:17:26] I'd like to extend my deepest appreciation for absolutely incredible job that I've managed to

[1:17:31] partner with.

[1:17:34] As usual.

[1:17:35] Good job.

[1:17:36] Thank you.

[1:17:40] Thank you.

[1:17:41] Thank you.

[1:17:42] Thank you very much.

[1:17:47] Okay.

[1:17:47] Do I have a motion for the Board to approve the district's audited annual financial report for

[1:17:52] the year ending August 31st, 31st, 2023?

[1:18:04] Any last minute discussion?

[1:18:08] All in favor?

[1:18:11] Then none opposed.

[1:18:12] Motion passes six zero.

[1:18:30] We'll move on to 12c.

[1:18:32] Discuss and take possible action on CSP.

[1:18:35] Number 2324-011 administration roof restoration.

[1:18:43] Dr. Kovasa, members of the board.

[1:18:45] Thank you for the floor.

[1:18:48] This building roof is from 2001, so it succeeded its 20-year life

[1:18:55] expectancy.

[1:18:58] Images and issues that have come over the years,

[1:19:01] they have done repairs and patch work, and those have started to become ineffective.

[1:19:10] So therefore, with the Capital Improvement Projects Committee, the roof replacement on

[1:19:18] this building was one of the identified projects,

[1:19:24] and we utilized our new small projects

[1:19:27] architect, Lamar Wilmaque and Associates, to design this, they worked with the construction

[1:19:33] department, and they tested it, they specced it out, and we took it out to bid.

[1:19:40] We received those bids on Thursday of last week, the 14th.

[1:19:45] We opened them, we scored them, tabulated them, and everything on that same day.

[1:19:50] There were only two bids that were received, port enterprises, LTD and RGO roofing and construction LLs.

[1:20:00] Dr. Gonzalez and myself represented the district in the scoring committee. We had assistance from non-scoring members, Todd Brandolin, of Lamar Wolmeck and Associates, our project architect, and Richard Garcia, Tremko Roofing Manufacturer, because those were the parts materials that were specced out in the project, but it came down to price.

[1:20:24] We had two reputable companies and the winning proposal that we are recommending tonight is port enterprises in the amount of $632,700 and $8.

[1:20:40] They scored 95 out of 100 on the rankings compared to the competitor who scored 84 and their bid was $238,000 more.

[1:20:52] So it made it fairly easy decision for us having two

[1:20:56] reputable companies, but that big of a price difference.

[1:21:01] The proposed funding would come out of deferred maintenance,

[1:21:04] which is from bond 2020 and bond 2023.

[1:21:09] And so administration would like to recommend

[1:21:11] to approve a contract with port enterprises in the amount of 632,700,

[1:21:17] and $78 for administrative roof restoration

[1:21:20] in accordance with CSP number 2324-01.

[1:21:27] Any questions?

[1:21:31] I've got a couple on this end.

[1:21:36] Nicole?

[1:21:37] I'm good.

[1:21:38] Oh, I thought I heard you say yet a question.

[1:21:41] Just mark me.

[1:21:43] Yeah.

[1:21:43] This is Mark.

[1:21:44] What kind of a route is on this building?

[1:21:48] You know that, sir?

[1:21:49] I don't know why I was making it with metal.

[1:21:56] It's a picture, right?

[1:21:59] It's a picture.

[1:22:02] Is it in a metal room?

[1:22:06] We're going

[1:22:09] to go into a room.

[1:22:11] We're going to a room.

[1:22:12] We're trying to go roofing.

[1:22:14] We're trying to go manufacture.

[1:22:17] I'll start.

[1:22:19] Any other questions?

[1:22:20] The budget came, the OPC that we had was 600,000, but it came in a little over that.

[1:22:27] After talking with Lamar Womack and Trimco who designed it for the district, well, we're

[1:22:33] getting is going to give us another 20 to 30 years.

[1:22:37] I think at this point now, we're also able after 20 years to do this separate process.

[1:22:44] We down the road, but to where it's very inexpensive, to get another 20 years out of that second somewhat of a refurbished roof.

[1:22:55] But after talking on the other day with them, they're finding a lot of corrosion up there on that metal, and it's just time.

[1:23:04] It's just, it's time to make this decision.

[1:23:07] Mike, when we're just talking in the back, it's going to be a lot of, it's going to be

[1:23:11] a noisy for us here at Central, so it's like Mike will said if kids can deal with it

[1:23:15] and Steven have Austin at the high school, we'll be perfectly fine here while they're working

[1:23:20] and accommodate as much as possible, but power will turn off, light will flicker through,

[1:23:27] We'll figure it out.

[1:23:30] So yeah.

[1:23:39] It's pretty rough up there for what we had to say.

[1:23:43] Now, we have never worked with these two companies,

[1:23:46] or Port Enterprise, this was being recommended,

[1:23:49] but they were vouched for by Trimco and Lamar Wolmak,

[1:23:56] who they currently have worked with them.

[1:23:59] We're looking forward to.

[1:24:00] We're enjoying seeing some new construction companies coming to bid on our projects.

[1:24:06] It's good.

[1:24:07] The aluminum is overwhelmingly the most popular roof for the coastal area.

[1:24:12] I'm sorry.

[1:24:14] All righty.

[1:24:14] Do I have a motion for the board to accept?

[1:24:17] Nation and award the contract to the highest rank contractor for administration roof restoration.

[1:24:23] In conjunction with SCSP number two three two four dash zero one.

[1:24:28] And that would be poor enterprises.

[1:24:32] So to frame a list, I'll be back in.

[1:24:36] I'll already reach down.

[1:24:38] Melissa's made the motion and Mark's second.

[1:24:40] Mark's second.

[1:24:41] You OK?

[1:24:42] She'd be.

[1:24:44] So we'll put Mark in seconds.

[1:24:47] All righty.

[1:24:48] All in favor?

[1:24:50] Motion passes six.

[1:24:53] OK.

[1:24:56] Okay, moving on to 13, report and...

[1:25:00] Question, board score card.

[1:25:03] Yes, so I actually can't remember who's supposed to report out on their part of the board score card this month.

[1:25:11] But I will, on your behalf, indicate a four about advocating locally. You all have been everywhere.

[1:25:19] Like, you've been at so many great events out in the community and their schools, and that's a big part of our local advocacy work.

[1:25:27] So thank you all for your visibility and for all the things that you do to advocate on behalf of our school district.

[1:25:33] Thank you very much.

[1:25:34] And then I know a couple of even working on, you know, as a team you've met on your governance handbook.

[1:25:40] And then also working on which will come next month, probably a draft of the budget parameters memo.

[1:25:46] You saw the first part of that tonight with the fund balance resolution, but then seeing,

[1:25:52] And January really our budget parameters that you will all end up adopting to give us the guiderails as we build the budget for the 24 or 25 school year.

[1:26:02] As in Mark and I will be meeting with Dr. Gonzalez and you on Wednesday to work on the draft.

[1:26:09] Does you see where the weeds on that one?

[1:26:12] Yes.

[1:26:14] Wednesday morning, 8 a.m.

[1:26:19] Okay, yeah, we're going to see a preview here in a few minutes, so, so that is it for that.

[1:26:28] And then for the report, this month we'll do the 4.3 report.

[1:26:33] We normally, you know, as you know, we've been doing, we've tried to do a priority one report each month,

[1:26:38] but note in light of this, we have looked with the first rating and the financial report,

[1:26:44] it that tonight says just all party four. So we weren't going to add another

[1:26:49] thing. Yes. And so I think we had a little bit let's see on four point oh

[1:26:57] that's oh there's for the whole oh this is the tax report that's what we're

[1:27:03] going to go into that and I can do quickly I don't know did you guys put it in a

[1:27:14] And then the only other thing I was going to share on the legislative side and I know Dr. Gonzales mentioned it briefly.

[1:27:23] As you know we've gone to four special sessions and our legislature has not passed any bills out of either the House of the Senate that

[1:27:33] allocate funds to public school districts.

[1:27:38] They did, there were some that had proposals of significant amounts going to public education.

[1:27:44] And I will say with the bribe of accepting vouchers or education savings accounts with it.

[1:27:51] And so there's, we don't know if another session will be called historically three is the most special sessions that have ever been called.

[1:28:00] And we've already had four and it's been no in the regular session and no in all four special sessions.

[1:28:07] So, we'll see what happens in regard to that need.

[1:28:12] So let's just wait for you to know if you're going to be interested in that.

[1:28:13] Right.

[1:28:14] They don't know either.

[1:28:16] So there's a lot.

[1:28:17] But you know going back to your Ford score card and the really the importance of local advocacy.

[1:28:23] We really need to start looking at elections kind of like we've looked at our bond elections.

[1:28:29] and really making sure that people get out and vote,

[1:28:32] that people are registered.

[1:28:34] And they are using their voice by voting.

[1:28:37] Granted, we don't have a lot of numbers

[1:28:39] of representatives and senators.

[1:28:41] We have one representative, Jan Luzano,

[1:28:43] who represents us in one senator, Morgan LaMontia.

[1:28:47] And so there's some areas where they have two or three

[1:28:49] senators or representatives.

[1:28:52] But it is important for us.

[1:28:54] And really, I'd say, even all of our employees

[1:28:56] to vote. Traditionally around the state, less than about 2% of educators vote, and the

[1:29:06] legislators are aware of that. And so it makes it harder for the legislators as a collective

[1:29:11] body to, you know, release advocate on behalf of public schools. And so the more that we

[1:29:19] can get our people out to vote, you know, be informed and vote, the better that we can, you

[1:29:26] know, it's just that's really important for us to be able to do that.

[1:29:30] So then that's really it on the any comments or all those good.

[1:29:40] So the next thing we'll go to is the see that under the reports here, the link what tax report

[1:29:47] by Line Barger, Broken Blair, and Samson.

[1:29:51] So, Dr. Yeah.

[1:29:53] Yeah.

[1:29:53] Good evening. My name is Robert Queves,

[1:29:55] I'm the Obes Manager for Line Barger,

[1:29:56] and Broken Blair, and Samson.

[1:29:58] I had a corporate Christie, and I think Dr.

[1:30:02] And it's on page 191 in your packets.

[1:30:15] There's a cover page, the cover letter, Mr. Salseta, who is the attorney, that handles GPIC

[1:30:21] couldn't be here today. He's in San Antonio. Amy is the airy manager that handles your account.

[1:30:28] And she had an accident on the way over here, so I had told her

[1:30:31] don't even worry about coming to the meeting.

[1:30:34] I can present the report,

[1:30:37] but they both wanted to be here.

[1:30:38] They just couldn't make it.

[1:30:40] This report, I believe, was just all said,

[1:30:42] that was your last January.

[1:30:43] This report will bring you up to date from July, the data

[1:30:48] from July 20, 2022, through the end of November.

[1:30:51] During this period of time, we've collected over $820,000 dollars in the liquid tax

[1:30:59] of penalties and interests.

[1:31:01] We've pledged to continue to follow through its development to a sound collection program.

[1:31:06] This will include prosecuting the pending suits to conclusion, demanding writing to man letters

[1:31:10] on a regular basis and filing additional suits.

[1:31:13] In those cases where our letters and requests for payment are ignored, we will continue to

[1:31:19] We're closely with you to provide assistance and advice and all property tax matters, including

[1:31:23] changes in the law brought by the property tax code.

[1:31:27] The summary of the litigation looks like this.

[1:31:33] What page do you have?

[1:31:36] We're 93, 94.

[1:31:38] Thank you, sir.

[1:31:39] Here we go.

[1:31:40] So here's the litigation summary from July 1st of 2022 for the November.

[1:31:45] During this period of time, we filed 32 lawsuits over 35 tracks of property involving $117,000

[1:31:53] of the liquid taxes.

[1:31:55] Pentex and introduced to you, I asked you, in terms of the exhibit A, the exhibit A,

[1:32:00] that will give you all of any information regarding the lawsuit's file.

[1:32:05] And let me just go to that real quick.

[1:32:08] You'll see the lawsuit filed on the left, number, the solid case, the current status,

[1:32:13] when it was filed and the amount of the petition or tax that were due to GBI-SD, if I go to

[1:32:22] the Exhibit B, that's going to be a form of nonsense.

[1:32:27] That's a nonsense.

[1:32:28] When we collect all tax from these interests and for cost, we did not in the case.

[1:32:33] In some cases, in some cases, if a person falls a tax deferral, which protects them from

[1:32:40] closure, they either have to be over 65 or they have to be disabled.

[1:32:44] And if they qualify under the deferral exemption and the appraisal district grants that,

[1:32:51] then we dismiss the case that's been filed.

[1:32:53] And that's generally about 10% of the lawsuits that we file.

[1:32:56] And that involves a homestead, if it involves a homestead.

[1:33:00] Exhibit C, that would be those rejections.

[1:33:04] And we take a judgment on property when we complete a service on all the defendants in the case.

[1:33:12] And we feel we're ready to go to court, we'll enter a judgment.

[1:33:15] And at that point, that particular case is set for, can be set for a sale if we need to.

[1:33:22] We try to collect on that judgment.

[1:33:24] If for some reason we're not able to do that, then we will send a foreclosure letter out.

[1:33:28] If no activity occurs in terms of collections, then we go ahead and take it to sale.

[1:33:33] And I'll go over that a little later.

[1:33:36] Exhibit D, I'm not confusing you all.

[1:33:39] Exhibit D is going to be abstract adjustments.

[1:33:42] Abstractive judgments are when we enter a judgment on a text case.

[1:33:46] And we took two of those, three checks of property over $9,000.

[1:33:52] On a personal piece of property, whenever we take a judgment,

[1:33:55] we can abstract that judgment.

[1:33:56] We file it with the county clerk, and that creates a tax lien on every property,

[1:34:00] except to homestead.

[1:34:01] So down the road, if somebody tries to, and this happened, and I've gotten phone calls, somebody's trying to buy a house or buy a refrigerator,

[1:34:09] that's abstract a judgment pops up, and they have to go back and pay this for us to release it, so they can then borrow the money.

[1:34:14] So it does help collections down the road.

[1:34:18] Exhibity, releases of judgment, that's when we release the judgment, everything is paid all the taxes, court costs are paid.

[1:34:25] 10 of those, 11 tracks over $38,000, and that's going to be under exhibit E.

[1:34:31] Now, under Exhibit F, their tax sales, we had 10 lawsuits or 10 judgments we took to

[1:34:37] sale, five tracks sold, over $61,000, we're involved.

[1:34:43] We had three tracks, we've all payment agreement, over $43,000, three, number three struck

[1:34:50] off.

[1:34:50] That's when the property is taken to sale.

[1:34:52] There are no bidders on the property and it struck off to the taxing units.

[1:34:54] We had two tracks over $4,600 dollars do.

[1:35:01] And then four poll, there was only one poll, one track, over 1700, and that's going to be an exhibit

[1:35:06] F. And you'll see all the different, the solid of the case and the description of the property.

[1:35:17] When it was taken to sale, what the minimum bid was and how much it sold for the package.

[1:35:24] Under Exit of G, we have, we're going to have to use the work plan, and that work plan is what will be implemented for this particular tax year.

[1:35:35] The taxes are turned over to us in July every year, and then at that point we sort all the data, we work on a work plan, we formulate, so called a plan of a tax so to speak, and what we do is we,

[1:35:51] We implement this particular work plan.

[1:35:53] Let me just go through it with you real quick.

[1:35:55] Number one would be all the delinquents.

[1:35:58] We do 80 years.

[1:35:59] July, August September, November, February, March, April, and May.

[1:36:05] And every letter is different.

[1:36:06] We mail on all the delinquents accounts.

[1:36:08] We just conclude the number of mailings.

[1:36:10] Our next mailings will be in February.

[1:36:12] I want to note that the mail letter is when we tell people

[1:36:15] that are delinquents at the time, that if you're delinquents

[1:36:19] As of June 30th and July 1st rolls around, you haven't paid your taxes, then that turned

[1:36:24] over to us, and that's when the turn 20% fee attaches to that particular year.

[1:36:31] So they have up until June 30th and pay it without having to pay us.

[1:36:35] Once July 1st hits, then our fee attaches and then they have to pay their taxes, including

[1:36:40] the turnee fee.

[1:36:40] Is that of the year that the taxes are due?

[1:36:43] That's correct.

[1:36:44] So we're kind of behind.

[1:36:45] So the taxes that went out in October of this year, 23,

[1:36:50] will go to the link went in 24, February 1st of 24,

[1:36:53] and then it gets turned over to his July of 24.

[1:36:56] And that's from the 20%, that's from the 20% or 20 fee attaches.

[1:37:00] So whoever's the link went at that time.

[1:37:01] In generally, for the most part, it's about 5%

[1:37:03] of your tax roll.

[1:37:06] So most generally, whatever's not paid is about 5%

[1:37:10] is what gets turned over to us, and then we add the fee,

[1:37:13] and then that's what we start our work plan.

[1:37:14] So, we target large direct council for GP ISD.

[1:37:21] What we do is we sort that that a top dollar down and then what we do is we pursue those

[1:37:27] collections.

[1:37:27] It's advantageous to you and to us to try to collect a high dollar accounts first and then

[1:37:33] work our way down and we mail on everything that's the link went and then we file lawsuits

[1:37:40] and those accounts that have not responded to our letters or phone calls or visits.

[1:37:46] We actively pursue phone bank collections.

[1:37:47] We have collectors in our office and a phone bank out of Houston.

[1:37:51] So we try to collect money via a phone bank, phone banks.

[1:37:54] We continue prosecuting existing suits until payment is received or court judgments are obtained.

[1:38:00] We initiate four tax foreclosures.

[1:38:03] They're out throughout the year involving 20 tracks of property.

[1:38:06] What we try to do is if we're not here to sell property,

[1:38:09] But if we have to, we will, our goal is to collect first and not sell anything.

[1:38:15] But if we do, we put it up for sale and if somebody comes in and says, hey, I can work out a payment plan.

[1:38:19] Of course, we're going to work with them.

[1:38:21] And there's some properties that people just say, you know what?

[1:38:24] It doesn't happen a lot here because people want to live here.

[1:38:27] But in other places, people just say, hey, you know what?

[1:38:29] I was raised there.

[1:38:31] I don't want to go back, sell it.

[1:38:33] That doesn't really happen here.

[1:38:35] People want to live here if they want to stay here and they want to work out the payment.

[1:38:38] work out the property taxes through payments.

[1:38:43] Work with tax payers.

[1:38:44] We're willing to pay part of the taxes on a regular basis or avoid any for the legal action payment agreements.

[1:38:49] We send those generally to the tax office to work out payment plans.

[1:38:53] Respond to tax pay and queries with full and complete answers.

[1:38:56] Explanation to research.

[1:38:57] A lot of that time it's a owned a business.

[1:38:59] Somebody owned a business.

[1:39:01] They sold it or they closed it and there's still being taxed.

[1:39:03] And we're trying to collect that money.

[1:39:04] We direct them to the appraisal district try to work out why it's still on the tax roll and it should be removed or or mobile home

[1:39:11] There's a mobile home and they sold it in person. We've been installing the tax roll

[1:39:14] We direct them to the appraisal district. We have no authority to change the tax roll our job is to collect and guide people to the right office

[1:39:21] Meaning the tax office or the appraisal district, and that's what we do we get those kind of phone calls

[1:39:26] Hope identify here in assessment or inaccurate information anything that we that we take to sale

[1:39:31] we ordered title on property.

[1:39:33] Meaning we would have an abstract review that title, history.

[1:39:37] And if that doesn't match up with what we have

[1:39:39] and what's on the tax roll, we'll talk to the appraisal district

[1:39:42] and we'll get them to look at it and review it.

[1:39:44] Hopefully we can work out some kind of solution

[1:39:49] as to why there's a discrepancy on the tax roll.

[1:39:54] Help out the existing records with information

[1:39:56] and leave more research for our return mail program.

[1:39:58] Are you contact with TechSpaired?

[1:40:00] And there's a change of information. That's what the tax office had in the appraisal district, like I just mentioned, provide tax consultation on all tax related matters, for the board if something comes up. And you need our assistance from more than welcome to, I mean, we're willing to come over and help.

[1:40:12] Whether whatever that may be. And the last, the last, is the collection chart?

[1:40:23] It's a calendar year collection report, or chart, I'm sorry, January through December 22,

[1:40:28] we collected 495,000.

[1:40:31] Through November, we're at 495,084, so with one month left.

[1:40:37] So we're going to exceed last year's calendar year collection, which is really good.

[1:40:43] So that, in a nutshell, is the report.

[1:40:45] I hope I didn't go too fast, but I didn't miss any with this and with it with the screen with the clicker.

[1:40:54] Are there any questions regarding the report?

[1:40:56] We're going to have to answer them.

[1:40:58] Any questions?

[1:40:59] This is a pretty small list on which we're going to see.

[1:41:06] We're pretty fortunate in this different.

[1:41:08] Oh, very, very, very, we've done, Dr. Gonzalez, we've done, I had a pair of report for

[1:41:15] Jim Hawke County ISD, Odom ISD, Ricardo ISD, I think I ran this past ISD, yeah, so I look,

[1:41:22] I see everything that we report on, all our clients, and you guys are in a really good position.

[1:41:29] Over 60% or 70% of your delinquent tax roll is in the last four years, which makes it very

[1:41:36] collectible. And like I said earlier, people want to live here. They want to stay here.

[1:41:40] They want to pay their taxes. So we want to make sure that we work with them and get them,

[1:41:44] you know, pay their taxes in a timely manner. We're not here to sell anything. People

[1:41:48] think, oh, you want to know we do. It's the last thing we want to do. And now that real quick,

[1:41:52] I just want to mention that we have gone online with our tax sales. So now whatever we do sell

[1:41:59] is now open to the world because it's all online. So you just have to register and then

[1:42:06] When the sale comes up, you can just make an offer online.

[1:42:10] You don't have to ever go to the courthouse anymore.

[1:42:12] Before the sales were conducted on the courthouse steps.

[1:42:15] So you had to physically be there.

[1:42:16] So it was hard for people who wanted to bid in multiple counties to show up.

[1:42:20] You had to, you know, to shut up.

[1:42:22] So now it's not nice of people to bid a bit, you know,

[1:42:24] from their basically their living room.

[1:42:26] So that helps a lot.

[1:42:27] Because not only it makes it easier for them,

[1:42:31] the people that are bidding the bidding goes up.

[1:42:34] So if we collect more than what to do, we put that in the registry of the court after two years if no one claims it, it goes to you guys.

[1:42:42] Let's do it.

[1:42:44] No other questions?

[1:42:46] Well, thank you.

[1:42:48] It's a pleasure to be here.

[1:42:49] I think we're going to be back here probably maybe next month.

[1:42:53] On another matter, but have a merry Christmas.

[1:42:57] Have a good holiday.

[1:42:58] Thank you.

[1:42:59] Thank you.

[1:43:00] Thank you for your service to our district and your thoroughness and thoughtfulness.

[1:43:03] Thank you. Thank you.

[1:43:06] Have a good holiday.

[1:43:07] You too.

[1:43:08] We are going to take a very brief recess at 747 and

[1:43:17] we will be backing up.

[1:43:38] Okay, out of recess at 754 and we're going to resume.

[1:43:45] Item 3.

[1:43:47] And you'll update from San Pat County Chief of Priser.

[1:43:52] Thank you all.

[1:43:54] I'm glad I wasn't like I moved this a bit.

[1:43:56] it and I do want the microphone so that I can play it for a minute.

[1:44:02] There you go.

[1:44:04] All right.

[1:44:05] Yeah.

[1:44:05] Good evening.

[1:44:07] I'll try to be very brief.

[1:44:07] I don't have a whole lot of, I have no audio visual aids or paperwork to give you all.

[1:44:12] I don't want to put you to sleep or in a coma.

[1:44:16] But thank you for letting me come and visit you all.

[1:44:19] It's been a few years since I've actually been over to see the board here and I'm really not sure.

[1:44:24] I want to say I don't remember if any of you all were on the board last time I came here was probably in 2017 or 18.

[1:44:31] Dr. Chlor was here.

[1:44:33] Do you remember me?

[1:44:35] Not really.

[1:44:36] Sort of.

[1:44:38] So I feel like I go over a few things about myself first.

[1:44:41] My background in history in this business.

[1:44:45] I've graduated from Texas Tech University.

[1:44:51] You'll forgive me, that was in 1976, don't do the math on how old I am, okay.

[1:45:00] I came straight to Corpus Christi. I got a job. I graduated with a degree in mass communications.

[1:45:08] And one of the professors in the department knew the head guy at the caller times down here.

[1:45:13] So I got a job as a retail advertising accounting executive, which is a pretty impressive title for a kid, just at a school, right?

[1:45:21] So, I was assigned a territory and I was selling retail advertising for about three years there.

[1:45:29] And part of my territory was actually Portland, Texas, across the river.

[1:45:34] And so, I was here in the early, I'd say, in the mid and late 70s, driving over the bridge,

[1:45:39] and visiting mostly the merchants at the crescent shopping center.

[1:45:44] Most of them complained about how the color times ignored Portland,

[1:45:47] and treat them like, I'll say, a reddit,

[1:45:49] it's stepchild maybe or something.

[1:45:51] So I did everything, I think I'd drag Mr. Hard

[1:45:53] who is the publisher at the time.

[1:45:55] Drag him over here for a little meeting with a group

[1:45:58] at the Portland Business Person's Association.

[1:46:03] But anyway, so that's why I got my start here.

[1:46:07] 1980 I went into work at the Praisal District

[1:46:10] or at the Tax Office actually in New Ases County.

[1:46:14] It's been a year and a half there

[1:46:15] And then they created the brilliant idea of appraisal districts in 1979.

[1:46:21] First year that the appraisal districts put out a appraisal role was in 1982, at least

[1:46:25] in New ACES, I'm not sure in San Patricia, if it was 83 or one exactly, but everybody was

[1:46:31] supposed to be on board in 1982.

[1:46:35] And so I spent the rest of my entire career in adult life working in this business.

[1:46:40] So I made my work my way through to the top position that I was at New Asus as the assistant

[1:46:47] chief of praiser in 2012 under Ronnie Canales.

[1:46:54] There was a brief moment in 2014, two years after he hired me that his license that expired

[1:46:59] and he had to take an exam to pass and the time kind of ran out on him before he passed

[1:47:05] the exam.

[1:47:07] So I got to be Chief of Prazer for like 10 months.

[1:47:10] And then as a gentleman, of course, when he finally did pass his test, I had to step back

[1:47:16] down.

[1:47:16] And so I continued to be the assistant chief over there until 2017 and 2017 Mr. Rufino

[1:47:27] Luzano.

[1:47:28] Thank you.

[1:47:29] Hector, I knew him as hector.

[1:47:32] He resigned from the Appraisal District here, and I thought, well, thank you for

[1:47:35] me to go and see if I can get a job.

[1:47:36] It's the hit guy, so luckily that my board members, I guess I impressed them just a little bit.

[1:47:42] I kind of had an in with Dr. Matula.

[1:47:45] I actually we had hired Dr. Matula years earlier for a project that we had going on at New

[1:47:50] Aces the Prissel District and she was very good and she helped us fend off some accusations

[1:47:57] from some other political factions that were making outlandish claims and so we overcame

[1:48:04] that.

[1:48:04] But, anyway, that's my background.

[1:48:07] I think I like to start with a little bit of a,

[1:48:11] some statistics and information about my office.

[1:48:13] Of course, we have a five member board of directors,

[1:48:17] Mr. Wilson, Mr. Curley, John Curley, Bill Wilson,

[1:48:21] Marcy Thor Malin, who's the Texas or Collector.

[1:48:26] Let me see you.

[1:48:28] And thank you, Dr. Matilda, I already talked about her

[1:48:31] and how could I forget her?

[1:48:32] And then we have a new board member actually,

[1:48:34] starting in January, Mr. Jaden Gonzalez, who I'd never have met, he's from the Odomaria.

[1:48:41] But everyone's going to be starting a new two-year term.

[1:48:44] The election results have come in.

[1:48:46] You all cast all your votes for Dr. Matilda, of course, 1200 and so on votes.

[1:48:52] And so, obviously, she's back on the board along with the, so we didn't really have any

[1:48:56] turnover except for the one position where one of the other board members resigned last

[1:49:00] year.

[1:49:00] And so we had a temporary fill in, and then he resigned,

[1:49:04] and so now we have Mr. Gonzalez from the Odomaria.

[1:49:09] But anyway,

[1:49:14] your entity pays 25% of my budget,

[1:49:17] so you can call me anytime, and I'll pay attention to you.

[1:49:21] That's quite a bit, right?

[1:49:23] I'll get into a little bit about the numbers if you'd like.

[1:49:31] Let me tell you about my budget for someone who

[1:49:35] We just approved a couple of months ago, a $3.2 million budget, it was about $100,000.

[1:49:44] We all suffer from when the budget time comes around.

[1:49:49] Software vendors are increasing their cost from 5 to 10%.

[1:49:53] Postage goes up.

[1:49:54] I maintain three separate websites. I had to hire a second software.

[1:50:00] I have one that's my own website, one that's the truth in taxation website that all the entities participate in, but I get to pay for it. You all get to pay for it, I guess, or 25% of it anyway.

[1:50:12] And then the legislature just ensigned us to crank up yet another website that I think was instigated by property tax consultants, where I have to record and push out a database of appraisal review board hearings.

[1:50:29] and all the details of how many and specific properties and what the decisions were and everything else,

[1:50:35] which is another burden that we all suffer from the legislature every once in a while when they get together and give us additional work to do our jobs.

[1:50:46] But I think that

[1:50:51] in maintaining those websites we do get a course a lot of complaints from property owners and we love that sort of.

[1:50:59] But I have 22 employees to deal with that.

[1:51:04] And it's all of about 50,000 parcels in the account numbers,

[1:51:09] really, 25,000 or so residential properties,

[1:51:14] give you some citizens.

[1:51:15] 19,665 single family homes,

[1:51:20] 1653 commercial accounts,

[1:51:24] 429 industrial accounts and get to the value, the meat of it here.

[1:51:33] Countywide, let me get my glasses off here.

[1:51:37] Logo GP ISD, you all have $17.7 billion in market value.

[1:51:46] Unfortunately, you don't get to collect on all of that.

[1:51:50] I think your net INS is about 15.2 billion in your M&O is about 3.2 billion.

[1:51:56] So it's still a lot of money in maintaining these values and keeping, I have to stay aggressive

[1:52:05] about doing my appraisals.

[1:52:08] We actually serve three masters in my job.

[1:52:11] We of course have the taxing jurisdictions, and we have the property owners, but we also

[1:52:15] have the controller's office.

[1:52:17] Do you know they conduct a biennial property value study?

[1:52:21] It's every other year and the purpose of the study is to make sure that my office is doing

[1:52:26] my job to keep up with market value so that if an appraisal district is not doing a good job

[1:52:35] of keeping up with firm market value then the controllers office is of having to make up

[1:52:40] the difference and so they don't like having to pay for pay school districts for a poor job

[1:52:46] perhaps on the part of an appraisal district or chief appraisers.

[1:52:49] So it's kind of a circle.

[1:52:51] So they do have a certain amount of authority and oversight

[1:52:53] as to what we do in the form of the property value study.

[1:52:57] And we're under a property value study this year.

[1:53:00] Happy to say that since I came in in 2017,

[1:53:03] we only had a little bit of trouble in 2019

[1:53:05] with two of the smaller districts.

[1:53:08] But every other district, and hopefully this time around as well.

[1:53:12] Thanks, Francis.

[1:53:14] You know, did I introduce you?

[1:53:16] I'm sorry, I apologize.

[1:53:17] This is my assistant, Chief of Prasor.

[1:53:19] Francis Dale Allen.

[1:53:20] She's been at the office for 10 years.

[1:53:25] And maybe she'll take over my job.

[1:53:26] Some day when I retire.

[1:53:32] Anyway, the control is office does have a lot to do with what we,

[1:53:35] and they wait until we're finished with our serious work

[1:53:37] of getting our appraisals done, and then they come along and say,

[1:53:40] Okay, send us all the data and we'll be down there to inspect everything and then we go through a process with them each year and it takes about almost a full year for them to come back around with their findings of how well we did or didn't do on our study.

[1:53:57] But we've had to be very aggressive the last few years as we know the market has gone pretty crazy, especially with COVID coming along and people spending lots of money on homes and home deep.

[1:54:08] I think did pretty well this past couple of years.

[1:54:11] And it's just really been, in my business,

[1:54:14] we call that rapidly changing market,

[1:54:16] especially two years in our own, in 2021 and 22.

[1:54:21] And sales in 22 affected what we did in 23, of course, as well.

[1:54:27] But we call that rapidly changing market,

[1:54:30] a cheaper pressure's worst nightmare.

[1:54:33] Because we have to keep up with everything.

[1:54:35] We have to answer the control.

[1:54:36] We get the property value study.

[1:54:37] And then, so we have to be aggressive, and I know that when you get the little notice from

[1:54:41] us in April in your mailbox,

[1:54:45] with possibly a property value increase, it doesn't necessarily

[1:54:49] mean that your taxes will go up, right?

[1:54:53] Well, it shouldn't, or maybe technically it doesn't, but invariably it doesn't, unfortunately,

[1:54:58] happening.

[1:55:00] But I know that you all take the pressure from that kind of public opinion and so do I, believe me.

[1:55:12] But page

[1:55:16] two,

[1:55:23] I think I already covered this.

[1:55:26] I think I did. I talked so much already finished early.

[1:55:29] So I think I was just like at this point, I'll go ahead. I have a few minor things, but I think I covered it pretty much what I wanted to say in statistical information.

[1:55:37] So I always encourage if there was a room full of people I would tell them to be sure to apply for a home set exemption if you own a home and you live and you should absolutely be getting the benefit of the regular home set exemption, which the legislature did generously increase the amount of the exemption this past year.

[1:55:56] So it's been a really good thing and if you're over 65, it's even better.

[1:56:01] They did do the calculations this year, were you smiling there?

[1:56:07] Are you the one that got the burden of figuring out the, or checking Marcie's work on the,

[1:56:14] the calculation for the, the five-year payback on the, what the calling?

[1:56:20] The, it was, yeah, it was the,

[1:56:28] They wanted to give everybody not only to increase the exemption but to pay them back by rolling back compression.

[1:56:38] The maximum compression rate calculation was another little side nightmare to figure out how to do.

[1:56:47] It's to calculate it was a one time discount on your taxes that would appear in your bill.

[1:56:57] And so if you had an over 65 exemption and you were paying a certain amount of money each

[1:57:02] year and it was at that frozen amount, suddenly it could have either disappeared or dropped

[1:57:06] dramatically and you were like, what happened to my tax bill?

[1:57:09] It's great, but I'm suspicious.

[1:57:13] So, but it was only a one-time deal, and I have had to answer a lot of questions from a lot of people, especially how did you calculate this and how do I know it's right?

[1:57:24] So, Martin, I've been working pretty closely this past year for the past couple of months to really try to figure out and make sure that what our software vendors have done,

[1:57:32] because this has all really done in the computer and the software vendors had to go in and figure out how to take that,

[1:57:37] the words of the law written by the legislature and converted into an actual correct calculation

[1:57:44] so that everybody's tax bill would come out correctly.

[1:57:48] And as near as we know, it did, we're keeping our fingers crossed and going back five years

[1:57:54] and making an adjustment each tax year had like a 15-step calculation to it and then times

[1:58:02] five years and they come up with a number and that was the amount that was the savings that

[1:58:08] they experienced. Anyway, yeah, hopefully they won't do that again. But any questions? I think

[1:58:15] I really don't have much else to say other than thank you all for letting me come here and I know

[1:58:19] it's late. You've been here about three hours or more, so I'm happy to let you go home.

[1:58:26] Any questions?

[1:58:27] I think rather than I've had this conversation already, but he was just talking about the history

[1:58:33] of the prairie district, I hate to say this, but I go all the way back to the gentleman

[1:58:38] by the name of Benny Stewart, which is a very first chief prazer for Central County, when

[1:58:45] the legislature legislated the prairie district into life. He was the very first one.

[1:58:54] I remember his name. I never, certainly back then, he was pretty famous in our business.

[1:59:00] And of course, Kathy of her million was also interesting for her.

[1:59:05] Thank you very much.

[1:59:06] Yes, ma'am.

[1:59:07] Our district in the whole county.

[1:59:09] Yes, ma'am.

[1:59:10] I appreciate that.

[1:59:11] I'll be happy to come back at any time.

[1:59:13] If any of you don't have any questions or you want me to come talk again.

[1:59:16] Just let us know.

[1:59:17] Thank you.

[1:59:18] I'll let Francis do.

[1:59:19] Thank you.

[1:59:20] All right.

[1:59:21] Thanks a lot.

[1:59:23] Okay.

[1:59:27] We'll move on to item E.

[1:59:29] budget parameter draft presentation.

[1:59:32] Yeah, this is on page 216 in your packet.

[1:59:36] And it's a work in progress.

[1:59:39] This is a draft.

[1:59:40] We wanted to be able to share with you a draft tonight.

[1:59:43] Just to start thinking Ms. Gregory and has been working

[1:59:48] with Dr. Gonzalez and myself to get the initial bones together

[1:59:52] because she's a lead on this as indicator six on the governance

[1:59:55] indicators.

[1:59:57] and then Mark will be joining.

[2:00:00] We're going to get some more thoughts around this when we meet this week, but we wanted to bring a draft to you tonight, and then with the potential for you all approving the parameters in January.

[2:00:12] This is what we're going to be looking at when you see them on.

[2:00:15] This is really not to do a deeper dive on Wednesday. This is just kind of to the high level overview of what we've loaded out there for everybody to start looking at.

[2:00:26] And so, you know, and you can see on this page that purpose, do we just say, have your stuff for you?

[2:00:31] No, this is your, this is your, this is your, your work with so.

[2:00:35] Yeah, and really, you know, the intent and this is it, you know, as a school district, the school district employees, we have these parameters already in mind.

[2:00:43] Like I asked it, Dr. Gonzalez really to do a brain dump of when you're building our district budget, what is it that you consider?

[2:00:49] You know, what are the kind of banks of the river?

[2:00:51] And so this is formalizing it, you know, putting it in writing of what those banks are.

[2:00:58] So you can see the purpose is just to get the parameters to make sure that we're providing a financially solvent budget.

[2:01:05] That meets our short term and long term goals and obligations and is aligned to our score card.

[2:01:11] You can see there are the different items that are considered, there are six different factors that are considered in this.

[2:01:18] a big part being, you know, the enrollment demographic trends, the current budget revenue projections,

[2:01:24] and then our potential expenditures, and then compensation, because we know compensation

[2:01:29] is the biggest part of our biggest expenditure.

[2:01:33] And then going down, you'll see the different parts of the assumptions, so there's a section

[2:01:37] on our assumptions around enrollment and demographic trends, and then there's hyperlinks in

[2:01:42] here so that you can dig deeper in to get more information around our enrollment growth.

[2:01:47] So you can see that demographic studies hyperlinked in there, you know, I'm looking at what are we projecting for enrollment growth in the next year, and then financial implications, you know, right now there's not an increase in state funding, you know, we're there's no new money, so we're operating with no new money, you can see demographic changes are false snapshot from 2023 that was just taking a couple months ago.

[2:02:15] are you can see we're growing in our economically disadvantaged population or number of students

[2:02:19] or families or economically disadvantaged increase in our at risk population in our special education

[2:02:25] program growth. So there may be need for additional supports for those different programs.

[2:02:32] You can see you know the other considerations out of district transfers. We don't charge for anyone who

[2:02:38] transfers in, you know, and we have more coming in than going out.

[2:02:43] You can see the continuing to improve our average daily attendance.

[2:02:47] When COVID hit, we, along with all the other districts in the state,

[2:02:52] are still trying to rebound from with attendance and average daily attendance.

[2:02:57] We're on track and we're monitoring it every day and week around that.

[2:03:02] And then going down later and jump if there's anything you see that you won't

[2:03:08] budget, this is on page 2-18, just looking at the assumptions. You know, that first one

[2:03:14] there approximately a 30% cost increase for property insurance. That's something that's an

[2:03:20] operational cost that is out of our control. You know, that is an increased expense. You can see

[2:03:27] just the maintenance and operations costs we're seeing in our own homes. We just heard about

[2:03:32] our tax collections and we're making that assumption that we still collected about 98% rate.

[2:03:37] and no changes in state funding.

[2:03:40] And then we'll talk more on this one,

[2:03:41] this is the child nutrition

[2:03:43] about feeding our students.

[2:03:45] And when we look at the parameters,

[2:03:47] it's not saying that we're adopting one option or another yet,

[2:03:52] but this is what we're thinking through.

[2:03:54] You know, when we're looking at these parameters,

[2:03:56] and we'll talk more about that one.

[2:03:57] You saw someone down in the highlight,

[2:03:58] how did you do this?

[2:03:59] I'll picture.

[2:04:01] And then going down to page 219,

[2:04:03] the revenue projections.

[2:04:05] So you can see the different areas

[2:04:06] that we get revenue from, you know,

[2:04:08] any potentials changes in state funding,

[2:04:10] again, nothing's changed yet.

[2:04:14] So we kind of have to, we have to plan

[2:04:17] as if there's not going to be any change.

[2:04:20] If something changes, and we come back

[2:04:22] and look at what impact does that have.

[2:04:24] Our taxable value growth, just heard from Mr. Sencee

[2:04:27] about that, recapture.

[2:04:30] You'll start to see, we'll see over in that far right.

[2:04:32] We've got the program overview, but projected payment.

[2:04:36] We've paid about half a million, up till now, and recaption, you can say for 2425, it's going

[2:04:43] to go to 16 million, that's the projection, pending note changes, you can see that the Formula

[2:04:52] Transition Grant expiring, and we're still considered a property wealthy school district

[2:04:57] as per tea.

[2:05:00] Okay. Sir, our compression tax rate is our property values go up. We have to compress our tax rate. You can see what the impact on that might be. And then federal funding, you know, federal dollars and their state dollars that are in addition to the general revenue. So there's some places there to look at to get more information around that. And then going to on page 220 are as around our 313 limitation agreements.

[2:05:28] You know, again, we're fortunate because of our location and the industry that is here that we do currently have 313 agreements, but these will expire at some point in time.

[2:05:39] And so this is a big chunk that we've been relying on these dollars and this is where we've continued to talk about the revenue that's generated from 313 agreements needs to be on non-recurring expenses

[2:05:51] rather than recurring expenditures.

[2:05:54] So look at how do we,

[2:05:55] we can see in the far right on the revenue protection,

[2:05:58] revenue protection payments on the future projections

[2:06:02] for the next three years.

[2:06:04] What that looks like.

[2:06:08] And then any appeals,

[2:06:10] which we mentioned, you know, when we looked at the resolution

[2:06:13] earlier for our fund balance,

[2:06:15] reserving some dollars for potential litigation.

[2:06:19] And then any growth, you know, there's, we've, I do set on the EDC board and there's several more industries that are wanting to move into our county.

[2:06:27] And they will ask for a statement that is we know the new, the, the most recent abatement laws do not provide any revenue protection payments to school districts.

[2:06:36] So they will be taxed at their maximum value.

[2:06:40] And so that the impacts of those should, should any move in to our county and in our, to our school district area.

[2:06:46] And then on page 221, as we start looking at parameters around compensation, and really are long-range planning.

[2:06:55] You know, we've been, you see our average staffing costs for each employee group.

[2:07:02] We are in that we lead in the region, and that has been a benefit to us.

[2:07:06] We've been able to be 100% staff.

[2:07:09] And then looking at raises as a link to our current compensation handbook.

[2:07:13] And then that we're looking at how do we manage our employee pay.

[2:07:21] And then benefits as well.

[2:07:23] Benefits is again kind of like the property insurance benefits.

[2:07:27] We are in TRS as compens, I mean it benefits.

[2:07:33] And the rates go up, but the coverage doesn't necessarily improve.

[2:07:37] Mostly maintaining, we're trying to get the best, you know, for all of our employees.

[2:07:41] And then our stipends, and looking around those, we do pay very hefty stipends.

[2:07:51] And then the on page 222, which is the last page, is just looking at our operational

[2:07:57] expenditures.

[2:07:58] So as we continue to look at our budget and our expenditures are fine to come, we're really

[2:08:02] looking at everything before we look at people in compensation, making sure that we've gotten rid

[2:08:08] of anything extra that doesn't impact the classroom directly.

[2:08:15] And I've seen see campus budgets, department budgets, and prioritizing and making sure

[2:08:21] that we're maximizing the expenditures in our federal and state programs and those dollars.

[2:08:30] That's a fast, high level overview.

[2:08:35] So basically the whole purpose of this indicator and this exercise is to, like you said, it's

[2:08:45] what Dr. Gonzalez and your team already do, just formalizing it, putting it on paper,

[2:08:51] for us to have as a guide to help us, but also for transparency for the community. We can

[2:08:56] point to that point to this and say, this is our process. And we follow this process every

[2:09:02] year like the information in each consideration might be different for me or a year, but so.

[2:09:07] Yeah, if you look at your board score card, indicator six, is board is committed to resource

[2:09:12] allocation, linked to strategic plan, and has a strong commitment to financial stewardship.

[2:09:17] And so, you know, there may be things that we're currently, like I mentioned stipends,

[2:09:21] okay, that's been a prioro or you've been something that's important.

[2:09:24] But we may find as we're, you know, we had our curriculum audit completed last year and we're

[2:09:29] implementing some of the recommendations.

[2:09:31] We may say, hey, we need to invest X amount of dollars

[2:09:34] in another area.

[2:09:36] What are we going to reduce our investment in another spot?

[2:09:40] There's not more money, but what are the priorities

[2:09:43] that are going to move the needle for our kids

[2:09:46] and their academic outcomes?

[2:09:48] And do we need to stop investing in one thing

[2:09:50] and invest in something different?

[2:09:53] And maybe we're investing in all the right areas already.

[2:09:58] Thank you, yes.

[2:09:59] I would just say

[2:10:00] My team and I are, I'm thinking about like, I don't know why I'm thinking about like as a boxer,

[2:10:04] like we need to start working out to get ready for our fight. Starting in January, which is actually

[2:10:09] budget season, but as we prepare for budget season to start in January, where eventually we'll

[2:10:15] come with to you with the budget calendar and a planning guide and with principles. This right

[2:10:20] here was a great idea. I think it ties directly to the indicator six that Dr. Kavas was just mentioned,

[2:10:26] but it allows, it gives us a roadmap to work through.

[2:10:30] Dr. C, you just expressed everything that is in my head

[2:10:34] as far as a layer of budget for what I do here for the district.

[2:10:39] School finances, the most complex finance system

[2:10:41] that I've ever come across to be honest with you

[2:10:43] and I think everybody can agree to that.

[2:10:45] There are so many variables that play a factor in school finance.

[2:10:50] And the goal going forward is to be,

[2:10:58] as I'm trying to use a big word, but as a cognizant

[2:11:06] of where we're headed, but at the same time continuing to give the best education to the

[2:11:13] entire student body and staff and faculty and and everyone involved in GPISD and the

[2:11:21] cognizance is that we're headed and I've mentioned this towards a situation that we don't

[2:11:30] want to head into and as a team collectively we can come up with strategies to avoid the road that

[2:11:41] We'll put us in a very bad situation to make tough decisions.

[2:11:45] So my team and I have already started working, and I've been sharing with Dr. Kavassos

[2:11:49] on resource allocation studies, not only in operations.

[2:11:52] I mean, we'll might go this week to talk about a resource allocation state that we're

[2:11:55] doing into the entire operations department, because that's where we need to start first.

[2:11:59] Before we get anywhere near instruction, we need to start at what we're spending in the

[2:12:05] light bill, water bill, property insurance.

[2:12:07] Do we need to maybe get covered for less, you know, so that we could meet a certain budget.

[2:12:12] I mean, these questions are going to emerge and answers are going to be expected from leadership.

[2:12:18] But what this does is it gives us a roadmap to follow and it gives you an idea of what we're at least primarily looking at,

[2:12:28] aside from all the nuts and bolts of every single campus and department budget.

[2:12:34] But lastly, just to mention, is that things are getting

[2:12:38] expensive every single day, and every single department.

[2:12:45] There are four major layers of spending in our district.

[2:12:49] You have salaries, you have contracted services, you have general supplies,

[2:12:52] and you have miscellaneous.

[2:12:54] And in every single category, the prices are just rising.

[2:12:59] We know we pay high wages and 93% of our budget without three-thirtines is salaries.

[2:13:06] Contracted services are not cheap.

[2:13:08] Just to come and fix this air condition, it's going to cost us an armament leg.

[2:13:12] To go and check anything related to something instructional is very expensive.

[2:13:17] It's $300 an hour now for professional services and up.

[2:13:23] Then you have of course general supplies.

[2:13:24] we all know the supply and demand issues that we've faced, but I know custodial supplies and

[2:13:31] maintenance supplies and office supplies and overages and copiers, just recently, $8,000

[2:13:37] in a matter of two to two and a half months of overages and copiers and then travel hotels

[2:13:43] feel like they can get a piece of it too, so travel, mileage, gas, all those things, small

[2:13:48] gains at up and the last thing we want to do is say, don't do any of those things because

[2:13:53] we need to continue providing this type of business.

[2:13:59] So the question is, how can we continue to be better?

[2:14:03] That's my why I guess with the behavioral style.

[2:14:07] There's a better way.

[2:14:08] So we're looking for it in every single angle we can.

[2:14:12] So just wanted to share all that with the state tune

[2:14:16] for the next six months.

[2:14:17] You'll be involved as well.

[2:14:19] And we just, we want to be able to increase that transparency

[2:14:22] for you all. I mean, it's not like we weren't being transparent, but just really putting it

[2:14:26] more out, you know, just like providing greater clarity for you all. And then for our employees

[2:14:30] and our community as a whole, too, how does a school district go about building their budget?

[2:14:35] Because there's, like, you said a lot of moving parts to consider.

[2:14:39] I think next year, I know that Dr. Ravasos wanted to have one day, and you said we would do one

[2:14:44] day, and I think it's already set up, I saw it on the board calendar. It's like in March.

[2:14:49] So I'm excited for that.

[2:14:50] We might have one night together just to talk about budget workshop and budget.

[2:14:54] Yeah, I want to do, like we did the C and I workshop, where it was just, so we don't

[2:14:58] have any, what we've been doing in that.

[2:15:00] Also, our budget workshops are part of a regular meeting, and rather than do that, have a meeting that is just a budget workshop.

[2:15:07] So we spend two to three hours just talking about budget in our finances. Instead of trying to put it in a little sprinkle a little bit here and a little bit there.

[2:15:16] There'll be some of that, but really.

[2:15:18] Well, our first two months on the board, we had a whole retreat.

[2:15:22] Yes.

[2:15:23] I'll try and make you fun.

[2:15:25] It's always okay, and I just say Kudos to you know our finance team we I don't know I think you may be aware

[2:15:32] But we do monthly business finance round tables NHR round tables with our district leaders

[2:15:38] So we have two different sessions ones with principles and their budget their secretaries who manage their budget

[2:15:43] And then the other one is with all of our other district department leads with their

[2:15:48] Secretaries who manage their budget and so it's provide that just in time support and training

[2:15:54] around the budget, and we're getting to, like, even the last, there were some games of name

[2:15:58] that code, and just, it really making, it's demystifying budget, for those who are working

[2:16:07] with it, too.

[2:16:08] I think this is great, it's going to give the community, you know, a one stop place to see

[2:16:15] the enormity of everything you guys have to consider when you're making the recommendations

[2:16:20] to us for the budget.

[2:16:21] I think this is going to be so useful.

[2:16:23] And so Mark and I are going to be meeting with you guys

[2:16:27] Wednesday morning to take a little bit deeper dive.

[2:16:30] So if anybody's bored between now and Wednesday morning,

[2:16:34] look through this and if you have any questions,

[2:16:37] shoot them to me or Mark or Dr. Kavasos or Dr. Gonzalez.

[2:16:42] And we'll put it in the mix.

[2:16:45] Thank you.

[2:16:46] Thank you so much.

[2:16:47] Thank you all.

[2:16:53] Thank you.

[2:16:54] 8 a.m. Wednesday morning.

[2:16:55] 8 a.m.

[2:16:56] here.

[2:16:57] And I'll concur with Dr. Gonzalez, this cool business has got more movement pieces.

[2:17:02] Right.

[2:17:03] That's in my mind.

[2:17:06] Yeah.

[2:17:07] Okay.

[2:17:08] We're on the home stretch here.

[2:17:14] 13.

[2:17:15] It's in board instructions.

[2:17:17] Board instructions to superintendent.

[2:17:19] I'm not reading the Roman numerals.

[2:17:21] We're not going to fit a number on it.

[2:17:23] Board instructions to press in her superintendent.

[2:17:25] but items of discussion, any point?

[2:17:27] I don't know.

[2:17:30] My, did we spend on the sound system in our high school camp?

[2:17:36] I couldn't find that out.

[2:17:37] I was back, I don't know when it was put in,

[2:17:39] but back, and I can find that out now.

[2:17:40] It's not high school camp.

[2:17:42] It was a competition gym?

[2:17:44] Yeah.

[2:17:44] OK.

[2:17:44] I have a competition.

[2:17:46] And the reason I'm asking is I hope it would more

[2:17:50] about 500 bucks, because it does not work well.

[2:17:57] We will find out and add that to the matrix.

[2:18:03] Anyone else?

[2:18:04] The only thing I'd like to add is less meeting.

[2:18:06] We discussed the possibility of going to governance.

[2:18:09] I always want to call it winner governance,

[2:18:11] because that's what we used to call it.

[2:18:14] I pulled it up.

[2:18:16] Yeah, it's been in the board highlights for several weeks.

[2:18:18] Okay, good.

[2:18:19] So, and I would like to give the deadline for housing,

[2:18:22] or housing opens up in January.

[2:18:24] So, like, just keep that on your radar if you want to, if anyone wants to go to that in Galveston.

[2:18:30] Yeah, I think in the highly, yeah, just let Amy know and then we've got the deadline in there so that if you are interested then so we can get that'll take care for you.

[2:18:39] Thank you. And then it says review board event calendar.

[2:18:44] Any changes or anything?

[2:18:47] Oh, that's actually it's not on, it's not on our formal agenda, but it's on us.

[2:18:51] So like, yeah, all righty, well, then we will adjourn the meeting.

[2:18:57] All righty.

[2:18:57] Oh, ten is not here.

[2:18:58] Hey, train.

[2:18:59] You did not get to wear this sweater for us.

[2:19:01] You want to wear this anymore.

Regular Board Meeting December 18, 2023

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