[11:48] >> Good evening, everyone.

[11:50] I will call this meeting of the

[11:53] Tarrant County College

[11:54] District Board of Trustees

[11:56] to order at 6 o'clock.

[11:58] [GAVEL]

[11:59] >> Please stand as you

[12:00] are able for the pledges

[12:01] of allegiance

[12:02] to the US and the Texas flags.

[12:07] >> I pledge allegiance

[12:08] to the flag of the United.

[12:10] States of America and to the

[12:12] Republic for which it stands,

[12:15] one nation under God,

[12:17] indivisible,

[12:18] with liberty and justice

[12:20] for all. Honor the Texas flag.

[12:24] I pledge allegiance to thee,

[12:26] Texas. One state under God, one

[12:30] and indivisible.

[12:39] >> I'm glad to see so many

[12:41] of you this evening.

[12:45] Before we move

[12:46] into public comment, I'd like

[12:48] to make a short public

[12:49] statement

[12:50] on the tax rate increase. As

[12:53] stewards of the public trust

[12:54] and taxpayer dollars, Tarrant

[12:56] County College has delivered

[12:58] 60 years of excellence and

[13:00] economic impact. We thank the

[13:02] taxpayers of Tarrant County for

[13:04] their trust and steadfast

[13:06] support. Tarrant County

[13:08] College is not recommending an

[13:11] increase in the tax rate. The

[13:12] proposal being presented

[13:14] to the Board of Trustees

[13:15] during today's meeting is to

[13:17] keep the currently approved

[13:19] rate, reduce the M and O rate

[13:21] and add the reduction

[13:23] to the INS rate. The tax rate

[13:25] would remain at the current

[13:27] approved rate. TCC is not

[13:30] recommending an increase

[13:32] in the tax rate for Tarrant

[13:34] County taxpayers. It is also

[13:36] important to note that this is

[13:38] the outcome and a direct result

[13:41] of extensive work and research

[13:43] between district

[13:44] administration, trustees and

[13:47] our campus presidents. This has

[13:49] been in progress for months and

[13:52] reflects the intentional

[13:53] collaborative efforts of a

[13:54] professional staff and informed

[13:56] trustees, all committed to

[13:58] serving our students and

[13:59] community with integrity and

[14:01] responsibility. I want

[14:03] to thank Chancellor LeBlanc and

[14:05] her team for their hard work

[14:07] and willingness to consider

[14:08] approaches that set the

[14:10] conditions

[14:11] for the college's future

[14:12] success within the context of

[14:14] Tarrant County's uniquely

[14:16] challenging funding environment

[14:17] for community colleges. And

[14:20] with that, we will move

[14:21] into public comment. Our first

[14:24] speaker is Daniel J. Bennett.

[14:27] Mr. Bennett? There's Mr.

[14:33] Bennett.

[14:34] >> There he is.

[14:45] >> Good evening, Daniel

[14:46] Bennett. First off, I would

[14:49] like to thank some people. I'd

[14:55] like to thank the trustees

[14:56] for your efforts

[14:57] to hold an open discussion on

[15:01] not increasing the rate. I

[15:02] think you said,

[15:03] can we find the monies here?

[15:04] Can we find the monies there?

[15:05] Can we find the monies

[15:06] everywhere? It was like a cat

[15:07] in hat. But I appreciate that

[15:11] the bond rating

[15:12] for the college, the INS,

[15:14] is low. We don't want to lose

[15:16] our credit rating. I think

[15:17] we're triple A. The ability

[15:19] to tax

[15:20] to pay our debt is important.

[15:21] Dr. Anglin mentioned last

[15:23] meeting that the INS were short

[15:24] to pay in full over the 2526

[15:28] budget year. I Recognize I

[15:31] encourage the trustees

[15:33] in your journey

[15:34] to find savings

[15:35] to offset this deficit. Let

[15:38] that be the first thing. The

[15:39] bondholders are very important.

[15:41] We have

[15:42] to maintain our credit rating.

[15:43] Okay. Also, I'm thrilled

[15:47] to death to this board

[15:51] of trustees to put BGC Local

[15:54] on your agenda. Thank you. You

[15:56] are putting the faculty first.

[15:59] I was a little. I was a little

[16:01] worried because the salary

[16:03] study for the police took a

[16:04] year and a half. I hope this

[16:07] discussion and these

[16:08] augmentations to your local

[16:09] policy takes two minutes. I

[16:13] want it done in time.

[16:15] Certain. Because SB37 had a

[16:16] time restriction on it. So

[16:18] let's make sure that we stay

[16:20] on task and stay on point.

[16:23] Okay. I did bring my book in. I

[16:28] had my little ACT book

[16:29] to show you. You seen that

[16:30] book? You know, it says ACT

[16:32] Trustees. It's

[16:34] out there. I'm going

[16:35] to bring it. It's coffee

[16:36] stained. But I want to share

[16:38] with you the chapters. We have

[16:40] Ms. (INAUDIBLE) coming. Ms.

[16:42] (INAUDIBLE)? You've not been

[16:43] blessed by Ms. (INAUDIBLE).

[16:44] She's one of the authors

[16:45] within one

[16:46] of the chapters. A coauthor

[16:48] of one of the chapters. She'll

[16:49] be here. But I want to go

[16:50] over some of the things

[16:51] in that book. Pamela Fisher

[16:53] authored three chapters, 3, 6

[16:55] and 7. Many colleges

[16:57] appropriately reflect their

[16:58] values,

[16:59] including the commitment

[17:00] to DEI in their core

[17:02] of their ethics. I mean,

[17:04] that book is just riddled

[17:05] with this. And I can go

[17:06] through what Mr. Noah Brown

[17:07] said in chapter one with

[17:09] Karen Rafatsky

[17:12] in chapter four, Jacqueline

[17:14] King and equity mindedness

[17:16] in chapter eight. I go right

[17:18] down the list. This book is

[17:19] totally counter

[17:21] to everything the state of

[17:22] Texas is doing. And you've been

[17:23] given that book. And I think we

[17:25] need to find another book that

[17:27] guides this body and another

[17:29] speaker who comes

[17:30] in who isn't a co author in a

[17:32] book that hasn't been revised

[17:34] since 2020. Now, the last 50

[17:38] seconds,

[17:40] this is important. I've been

[17:41] to a lot

[17:42] of meetings throughout Tarrant

[17:43] county, probably well over 6,

[17:45] 700 since 2017. I've been to

[17:48] work sessions. I was really

[17:50] kind of amazed that we went

[17:53] from six trustees

[17:54] to three trustees. Now, there

[17:55] was no deliberations and there

[17:56] was no votes being taken, but

[17:58] it was a posted meeting and it

[18:00] was a broken quorum. So I was

[18:03] willing to forgive that.

[18:04] That's okay. But when you went

[18:06] into executive session, I had

[18:08] to draw a line because you go

[18:09] into the executive session

[18:10] to deliberate. Now we don't

[18:12] know what you're doing

[18:13] in there. And then

[18:14] on your agenda says coming

[18:16] out and take action. And I

[18:18] think you said, Mr.

[18:19] (INAUDIBLE), there's no action

[18:20] to be taken. Okay, so there was

[18:21] intent to do action. That

[18:25] meeting should have been

[18:28] recessed and rescheduled. And

[18:29] you could have had it

[18:30] at 2:00 clock today. Well, I

[18:31] handed Mr. Reginald a complaint

[18:35] I filed with the Public

[18:36] Integrity unit

[18:37] of the DA's office,

[18:38] and we'll get an opinion

[18:39] from them. It went in Today,

[18:41] right about 4:00' o'clock.

[18:42] Thank you.

[18:45] >> Thank you, Mr. Bennett. The

[18:47] next speaker will be Nicole

[18:49] Spears. Ms. Spears?

[18:53] >> Good evening, members

[18:54] of the Board. My name is

[18:56] Nicole Spears. I'm a resident

[18:58] of Tarrant County, and. I have

[18:59] proudly served as a faculty

[19:01] member at south campus since

[19:03] 2009. I speak today in support

[19:05] of Agenda Item 6M regarding

[19:08] revisions to board policy BGC

[19:10] Local, drafted by the Joint

[19:13] Consultation Committee. I am a

[19:14] former JCC member and I have

[19:17] seen firsthand the value

[19:19] of the Faculty association and

[19:21] the collaborative role. It

[19:22] plays

[19:23] within our college community.

[19:24] The Faculty association

[19:26] consistently identifies

[19:28] concerns and that might

[19:29] otherwise go unnoticed. Thanks

[19:31] to collaboration among faculty

[19:32] across disciplines as well as

[19:35] our counselors and librarians.

[19:38] This collaborative approach

[19:39] ensures that policies reflect a

[19:41] wide range of instructional and

[19:43] student support perspectives.

[19:46] Beyond problem solving, the

[19:47] Faculty association provides

[19:49] consistent service and

[19:50] leadership opportunities at

[19:52] both the campus and district

[19:54] levels, serving on the JCC,

[19:57] for instance,

[19:58] gave me a deeper understanding

[19:59] of how the College operates and

[20:02] allowed me to see. The bigger

[20:04] picture of institutional

[20:06] decision making that experience

[20:08] made me a stronger,

[20:10] more effective teacher.

[20:12] Finally, I want to stress that

[20:14] the JCC has always served

[20:17] in an advisory capacity,

[20:18] offering thoughtful, informed

[20:21] input while respecting the

[20:23] authority of the board and

[20:24] administration. The proposed

[20:27] revisions reflect that same

[20:29] spirit. While ensuring

[20:30] compliance with Senate Bill

[20:31] 37. I respectfully urge you to

[20:34] support this item and maintain

[20:37] the Faculty Association's

[20:38] important role in strengthening

[20:40] communication and collaboration

[20:42] across our college community.

[20:44] Thank you for your time and

[20:45] consideration.

[20:48] >> Thank you, Ms. Spears. And

[20:52] our final speaker is Eric

[20:54] Crowell. Mr. Crowell.

[20:58] >> Good evening, Madam

[21:01] President, Board Chancellor

[21:03] LeBlanc. Good afternoon. I'm

[21:04] here tonight to speak about

[21:05] Tad and the upcoming board

[21:06] appointment process. As you

[21:07] may or may not remember, I was

[21:08] on the TAD ballot last year,

[21:10] and as they say, if

[21:11] at first you don't succeed,

[21:12] try again. So, this is me

[21:13] trying again. Only this time,

[21:15] things are a little different.

[21:17] There are fewer board positions

[21:18] open, and there are new tax

[21:19] entities participating. There

[21:20] will be two open positions this

[21:22] year. The college will have

[21:24] 210026 votes to allocate,

[21:25] and your process to nominate

[21:27] and elect will start soon. As

[21:29] mentioned, new entities are

[21:31] participating this year. The

[21:32] Conservation Districts

[21:33] of TARRANT county chose

[21:34] to participate. There are six

[21:35] of them. This is the first time

[21:36] they have ever participated

[21:38] and. And they're still getting

[21:39] their feet under them. Why did

[21:41] they choose to participate?

[21:42] After reading parts

[21:43] of the tax code earlier.

[21:45] Earlier this year, I discovered

[21:46] conservation districts could

[21:47] participate,

[21:48] but it wasn't automatic

[21:49] like schools and cities. So,

[21:51] in February, I started speaking

[21:52] to them. And after many

[21:54] speaking engagements and

[21:55] emails, they chose to act. My

[21:57] reason for attempting

[21:58] to get them to participate was

[21:59] simple. I believe the more

[22:00] entities involved,

[22:01] the greater transparency

[22:03] of the district. And as elected

[22:04] officials, if you can vote,

[22:05] I believe you should, their

[22:08] process is a little different.

[22:09] In fact, they just finished

[22:10] their nominating period for the

[22:11] fall ballot and they selected

[22:13] me as their nominee. In front

[22:15] of you is a packet I prepared.

[22:16] I've added my commentary

[22:18] to it and would be happy

[22:19] to answer any questions.

[22:20] To briefly explain the packet,

[22:22] it only focuses

[22:23] on residential values. Taken

[22:24] from Tad's Total Value Report

[22:26] for 24 and 25. If you notice

[22:28] on page 2 and 3, Market and

[22:30] Average annual home values are

[22:32] down. When market values are

[22:34] frozen,

[22:35] you would expect the numbers

[22:36] to stay the same. So, the

[22:37] question is, why aren't they?

[22:39] And the answer is Protests.

[22:40] Protests are up from 208 to

[22:41] 228,000. And according

[22:43] to the chief appraiser, people

[22:45] who protested their property

[22:47] value saw an average reduction

[22:48] of 10%. So, what does this tell

[22:50] us? It tells us much of

[22:51] Tarrant County is experiencing

[22:53] declining property values.

[22:55] Now, remember,

[22:57] the purported reason

[22:58] to freeze the values was

[22:59] to provide taxpayer relief.

[23:00] However,

[23:01] with the values frozen,

[23:02] homeowners did not receive the

[23:03] benefit of reduced values

[23:04] unless they protested.

[23:05] Instead, taxpayers will be

[23:07] paying taxes

[23:08] on overvalued property. If we

[23:09] were on yearly appraisals, most

[23:11] homeowners would have received

[23:12] the benefit

[23:13] of a reduced home value.

[23:15] Look, this is your appointment.

[23:16] And when the time comes,

[23:17] this board will have to vote

[23:19] for individuals you believe

[23:20] will best represent the

[23:21] interests

[23:22] of you and the taxpayers.

[23:23] In essence, what TAD did

[23:24] with the freeze was

[23:25] to insert itself and attempt

[23:26] to control your budget, when

[23:27] in fact,

[23:28] it's the other way around. As a

[23:29] tax entity, you control tad's

[23:31] budget. TAD does not set a

[23:33] rate. They are funded by you.

[23:34] Your budget is between you and

[23:36] the county taxpayers,

[23:37] not you and TAD

[23:39] with current market realities.

[23:41] The fact is, much of Tarrant

[23:42] County has declined in value,

[23:44] and many homeowners have not

[23:45] seen the corresponding

[23:46] reduction. With that said, tax

[23:48] relief is not the

[23:49] responsibility of TAD. They're

[23:50] here to value property. You're

[23:52] here to run a college and set a

[23:53] tax rate based on that value

[23:55] yearly appraisals would ensure

[23:57] the most accurate data

[23:58] to achieve that outcome.

[23:59] Included

[24:00] with the packet is a copy

[24:01] of my resume. When time comes

[24:02] to vote, I'd appreciate your

[24:03] consideration. Thank you. Have

[24:04] a great meeting.

[24:07] >> Thank you, Mr. Crowell. Is

[24:10] there any other public comment?

[24:12] >> Okay.

[24:14] >> We will then move on

[24:15] to item four, which is board

[24:16] business items and

[24:17] announcements. The first Item

[24:19] is Item 4A. Approval of the

[24:22] Special Meeting Minutes of

[24:24] June 12, 2025. Is there any

[24:26] discussion? Hearing none. All

[24:30] those in favor say aye.

[24:32] >> Aye.

[24:34] >> Any opposed? We pass the

[24:38] minutes. The next is item 4 4B.

[24:44] Approval of the work session

[24:45] meeting minutes of June 12,

[24:47] 2025. Cerny Discussion

[24:52] Hearing None. All those

[24:53] in favor say aye.

[24:54] >> Aye.

[24:55] >> Any opposed? The motion

[24:56] passes. And item 4C, approval

[25:00] of the Board of Trustees

[25:01] meeting minutes of June 26,

[25:03] 2025. Is there any discussion?

[25:07] Hearing none. All those

[25:08] in favor say aye.

[25:09] >> Aye.

[25:10] >> Any opposed? Motion carries.

[25:14] Moving to item 4D,

[25:15] trustee activities. I will

[25:18] start at this end, Ms.

[25:20] Pritchett?

[25:22] >> So I had the pleasure

[25:24] to attend the Tarrant

[25:26] Appraisal district board

[25:27] meeting on August 12. And it

[25:29] was a very important meeting as

[25:32] we are getting ready to enter

[25:34] into that season again where

[25:36] we'll be looking at the

[25:37] different candidates who are

[25:39] wanting to be

[25:41] on the TAT board. As we know,

[25:42] we use a weighted number

[25:47] of votes for that. And so very

[25:48] important for us as one

[25:50] of the entities to understand

[25:51] what the TAD board is doing and

[25:53] to understand the relationship

[25:54] between the entities. Thank

[25:56] you.

[25:58] >> Thank you, Ms. Pritchett.

[26:00] Dr. Morrison?

[26:06] >> Good afternoon, everyone.

[26:11] It was my pleasure this

[26:12] afternoon to sit in on the

[26:15] Trailblazer 2025 awards

[26:18] ceremony. It was a beautiful

[26:20] event and I was so happy

[26:23] to be able to be a part of it.

[26:25] To greet one

[26:27] of my friends who received her

[26:29] 50 year recognition, Ms.

[26:32] Jeanette Adkins. And I'm just

[26:33] happy, happy to say I'm going

[26:36] to be right behind her,

[26:37] looking forward to next year.

[26:39] But it was a wonderful event.

[26:41] The decor,

[26:42] the ambiance was wonderful.

[26:44] And I think everyone that was

[26:46] honored today felt really good

[26:48] about their life and investment

[26:51] in Tarrant County College. And

[26:54] I want to thank the chancellor

[26:56] and staff for planning a very

[26:57] wonderful event. Thank you very

[26:59] much.

[27:04] >> Toro was wearing a tuxedo.

[27:06] >> I love Toro always and

[27:07] especially

[27:09] in his tuxedo or her tuxedo.

[27:12] Okay, thank you. It was my

[27:15] pleasure during the summer

[27:16] to participate in the Fort

[27:17] Worth Metropolitan Black

[27:18] Chamber of Commerce 44th annual

[27:20] awards luncheon. And that's

[27:21] always a very community wide,

[27:27] embracing event. And this year

[27:31] was no different. Lots

[27:35] of good friendships. The mayor

[27:38] was there and just. And my

[27:41] second favorite, both of my

[27:43] favorite mayors were there,

[27:45] Reverend Michael Evans and

[27:48] Mayor Parker. And we had a

[27:50] wonderful speaker and we met

[27:52] lots of people doing business

[27:54] in Fort Worth and benefiting

[27:57] from Tarrant County College

[27:59] over 60 years. So that was me

[28:02] with a Fort Worth ISD school

[28:04] board member, Dr. Camille

[28:07] Rodriguez. Camille Rodriguez.

[28:09] So it was a great event,

[28:10] great networking. We're just

[28:12] all excited to be a part of

[28:15] Tarrant County. Thank you very

[28:16] much.

[28:18] >> Thank you, Dr. Morrison.

[28:20] Mr. Hornsby.

[28:24] >> Thank you. President. I was

[28:27] blessed to have the opportunity

[28:30] this period

[28:31] of time that we were

[28:32] out and gone. Let me see what

[28:34] they put up first. That was.

[28:40] That was the speaker for the

[28:42] Fort Worth Metropolitan Black

[28:45] Chamber of Commerce that I also

[28:46] attended. Dr. Morrison was

[28:49] there and he gave his

[28:51] foundation, his company gave

[28:54] Fort Worth Independent School

[28:56] District a $250,000 donation

[29:01] for the furtherance

[29:02] of the children. That's him and

[29:04] his wife. His wife is also the

[29:06] president of Hudson Tillerson

[29:08] University in Austin, Texas.

[29:11] Dr. Wallace. And that's our

[29:14] former Commissioner Brooks that

[29:18] was there. It was a great

[29:19] event. We enjoyed being there.

[29:21] I don't think I sent that one

[29:23] in. This is where numbers

[29:26] from where we went

[29:28] to the legislative update at

[29:30] (INAUDIBLE) that shows the

[29:33] number of bills that were filed

[29:37] and the total number of House

[29:38] bills that were filed,

[29:40] including all the resolutions.

[29:42] They were very active and very

[29:44] busy and about 200 and some odd

[29:46] of those impact the community

[29:50] colleges. It was a very kind

[29:56] of stressful meeting listening

[29:58] to all of those things and all

[30:00] of those changes and all of the

[30:02] unfunded mandates that that are

[30:04] coming down that you have

[30:06] to figure out how you're going

[30:07] to pay for them. So,

[30:09] but we'll have to deal

[30:10] with them and work on them and

[30:13] see how far we can get along

[30:15] with them. I also had the

[30:16] opportunity

[30:17] of attending the 60th

[30:21] Anniversary Partner

[30:22] Appreciation Breakfast. That

[30:25] was our chancellor who always

[30:28] does a good presentation for

[30:31] more than the college and the

[30:34] school. And we appreciate her

[30:36] for all that she does and says

[30:37] to us those things and other

[30:39] cabinet members that were

[30:41] present. That was a great

[30:43] event. It's amazing to see all

[30:44] the partners that we have

[30:49] across the district and have

[30:51] their recognition of the impact

[30:54] that the county college makes

[30:56] to the local community and

[30:59] to the economic growth

[31:00] of our area because of the

[31:02] students and impact that we

[31:03] make on serving students. So,

[31:06] it was a great event and a

[31:08] great celebration of the 60

[31:10] years of Tarrant County

[31:11] College. As I would. I

[31:13] graduated from, got my degree

[31:14] from here in 1978. So, I've

[31:19] been around quite a while and

[31:22] then had the opportunity to

[31:26] may not have them. I was at

[31:28] Southeast campus this week as

[31:31] they began their semester, as

[31:33] they had all their faculty and

[31:35] staff together. And it was

[31:38] amazing to see how the students

[31:40] were still trying

[31:43] to register when almost all of

[31:45] their classes are already full.

[31:47] But they still had people there

[31:48] trying to find places to go.

[31:49] So we're really looking forward

[31:51] to the ending of the

[31:52] construction and the remodeling

[31:56] so that there's more classroom

[31:58] space and that will give us

[31:59] more opportunities

[32:00] to serve students. That was the

[32:02] August Star winner

[32:04] on the campus. They pick the

[32:07] staff suggest,

[32:10] and she wins a star winner

[32:11] for each month on Southeast

[32:13] Campus. And she was the

[32:15] August Star winner,

[32:17] so we were glad to see her. It

[32:19] was a great luncheon.

[32:22] Of course, Dr. LeBlanc came and

[32:24] she got to speak along with

[32:27] President Baum, and we

[32:30] appreciated the opportunity

[32:31] to go and serve. And I got

[32:33] to take my beautiful wife

[32:34] with me. So, thank you all

[32:35] for allowing her to come.

[32:38] >> Thank you, Mr. Hornsby.

[32:40] >> Ms. Witt, good evening. I

[32:43] have the opportunity to go to

[32:46] the northeast campus. I'm

[32:48] sorry, the Northwest campus.

[32:50] Got to make sure I have

[32:51] to say that right.

[32:52] For the basic Fire academy

[32:53] graduation, class 107, which

[32:56] was August 12th at 7:30. And I

[32:59] will tell you, it's amazing to

[33:00] me that they can keep that huge

[33:02] room cool at 7:30 at night.

[33:08] In fact, I had

[33:09] to call a couple times

[33:10] to make sure it was coming in

[33:11] at the right time because I

[33:13] thought it was at 7. But they

[33:14] did that specifically so they

[33:16] could keep the building cool.

[33:18] And it was. It was nice. And

[33:20] they had water for everybody,

[33:21] which was wonderful. The

[33:25] graduation was facilitated by

[33:26] Fire Academy coordinator Bill

[33:28] Pearson. And I was there with

[33:32] Dr. Blake and Baker with. We

[33:34] sat

[33:35] on the front row and we're

[33:36] there to congratulate all the

[33:40] men that graduated. Our keynote

[33:42] speaker was Ryan Arthur, and

[33:44] he's the Fire Chief of Lake

[33:47] Worth. He has over 25 years

[33:49] of experience

[33:51] from firefighter EMT

[33:54] to leadership roles in Allen,

[33:56] South Lake, Lake Worth, and

[33:59] many certifications. He

[34:01] encouraged all of the cadets to

[34:03] embrace continuous improvement

[34:05] and lifelong learning as

[34:07] hallmarks of their careers.

[34:09] Samuel Adams was the class

[34:11] president and he addressed the

[34:12] cadets. I have

[34:14] to say my most favorite part

[34:16] of coming to these graduations

[34:17] is watching their video. They

[34:19] do a class video and I'm hoping

[34:21] one day we can show you all the

[34:23] class video because it is so

[34:25] fun to watch the them

[34:28] through all of the training

[34:29] that they do and all

[34:31] of the hard work they do.

[34:33] But then some of the fun,

[34:34] too. The conclusion of the

[34:38] graduation was when they would

[34:40] ring the bell. And there's the

[34:42] last gentleman, I believe,

[34:43] ringing the bell. Or maybe I

[34:45] don't think he's the last. He

[34:46] was one of the first. But when

[34:48] the last one rings the bell,

[34:49] then you're done

[34:50] with the graduation. I just

[34:51] want to note that there are

[34:54] local fire departments that

[34:56] sponsor these young men. And

[34:59] the departments that were there

[35:01] that evening were DFW

[35:03] Airport, Lake Worth, North

[35:05] Richland Hills, Hearst Crumb,

[35:06] and Gainesville. So we had

[35:10] quite a few departments that

[35:11] were there to swear

[35:14] in their new firefighters. So

[35:17] thank you

[35:18] for allowing me the opportunity

[35:20] to go to that. It was so much

[35:21] fun. And then

[35:24] over the summer, I was invited

[35:26] to go to a grand opening

[35:28] of a new fun center they have.

[35:34] It was called Malibu Jacks, and

[35:36] they have all types

[35:37] of games and bowling, and, I

[35:39] mean, it is an amazing,

[35:41] fun place

[35:42] to take your kids or even

[35:44] adults to go. And while I was

[35:46] there, I ran into many

[35:49] Tarrant County College

[35:50] students. And I don't know

[35:52] which. Oh, there, that picture.

[35:55] I don't know if you'll notice,

[35:56] but that's Toro on his shirt.

[35:57] So I had to stop and talk

[35:58] to him. And both he and his

[35:59] fianc that is also

[36:01] in the picture graduated

[36:03] from our EMT program. So

[36:05] everywhere I go, I run into

[36:06] Tarrant County College

[36:08] students. And then there's one

[36:11] other picture. This young lady,

[36:12] I met her when I walked

[36:13] through the door, and. And she

[36:14] was also a graduate of

[36:16] Tarrant County College. So just

[36:17] wanted to highlight that we're

[36:19] doing great things all

[36:20] through the community,

[36:22] and everywhere we go, we run

[36:24] into people that are a part

[36:26] of Tarrant County College. And

[36:28] that's all I have. Thank you,

[36:30] Ms. Wood, Ms. Law.

[36:35] >> Good evening, everybody.

[36:37] Thank you. I do have, this

[36:39] time, a few activities to

[36:40] report. I also attended the

[36:42] 60th anniversary partner

[36:45] appreciation Breakfast along

[36:48] with several of my other

[36:49] trustee board members. And I

[36:52] didn't get a picture with

[36:54] Toro, and I'm really

[36:55] disappointed about that.

[36:57] But it was really fun, I

[36:58] thought. A really nice

[36:59] celebration of the 60 years

[37:01] of Tarrant County College. I

[37:05] also had the pleasure

[37:07] of meeting with four members

[37:09] of the Police Officer

[37:10] Association. And I think I

[37:12] have. Yeah, there's a picture

[37:14] there. It's Officer Martinez,

[37:16] Lieutenant Jesse, Officer

[37:19] Carter, and Lieutenant Lee.

[37:21] They reached out to me and

[37:23] introduced themselves,

[37:24] and I invited them up

[37:26] to my office, and we talked

[37:28] for a good hour

[37:29] about how they enjoy working

[37:30] for TCC. And they gave me a

[37:32] little more insight

[37:34] of how they keep us safe. On

[37:36] campus. I really appreciated

[37:37] that. And I'm sure my law firm

[37:39] also appreciates that. We got a

[37:41] good picture in front

[37:42] of our name. And then I also

[37:48] attended the TASB Post

[37:50] legislative seminar with

[37:53] Trustee Dekine and Trustee

[37:55] Hornsby. And I am just

[37:57] overwhelmed at how busy our

[38:00] legislature was this past term

[38:03] and the amount

[38:05] of the bills that affect

[38:06] Tarrant County College. So, we

[38:07] definitely have a lot

[38:08] of work ahead of us in, you

[38:09] know, honing our policies

[38:11] to comply with everything.

[38:13] But I look forward

[38:14] to doing that with you all.

[38:15] Thank you.

[38:18] >> Thank you, Ms. Law. I will

[38:19] add on the post legislative

[38:22] update. I was going through the

[38:24] materials that they provided

[38:26] to us. It was

[38:27] about eight hours of training

[38:31] on the nearly 200 bills that

[38:33] are impacting community

[38:35] colleges. We also had

[38:36] administrators in attendance.

[38:39] There were 304 PowerPoint

[38:41] slides,

[38:44] so the impact is real. And

[38:47] please know that your district

[38:51] leadership and your board of

[38:53] trustees are working diligently

[38:56] and in some cases

[38:57] around the clock

[38:59] to process and

[39:00] to make these new laws part

[39:05] of our compliant policies. So

[39:07] we cannot understate how much

[39:11] information there was

[39:12] to digest. I also have a couple

[39:15] of activities to report on.

[39:18] We'll also see. Oh, this is

[39:20] awesome. So this right here is

[39:22] a picture of the Tarrant

[39:24] County College Southeast campus

[39:26] float in the Arlington

[39:29] Independence Day Parade. They

[39:31] also celebrated 60 years this

[39:35] year. Every year. It's just

[39:38] such a beautiful, impressive

[39:39] float and I'm really proud

[39:40] to be associated with TCC. But

[39:43] I think there's a picture right

[39:46] after this. I went

[39:47] to the awards ceremony a couple

[39:49] of weeks later and sure enough,

[39:51] TCC Southeast won first place.

[39:56] So, congratulations

[39:57] to the campus. It really

[40:00] underscores how committed the

[40:02] staff and the students are to

[40:04] making this a great

[40:07] representation of the

[40:08] Southeast campus every year.

[40:10] And they're just such a vibrant

[40:11] part of our community that

[40:12] everybody has learned

[40:13] to really look forward

[40:15] to what they're going

[40:16] to put forth for both the

[40:19] Independence Day Parade as well

[40:20] as the Holiday Lights Parade,

[40:22] Veterans Day Parade. They're

[40:24] really great ambassadors

[40:25] of the district. What comes up

[40:28] next? I also just recently

[40:32] attended the Greater

[40:34] Arlington Chamber of Commerce

[40:36] State of the District luncheon

[40:38] as a guest of the Southeast

[40:40] campus. We also had Arlington

[40:42] businesses and civic leaders

[40:46] and AISD faculty,

[40:47] administrators and parents

[40:49] at this luncheon. This is the

[40:51] 15th annual State of the

[40:53] District Luncheon for

[40:55] Arlington ISD Superintendent

[40:56] Dr. Matt Smith provided an

[40:59] in depth look at the successes

[41:01] of the past school year and

[41:03] updates for the year ahead.

[41:05] And he was very intentional

[41:07] about highlighting the critical

[41:09] role that Tarrant County

[41:10] College plays in partnerships

[41:11] with districts like AISD,

[41:13] through dual credit

[41:14] opportunities, workforce

[41:16] training, and career pathways

[41:17] that prepare students

[41:19] for success in college, career,

[41:21] and life. So, again, another

[41:24] really proud moment that

[41:26] highlights the collaboration

[41:27] of TCC with our independent

[41:29] school districts. And then you

[41:34] all are going to want

[41:35] to come attend this

[41:36] with me next year. On July

[41:38] 24, I attended the second

[41:40] annual Taste of Arlington ISD,

[41:42] where students who are a part

[41:46] of the district showcase their

[41:48] culinary talents and

[41:52] creativity. And again, this

[41:53] event really highlighted the

[41:55] partnership between Arlington

[41:57] ISD and the southeast campus

[41:59] in terms of creating pathways

[42:01] for their culinary and

[42:02] hospitality programs. So, what

[42:05] you see here,

[42:06] it was just a small portion

[42:08] of the room, but there were

[42:09] about 200 people

[42:10] in attendance. You can see some

[42:11] of the food in the background.

[42:13] But each one

[42:14] of the high schools prepared

[42:16] at least one, if not two

[42:18] signature dishes completely

[42:21] developed and prepared

[42:24] by the students

[42:25] in the culinary programs. And

[42:28] these are dishes that are being

[42:29] served this year in Arlington

[42:32] ISD cafeterias. So it's

[42:35] designed by students

[42:37] for students. This is Jalen

[42:40] from Arlington high School. He

[42:42] prepared a teriyaki chicken,

[42:44] which was my favorite.

[42:46] But they have everything

[42:47] from this dish

[42:48] to breakfast dishes. There were

[42:51] street tacos, but it's open

[42:53] to the public,

[42:55] and it's really just a way

[42:57] to showcase kind

[42:58] of that progression from

[42:59] Arlington ISD to the culinary

[43:00] and hospitality programs. So

[43:03] I'll let you know when it

[43:05] happens again next year. And I

[43:07] think that's all I have.

[43:10] >> Okay.

[43:12] >> We will now move on

[43:13] to item five,

[43:15] consideration and approval

[43:16] of the consent agenda.

[43:18] >> Mr. Kind, may I?

[43:19] >> Yes.

[43:21] >> I would like

[43:22] to remove item number 5D

[43:23] from the consent agenda.

[43:25] >> Which item? 5. 5D. 5D.

[43:28] Okay. There's been a request

[43:29] to remove 5D

[43:30] from the consent agenda,

[43:33] which only takes one trustee

[43:36] to do so. The action that we

[43:37] will consider now is

[43:39] to approve items 5A, B, C and

[43:43] E. President Deakyne, I'd like

[43:45] to remove 5E

[43:46] from the consent agenda,

[43:47] please.

[43:48] >> Okay. We have requests

[43:49] for two items

[43:50] from the consent agenda. Are

[43:51] there any others?

[43:56] >> Yes.

[43:57] >> Yes. So, D&E.

[44:04] >> Ms. Law, President declined

[44:07] point of clarification. When

[44:08] they get removed,

[44:09] did they get put on the

[44:11] >> We will instead vote

[44:12] on them individually.

[44:14] >> Okay, understood. Thank you.

[44:16] >> So the item for

[44:18] consideration right now is the

[44:20] consent agenda,

[44:21] including items 5A, B, and C.

[44:28] Is there any discussion?

[44:33] Okay. There's a motion

[44:34] to approve and a second. All

[44:35] those in favor say aye.

[44:36] >> Aye.

[44:37] >> Any opposed? A, B,

[44:40] and C are approved. We will

[44:42] move on to Item 5D. Authorize

[44:46] the execution of the purchase

[44:47] of lab kits for TCC Connect

[44:49] online biology courses

[44:51] for fall 2025, spring 2026 and

[44:55] summer 2026 terms from Barnes

[44:57] and Noble College

[44:59] at an estimated annual cost

[45:01] of $438,500. Ms. Kelly willing.

[45:09] >> Good evening. Thank you,

[45:11] Trustee De Kine. I'm here

[45:15] to ask the board

[45:18] to authorize the Chancellor or

[45:21] Chancellor's designee

[45:22] to purchase lab kits for TCC

[45:23] Connect Biology courses

[45:25] for the fall 25, spring 26 and

[45:28] summer 26 semesters. These will

[45:32] be through the Barnes and

[45:33] Noble College, our bookstore

[45:34] partner,

[45:36] at an estimated annual cost

[45:37] of $438,500. During the COVID

[45:43] 19 pandemic, the board approved

[45:44] using the CARES act funding

[45:47] to provide lab kits

[45:49] for all classes who were having

[45:50] to meet off campus. This

[45:52] avoided additional cost

[45:54] to those students for those lab

[45:55] kits when all the courses were

[45:57] meeting remotely rather than

[45:59] face to face. After the CARES

[46:02] ACT funding ran out,

[46:04] lab components for the face

[46:05] to face classes were held

[46:07] on the campuses in the biology

[46:12] laboratories where they have

[46:14] materials and supplies and lab

[46:18] assistants to help them. There

[46:19] was no longer a need

[46:21] for college wide lab kits, but

[46:23] for the Connect campus. Lab

[46:25] materials were only provided

[46:27] through these lab kits and

[46:30] previously the students were

[46:31] having to pay for them. So, the

[46:34] board approved that the lab

[46:37] kits for the Connect courses

[46:39] also be paid for

[46:40] by the college. This was to

[46:43] ensure standard learning

[46:44] environments across the college

[46:45] and support student success.

[46:51] Additionally, Connect added

[46:53] biology courses

[46:56] in the last academic year 24,

[46:57] 25 brought those

[46:59] to the board also to approve

[47:00] in addition to the previously

[47:01] approved biology course lab

[47:03] kits and those were approved.

[47:05] So this recourse,

[47:07] this request is to continue

[47:09] to provide the lab kits

[47:10] for the Connect online courses

[47:13] to include Biology 1406 and

[47:14] 07 2401, 2402

[47:17] for this estimated year

[47:19] with the estimated cost of

[47:21] $438,500 with the breakdown is

[47:23] in the exhibit

[47:25] to this item and I apologize,

[47:27] I forgot to repeat my name

[47:28] for you. Kelly Willing,

[47:30] Interim President of the TCC

[47:31] Connect campus.

[47:33] >> Thank you, Ms. Willing.

[47:34] >> Thank you.

[47:35] >> Are there any questions

[47:37] for Ms. Willing? Ms. Wood?

[47:40] >> I don't have a question,

[47:41] but I have a comment. I think

[47:44] at a time when we have frozen

[47:48] our tuition rates, this is one

[47:50] thing that we could cut and I

[47:55] feel that students can pay

[47:57] for this since we don't have

[47:59] other fees and we don't have a

[48:01] tuition hike.

[48:10] >> So prior was this an option

[48:12] prior to 2020

[48:15] to have remote learning

[48:16] for the labs? Yes, and the

[48:20] students paid for lab kits

[48:21] at that point in time. So that

[48:23] was the standard practice then.

[48:26] And through the CARES money we

[48:27] were able

[48:28] to leverage the CARES money

[48:30] to pay for these.

[48:31] During this period,

[48:32] that money has run out. And so

[48:34] now the request is that we

[48:35] continue to pay for it,

[48:36] but no longer

[48:37] with CARES money, with the

[48:39] taxpayer funded money.

[48:40] >> Correct.

[48:41] >> Okay.

[48:42] >> Thank you

[48:43] for the clarification.

[48:44] >> Absolutely. So, I do want

[48:47] to mention that the decision

[48:53] to do this in years past had

[48:57] to do with student outcomes.

[48:59] When the students, some

[49:03] students would purchase the lab

[49:04] kits and some would not and

[49:06] that would impact the results

[49:09] in their performance

[49:11] in class online. We spend the

[49:15] same amount of money with the

[49:17] face-to-face courses and the

[49:20] labs on the campuses. So it was

[49:23] more an issue

[49:26] of if we're going

[49:28] to accommodate the students

[49:31] in face to face classes, then

[49:34] we should also accommodate the

[49:36] students online. So, this is

[49:39] good conversation. However,

[49:41] because we do recognize that

[49:46] moving forward we will need to

[49:49] analyze what are fees that we

[49:56] can charge the students that

[49:59] the college has not charged

[50:02] over time. And that's a

[50:04] philosophical issue. Tarrant

[50:08] County College, part

[50:10] of the mission is focused on

[50:12] access and keeping tuition and

[50:15] fees low. And so historically

[50:19] that's been the philosophy.

[50:22] And we will need guidance from

[50:24] the board moving forward

[50:27] because we recognize that when

[50:30] tuition is frozen, we have

[50:34] exemptions that we've already

[50:37] reviewed. And you will learn

[50:40] more about that later today,

[50:41] that there will be a time when

[50:42] we will have

[50:44] to start charging fees not only

[50:46] for the online students, but

[50:50] the face-to-face students as

[50:51] well.

[50:56] >> Ms. Willing, just so I am

[50:58] clear, the impact of not

[51:01] passing this this evening would

[51:04] mean that a student attending

[51:05] an in person class would have a

[51:07] controlled lab environment that

[51:09] the college is paying for

[51:11] versus an online student taking

[51:14] the same class not having a

[51:18] controlled lab environment, Is

[51:20] that correct?

[51:23] >> Yes. In that they would be

[51:25] doing the labs on their own,

[51:27] usually at home. Is that what

[51:29] you mean by controlled?

[51:31] >> Well, I. I guess what I'm

[51:33] saying is would there still be

[51:34] a requirement

[51:35] to purchase the lab material,

[51:38] the lab kit just not as

[51:41] provided by the college,

[51:44] or would there be no

[51:45] requirement to purchase that

[51:46] in order to ensure the

[51:47] controlled environment?

[51:49] >> We would actually have to

[51:51] discuss that because the

[51:52] students are already registered

[51:54] for the classes,

[51:55] registration is almost over and

[51:57] they have not been told that

[51:59] they would have to

[52:00] by a lab kit. The curriculum is

[52:01] written to be completed

[52:04] with the lab kits. So we would

[52:07] have to figure out how do we

[52:09] help those students accomplish

[52:10] that part

[52:11] of the curriculum and able

[52:12] to pass it. So I don't have a

[52:14] full answer. We would have

[52:16] to discuss and figure out what

[52:17] to do next.

[52:20] >> Thank you.

[52:21] >> Certainly.

[52:22] >> I think we discussed last

[52:25] time, I think we did that this

[52:28] is standard practice with

[52:30] Other colleges that the student

[52:32] would be responsible for

[52:33] purchasing their excess

[52:35] supplies regardless,

[52:37] depending upon what their

[52:39] course of study is. Is that

[52:40] correct?

[52:41] >> Some colleges in some

[52:43] places. I think it's what we

[52:44] talked about. Some colleges

[52:46] may require the students

[52:48] to pay for the labs. All on.

[52:51] Many online colleges that we

[52:53] know of have remote lab kits.

[52:56] They're very popular and we've

[52:58] been using them since Connect

[53:01] started with science classes. I

[53:02] remember when we started our

[53:04] first lab kit requirements with

[53:06] the faculty and putting those

[53:07] together.

[53:08] >> Right. So, I guess my

[53:10] question is it's not uncommon

[53:12] to ask a student to pay

[53:13] for regardless

[53:15] of what their course

[53:16] of study is. If there are extra

[53:17] supplies that. That are needed,

[53:18] it's not uncommon

[53:19] to ask the student to pay

[53:20] for their own supplies.

[53:21] >> Correct.

[53:22] >> I don't think I am qualified

[53:23] to totally answer that

[53:24] completely. The way you boarded

[53:25] the question,

[53:27] I'm not sure.

[53:29] >> Ms. Willing, could you speak

[53:30] a little bit closer into the

[53:32] microphone or could we adjust

[53:33] the podium microphone,

[53:34] please?

[53:35] >> I feel like it's right

[53:37] in front of me. Did you want me

[53:38] to repeat something I think I

[53:45] heard? The question is more

[53:48] of what is going

[53:51] to be the impact

[53:53] on student success.

[53:56] >> That this decision will make

[54:00] and if students enrolled in the

[54:02] class have the comp practice.

[54:05] Haven't been

[54:07] for some time here,

[54:10] that the lab kits were a part

[54:12] of the enrollment, the access

[54:14] to the lab. And so if they've

[54:16] enrolled

[54:17] with that expectation, that

[54:21] might have a negative impact

[54:23] on student success. And so I

[54:25] have great concern

[54:28] about that. And I understand

[54:33] that that looks

[54:34] like a sizable amount

[54:35] of money and it is. But I'm

[54:44] concerned that we already have

[54:46] students enrolled for fall

[54:49] for these classes. And you

[54:55] know, I would like to see it go

[54:56] forward and if there's. We need

[55:00] to look at the impact

[55:02] of what it would be

[55:03] of changing the supply status

[55:08] of the kits being provided or

[55:09] not provided. I think the

[55:11] chancellor says if a student

[55:14] right now is on a face

[55:15] to face class, they don't have

[55:17] to pay for a lab kit.

[55:18] >> Is that right?

[55:19] >> That's correct. Correct.

[55:20] >> Okay.

[55:22] >> So they're already getting

[55:25] the advantage

[55:32] of a college provided lab kit.

[55:33] And so if we require the online

[55:34] students

[55:35] to purchase their lab kit,

[55:36] we're adding an additional

[55:37] burden to them which they may

[55:40] or may not be prepared or able

[55:42] to manage. Is that correct?

[55:48] >> Yes, ma'am.

[55:49] >> Okay.

[55:51] >> So, with that,

[55:55] I move approval of 5D.

[56:00] >> There's a motion

[56:01] on the floor. Is there a

[56:02] second?

[56:03] >> Second.

[56:05] >> All those

[56:06] in favor say aye.

[56:07] >> Aye.

[56:08] >> All those opposed say naye.

[56:12] >> Naye.

[56:15] >> The motion carries. Thank

[56:20] you, Ms. Willing.

[56:22] >> Thank you.

[56:24] >> The next item is 5E. Adopt

[56:26] the internal audit three-year

[56:29] audit plan 2025, 2027 as

[56:32] reflected

[56:33] on the attached memo.

[56:38] >> Hi. If you wouldn't mind

[56:39] introducing yourself

[56:40] to the audience.

[56:41] >> Yes, I'm Nicholas McClay.

[56:42] I'm a partner with Calvadi

[56:44] Ferguson. Ms. Shockley is not

[56:46] here due to illness,

[56:48] so I will be standing in

[56:50] for her this evening.

[56:51] >> Thank you. Are there any

[56:56] questions specific to this

[56:57] item?

[56:58] >> I do have a couple of

[56:59] questions. One is more

[57:00] procedural question. This was

[57:01] not originally on consent and

[57:02] I'm curious how it became part

[57:04] of the consent agenda.

[57:05] To my recollection, during the

[57:07] work session they made the

[57:09] recommendation and asked

[57:10] for it to be put

[57:12] on the consent agenda.

[57:13] >> Is that standard that a

[57:15] presenter would make that

[57:17] request?

[57:18] >> So I will share and you can

[57:20] echo or give different

[57:22] feedback. I will share that my

[57:24] process from the beginning

[57:26] of assuming the chair role,

[57:28] which is why you may have seen

[57:30] the agenda look slightly

[57:31] different and the work session

[57:32] agenda last week looked

[57:35] different to me, is that the

[57:37] staff bring forward whether or

[57:38] not they believe that their

[57:40] item should be placed

[57:43] on the consent agenda and then

[57:44] at the request

[57:45] of the trustee,

[57:46] they could remove it

[57:47] from the consent agenda. So, I

[57:48] was actually surprised that

[57:49] there was a request for it

[57:51] to be placed on the consent

[57:53] agenda because it should have

[57:54] been on the consent agenda. I

[57:58] must speak.

[58:01] >> You were on target and the

[58:03] request was made and we did not

[58:06] get any feedback from any board

[58:09] member stating that it should

[58:11] not be on consent agenda.

[58:17] >> Okay, thank you for that

[58:18] clarification. A few questions

[58:20] that I do have regarding this

[58:24] is as part of the. As part

[58:28] of the audit,

[58:30] as you're looking

[58:31] for efficiencies,

[58:33] does this take

[58:34] into account.

[58:36] >> When we have perhaps too few

[58:38] people trying to do a job, or

[58:41] conversely too many people

[58:43] trying to do a job? Does it

[58:44] look at those types

[58:45] of efficiencies on our funded

[58:48] unfilled positions?

[58:53] >> The items in the audit plan

[58:55] typically might identify those

[58:57] items as observations or

[58:59] recommendations. However, the

[59:01] audits have

[59:02] for our primary objective

[59:03] to evaluate performance against

[59:05] policies and procedures and

[59:07] establish controls as their

[59:08] primary objective. So typically

[59:13] in their instances where

[59:15] positions may be unfilled or

[59:16] understaffed, those may be

[59:19] identified, but typically they

[59:21] would be identified if there

[59:22] was some kind

[59:23] of non compliance with policies

[59:24] and procedures and accompanying

[59:25] recommendation associated with

[59:27] that that might be resolved as

[59:29] a function

[59:30] of the process owner.

[59:31] >> Okay, thank you. Are there

[59:32] any other questions

[59:33] on this item? Is there a motion

[59:38] to approve?

[59:40] >> So moved.

[59:41] >> Is there a second?

[59:42] >> Second.

[59:43] >> All those in favor say aye.

[59:45] >> Aye

[59:46] >> Any opposed? The motion

[59:48] carries. Thank you very much.

[59:49] >> Thank you very much.

[59:53] >> We will now move

[59:54] into consideration and approval

[59:55] of individual action items.

[59:57] The first item is 6A.

[1:00:00] Authorize Execution of

[1:00:01] Amendment #4 Contract with

[1:00:03] Jacobs in an Amount Up To

[1:00:06] $6,850,000.00 to Provide

[1:00:09] Program Management Services

[1:00:11] for Construction of a New

[1:00:13] Science Building & Renovation

[1:00:15] of 3 Buildings at NE Campus,

[1:00:17] part of the 2019 Bond

[1:00:19] Program. Dr. Anglin?

[1:00:21] >> Thank you, President.

[1:00:23] President, please note for the

[1:00:26] record that I will recuse

[1:00:27] myself from voting on this.

[1:00:30] Thank you

[1:00:31] >> So noted.

[1:00:32] >> President Deakyne, we have

[1:00:33] this topic

[1:00:35] in executive session. Would it

[1:00:37] make sense to table this until

[1:00:38] after executive session?

[1:00:41] >> We will move

[1:00:42] to executive session

[1:00:43] at the conclusion of Dr.

[1:00:45] Anglin's presentation.

[1:00:47] >> Thank you.

[1:00:50] >> Thank you. President

[1:00:51] Deakyne, Chancellor LeBlanc and

[1:00:53] Board of trustees. We're

[1:00:57] seeking approval this evening

[1:00:59] of an amendment number four

[1:01:02] to the Jacobs project

[1:01:05] Management Company

[1:01:08] for project program management

[1:01:10] of the construction of the

[1:01:15] Northeast Science building and

[1:01:17] the renovation

[1:01:18] of three additional buildings.

[1:01:20] Back in January of 21, the

[1:01:23] board approved the initial

[1:01:24] contract with Jacobs Project

[1:01:26] management to serve as the

[1:01:28] owner's representative and

[1:01:30] program manager for the 2019

[1:01:33] bond program. From February 1st

[1:01:36] of 2021 through December 31st

[1:01:40] of 2025. The owner's

[1:01:43] representative serves as an

[1:01:44] agent of the college

[1:01:46] to apply the practice of

[1:01:48] professional construction

[1:01:49] management

[1:01:51] to a capital improvement

[1:01:52] program

[1:01:53] of one or more projects

[1:01:55] from inception to completion.

[1:01:58] The current requested amendment

[1:02:00] will extend the contract

[1:02:02] from 12-31-25 to December 31,

[1:02:07] 2028. And this would get us

[1:02:13] through the planning,

[1:02:15] construction and closeout

[1:02:17] phases of construction

[1:02:19] of the new science building at

[1:02:20] the northeast campus and

[1:02:22] renovation

[1:02:23] of three additional buildings

[1:02:25] on the northeast campus.

[1:02:29] In this amendment, the bond

[1:02:31] project would add one assistant

[1:02:34] project manager and part time

[1:02:36] or ad hoc staff as needed

[1:02:39] during the term

[1:02:41] of the agreement.

[1:02:42] Through planning,

[1:02:43] construction and closeout

[1:02:45] phases for this project, you

[1:02:48] will recall that you employed

[1:02:52] Perkins and Will a few months

[1:02:54] ago as the architect. So, we

[1:02:56] are in the design stages

[1:02:59] of this project and in order

[1:03:03] for it to move forward,

[1:03:05] we need

[1:03:06] to get a project management

[1:03:09] firm on board. And I'll be glad

[1:03:10] to answer any questions that

[1:03:13] you have prior to your going

[1:03:14] into closed session.

[1:03:16] >> Before we ask any questions,

[1:03:18] we will convene

[1:03:20] into executive session. The

[1:03:22] board will now convene an

[1:03:24] executive session as authorized

[1:03:25] by section 551.071 of the

[1:03:29] Texas government code

[1:03:31] to receive legal advice from

[1:03:32] our attorney regarding

[1:03:34] amendment number four to the

[1:03:35] program management contract

[1:03:37] with Jacobs Project Management

[1:03:39] company. No final action will

[1:03:40] be taken

[1:03:41] in executive session. We will

[1:03:43] reconvene in open session

[1:03:45] following this discussion.

[1:03:48] >> [EXECUTIVE SESSION]

[2:10:27] >> We are now reconvened

[2:10:29] in open session.

[2:10:31] During the executive session,

[2:10:33] the board received legal advice

[2:10:35] as authorized by section

[2:10:36] 551.071 of the Texas

[2:10:37] Government Code, regarding

[2:10:39] amendment number four to the

[2:10:40] program management contract

[2:10:42] with Jacobs Project

[2:10:43] Management Company. No action

[2:10:45] was taken

[2:10:46] in executive session. We will

[2:10:47] now proceed

[2:10:49] to consider and vote

[2:10:50] on this agenda item, Dr.

[2:10:52] Anglin? And we'll. We'll just

[2:10:56] hang out with you

[2:10:57] for the next 12 action items.

[2:11:04] Does anyone have any questions

[2:11:05] for Dr. Anglin about the

[2:11:07] Jacobs contract?

[2:11:12] >> I actually have quite a few

[2:11:16] questions, so. Hi, Dr.

[2:11:17] Anglin.

[2:11:18] >> Hello. And I have Tom

[2:11:20] Watson who works for Jacobs.

[2:11:22] And I'd like for Paul Mitchell

[2:11:23] to come up,

[2:11:24] also our executive Director

[2:11:26] of Facilities and Real estate.

[2:11:27] So, between the three of us,

[2:11:30] we should be able to answer

[2:11:31] every question that you have.

[2:11:32] >> Okay, thank you. So, this is

[2:11:38] pertaining to approving the

[2:11:43] amendment that was part

[2:11:46] of the original Bond project

[2:11:49] in 2019, is that correct?

[2:11:54] In 2018? Yes. Northeast Campus

[2:11:58] is part of the 2019 bond

[2:11:59] program?

[2:12:00] >> Yes.

[2:12:01] >> And under the original bond

[2:12:06] program, which was $825

[2:12:08] million, which is what the

[2:12:10] voters approved?

[2:12:11] >> Yes.

[2:12:13] >> There was a section $308

[2:12:16] million for northwest campus

[2:12:18] redevelopment, 125 million for

[2:12:22] the southeast campus

[2:12:24] renovation, 202 million

[2:12:26] under infrastructure, and $190

[2:12:29] million

[2:12:31] under eight principals. And

[2:12:34] according

[2:12:35] to the eight principals, none

[2:12:37] of that was construction

[2:12:38] related. It did, however,

[2:12:39] include high schools allocated

[2:12:44] for that. Of the 202 million

[2:12:45] under infrastructure, $65

[2:12:49] million was for Northeast

[2:12:52] Campus for parking lots,

[2:12:54] plumbing, water abatement,

[2:12:55] lighting,

[2:12:57] overall property improvement.

[2:13:00] The proposed projects

[2:13:01] at that time, there were

[2:13:03] several that were listed out,

[2:13:04] including renovate classrooms

[2:13:08] and labs. Do we know on that

[2:13:10] specifically have those

[2:13:13] classroom renovations and the

[2:13:16] lab renovations been completed

[2:13:19] and which buildings were those

[2:13:20] for Northeast Campus? The

[2:13:22] intent was to renovate the

[2:13:25] science buildings. Two science

[2:13:26] buildings. The facilities

[2:13:30] condition assessment was

[2:13:31] conducted and at that time it

[2:13:34] was determined that the height

[2:13:38] of the ceilings in those

[2:13:40] buildings were not tall enough

[2:13:45] to be able to renovate and put

[2:13:47] in current day standard

[2:13:51] laboratories. And so that was

[2:13:55] what prompted the move to

[2:13:57] constructing a new building

[2:14:01] because they the science labs

[2:14:04] were not up to standard. But we

[2:14:06] could not renovate those

[2:14:07] buildings

[2:14:09] to make them standard because

[2:14:11] of the heights

[2:14:12] of the ceilings. And

[2:14:15] in that timeline, as a result

[2:14:24] of the assessment that was

[2:14:28] made, the five-year capital

[2:14:31] improvement plan was updated.

[2:14:33] And in 2022, the board endorsed

[2:14:37] the changes.

[2:14:39] >> Okay, so a quarterly update

[2:14:44] of November 2022, the eight

[2:14:47] principals remain the same at

[2:14:48] $190 million. Infrastructure

[2:14:50] remained the same at $202

[2:14:51] million. The northwest campus

[2:14:53] went up from 308 million to

[2:14:55] 372 million. Southeast campus

[2:14:58] went up from 125 million to

[2:14:59] 155 million. At that point

[2:15:02] in time, it was determined that

[2:15:04] we were underfunded by 28.8%.

[2:15:08] With that increase

[2:15:10] of the original was 825 million

[2:15:14] of the original 2019 bond voter

[2:15:18] approved bond funding. And then

[2:15:21] there was 113 million that came

[2:15:24] from the pay as you go fund

[2:15:26] fund 40 and 12 million came

[2:15:29] from the Northwest campus early

[2:15:31] college high school funding.

[2:15:33] And Also it indicated Fort

[2:15:34] Worth ISD that Fort Worth ISD

[2:15:36] that that funding was for 12

[2:15:37] million in addition to 8

[2:15:40] million,

[2:15:41] bringing the high school

[2:15:43] portion to 20 million. That

[2:15:44] total then in November of 2022

[2:15:47] brought the total up to 950

[2:15:49] million. At the June 12, 2025

[2:15:57] work session, Dr. LeBlanc

[2:15:59] stated that the Northeast

[2:16:00] science building has been

[2:16:01] in the mix all along,

[2:16:04] which I couldn't find evidence

[2:16:05] of that. President Dakine asked

[2:16:09] at that time what was the

[2:16:12] original budgeted line

[2:16:13] for project manager for the

[2:16:14] 2019 bond program. And she and

[2:16:17] the board we were told that we

[2:16:19] would have the figure

[2:16:20] by the next meeting, but we

[2:16:22] have not received that updated

[2:16:23] information. That and then that

[2:16:26] item was removed from the

[2:16:29] regular board meeting which was

[2:16:30] held June 26, 2025. So the

[2:16:37] question is, what were the

[2:16:39] budgeted expenditures

[2:16:40] on northeast campus

[2:16:42] for eight principals,

[2:16:44] which is part of the 190

[2:16:45] million for the original voter

[2:16:47] approved bond? What were the

[2:16:48] budgeted expenditures in

[2:16:49] Northeast campus for

[2:16:50] infrastructure and how much

[2:16:52] remains in a principals and how

[2:16:54] much remains

[2:16:55] in infrastructure specific to

[2:16:57] Northeast campus?

[2:17:02] >> You had mentioned earlier

[2:17:04] the 65 million for the

[2:17:06] Northeast campus, which would

[2:17:08] have been parking lots and

[2:17:11] such, and then that a portion

[2:17:15] of that 190 would have been

[2:17:21] allocated towards Northeast.

[2:17:23] Do you have any?

[2:17:24] >> Yeah, that would be a very

[2:17:26] difficult task. I know the MEP

[2:17:28] bucket,

[2:17:29] which is all the infrastructure

[2:17:30] improvements, is a long,

[2:17:32] long list. And so that was just

[2:17:34] a list of every deficiency that

[2:17:36] we could come up

[2:17:37] with honestly or had knowledge

[2:17:39] of for the college. And after

[2:17:42] the facilities condition

[2:17:43] assessment,

[2:17:44] the facilities master plan, we

[2:17:46] tasked our facilities master

[2:17:47] plan consultant

[2:17:48] to take those requirements,

[2:17:50] those projects and incorporate

[2:17:51] them into the facilities master

[2:17:53] plan. Excuse me. Because not

[2:17:54] all of them needed

[2:17:57] to be performed at once.

[2:17:58] Right. So some are attributed,

[2:18:00] that's across the college,

[2:18:01] some are attributed

[2:18:02] Northeast, some are other

[2:18:03] campuses. It would be very

[2:18:06] difficult to pull each one

[2:18:07] of those out and say which ones

[2:18:08] were attributed directly to

[2:18:10] Northeast by themselves,

[2:18:13] if that's what you're looking

[2:18:16] for the same goes

[2:18:17] for three gap as well,

[2:18:19] district wide.

[2:18:21] >> So under the original 2019

[2:18:24] voter approved bond, it did

[2:18:25] not, at least it was not

[2:18:26] delineated that it included

[2:18:28] construction

[2:18:29] on the northeast campus. There

[2:18:32] was, we were. In August 2024,

[2:18:37] the Board of Trustees endorsed

[2:18:39] the 2025 Five Year Capital

[2:18:42] Improvement Plan as the

[2:18:44] framework for executing all

[2:18:45] capital improvements beginning

[2:18:46] in 2025, the fiscal year 2025.

[2:18:50] This plan is updated annually

[2:18:52] for consideration. The capital

[2:18:56] improvement plan includes

[2:18:58] professional design services

[2:18:59] for the Northeast science

[2:19:00] building and the backfill

[2:19:04] renovations of the NHSC,

[2:19:07] NSCW and NSCE buildings. This

[2:19:11] proposed request

[2:19:12] for design services is $9.5

[2:19:15] million with funding from Fund

[2:19:19] 90. So, what we're starting to

[2:19:22] see is that what we're being

[2:19:25] asked to approve on this

[2:19:27] amendment is project management

[2:19:30] services of $6.85 million

[2:19:31] for what is potentially was not

[2:19:37] in the original scope. And I

[2:19:38] understand that scopes can

[2:19:40] change, but building a brand

[2:19:42] new building seems out

[2:19:45] of scope from what was

[2:19:47] originally approved. And

[2:19:51] with the 113 million that was

[2:19:53] shifted to the bond fund and

[2:19:55] 12 million for early college

[2:19:57] high school that was originally

[2:20:00] funded by the bottom project,

[2:20:02] we're shifting monies that I

[2:20:04] don't know were approved to be

[2:20:05] allocated towards these

[2:20:07] projects.

[2:20:10] >> I believe that 12 million

[2:20:12] for the early college high

[2:20:14] school is the early college

[2:20:15] high school that is

[2:20:16] on northwest from Fort Worth

[2:20:18] ISD that will be moving

[2:20:20] into one

[2:20:23] of the new new buildings.

[2:20:24] >> Okay.

[2:20:26] >> So again we are being asked

[2:20:27] to approve the project

[2:20:29] management services to build a

[2:20:30] new science building that was

[2:20:31] not included

[2:20:32] in the original scope

[2:20:33] of the voter approved 2019 bond

[2:20:35] project. We're being asked

[2:20:38] to approve millions of dollars

[2:20:39] in projects that were not part

[2:20:41] of the original scope presented

[2:20:42] to and approved

[2:20:45] by the public. And so it starts

[2:20:46] to raise questions

[2:20:48] about transparency, fiscal

[2:20:49] responsibility and adherence

[2:20:51] to the intent of the original

[2:20:53] bond proposition. So these are,

[2:20:59] I start to question,

[2:21:02] do we have extra funds

[2:21:05] in that $950 million that we

[2:21:08] now because the $113 million

[2:21:11] was transferred over in 2022, I

[2:21:13] believe. And the pay as you go

[2:21:15] to the bond fund, do we have

[2:21:18] extra money that's available

[2:21:19] that we're just trying

[2:21:21] to spend at this point for

[2:21:22] things that weren't originally

[2:21:23] approved by the voters?

[2:21:26] >> No, it's not extra money.

[2:21:29] It is taking that MEP bucket

[2:21:33] and the 3G 8P bucket because

[2:21:37] the 3G 8P bucket was not

[2:21:40] precisely declined,

[2:21:43] described or defined

[2:21:45] at that time. And that was,

[2:21:48] I believe it was determined

[2:21:50] from an early stage we would

[2:21:52] have the facilities master plan

[2:21:54] Completed and the facilities

[2:21:57] assessment

[2:21:59] to prioritize those needs. And

[2:22:03] from everything that I've seen,

[2:22:05] those sites, those three

[2:22:08] buildings, which includes two

[2:22:10] science buildings

[2:22:11] on northeast, were

[2:22:13] in the discussions

[2:22:14] from very early stages. And

[2:22:16] that when it was determined we

[2:22:18] could not renovate those

[2:22:21] science labs,

[2:22:25] then raised that up to be

[2:22:27] to do the full building.

[2:22:30] >> Okay, so I'm going

[2:22:32] to go back for a second

[2:22:33] to state that we In June,

[2:22:36] again, Dr. Leblanc stated that

[2:22:37] that was the new science

[2:22:39] building construction was part

[2:22:41] of the bond program all along.

[2:22:43] And I'm questioning that

[2:22:46] because I don't believe that

[2:22:47] that was an accurate statement

[2:22:50] that a new building

[2:22:51] to be constructed

[2:22:53] on the northeast campus for the

[2:22:54] science building that was not

[2:22:56] in the original scope,

[2:22:57] and now we're being asked

[2:23:00] to spend another $6.85 million

[2:23:01] in project management for this

[2:23:03] building that was not used

[2:23:04] in scope.

[2:23:08] >> Yeah, the original scope was

[2:23:10] focused on the northwest

[2:23:13] redevelopment and the southeast

[2:23:15] expansion, and they put the

[2:23:18] three gap. I was not involved

[2:23:23] in all of these discussions

[2:23:25] at the time, but clearly the 3G

[2:23:28] 8P was designed to be refined

[2:23:32] over time because they knew

[2:23:34] that as time would go by that

[2:23:38] things evolve and that there

[2:23:39] would be a need. If you go

[2:23:42] to the northeast campus, which

[2:23:44] I hope every board member. I

[2:23:46] invite every board member

[2:23:48] to go to the science building

[2:23:50] on the northeast campus, you

[2:23:52] will find an exterior building

[2:23:55] that's lovely inside. You walk

[2:24:02] in and within 30 minutes,

[2:24:04] you'll have a headache. The

[2:24:07] labs are obsolete. They are not

[2:24:10] where they should be,

[2:24:14] and the entire building needs

[2:24:17] is in disrepair. Not too

[2:24:19] different, honestly, from what

[2:24:21] the northwest campus looked

[2:24:23] like when the tornado hit it

[2:24:27] and tore buildings apart. So

[2:24:31] there is a need. The facilities

[2:24:34] condition assessment definitely

[2:24:38] stated it would be. We asked,

[2:24:43] why can't you just put

[2:24:45] in new labs? And they said the

[2:24:48] ceilings, the whole building

[2:24:49] would not work

[2:24:51] for what is needed in the

[2:24:54] science labs that the other

[2:24:56] campuses have. Southeast has

[2:24:59] very nice science lab. They all

[2:25:01] have nice south labs were

[2:25:05] renovated. Whatever was there,

[2:25:09] the ceilings were tall enough

[2:25:10] things could be done. So that's

[2:25:14] important to mention. It's also

[2:25:16] important to state. Northeast

[2:25:18] campus is always going

[2:25:20] to be full of students.

[2:25:23] They're never going to run out

[2:25:25] of students. It is located

[2:25:27] in a part of Tarrant county

[2:25:29] that's close to the airport.

[2:25:31] It's close

[2:25:32] to all the activity. It's

[2:25:33] centrally located. Couples can

[2:25:36] live and work

[2:25:38] in different cities. And

[2:25:41] there's never going

[2:25:42] to be a shortage of students

[2:25:44] on the northeast campus. So the

[2:25:46] need is there. Have we been

[2:25:50] transparent? Absolutely, we

[2:25:52] have. And we've show the

[2:25:57] records. I mean, you just

[2:25:59] articulated very well decisions

[2:26:02] that have been made

[2:26:04] along the way. So that's what

[2:26:06] we are asking for, is support

[2:26:13] in creating a science building

[2:26:15] on the northeast campus. It is

[2:26:17] needed. The current science

[2:26:21] building would be renovated and

[2:26:24] used as classrooms. We have

[2:26:27] more early college partners

[2:26:31] that want to be

[2:26:32] on the northeast campus. We're

[2:26:33] limited. We have more students

[2:26:37] that want to come

[2:26:39] to the northeast campus. It's

[2:26:41] just from my lens,

[2:26:44] it's the right thing to do,

[2:26:47] and we're not trying

[2:26:49] to pull a fast one on anyone.

[2:26:51] The need is there,

[2:26:53] and I invite the board members

[2:26:56] to go see it

[2:26:57] for yourself.

[2:27:00] >> And thank you

[2:27:01] for that further clarification.

[2:27:03] And my intent is not

[2:27:05] to dispute the need

[2:27:06] of the building. My intent is

[2:27:08] to understand the funding and

[2:27:10] whether or not this is

[2:27:12] something that needs

[2:27:13] to be funded. At this point,

[2:27:14] based on our discussions

[2:27:16] about budget, tax rate,

[2:27:20] where is the funding coming

[2:27:22] from and do we need to spend it

[2:27:23] now versus future?

[2:27:28] >> The money that you see every

[2:27:31] month in investments for the

[2:27:34] bond program is the money that

[2:27:37] is sitting there

[2:27:38] for this next project. We have

[2:27:42] one last tranche to sell,

[2:27:45] and that's 125 million. And

[2:27:49] that would be the final tranche

[2:27:51] of the debt.

[2:27:54] >> I would be more inclined

[2:27:56] to shift the money from the

[2:27:58] bond fund if there's carryover

[2:28:01] to the Debt Services fund Fund

[2:28:03] 50. Knowing that that is

[2:28:04] underfunded

[2:28:05] at this point.

[2:28:08] >> We can't do that because

[2:28:10] of the promise to the people

[2:28:13] that bought our bonds. I don't

[2:28:16] think we can move that money

[2:28:19] over to our debt service. And

[2:28:22] we do have it funded now with

[2:28:25] the interest that it has been

[2:28:27] earned. We were,

[2:28:29] and I looked today. We have now

[2:28:34] collected the 46 million and we

[2:28:39] make our pay. We've made our

[2:28:40] payment last week

[2:28:43] for this year's debt service.

[2:28:44] And so it is paid trustee law.

[2:28:54] >> Thank you. And just

[2:28:55] for the benefit, I want

[2:28:56] to ask this question again

[2:28:57] for the benefit, because a lot

[2:28:58] of the trust, some of the

[2:28:59] trustees weren't here when I

[2:29:00] asked this question, and some

[2:29:01] of the members

[2:29:02] of the audience weren't here.

[2:29:03] But can you just confirm again

[2:29:06] that this bond project has been

[2:29:09] audited the entire way through

[2:29:11] and there have been no negative

[2:29:14] findings at all? And I just

[2:29:17] want to. I want everybody

[2:29:18] to have the benefit of that

[2:29:19] information that's here.

[2:29:20] >> Yes, we have waver. And

[2:29:23] in the consent agenda tonight,

[2:29:24] we were extending their

[2:29:30] contract for this next year.

[2:29:31] But Weaver has a group

[2:29:32] of auditors that are on the job

[2:29:35] constantly reviewing. They

[2:29:36] check every pay application,

[2:29:40] every line

[2:29:41] in every pay application.

[2:29:42] To verify. They check and

[2:29:44] verify every AEA. That's a

[2:29:48] change within the scope

[2:29:50] of the project. They're

[2:29:52] checking those. They're making

[2:29:54] sure that Jacobs follows all

[2:29:58] the rules. They're making sure

[2:30:00] that the construction managers,

[2:30:02] everything is above board

[2:30:06] on it.It's been audited

[2:30:08] from the very,

[2:30:10] very beginning.

[2:30:11] >> And if you could use your

[2:30:13] button the next time,

[2:30:14] I'm going to make a comment

[2:30:15] first and then I'll go back

[2:30:16] to you. I think

[2:30:19] about two years ago,

[2:30:20] we requested from Jacobs

[2:30:23] for additional transparency

[2:30:25] in terms of monthly and

[2:30:26] quarterly reporting,

[2:30:27] the addition

[2:30:29] of a chart that broke out the

[2:30:32] bond funds exposure versus the

[2:30:35] pay as you go projects. And I

[2:30:36] think that it's important

[2:30:40] for the audience to understand

[2:30:41] that this bond project has been

[2:30:44] occurring concurrently with pay

[2:30:47] as you go projects that are a

[2:30:49] result

[2:30:51] of the facility's assessment,

[2:30:53] as well as changes in scope as

[2:30:56] that facility's assessment has

[2:30:58] gone through and looked

[2:31:00] at the original bond proposal.

[2:31:05] So I do know that at least

[2:31:06] on a monthly basis, we're

[2:31:08] seeing a pie chart that says

[2:31:11] that what we're considering

[2:31:13] tonight in terms of program

[2:31:15] management services largely

[2:31:17] addresses the 2019 bond

[2:31:18] program,

[2:31:19] but it also addresses a lot of

[2:31:21] those pay as you go projects

[2:31:23] that are happening concurrently

[2:31:25] on the same campuses. So that

[2:31:26] that construction is happening

[2:31:28] in a cohesive way.

[2:31:31] >> Yes. And it's not

[2:31:34] in this board notebook,

[2:31:35] but if you look at your work

[2:31:36] session board notebook, there

[2:31:38] was the monthly bond report

[2:31:40] in there. And it provides a

[2:31:44] complete assessment. This is

[2:31:45] how much money we have. This is

[2:31:47] how much has been committed.

[2:31:49] This is how much has been spent

[2:31:51] and on each project. So, you

[2:31:53] can see an accounting every

[2:31:56] month in the report that

[2:31:59] Jacobs provides us

[2:32:01] on the bond.

[2:32:04] >> So something that

[2:32:06] President Dickine just stated,

[2:32:07] and then you also stated that

[2:32:09] we can't move monies

[2:32:11] from the pay as you go

[2:32:13] to the bond fund. If I can have

[2:32:16] some clarification.

[2:32:17] >> No, let me correct that. We

[2:32:19] could move money from Fund 40

[2:32:24] to the bond program, but Fund

[2:32:29] 40 was designated

[2:32:33] to do those projects that from

[2:32:35] the facilities assessment that

[2:32:37] weren't included and paid for

[2:32:41] by the bond money.

[2:32:45] >> Okay, so if there. And this

[2:32:46] is more for my benefit

[2:32:49] at this point, and I realize

[2:32:52] that this predates you coming

[2:32:54] to the College, but the $113

[2:32:56] million that was transferred

[2:32:59] from the pay as you go fund 40

[2:33:01] to the bond fund 90 in 2022.

[2:33:07] >> And on that 113 million,

[2:33:10] I need to go back and look and

[2:33:11] see what kind

[2:33:12] of accounting entry was made

[2:33:14] at that time to see if funds

[2:33:15] were formally transferred or it

[2:33:18] was an intent to use 113

[2:33:22] million out of Fund 40.

[2:33:27] >> Thank you.

[2:33:28] >> Are there any other

[2:33:30] questions? Is there a motion

[2:33:34] to approve?

[2:33:36] >> Move to approve.

[2:33:38] >> Is there a second?

[2:33:39] >> Second.

[2:33:41] >> All those in favor say aye.

[2:33:43] >> Aye.

[2:33:46] >> All those opposed? And Dr.

[2:33:51] Morrison is abstaining. Could I

[2:33:55] have show of hands

[2:33:57] for the ayes? I apologize,

[2:33:59] not being able to see. Okay,

[2:34:00] the motion carries. Thank you.

[2:34:03] You're still up, Dr. Anglin.

[2:34:05] >> Okay.

[2:34:07] >> Item 6B. Authorize

[2:34:09] Execution of Expenditure

[2:34:11] Authority through Cooperative

[2:34:12] Agreements, State Contracts,

[2:34:15] and Inter-local Agreements

[2:34:16] for Various Commodities and

[2:34:17] Services for Fiscal Year

[2:34:19] 2025-26. Dr. Anglin?

[2:34:22] >> Thank you. We're seeking

[2:34:24] spend authority on purchase

[2:34:28] requests that encompass

[2:34:30] contract renewals and

[2:34:32] anticipated expenditures,

[2:34:34] utilizing approved cooperative

[2:34:36] agreements, state contracts and

[2:34:38] interlocal agreements where

[2:34:40] individual purchases will be

[2:34:42] less than $250,000 threshold

[2:34:46] requiring board approval, but

[2:34:48] in aggregate throughout the

[2:34:50] year will likely exceed that

[2:34:52] threshold. The expenditure

[2:34:55] requests for fiscal year 2026

[2:34:58] are based on prior year

[2:35:00] expenditure history along

[2:35:02] with anticipated spend

[2:35:05] for fiscal year 2026. And we've

[2:35:08] provided a listing

[2:35:12] by vendor and what type

[2:35:14] of procurement and the amount

[2:35:17] of aggregate spend we're

[2:35:19] requesting. We will come back

[2:35:21] to the board if we go

[2:35:23] over that aggregate amount. We

[2:35:24] would also come back to the

[2:35:26] board if any one purchase

[2:35:28] exceeded the $250,000 limit.

[2:35:32] >> Questions for Dr. Anglin.

[2:35:39] Do you have a question? Okay,

[2:35:43] go ahead.

[2:35:45] >> I'm just going to state

[2:35:46] when. When there is a motion on

[2:35:47] this that I will be abstaining

[2:35:48] because I do have a

[2:35:49] professional relationship

[2:35:50] through my company with two

[2:35:52] of the companies that are

[2:35:53] listed on this.

[2:35:58] >> If there are no questions,

[2:35:59] is there a motion

[2:36:00] to approve?

[2:36:02] >> Move to approve.

[2:36:03] >> Second.

[2:36:06] >> Second from Dr. Morrison.

[2:36:07] All those

[2:36:08] in favor say aye.

[2:36:09] >> Aye.

[2:36:10] >> Any opposed? Seeing none.

[2:36:14] Abstention. Motion carries.

[2:36:18] Thank you, Dr. Anglin. Thank

[2:36:20] you. Item 6C. Authorize

[2:36:21] Execution of an Agreement

[2:36:23] With Texas A&M Engineering

[2:36:25] Experiment Station in an

[2:36:26] Amount Up To $434,946.00 To

[2:36:31] Conduct Districtwide

[2:36:32] Continuous Commissioning Of

[2:36:34] Northeast Campus Buildings.

[2:36:36] >> Thank you. In alignment with

[2:36:38] the district's trailblazing

[2:36:40] 2030 goal of responsible

[2:36:43] resource stewardship, the

[2:36:45] district is expanding its

[2:36:46] ongoing continuous

[2:36:48] commissioning initiative

[2:36:50] to include all buildings

[2:36:52] at the Northeast campus. This

[2:36:54] strategic expansion will

[2:36:56] further optimize and

[2:36:58] standardized building

[2:37:00] automation systems,

[2:37:02] enhancing energy efficiency,

[2:37:04] improving occupant comfort and

[2:37:07] ensuring long term operational

[2:37:09] consistency

[2:37:10] across the campus.

[2:37:12] Additionally, plant operators

[2:37:14] and facility staff will receive

[2:37:16] hands on training to support

[2:37:19] sustainable long term

[2:37:21] operations. This practice of

[2:37:24] continuous commissioning was

[2:37:26] begun in 2013 on the Trinity

[2:37:29] river campus. And since 2013,

[2:37:35] the board has approved projects

[2:37:37] at Southeast, at South, at

[2:37:40] Northwest, and at the Tarrant

[2:37:41] County Opportunity Center.

[2:37:45] So, this would be our last

[2:37:46] campus to begin continuous

[2:37:48] commissioning on. We expect the

[2:37:52] payback period

[2:37:54] for this project to be

[2:37:56] between one and three years.

[2:37:59] Since we began this project,

[2:38:01] and to date,

[2:38:03] we've spent a total of

[2:38:04] $2,455,025. But

[2:38:09] over that time,

[2:38:11] we have had savings

[2:38:12] of approximately 1.1 million

[2:38:14] per year, resulting

[2:38:17] in total cumulative savings

[2:38:19] of $12,934,535, or

[2:38:25] approximately $2 million per

[2:38:30] location. So, we are asking

[2:38:33] for your approval to implement

[2:38:34] continuous commissioning

[2:38:36] across the Northeast campus

[2:38:38] at a price of $434,946

[2:38:43] with the Texas A and M

[2:38:44] Engineering Experiment

[2:38:47] Station.

[2:38:49] >> Any questions for Dr.

[2:38:50] Anglin? Hearing none. Is there

[2:38:55] a motion to approve? Ms.

[2:38:57] Pritchard? Is there a second?

[2:38:59] >> Second.

[2:39:00] >> Ms. Wood? All those

[2:39:01] in favor say aye.

[2:39:02] >> Aye.

[2:39:03] >> Any opposed? The motion

[2:39:04] carries. Item 6D. Authorize

[2:39:08] Execution of an Agreement

[2:39:10] with Talent Corporation, LLC

[2:39:12] in an Amount Up To

[2:39:13] $3,316,842.00 With Renewal

[2:39:18] Options for Leased Labor as

[2:39:20] Needed Throughout the

[2:39:22] District. Dr. Anglin?

[2:39:24] >> Thank you. In support of our

[2:39:26] immediate and ongoing needs

[2:39:27] of the Real Estate Facilities

[2:39:30] Department for construction,

[2:39:31] maintenance,

[2:39:32] trade workers being provided

[2:39:35] by a third party firm,

[2:39:37] often referred to as leased

[2:39:39] labor or temporary employees.

[2:39:41] Service areas include

[2:39:43] groundskeeping, general labor

[2:39:45] and plant operation needs

[2:39:47] resulting from temporary or

[2:39:50] extended vacancies. And these

[2:39:53] folks will help us support our

[2:39:56] projects on campuses and fill

[2:40:00] those open positions until we

[2:40:01] can hire a permanent position.

[2:40:04] They augment staff based on

[2:40:10] that potential employee's

[2:40:11] knowledge, skills,

[2:40:12] abilities and fit

[2:40:13] with the team. They could be

[2:40:15] recommended

[2:40:16] for full time employment

[2:40:18] after they spent some time

[2:40:19] with us. The scope of services

[2:40:21] has been competitively bid and

[2:40:25] this firm has been selected as

[2:40:26] the best value

[2:40:27] for the district. We did

[2:40:29] receive four bids. The contract

[2:40:31] is for two years with three one

[2:40:34] year optional renewal terms.

[2:40:38] And I'll note this is

[2:40:40] $1,658,421 per year

[2:40:45] in authorization to spend

[2:40:49] to date. In fiscal year 25,

[2:40:52] we've only spent 913,000. So

[2:40:54] the spend is based

[2:40:56] on our number of vacancies and

[2:40:59] our actual needs

[2:41:00] across the campus. And this is

[2:41:02] with Talent Corp. LLC.

[2:41:07] >> Are there any questions

[2:41:09] for Dr. Anglin? Hearing none.

[2:41:12] Is there a motion

[2:41:13] to approve?

[2:41:14] >> Move to approve.

[2:41:16] >> Ms. Wood, is there a second?

[2:41:17] >> Second.

[2:41:18] >> Ms. Pritchett. All those

[2:41:19] in favor say aye.

[2:41:20] >> Aye.

[2:41:21] >> Any opposed? The motion

[2:41:24] carries. Item 6 E. Authorize

[2:41:27] Execution of an Agreement

[2:41:28] with Multiple Vendors in an

[2:41:30] Amount up to $424,820.78 with

[2:41:36] Renewal Options for Window

[2:41:38] Washing Services throughout the

[2:41:40] District. Dr. Anglin?

[2:41:41] >> Thank you. This proposal

[2:41:43] recommends the approval

[2:41:44] of a contract for interior and

[2:41:46] exterior window washing

[2:41:48] services

[2:41:49] across all district campuses.

[2:41:54] We look for the windows

[2:41:56] to be cleaned on South

[2:41:59] Tarrant County Opportunity

[2:42:02] Center, Northeast, ODMC,

[2:42:03] Northwest alliance and

[2:42:04] Southeast

[2:42:06] at least two times each year.

[2:42:08] And for Trinity river and

[2:42:10] Trinity river east. We look

[2:42:13] for cleaning done possibly up

[2:42:16] to three times a year. Based

[2:42:17] on the need. We received eight

[2:42:21] bids. It was competitively bid

[2:42:24] and selected a variety

[2:42:27] of vendors based on their bids

[2:42:31] for the different locations.

[2:42:34] The bid is a total of 424,800

[2:42:37] 2078

[2:42:38] between five different vendors.

[2:42:40] And that breaks down to

[2:42:44] 212,400 1039 per year. And this

[2:42:47] is

[2:42:48] for an initial two year term

[2:42:50] with three one year renewal

[2:42:51] options.

[2:42:54] >> Thank you, Dr. Anglin.

[2:42:56] Anyone have any questions?

[2:43:00] Hearing None. Is there a motion

[2:43:01] to approve?

[2:43:03] >> Move to approve.

[2:43:04] >> Mr. Hornsby. Is there a

[2:43:05] second?

[2:43:06] >> Second.

[2:43:07] >> Ms. Wood. All those

[2:43:08] in favor say Aye.

[2:43:09] >> Aye.

[2:43:10] >> Any opposed? The motion

[2:43:11] carries. Item 6F. Authorize

[2:43:15] Execution of Amendment No. 1

[2:43:18] To the Construction Manager

[2:43:20] at Risk Contract with

[2:43:22] Chambers Engineering in an

[2:43:23] Amount Up To $1,446,153.00.

[2:43:28] Dr. Anglin?

[2:43:30] >> Thank you. In January of

[2:43:33] 24, we signed Interlocal

[2:43:35] agreements between Tarrant

[2:43:36] County College District and

[2:43:37] Tarrant county

[2:43:39] for child care facilities

[2:43:40] on the Northwest and south

[2:43:42] campuses. On May 9th of 2024,

[2:43:47] the board approved lease and

[2:43:48] operating agreements between

[2:43:50] Tarrant County College

[2:43:52] District and Child Care

[2:43:54] Associates. Child Care

[2:43:55] Associates will design,

[2:43:57] construct and operate child

[2:43:59] care facilities on the south

[2:44:01] and northwest campuses while

[2:44:04] Tarrant County College is

[2:44:07] responsible

[2:44:08] for preparing the sites to

[2:44:09] receive the structures provided

[2:44:12] by Child Care Associates. The

[2:44:15] board selected a construction

[2:44:17] manager at risk in June of

[2:44:20] 2024. And tonight we come

[2:44:24] to you with the guaranteed

[2:44:25] maximum price from Chambers

[2:44:27] Engineering, the CMAR. And this

[2:44:32] price is after Chambers

[2:44:35] Engineering soliciting

[2:44:37] competitive subcontractor

[2:44:39] proposals for the Northwest

[2:44:42] campus site developments and

[2:44:44] utilities infrastructure and

[2:44:47] proposing that guaranteed

[2:44:48] maximum price of $1,446,153.

[2:44:56] This does provide

[2:44:58] for civil utilities, all

[2:45:00] of the flat work, selective

[2:45:02] landscaping and irrigation

[2:45:04] to support the Northwest campus

[2:45:06] child care facility.

[2:45:10] >> Ms. Pritchett?

[2:45:13] >> So to date we have spent the

[2:45:14] $1.25 million for the site, Is

[2:45:19] that correct?

[2:45:23] >> For the site today. Mr.

[2:45:28] Mitchell, you want to. We've

[2:45:32] spent the 463, 592

[2:45:34] for design and construction,

[2:45:36] administration and we spent the

[2:45:37] 17,500 for the CMAR procurement

[2:45:44] preconstruction services.

[2:45:47] Okay. And that's what we've

[2:45:48] spent to date. Okay.

[2:45:50] >> Cause it says Here to date

[2:45:53] 1.25293877 has been expended

[2:45:55] on the Northwest campus child

[2:45:57] care facility project.

[2:46:01] >> That includes land.

[2:46:10] >> Yeah, that includes the

[2:46:11] value of the land. Okay.

[2:46:12] In our initial amounts,

[2:46:15] we factored in the value

[2:46:16] of the land at both Northwest

[2:46:19] and South.

[2:46:21] >> Thank you for that

[2:46:22] clarification. Now it says to

[2:46:23] meet critical schedule

[2:46:24] milestones. What is the

[2:46:26] critical schedule?

[2:46:29] >> Our goal is

[2:46:30] to have these completed by

[2:46:32] December of 25.

[2:46:34] But the money, it is federal

[2:46:36] stimulus money that was

[2:46:39] provided the county. So there

[2:46:41] is a deadline

[2:46:43] on spending that money. And

[2:46:44] that was why we have to move

[2:46:47] along on it.

[2:46:50] >> And that was the CARES

[2:46:51] funds.

[2:46:52] >> Yes. Okay, thank you.

[2:46:54] >> If I recall correctly that

[2:46:57] this was supposed

[2:46:59] to be a budget neutral item

[2:47:00] for the college,

[2:47:02] that a combination of Child

[2:47:04] Care Associates and their

[2:47:05] investment

[2:47:06] in this and the CARES Fund,

[2:47:07] this was intended

[2:47:08] to be budget neutral

[2:47:09] for us.

[2:47:11] >> It was not budget neutral

[2:47:14] because we had agreed

[2:47:15] to do the dirt work,

[2:47:16] make sure there were utilities

[2:47:18] to it,

[2:47:19] that infrastructure work. So

[2:47:21] that was our share. And then

[2:47:23] the building Child Care

[2:47:29] Associates has the grants

[2:47:31] from the county that pay

[2:47:32] for the actual buildings.

[2:47:35] Okay.

[2:47:36] >> And then so this is a

[2:47:37] request for an additional

[2:47:38] above the actual funds from

[2:47:41] Fund 40. This is an additional

[2:47:42] up to 1.446153.

[2:47:50] >> This is the contract

[2:47:51] with our contractor, CMAR

[2:47:54] Contractor, and it will extend

[2:47:55] exceed our original projected

[2:47:57] budget

[2:47:59] for that service because of all

[2:48:01] the factors that we discussed.

[2:48:04] That makes sense.

[2:48:05] >> And so if you can walk

[2:48:09] through again,

[2:48:11] I know we discussed it last

[2:48:12] week,

[2:48:13] but if you can walk through,

[2:48:14] why we are such a percentage

[2:48:17] wise, why we are so far

[2:48:19] above budget?

[2:48:21] >> When the initial projections

[2:48:23] were provided the board,

[2:48:26] the initial plans were

[2:48:28] to put this building next

[2:48:30] to our public safety facility.

[2:48:34] Then over time it was

[2:48:37] determined that that space

[2:48:38] could possibly be needed

[2:48:40] for expansion. And then we had

[2:48:42] an area just to the southeast

[2:48:47] of that location where

[2:48:49] through the redevelopment

[2:48:51] at the Northwest campus,

[2:48:54] it had. There's a gravel

[2:48:55] parking lot there. And

[2:48:57] by moving it over,

[2:48:59] we left room for the college to

[2:49:02] expand the public safety

[2:49:05] operations in the future and

[2:49:08] also make it easier drop

[2:49:11] off and pick up for parents.

[2:49:13] And actually it separates it a

[2:49:15] little bit more

[2:49:16] from any college building. But

[2:49:20] in doing that it meant more

[2:49:23] dirt work and us running

[2:49:25] utility lines further than we

[2:49:27] had initially planned.

[2:49:31] >> A couple

[2:49:33] of questions then, since this

[2:49:35] the funding was primarily

[2:49:36] coming from CARES funding. Do

[2:49:39] we have the Ability

[2:49:40] to go and request more funds

[2:49:42] to cover this, offset some of

[2:49:43] these costs.

[2:49:48] >> I'm not sure if the county

[2:49:50] has any remaining funds. The

[2:49:54] buildings, when they did,

[2:49:56] the prices came in the

[2:50:00] Northwest is. Or the funding.

[2:50:03] We thought initially the

[2:50:04] funding was going

[2:50:06] to be split evenly between the

[2:50:07] two campus constructions. The

[2:50:10] agreement actually had more

[2:50:13] going to south than to

[2:50:15] Northwest. So I did contact the

[2:50:19] county asking can we use that

[2:50:21] portion from south and move it

[2:50:27] to Northwest? And the answer

[2:50:29] was it couldn't. But we were

[2:50:33] told that there were other

[2:50:36] expenditures that were being

[2:50:38] made that were eligible

[2:50:39] expenditures. So that money

[2:50:40] will be fully recouped

[2:50:43] on the south campus. And then

[2:50:47] we've exceeded that spend

[2:50:52] on the Northwest. Okay.

[2:50:54] >> And then just one final

[2:50:57] question on the M and O

[2:50:59] on the ongoing. Have we entered

[2:51:03] into contracts? Do we know what

[2:51:04] our M and O responsibility will

[2:51:07] be once this is fully

[2:51:09] implemented?

[2:51:13] >> There is an operating

[2:51:15] agreement and child care

[2:51:16] associates will take care

[2:51:18] of everything. The building is

[2:51:20] their responsibility and

[2:51:21] everything

[2:51:22] inside the building. We do want

[2:51:24] to take care

[2:51:26] of the area outside

[2:51:27] since it will reflect

[2:51:28] on the remainder

[2:51:29] of our our campus. But all of

[2:51:32] the maintenance and operations

[2:51:34] will be child care associates

[2:51:39] responsibility.

[2:51:40] >> Okay. All right.

[2:51:41] >> Thank you.

[2:51:44] >> Are there any other

[2:51:45] questions for Dr. Anglin.

[2:51:48] >> Hearing none. Is there a

[2:51:49] motion to Approve.

[2:51:52] >> Move approval.

[2:51:54] >> Dr. Morrison.

[2:51:56] >> Second.

[2:51:57] >> Second from Mr. Hornsby.

[2:51:58] All those in favor say Aye.

[2:51:59] >> Aye.

[2:52:00] >> Any opposed? The motion

[2:52:01] carries. Item 6G. Authorize

[2:52:04] Execution of an Agreement

[2:52:05] With GC&E Systems Group, LLC

[2:52:07] in an Amount up to $326,462.50

[2:52:14] to Install 1,075 Axis

[2:52:18] Security Cameras. Dr. Anglin?

[2:52:20] >> Thank you, as we continue

[2:52:23] our implementation

[2:52:25] of our security master plan,

[2:52:28] you will recall that In

[2:52:30] September of 2024, the board

[2:52:32] approved the purchase of 285

[2:52:35] cameras for phase one. Those

[2:52:38] 285 cameras have been installed

[2:52:42] by college employees. In

[2:52:45] October of 2024, the board

[2:52:52] approved the replacement

[2:52:55] of the camera servers

[2:52:57] to support cameras

[2:52:58] in all phases. So we have new

[2:53:00] servers

[2:53:01] to support the cameras. And

[2:53:03] then In May of 2025, the board

[2:53:06] approved the purchase of 1075

[2:53:10] additional cameras. We have

[2:53:12] received those surveillance

[2:53:15] cameras. They have been

[2:53:18] prepped, ready

[2:53:19] for installation. We went out

[2:53:20] for bids for a company to

[2:53:24] install those so we can get

[2:53:26] them installed and running

[2:53:27] quickly. And the low bidder was

[2:53:31] GC&E Systems Group

[2:53:34] in an amount up to 326,462.50

[2:53:39] for the installation of those

[2:53:42] 1,075 cameras.

[2:53:47] >> Are there questions for

[2:53:48] Dr. Anglin hearing none.

[2:53:52] >> Is there a motion

[2:53:53] to approve?

[2:53:54] >> Move to approve.

[2:53:55] >> Ms. Wood.

[2:53:57] >> Second.

[2:53:59] >> Mr. Hornsby. All those

[2:54:00] in favor say aye.

[2:54:01] >> Aye.

[2:54:02] >> Any opposed? Motion carries.

[2:54:05] Item 6H. Authorize Execution

[2:54:07] of an Agreement with Atlas

[2:54:10] Universal, Inc. in an Amount up

[2:54:11] to $1,000,340.00, Inclusive

[2:54:16] of Owner- Controlled

[2:54:19] Contingency, to Provide

[2:54:21] Construction Services for The

[2:54:22] Northwest NW16 Envelope

[2:54:23] Remediation. Dr. Anglin?

[2:54:25] >> Thank you. September of

[2:54:29] 24, the board authorized a

[2:54:30] professional services contract

[2:54:31] with LCCX LLC for design and

[2:54:33] construction administration

[2:54:38] services related to this

[2:54:42] envelope remediation project

[2:54:45] at NW16 or formerly WCJC. This

[2:54:50] is on the Northwest campus. It

[2:54:53] was added to the five year

[2:54:55] capital improvement plan in

[2:54:57] August of 24. This is a result

[2:55:03] of skylights leaking and water

[2:55:07] coming into the building

[2:55:09] over the years. We've had it

[2:55:12] remediated multiple times and

[2:55:16] it's past any more plugging the

[2:55:18] leaks. And so we need a total

[2:55:19] envelope remediation. We did go

[2:55:23] out for bid and advertised it

[2:55:27] on June 27th and 30th

[2:55:28] in accordance

[2:55:30] with bid requirements. We

[2:55:31] received several seven bids and

[2:55:33] Atlas Universal was considered

[2:55:36] the lowest responsible and

[2:55:37] responsive bidder

[2:55:38] for the college. So we're

[2:55:40] seeking your approval

[2:55:43] for a contract with Atlas

[2:55:46] Universal, up to $1,000,340 for

[2:55:48] the full envelope remediation

[2:55:51] project at northwest campus

[2:55:55] on WCJC.

[2:55:58] >> Ms. Pritchett?

[2:56:01] >> I have a brief question.

[2:56:03] Since this has been a recurring

[2:56:05] issue as part of the project,

[2:56:06] are there guarantees and

[2:56:07] warranties?

[2:56:09] >> We will have a warranty

[2:56:11] on the project.

[2:56:12] >> Thank you.

[2:56:15] >> Are there any other

[2:56:16] questions for Dr. Anglin?

[2:56:18] Hearing None. Is there a motion

[2:56:19] to approve?

[2:56:22] >> Move Approval.

[2:56:24] >> Ms. Law.

[2:56:25] >> Second.

[2:56:26] >> Second for Ms. Wood. All

[2:56:29] those in favor say aye.

[2:56:30] >> Aye.

[2:56:31] >> Any opposed? The motion

[2:56:32] carries. Item 6I Endorse the

[2:56:35] FY2026 Five-Year Capital

[2:56:37] Improvement Plan to Serve as a

[2:56:39] Framework for Execution of

[2:56:41] All Capital Improvements. Dr.

[2:56:43] Anglin?

[2:56:46] >> We bring the capital

[2:56:47] improvement plan to you each

[2:56:48] August along with the budget.

[2:56:51] And prior to us bringing it

[2:56:54] to you, we have. We look to see

[2:56:57] if there's any new projects

[2:57:00] that are critical to the

[2:57:01] college and we seek approval

[2:57:04] for addition of those in

[2:57:05] August and then they go on the

[2:57:07] capital improvement plan list.

[2:57:11] These were prioritized through

[2:57:13] the facility assessment.

[2:57:17] You'll see there the projects

[2:57:19] that we're seeking

[2:57:20] to add this year. And we have

[2:57:21] removed three of them

[2:57:24] since we met last week

[2:57:26] to reduce the amount. And the

[2:57:30] remaining projects that we're

[2:57:32] asking your approval to add to

[2:57:34] the capital improvement plan is

[2:57:37] the foundation repair and site

[2:57:39] improvements at Southeast ESCT,

[2:57:42] the emergency communications

[2:57:44] upgrade, the security master

[2:57:48] plan,

[2:57:49] year one implementation. And

[2:57:50] this gets us into the access

[2:57:53] controls and phone system. The

[2:57:56] one above was the Emergency

[2:57:59] phone systems and then paint

[2:58:01] booth replacement

[2:58:03] on the south campus, courtyard

[2:58:05] renovation, and I forgot I had

[2:58:08] a little slideshow

[2:58:12] for you here,

[2:58:14] but the courtyard renovation at

[2:58:16] the south campus and that

[2:58:19] renovation is an ADA

[2:58:20] requirement that we need

[2:58:22] to take care of. And then the

[2:58:24] Trinity River Early College

[2:58:26] High School. So we did remove

[2:58:28] the rainwater harvesting

[2:58:30] project, the south campus

[2:58:32] instructional lab and CSS

[2:58:34] on the Trinity river campus.

[2:58:38] So we've removed three projects

[2:58:39] from what you saw a week ago.

[2:58:41] And then our bond funded

[2:58:43] projects, Northwest

[2:58:45] redevelopment completion,

[2:58:47] southeast campus renovation and

[2:58:48] expansion will be completed

[2:58:50] in this next year. And then the

[2:58:52] beginning of the Northeast

[2:58:54] science building and then some

[2:58:57] contingencies remaining there.

[2:59:00] Any questions?

[2:59:04] >> Dr. Anglin, do you know, and

[2:59:07] maybe the new attachment tells

[2:59:10] me this, do you know

[2:59:11] about how much money you found

[2:59:14] in the capital improvement

[2:59:15] plan?

[2:59:16] >> 877,000. And you'll see a

[2:59:20] little bit later when we talk

[2:59:24] about budget. I have reduced

[2:59:27] the transfers significantly

[2:59:29] into Fund 40 and Fund 46

[2:59:33] for next year. And that's part

[2:59:35] of how we're going to balance

[2:59:38] this next year's budget.

[2:59:40] >> Well, we appreciate you

[2:59:41] taking a hard look at this and

[2:59:44] finding some cost savings here.

[2:59:45] Thank you. Are there any other

[2:59:48] questions for Dr. Anglin? Is

[2:59:51] there a motion

[2:59:52] to approve?

[2:59:54] >> Move Approval.

[2:59:55] >> Dr. Morrison?

[2:59:56] >> Second.

[2:59:57] >> Second from Mr. Hornsby.

[2:59:58] All those

[2:59:59] in favor say aye.

[3:00:00] >> Aye.

[3:00:01] >> Any opposed? The motion

[3:00:02] carries. Item 6 J. Authorize

[3:00:06] Execution of a Resolution

[3:00:07] Approving the Operating,

[3:00:09] Capital, and Debt Service

[3:00:11] Budgets of Tarrant County

[3:00:12] College District for the

[3:00:13] Fiscal Year, Beginning

[3:00:14] September 1, 2025 and Ending

[3:00:17] August 31, 2026.Dr. Anglin?

[3:00:20] >> Thank you. I'd like

[3:00:23] to start out

[3:00:25] with just a reminder

[3:00:26] of the situation that we're

[3:00:28] in this year. We're dealing

[3:00:31] with a tuition freeze

[3:00:33] for fiscal year 26 and fiscal

[3:00:35] year 27. Based on the

[3:00:38] governor's executive order,

[3:00:41] we have an appraisal freeze on

[3:00:45] for two years. Our new

[3:00:47] construction

[3:00:49] in the county was $5 billion.

[3:00:53] And a significant amount

[3:00:55] of that will be exempt

[3:00:57] from taxes. The exemptions

[3:01:00] increased from last year

[3:01:06] to this year. And then we are.

[3:01:11] You mentioned student fees

[3:01:13] earlier. And we understand that

[3:01:17] as we move forward, we have

[3:01:19] to look

[3:01:20] at additional revenue streams,

[3:01:24] our performance outcomes,

[3:01:26] our state funding. We did very

[3:01:28] well, but we're really limited

[3:01:31] on the amount. You can move

[3:01:33] that needle from year

[3:01:34] to year. We'll look back

[3:01:40] at our budget guiding

[3:01:42] principles for this year, and

[3:01:44] the board approved these back

[3:01:46] at the first of the year. We

[3:01:49] have implemented a zero-based

[3:01:50] budget or strategic budget.

[3:01:54] We've revised our chart

[3:01:56] of accounts. We'll be aligning

[3:01:57] pathways

[3:01:59] across the institution. We're

[3:02:00] Providing expenditures

[3:02:05] in areas that they apply

[3:02:08] to and you'll see this

[3:02:10] in just a moment

[3:02:12] to where moving forward

[3:02:13] after we get

[3:02:15] through this fiscal year, we'll

[3:02:16] have more decision making tools

[3:02:19] available to us than we've ever

[3:02:21] had before. We'll be able

[3:02:23] to look

[3:02:25] at high performing programs,

[3:02:26] low performing programs,

[3:02:28] return on investment,

[3:02:30] breakeven in a lot of ways

[3:02:33] by capturing the cost,

[3:02:35] what it truly cost us

[3:02:37] to do some of the work,

[3:02:39] the work that we're doing.

[3:02:42] >> Plan on continuing

[3:02:43] to drive results for

[3:02:44] performance outcomes that

[3:02:46] result

[3:02:47] in additional state funding.

[3:02:49] And along with that we have an

[3:02:52] optimal student schedule to

[3:02:54] where we're being very

[3:02:56] efficient in scheduling but

[3:02:59] assuring that we meet the needs

[3:03:00] of students, expand and

[3:03:03] strengthen the college's

[3:03:04] capacity

[3:03:06] to serve and prepare students

[3:03:07] for the 21st century workforce.

[3:03:10] Develop recommendations from

[3:03:12] the compensation and

[3:03:13] classification studies

[3:03:15] to remain competitive

[3:03:16] in the marketplace,

[3:03:18] consider the budget impact of

[3:03:20] the governor's free zone

[3:03:21] tuition and prepare a budget

[3:03:24] with a tax rate equal

[3:03:25] to or lower than fiscal year

[3:03:28] 2025. And so what we're

[3:03:31] presenting

[3:03:32] to you tonight will take all

[3:03:37] of those principles

[3:03:39] into consideration. Since last

[3:03:43] week we've gone back and we're

[3:03:47] asking to not that you propose

[3:03:50] a tax rate equal

[3:03:52] to the current tax rate with

[3:03:57] that same tax rate and looking

[3:04:00] at our adjusted current year

[3:04:02] taxable value and that takes

[3:04:04] into account the value

[3:04:06] of property that has been

[3:04:08] frozen for those 65 and older.

[3:04:13] It means our maintenance tax

[3:04:16] revenue will go from 281

[3:04:18] million down to 265 million.

[3:04:24] And I've taken that current

[3:04:26] year taxable value freeze

[3:04:30] adjusted, multiplied it

[3:04:32] by the M and O tax rate and

[3:04:36] with assuming a 99% collection

[3:04:39] rate to get that amount,

[3:04:43] our credit hour tuition, we're

[3:04:46] anticipating an enrollment

[3:04:47] increase and we had an

[3:04:49] enrollment increase

[3:04:51] for this year. So those two

[3:04:52] increases, we're projecting a

[3:04:54] significant increase in tuition

[3:04:57] revenue and then also increase

[3:04:59] in our non credit tuition

[3:05:02] revenue. With that, our total

[3:05:07] proposed revenue will be

[3:05:10] $415,071,526 down

[3:05:15] from this year's $421,023,005.

[3:05:23] Our key priorities for this

[3:05:26] year will be have been as we've

[3:05:30] worked through the year,

[3:05:32] implementation of that

[3:05:33] compensation and classification

[3:05:34] study, preservation

[3:05:36] of our capacity

[3:05:38] for that final tranche

[3:05:39] of debt, including maintaining

[3:05:41] our triple A bond rating. And

[3:05:44] we have a triple A bond rating

[3:05:46] because we've had a healthy

[3:05:47] fund balance. We have a

[3:05:50] formalized debt management

[3:05:52] policy, a reserve and liquidity

[3:05:55] policy and strong financial

[3:05:58] performance. And that's what we

[3:06:02] stayed long term. We've been

[3:06:07] AAA rated on any debt five year

[3:06:08] capital improvement plan goals

[3:06:10] identified

[3:06:12] from the strategic plan

[3:06:14] Continue our enrollment,

[3:06:15] retention and student success

[3:06:17] efforts and focus

[3:06:19] on those high demand fields

[3:06:20] in the workforce

[3:06:22] to meet the needs of Tarrant

[3:06:23] county business,

[3:06:25] industry and healthcare. The

[3:06:28] key investments

[3:06:29] in the fiscal year 26 budget.

[3:06:33] The use

[3:06:34] of that zero based budgeting.

[3:06:36] It's provided

[3:06:37] for additional due diligence in

[3:06:38] budget development and will

[3:06:41] provide better decision making

[3:06:42] data

[3:06:43] in the future and allow us

[3:06:45] to better leverage our

[3:06:47] resources to begin the

[3:06:49] Northeast Science building

[3:06:52] project. The selection and

[3:06:53] beginning the implementation

[3:06:55] process of a new ERP

[3:06:58] to continue implementation

[3:06:59] of our facilities master plan,

[3:07:01] our security master plan and

[3:07:03] our technology refresh. Now

[3:07:08] these key investments

[3:07:10] implementation

[3:07:11] of the compensation study be

[3:07:13] 4.2 million. That's an estimate

[3:07:16] plus benefits that will affect

[3:07:19] approximately 1300 or so

[3:07:25] employees. We do not have the

[3:07:26] compensation study. It's not

[3:07:27] finalized. It will be

[3:07:29] after the new semester starts.

[3:07:32] But we have earmarked money

[3:07:35] to be able to implement the

[3:07:37] compensation study in

[3:07:41] January. You approve the

[3:07:43] increase of adjunct and overlap

[3:07:46] overload pay to $65 per contact

[3:07:49] hour. That's at a cost of $5.8

[3:07:52] million additional to us. That

[3:07:54] is built in to the budget.

[3:07:58] You'll see we did increase the

[3:08:02] police pay this past year and

[3:08:04] that was an additional 741,000

[3:08:07] in salaries and additional

[3:08:12] benefits. And that was

[3:08:14] through the implementation of

[3:08:15] the evergreen compensation

[3:08:17] study. And when I say benefits

[3:08:18] that is Social Security and TRS

[3:08:25] contributions that the college

[3:08:26] is responsible for. And then

[3:08:29] to provide a 2% increase for

[3:08:31] employees our health insurance.

[3:08:34] The cost of the college is

[3:08:36] increasing 8% this next year.

[3:08:41] We have assigned software costs

[3:08:43] to the cost categories benefit

[3:08:46] are using the software.

[3:08:48] Historically all

[3:08:49] of our software has been

[3:08:51] charged to the IT budget. And

[3:08:53] so we've worked really hard

[3:08:54] this year

[3:08:56] to get it split out. And so in

[3:08:58] a moment you'll see some

[3:09:00] increases

[3:09:01] in some areas and most

[3:09:02] of that's going to be software

[3:09:04] and us just reallocating it to

[3:09:07] the department that uses it and

[3:09:09] benefits from it. An example

[3:09:15] payment works which we use

[3:09:18] in procurement. That software

[3:09:20] cost will be charged

[3:09:22] to procurement budget. So that

[3:09:24] way we know what it's costing

[3:09:27] us to operate each area. And

[3:09:32] then our overall our insurance

[3:09:35] costs have gone up. You

[3:09:37] approved those earlier tonight.

[3:09:40] Property and casualty,

[3:09:42] automobile liability insurance,

[3:09:45] educators, legal liability.

[3:09:47] Those costs went up

[3:09:49] about 10% this year. And then

[3:09:51] increased tax collection cost.

[3:09:54] Now those prices tax collector

[3:09:57] had not increased those

[3:09:58] in eight years. And so we're

[3:10:00] seeing an increase

[3:10:01] for this next year in this

[3:10:05] budget we have no instructional

[3:10:06] equipment added. We're planning

[3:10:10] on seeking out grants to fund

[3:10:13] the needed new equipment.

[3:10:15] We've a significant reduction

[3:10:19] in travel funds. We've reduced

[3:10:23] operating funds throughout the

[3:10:24] budget with a focus

[3:10:26] on necessities. There's been a

[3:10:29] reduction in budget dollars

[3:10:31] for technology equipment,

[3:10:33] reductions in transfers

[3:10:37] to fund 40 and fund 46. And

[3:10:39] just so you know how hard it is

[3:10:41] for us to cut a budget, 75%

[3:10:44] of our budget is our people.

[3:10:46] We're a service organization.

[3:10:50] And 75% of our total budget is

[3:10:51] salaries and benefits. And that

[3:10:56] is standard across the college

[3:10:58] and university. 70 to 80% is

[3:11:01] what you typically find the

[3:11:03] personnel cost. So I just

[3:11:11] wanted to share all of that

[3:11:14] with you. And then there

[3:11:17] in front of you,

[3:11:19] I have provided a summary

[3:11:22] of where we are right now with

[3:11:25] our 26th budget. I'm still

[3:11:28] looking for 1.8 million,

[3:11:30] but we're not through. So we

[3:11:33] will find it and we'll get it

[3:11:36] balanced.

[3:11:38] But you can see the differences

[3:11:41] between fiscal year 26 and

[3:11:43] fiscal year 25. I will say that

[3:11:46] on the campuses, a lot of their

[3:11:49] increase is that adjunct and

[3:11:52] overload pay because now it's

[3:11:54] allocated by campus here. And

[3:11:56] the other increases, a lot of

[3:12:01] that is the software being

[3:12:02] allocated

[3:12:03] to those departments or areas

[3:12:05] for the first time. So we

[3:12:09] started working Friday

[3:12:12] on finding things to reduce,

[3:12:17] and this is where we are today

[3:12:18] after almost a week

[3:12:20] of doing it. We're not through,

[3:12:21] but we will get it balanced.

[3:12:24] But I did cut the transfers

[3:12:28] from 31 million to 16 million.

[3:12:31] So that's where I picked up 15

[3:12:33] million. Okay.

[3:12:41] >> Are there any questions

[3:12:42] for Dr. Anglin? Ms. Law?

[3:12:50] >> Yes. I'm sure you went

[3:12:52] over this

[3:12:53] in the workshop or last week,

[3:12:55] but can you explain the reason?

[3:12:56] And interest income went

[3:12:59] in the M and o budget was 12

[3:13:04] million, and now we're going

[3:13:05] to 8.5 million.

[3:13:06] Like what?

[3:13:07] >> Yeah, right.

[3:13:08] >> What's the reason

[3:13:09] for that?

[3:13:10] >> Yeah, when we budgeted that

[3:13:11] 12 million a year ago, the

[3:13:12] interest rate cuts had not

[3:13:14] started. And so we've been.

[3:13:17] Our interest rate has been much

[3:13:19] lower this year than it was

[3:13:23] in the prior year. Prior year.

[3:13:26] And if, when you look

[3:13:27] at our current revenue, we'll

[3:13:32] still have two months interest

[3:13:33] to be recorded there. And I

[3:13:37] know we're getting ready to

[3:13:39] have probably two more rate

[3:13:40] cuts and that's.

[3:13:44] >> Okay. Yeah. Interest rate

[3:13:45] cuts. Interest rate.

[3:13:48] >> What?

[3:13:50] >> I guess I'm not clear about

[3:13:52] the interest rate you're

[3:13:53] talking about.

[3:13:54] >> Were you asking

[3:13:55] about interest income?

[3:13:56] >> Yes.

[3:13:57] >> Yeah.

[3:13:58] >> Interest (inaudible). These

[3:13:59] are our investments and we are

[3:14:02] restricted through the public

[3:14:04] funds investment policy. So the

[3:14:06] types of Investments that we

[3:14:08] typically invest in are going

[3:14:11] to be a.

[3:14:15] >> Okay, so it's the I just

[3:14:16] wanted

[3:14:17] to make clear. I just want to

[3:14:18] make sure I understand that

[3:14:19] it's a treasury

[3:14:21] of the market.

[3:14:22] >> It's an effect

[3:14:25] of the market.

[3:14:26] >> Effect of the market,

[3:14:27] yes.

[3:14:28] >> Okay, thank you, Ms.

[3:14:30] Pritchett.

[3:14:34] >> Thank you for all

[3:14:36] of the diligence in this.

[3:14:38] From my perspective,

[3:14:40] you've done a tremendous job.

[3:14:42] One question that I do have

[3:14:44] in particular, I know that this

[3:14:45] has been a topic before and

[3:14:46] that is specifically as it

[3:14:47] relates

[3:14:48] to funded unfilled positions,

[3:14:50] has that been reviewed

[3:14:51] thoroughly to make sure do we

[3:14:54] have any carryover

[3:14:55] from previous years? Has that

[3:14:57] been thoroughly reviewed to

[3:14:59] make sure that we are right

[3:15:00] sized and that we aren't

[3:15:01] funding positions that we're

[3:15:02] not filling?

[3:15:07] >> We have looked

[3:15:08] at it and I will say,

[3:15:11] and I'm going to just speak

[3:15:12] from the area that I have

[3:15:14] responsibility over,

[3:15:16] positions that we had struggled

[3:15:18] to fill. Some of our numbers

[3:15:21] have been reduced this year.

[3:15:25] The positions that we struggle

[3:15:27] to fill in many instances are

[3:15:29] those lower paying positions

[3:15:32] and it's because we're not

[3:15:36] at market. But as I look across

[3:15:38] the district and I know the

[3:15:42] folks that I work

[3:15:43] around every day, we're working

[3:15:46] very hard and we're lean

[3:15:49] in a lot of areas. There may be

[3:15:50] some areas

[3:15:52] across the district, but most

[3:15:56] cases we're pretty lean.

[3:16:01] But our number of those

[3:16:03] unfilled that were budgeted

[3:16:05] have been going

[3:16:07] down every year. And we're

[3:16:10] still going to have some

[3:16:15] remaining funds budgeted,

[3:16:16] funds that go unused this year,

[3:16:21] but it won't be at the

[3:16:23] magnitude that we've had.

[3:16:24] >> Okay, so they've. That's

[3:16:26] been reduced and most of those

[3:16:30] positions are the lower paying

[3:16:32] positions, correct?

[3:16:33] >> Yes, there's some that

[3:16:35] aren't, but

[3:16:36] for the most part they are.

[3:16:38] But one thing I do want

[3:16:39] to point out,

[3:16:41] we've had the same number

[3:16:42] of positions since 2023. The

[3:16:47] same number we've not added

[3:16:50] to our number

[3:16:51] of positions.

[3:16:54] >> Okay, thank you.

[3:16:59] >> Are there any other

[3:17:00] questions for Dr. Anglin?

[3:17:03] Hearing none. Is there a motion

[3:17:04] to approve?

[3:17:06] >> Move to approve.

[3:17:07] >> Ms. Wood, is there a second?

[3:17:09] >> Second.

[3:17:10] >> Second from Mr. Hornsby.

[3:17:11] All those

[3:17:12] in favor say aye.

[3:17:13] >> Aye.

[3:17:14] >> Any opposed? The motion

[3:17:15] carries.

[3:17:17] >> I'd like to state that I'm

[3:17:18] going to abstain. And the

[3:17:19] reason

[3:17:20] for that is because I have.

[3:17:21] Have requested a complete

[3:17:23] budget which I have yet

[3:17:24] to receive a copy

[3:17:25] of the complete budget. And so

[3:17:27] I can't in good conscience

[3:17:29] approve a budget that I haven't

[3:17:31] seen.

[3:17:33] >> Much of the detail on one

[3:17:35] abstention.

[3:17:36] >> Okay. And we will bring you

[3:17:38] back a budget book in

[3:17:41] September. And that is the

[3:17:44] historical practice

[3:17:47] of the college that we come

[3:17:49] through this tonight and then

[3:17:51] we go back and we finalize

[3:17:53] everything and put it all

[3:17:54] together. And I'm just. We need

[3:18:00] a new ERP system. And we. It is

[3:18:05] a time consuming process

[3:18:07] until we get a new system. We

[3:18:10] all. We're doing a lot on

[3:18:13] sports spreadsheets and then

[3:18:15] enter it into our ERP. So it

[3:18:17] is. We desperately need the new

[3:18:21] ERP system and it will make

[3:18:24] this whole process much quicker

[3:18:28] and more efficient when we. We

[3:18:30] get a new ERP.

[3:18:33] >> Thank you, Dr. Anglin. Item

[3:18:36] 6K authorized execution of a

[3:18:40] resolution establishing the

[3:18:41] proposed 2025 ad valorem tax

[3:18:43] rate of 0.11228 cents per $100

[3:18:52] in valuation divided as 09628

[3:18:59] for operations and maintenance

[3:19:02] and.016

[3:19:04] for interest and sinking fund.

[3:19:07] Dr. Anglin.

[3:19:08] >> Okay, thank you. I have a

[3:19:12] chart here that will show you

[3:19:14] the no new revenue rate, the

[3:19:16] voter approval rate and what we

[3:19:18] are proposing and asking you to

[3:19:19] propose as our tax rate this

[3:19:23] evening is the same tax rate

[3:19:26] that we have currently of

[3:19:32] 11.228 cents. We're breaking it

[3:19:33] down a little bit differently.

[3:19:36] But that you can see the

[3:19:37] breakdown there of 0.09628

[3:19:41] for M&O, 0.016 for debts

[3:19:49] for INS. You'll see here a

[3:19:55] chart that shows you our

[3:19:58] existing rate of 11.228 and our

[3:20:01] recommended rate of 11.228.

[3:20:07] And we're taking 0.155

[3:20:12] from M& O and putting it

[3:20:14] in the interest

[3:20:16] in sinking fund to get that up

[3:20:20] to 1.6 cents but stays at the

[3:20:23] 11.228. And you'll see at the

[3:20:29] top the certified net taxable

[3:20:31] value of 322 billion. And our

[3:20:35] taxable assessed value freeze

[3:20:37] adjusted of 278 billion. And

[3:20:46] then if we take that 278

[3:20:51] billion and calculate our M&O

[3:20:52] revenue 99% collection.

[3:20:56] There's our projected revenue

[3:20:58] of 265 million 260 777. We do

[3:21:03] the same thing

[3:21:06] on our INS revenue. We get

[3:21:10] 44,082,223 for a total of

[3:21:18] $309,347,000 as compared to

[3:21:21] $327,904,604 last year or a

[3:21:25] five point decrease. And

[3:21:36] there's our revenue figures

[3:21:37] last year and this year and

[3:21:40] that's a $16,045,743 decrease

[3:21:47] in tax revenue and then as it

[3:21:59] equates back to our operating

[3:22:02] budget revenue. Any questions?

[3:22:16] >> Dr. Anglin, could you

[3:22:19] reiterate for the group why it

[3:22:21] is important that we continue

[3:22:22] to grow our INS rate.

[3:22:28] >> When we drop it down? And

[3:22:32] especially if you go

[3:22:34] below the no new revenue rate,

[3:22:36] it's very hard to get it back

[3:22:38] to that point and stay within

[3:22:40] no new revenue and voter

[3:22:42] approval. Now, I have talked

[3:22:45] to a bond advisor that's worked

[3:22:50] with the college

[3:22:52] on the bonds, spoke

[3:22:53] with him yesterday. And I do

[3:22:55] know that even selling that

[3:22:59] last tranche of debt, our the

[3:23:01] maximum our debt tax rate

[3:23:03] should ever get to is 2 cents

[3:23:05] up from 1.6.

[3:23:09] But that will only be for just

[3:23:11] a few years and typically an

[3:23:15] average I'd say

[3:23:19] with that would be about 1.7.

[3:23:22] So that's why we needed

[3:23:23] to move a portion of that MNO

[3:23:24] to get it back and get that INS

[3:23:26] rate back. So our M and O rate

[3:23:31] is

[3:23:33] below the noni revenue rate.

[3:23:37] Our voter, our INS is slightly

[3:23:40] above the no new revenue rate.

[3:23:44] So we would have a public tax

[3:23:50] hearing before either your work

[3:23:52] session or your meeting in

[3:23:55] September.

[3:23:58] >> Thank you. Ms. Wood.

[3:24:03] >> I want

[3:24:04] to make sure I understand this,

[3:24:05] but our rate still stays the

[3:24:07] same, correct?

[3:24:08] >> Yes.

[3:24:09] >> Okay.

[3:24:10] >> I just wanted to say make

[3:24:11] sure I understood that

[3:24:12] before I'm going to say our

[3:24:14] rate stays the same and it

[3:24:18] meets that budget guiding

[3:24:20] principle. The rate stays the

[3:24:21] same.

[3:24:23] >> I personally want to thank

[3:24:25] you for all your work on this

[3:24:27] and especially the zero line

[3:24:30] budgeting. You did a phenomenal

[3:24:33] job and finding this money, I

[3:24:35] know, was not easy. And I just

[3:24:37] want you to know how much we

[3:24:38] appreciate you. Second

[3:24:40] of all, I want to thank the

[3:24:42] Chancellor for listening

[3:24:44] to the board and the community

[3:24:47] about this tax rate. At a time

[3:24:51] when homeowners are feeling

[3:24:53] like they're being taxed out

[3:24:56] of their homes, all eyes are

[3:24:57] on us to do what's right

[3:24:59] for the taxpayers. And

[3:25:01] Tarrant County College has

[3:25:04] tightened the spending belt and

[3:25:05] knows the answer is not

[3:25:06] to raise our taxes. Tarrant

[3:25:10] County College endeavors

[3:25:11] to do what's right

[3:25:14] for our community. And I just

[3:25:15] applaud them. And I applaud

[3:25:16] you, Chancellor LeBlanc and

[3:25:17] Dr. Anglin, for taking care

[3:25:21] of the community.

[3:25:26] >> Ms. Law?

[3:25:29] >> Dr. Anglin, the INS portion

[3:25:33] of this tax rate,

[3:25:34] is that calculated to allow us

[3:25:36] to service debt adequately?

[3:25:38] >> Yes.

[3:25:39] >> Okay. Thank you. Are there

[3:25:45] any other questions for Dr.

[3:25:46] Anglin? I'd like

[3:25:51] to reiterate all

[3:25:52] of the thanks. And we will be

[3:25:55] reiterating that

[3:25:56] through the end

[3:25:58] of the budgeting cycle,

[3:25:59] which has not yet arrived.

[3:26:02] So. Thank you for all

[3:26:03] of your work.

[3:26:04] >> Thank you.

[3:26:05] >> Is there a motion

[3:26:06] to approve?

[3:26:07] >> So moved.

[3:26:08] >> Ms. Pritchett. Is there a

[3:26:09] second?

[3:26:10] >> Second.

[3:26:13] >> Dr. Morrison. All those

[3:26:15] in favor say aye.

[3:26:16] >> Aye.

[3:26:17] >> Any opposed? The motion

[3:26:19] carries. Thank you, Dr.

[3:26:21] Anglin. You're almost there.

[3:26:25] Item 6L. Authorize execution

[3:26:29] of an agreement with General

[3:26:31] Data Tech LP in an amount up

[3:26:33] to $375,564.15 to replace

[3:26:41] emergency call devices. Dr.

[3:26:42] Anglin.

[3:26:43] >> Thank you. In December of

[3:26:44] 24 we put out a request

[3:26:46] for proposals for a replacement

[3:26:48] emergency call system. In

[3:26:52] January of 25 submissions were

[3:26:56] received. Submissions were

[3:26:57] evaluated by an

[3:26:58] interdepartmental district

[3:27:01] committee made up of people

[3:27:02] from facilities

[3:27:05] from the police from it and

[3:27:07] they selected this vendor,

[3:27:13] General Data Tech. The scope of

[3:27:15] this project includes the

[3:27:16] design,

[3:27:17] installation and implementation

[3:27:20] of a new emergency call system

[3:27:23] that will serve all TCC

[3:27:24] campuses. And this is part

[3:27:27] of the security master plan.

[3:27:29] The new system will integrate

[3:27:31] with existing security

[3:27:33] infrastructure, provide clear

[3:27:35] and direct communication

[3:27:37] with campus police,

[3:27:39] provides remote monitoring and

[3:27:40] troubleshooting, and offers

[3:27:42] features that ensure the safety

[3:27:43] of students, faculty,

[3:27:45] staff and visitors. As

[3:27:49] recommended

[3:27:50] in the master plan.

[3:27:51] Implementation will occur

[3:27:52] in phases. The first purchase

[3:27:55] will provide the necessary

[3:27:57] infrastructure

[3:27:58] to bring the new system online.

[3:28:00] Including software licensing,

[3:28:03] maintenance and technical

[3:28:05] support for 5 years. As well as

[3:28:08] 113 devices to replace the

[3:28:12] existing call units located

[3:28:14] in the corridors. So we're

[3:28:17] starting with the corridors

[3:28:18] in all

[3:28:20] of our campus buildings. And

[3:28:21] then eventually

[3:28:23] in separate phases,

[3:28:25] we will replace exist exterior

[3:28:27] bollards, building mounted

[3:28:29] phones and all classroom

[3:28:31] emergency devices. So this is

[3:28:33] phase one

[3:28:34] of this project.

[3:28:37] >> Ms. Wood. Okay, Ms.

[3:28:42] Pritchett, I need to abstain.

[3:28:43] >> I have a professional

[3:28:44] relationship

[3:28:45] with this vendor.

[3:28:46] >> So noted. Are there any

[3:28:48] questions for Dr. Anglin

[3:28:49] hearing? None. Is there a

[3:28:50] motion to approve?

[3:28:53] >> So moved.

[3:28:56] >> Second.

[3:28:58] >> Motion by Mr. Hornsby.

[3:28:59] Second by Dr. Morrison. All

[3:29:00] those in favor say aye.

[3:29:01] >> Aye.

[3:29:02] >> Any opposed? One.

[3:29:04] Abstention. The motion carries.

[3:29:09] Thank you, Dr. Anglin. Item 6M,

[3:29:27] Review Revisions to Board

[3:29:28] Policy BGC (Local) Drafted

[3:29:32] by the Joint Consultation

[3:29:34] Committee and Adopt If the

[3:29:35] Board Agrees with the

[3:29:36] Revisions. Ms. Madeline

[3:29:37] Bowman.

[3:29:39] >> Good evening, President

[3:29:40] Deakyne, Chancellor LeBlanc and

[3:29:43] members of the board. My name

[3:29:44] is Madeline Bowman. I'm

[3:29:46] Associate professor of

[3:29:47] Government on South Campus and

[3:29:50] I live in South Arlington, so

[3:29:52] I'm in District 5 and I also

[3:29:57] serve as the current elected

[3:29:59] Joint Consultation Committee

[3:30:02] Chair. Which is why I'm

[3:30:03] standing before you today. I

[3:30:08] did not request this item

[3:30:12] on the agenda, but I am

[3:30:16] incredibly grateful that this

[3:30:17] matter is

[3:30:18] under consideration. Due

[3:30:20] to timing issues, as you know,

[3:30:22] SB 37 becomes effective on

[3:30:26] September 1st and SB 37

[3:30:29] abolishes faculty associations

[3:30:31] and senates unless a compliant

[3:30:35] faculty council or senate has

[3:30:37] been established prior to that

[3:30:39] date or a faculty council or

[3:30:42] senate has been ratified. That

[3:30:47] and has been ratified based

[3:30:48] on findings by the governing

[3:30:49] board that it meets the

[3:30:51] requirements

[3:30:53] of any board policy. The

[3:30:56] faculty council is authorized

[3:30:58] or the faculty council is

[3:31:00] authorized prior to September

[3:31:02] 1st. I believe that the ability

[3:31:05] of faculty members to provide

[3:31:09] the faculty voice is essential

[3:31:13] and only faculty members can do

[3:31:15] so. Faculty led and faculty

[3:31:19] initiated committee work is

[3:31:21] also vital. Our current

[3:31:24] structure and this is what is

[3:31:27] in BGC local it only calls

[3:31:32] for a JCC. That's all that is

[3:31:33] there. The joint consultation

[3:31:35] committee. Now the joint

[3:31:37] consultation committee is the

[3:31:39] best way

[3:31:40] to say it is a council

[3:31:41] of the campus presidents. And

[3:31:43] then there is a chair that is

[3:31:46] not currently serving as a

[3:31:48] campus president. Then we have

[3:31:52] our campus senates. On each of

[3:31:55] the campuses there are senators

[3:31:58] with senate that is elected and

[3:32:00] that body elects a senate

[3:32:06] chair. And then we have our

[3:32:07] general body that is called the

[3:32:09] faculty association that is a

[3:32:10] non representative. It's

[3:32:12] everyone that is a faculty

[3:32:13] member. And currently our

[3:32:16] faculty association also

[3:32:18] includes academic support

[3:32:23] like library, Learning commons

[3:32:26] and career advisors. The

[3:32:31] proposal that was presented

[3:32:35] to provost and general counsel

[3:32:36] for review was meant to utilize

[3:32:39] the policy review process. And

[3:32:44] that process has been described

[3:32:46] many times by General counsel

[3:32:48] Antonio Allen. The JCC also

[3:32:52] sought review and approval

[3:32:56] through this process and we

[3:32:58] really only objected to the

[3:33:00] fact that it was not being

[3:33:03] reviewed before the deadline.

[3:33:06] So we are going to. I'm going

[3:33:11] to show you. Do we have my

[3:33:13] PowerPoint, our proposal that

[3:33:18] we actually presented and just

[3:33:22] explain a little. SB 37

[3:33:26] compliant councils include only

[3:33:29] full time faculty members and

[3:33:33] are limited to 60 members

[3:33:36] unless the board approves

[3:33:37] otherwise. We are asking

[3:33:41] for an approval of a maximum

[3:33:42] of 73 members

[3:33:45] to accommodate two senators

[3:33:47] for each of the five divisions

[3:33:49] or pathways on each campus.

[3:33:52] Six campus presidents, six

[3:33:55] presidents elect and a chair.

[3:33:58] In this way communications with

[3:34:00] administration and the faculty

[3:34:01] can remain with the JCC and the

[3:34:06] senate can concentrate on

[3:34:08] governing and faculty member

[3:34:10] concerns.

[3:34:19] >> All right. So we began our

[3:34:27] proposal with a statement

[3:34:29] on shared governance. This came

[3:34:31] directly from SB 37 and it

[3:34:35] requires that shared governance

[3:34:39] be incorporated

[3:34:41] into any policies with the

[3:34:44] governing board governing body

[3:34:47] being at the top,

[3:34:49] having the ultimate authority.

[3:34:51] But that is in consultation

[3:34:54] with the college having

[3:34:57] financial stewardship, policy

[3:34:59] implementation and appropriate

[3:35:02] consultation with faculty,

[3:35:04] administrators and other

[3:35:05] stakeholders. Key points

[3:35:08] in the proposal, it establishes

[3:35:13] and recognizes the faculty

[3:35:15] association. Now my

[3:35:17] understanding is what SB37

[3:35:21] includes is really only a

[3:35:22] governing body. And so that

[3:35:26] would actually be the faculty

[3:35:28] senate. Because the faculty

[3:35:30] association is not a

[3:35:32] representative

[3:35:33] of organization. It is just the

[3:35:34] vehicle through which faculty

[3:35:36] voice their concerns and hear

[3:35:38] information. I am. So the

[3:35:43] proposal does say recognize the

[3:35:45] faculty association, but I am

[3:35:46] not sure if that is necessary.

[3:35:49] It does include the joint

[3:35:51] consultation committee, and

[3:35:54] that would be the official

[3:35:55] channel of communication and

[3:35:57] consultation. So I did have in

[3:36:01] the proposal the establishment

[3:36:04] of a faculty association.

[3:36:06] Again, I am not sure if that

[3:36:10] is. If that is required. It

[3:36:11] looks like the most important

[3:36:14] thing would be the faculty

[3:36:18] senate. And the faculty

[3:36:19] association on each campus

[3:36:23] would elect the senators

[3:36:27] with one sent with the chair

[3:36:29] of the senate being appointed

[3:36:32] by the Chancellor and the rest

[3:36:37] of the senators, including the

[3:36:39] faculty association presidents,

[3:36:41] being elected by the members

[3:36:44] from that body. The Chancellor

[3:36:46] would choose the chair. The

[3:36:51] Vice chair and the secretary.

[3:36:54] In our current model, the vice

[3:36:57] chair or chair elect also

[3:36:59] serves as the secretary. So

[3:37:00] that's the same person. Campus

[3:37:04] officers would be president,

[3:37:07] president elect,

[3:37:08] secretary and senators. And

[3:37:11] again, the chair of each campus

[3:37:13] senate would be appointed

[3:37:15] by the Chancellor. The

[3:37:18] remaining officers would be

[3:37:19] elected. That's straight

[3:37:22] from SB 37. And all district

[3:37:25] faculty association members

[3:37:27] would be eligible

[3:37:29] to hold office

[3:37:30] on their respective campuses.

[3:37:35] There is a statement that the

[3:37:38] officers and the senators and

[3:37:40] anyone that operates

[3:37:42] in this body would be advisory.

[3:37:45] Heretofore, we have always been

[3:37:47] advisory. The JCC votes

[3:37:51] on whether

[3:37:54] to approve minutes and the

[3:37:58] Senate approves what we're

[3:37:59] going

[3:38:00] to ask administration for. So

[3:38:01] we have always been advisory.

[3:38:02] But that statement was directly

[3:38:03] in SB 37. So I included that

[3:38:05] statement in our proposal. I

[3:38:08] also included a statement

[3:38:13] from SB 37 that said that the

[3:38:17] faculty association or any

[3:38:18] representative body may not

[3:38:20] issue any statement or publish

[3:38:22] a report using Tarrant County

[3:38:24] College's official seal,

[3:38:26] trademark or resources.

[3:38:28] Again, that's language directly

[3:38:30] from SB 37. The one meeting

[3:38:36] that we have that does have a

[3:38:40] quorum, does require a quorum,

[3:38:42] is our District Senate

[3:38:44] meetings. And so I brought

[3:38:47] in the language from SB 37 that

[3:38:50] those meetings would be

[3:38:53] broadcast over Internet. They

[3:38:55] would have live video and

[3:38:57] audio. The agenda would be

[3:39:01] posted seven days prior

[3:39:03] to the meeting. And if there is

[3:39:04] a vote

[3:39:06] of no confidence or anything

[3:39:07] about curriculum, the names of

[3:39:09] the people that attended would

[3:39:12] be recorded. Now, in a

[3:39:14] District Senate meeting,

[3:39:15] the names of the people that

[3:39:16] attended would be recorded

[3:39:18] because that would be

[3:39:19] in the minutes.

[3:39:20] But that language is directly

[3:39:22] from SB 37. So finally,

[3:39:25] our ask is to for the board to

[3:39:32] approve establishing proposed

[3:39:34] additions and amendments,

[3:39:37] remembering that what is

[3:39:40] currently in BGC local is the

[3:39:41] establishment of a Joint

[3:39:42] consultation committee

[3:39:44] with some mandatory attendance

[3:39:47] by the chair and chair elect.

[3:39:51] The mandatory language has been

[3:39:54] removed from the,

[3:39:55] from the JCC. And we are asking

[3:39:59] for the establishment of a

[3:40:00] faculty senate and if deemed

[3:40:02] necessary,

[3:40:03] a faculty association. Or we

[3:40:07] are asking you

[3:40:09] to ratify the continuation

[3:40:10] of a faculty senate

[3:40:12] with the JCC, again

[3:40:14] with a maximum number of 73

[3:40:16] people. It does contemplate 60

[3:40:19] people in SB37, but it also

[3:40:21] says unless the governing board

[3:40:23] approves another number

[3:40:27] in the alternative, we simply

[3:40:29] ask that the board approve and

[3:40:33] authorize a faculty senate or

[3:40:35] faculty council at Tarrant

[3:40:37] County College so that it will

[3:40:39] not be abolished on September

[3:40:42] 1st. And I am happy

[3:40:44] to answer any questions.

[3:40:49] >> Thank you, Ms. Bowman,

[3:40:50] for your presentation. Very

[3:40:52] helpful. You mentioned at the

[3:40:54] beginning that you did not

[3:40:56] request for this to be added

[3:40:58] to the agenda. And I guess I

[3:41:00] just wanted

[3:41:01] to speak a little bit

[3:41:02] to process first to kind

[3:41:03] of expand on that.

[3:41:05] In my role as board chair,

[3:41:07] in consultation with the

[3:41:09] Chancellor, we set the agenda

[3:41:11] for each meeting. We also have

[3:41:13] a standing board policy that

[3:41:15] says that if we have two board

[3:41:17] members who would like

[3:41:18] to put an agenda item

[3:41:19] on the agenda that, that we do

[3:41:21] that, our counsel, Mr. Allen,

[3:41:27] provided to the board a

[3:41:28] memorandum that spoke directly

[3:41:31] to the legal analysis

[3:41:34] of the proposed amendment

[3:41:36] to the Constitution and how

[3:41:38] that would impact BCG,

[3:41:41] BGC local. And I wonder, Mr.

[3:41:43] Allen, if you might just be

[3:41:45] able to speak, speak

[3:41:47] to a summary version of the

[3:41:48] information that you provided

[3:41:50] to the board when this was

[3:41:52] requested to be added

[3:41:54] to the agenda.

[3:42:03] >> So, to maintain attorney

[3:42:07] client privilege,

[3:42:09] what I can do is speak

[3:42:11] to what the statute says.

[3:42:16] >> Okay.

[3:42:17] >> And so I'll just read from

[3:42:18] the statute itself and what it

[3:42:21] says under section 51.3522,

[3:42:26] faculty council or Senate. In

[3:42:28] this section, faculty council

[3:42:31] or senate means a

[3:42:33] representative faculty

[3:42:35] organization. B. Section B says

[3:42:38] only the governing board

[3:42:41] of an institution

[3:42:42] of higher education may

[3:42:43] establish a faculty council or

[3:42:46] senate at the institution.

[3:42:50] Before establishing the faculty

[3:42:52] council or senate, the

[3:42:54] governing board must adopt a

[3:42:57] policy governing the selection

[3:43:00] of the faculty councils or

[3:43:03] senate members that one,

[3:43:05] ensure adequate representation

[3:43:08] of each college and school

[3:43:12] of the institution, two,

[3:43:14] requires the members

[3:43:16] to be faculty members, and

[3:43:19] three,

[3:43:21] except as otherwise provided

[3:43:22] by the governing body,

[3:43:24] limits the number of members

[3:43:26] to not more than 60, with

[3:43:28] at least two representatives

[3:43:31] from each college or school,

[3:43:34] including one member appointed

[3:43:37] by the president or chief

[3:43:38] executive officer of the

[3:43:40] institution and the remaining

[3:43:42] members elected by a vote

[3:43:44] of the faculty of the member's

[3:43:47] respective college or school.

[3:43:53] So, in terms of establishing a

[3:43:58] faculty senate or council,

[3:44:03] it must be done by the Board

[3:44:06] and that establishment must be.

[3:44:09] Must meet the requirements

[3:44:12] of SB 37.

[3:44:17] >> Could you speak

[3:44:18] to the process

[3:44:21] by which the policy would be.

[3:44:23] Yes. Amended.

[3:44:25] >> Yes. So, our normal process

[3:44:29] is that when there is a policy

[3:44:31] revision that is proposed,

[3:44:33] we bring that policy. That

[3:44:35] policy is first submitted,

[3:44:40] and it is sponsored

[3:44:41] by either a Cabinet member,

[3:44:45] by a Cabinet member. And once

[3:44:47] it is sponsored by a Cabinet

[3:44:49] member, it is then sent to the

[3:44:52] general counsel's office. The

[3:44:54] general counsel's office

[3:44:56] reviews that policy to make

[3:44:59] sure that that revision is

[3:45:00] compliant

[3:45:02] with the law and policy. Once

[3:45:04] that is determined,

[3:45:05] it is then put on the agenda

[3:45:07] of our policy review committee.

[3:45:09] That policy review committee is

[3:45:11] made up

[3:45:12] of both staff and faculty,

[3:45:15] and it is discussed

[3:45:17] by that body. And once that

[3:45:18] body feels that it is

[3:45:21] appropriate to then recommend

[3:45:23] that policy move

[3:45:25] to the next level, which is

[3:45:28] to the Chancellor's cabinet or.

[3:45:31] And leadership team. And it is

[3:45:35] then discussed at that level.

[3:45:37] And once that is felt

[3:45:39] to be ready,

[3:45:41] the policy is ready

[3:45:42] to be presented to the board.

[3:45:44] It is then referred

[3:45:45] to the board. Board and put

[3:45:46] on the agenda, just

[3:45:48] like other agenda items. And

[3:45:50] then we come, as you know,

[3:45:52] as we brought other policies

[3:45:54] before the board,

[3:45:55] we come and we talk about what

[3:45:57] language has changed and why

[3:45:58] that language has changed. And

[3:46:00] so this particular policy

[3:46:05] proposal has not gone

[3:46:07] through that process.

[3:46:10] >> Thank you, Ms. Law.

[3:46:16] >> Thank you, Antonio,

[3:46:19] for that explanation. So I want

[3:46:21] to make sure I understand.

[3:46:22] So, it sounds like there is a

[3:46:25] very strict process that this

[3:46:27] needs. This policy needs

[3:46:31] to go through. You just

[3:46:32] outlined several steps that

[3:46:33] needed to happen. So although

[3:46:37] Ms. Bowman's. Ms. Bowman's

[3:46:41] organization probably used best

[3:46:43] efforts to come up with

[3:46:44] something that complied that

[3:46:47] could never have been just

[3:46:49] adopted by the board. Is that

[3:46:53] accurate?

[3:46:54] >> That is not accurate. So,

[3:46:56] the board is certainly free to

[3:46:58] consider any policy change that

[3:47:03] it wants to and vote

[3:47:04] to approve any change. So, the

[3:47:07] board is not obligated

[3:47:10] by that process. Right. That is

[3:47:13] a process that the

[3:47:14] administration has come up

[3:47:16] with, that we have shared.

[3:47:18] That the administration has

[3:47:19] shared with the board. And so.

[3:47:22] But it is not a pol. It is not

[3:47:24] a process that is in policy

[3:47:26] by board policy, but it is a

[3:47:30] process that we have followed.

[3:47:33] >> Okay. And then just

[3:47:34] to follow up on that,

[3:47:37] can you speak to. And maybe you

[3:47:39] have. But just for clarity,

[3:47:41] can you speak to why this work

[3:47:44] wasn't done prior to September

[3:47:46] 1st?

[3:47:47] >> Yeah. So, if you remember,

[3:47:49] this law was passed

[3:47:52] in the middle of June, June

[3:47:54] 20th, I believe it was. Well,

[3:47:56] I'm sorry, not passed,

[3:47:58] but it was signed

[3:47:59] in the law sometime around

[3:48:01] June 20th. It was then June

[3:48:05] 20th. There's no board meeting

[3:48:07] in July. And we had also not

[3:48:11] received any guidance from TASB

[3:48:16] because this particular law

[3:48:18] makes a significant change

[3:48:23] in terms of faculty senate and

[3:48:25] how they operate on college and

[3:48:29] university campuses. So we

[3:48:30] wanted to make sure that we

[3:48:32] received some guidance

[3:48:34] in terms

[3:48:35] of how this law was going

[3:48:36] to be interpreted. Certainly

[3:48:38] looking at the law we

[3:48:40] interpreted and we had our own

[3:48:43] interpretation,

[3:48:44] but we certainly wanted

[3:48:45] to hear from the Texas

[3:48:46] association of School Board and

[3:48:47] how they were going

[3:48:50] to interpret this law. What I

[3:48:52] can tell, what I, what I don't

[3:48:53] necessarily, I don't have

[3:48:54] to tell all

[3:48:55] of you because some

[3:48:56] of you were there

[3:48:57] at the post legislative session

[3:48:58] of TASB, but TASB is

[3:49:00] interpreting this statute even

[3:49:05] more conservatively than we

[3:49:06] were before that meeting

[3:49:07] with regard to compensation.

[3:49:11] And so compensation is one

[3:49:12] of those things

[3:49:13] in the that has to be talked

[3:49:15] about and in policy that a

[3:49:17] faculty member cannot receive

[3:49:18] compensation with regard

[3:49:21] to service on this

[3:49:25] in the faculty senate.

[3:49:26] Compensation is not defined

[3:49:30] in the statute, but it has been

[3:49:33] inter we interpreted it and it

[3:49:35] is interpreted by TASB that

[3:49:37] that includes stipends or

[3:49:40] release time

[3:49:42] for faculty members. That that

[3:49:44] is also compensation. And so

[3:49:48] that is an area. The other

[3:49:51] thing that we also needed to

[3:49:52] understand is how this

[3:49:54] structure was going to work

[3:49:55] when the law as written, you

[3:49:58] heard me say schools and

[3:50:00] colleges. So, the law was

[3:50:01] written in a way

[3:50:04] from a structure for

[3:50:07] universities who have the

[3:50:08] school

[3:50:10] of engineering or the college

[3:50:11] of engineering. Well, we don't

[3:50:12] have schools

[3:50:13] of engineering or colleges

[3:50:14] of engineering. And so the

[3:50:16] interpretation that we received

[3:50:18] is that the way we as a college

[3:50:22] should view that structure is

[3:50:26] that the level is either going

[3:50:27] to be at the campus level or

[3:50:29] at a campus unit level. So, if

[3:50:32] it's at the department level,

[3:50:34] that would be the lowest level.

[3:50:36] And whatever that lowest level

[3:50:39] structure is

[3:50:40] at that lowest level,

[3:50:42] the determination

[3:50:44] of who is a member of the

[3:50:46] Senate, one

[3:50:47] of those would be appointed by

[3:50:49] the chancellor and the rest

[3:50:51] would be voted on

[3:50:54] by the faculty

[3:50:55] at that lowest level. So that's

[3:50:57] also something that had

[3:50:58] to be discussed. And as you

[3:51:01] know, SB 37 doesn't just impact

[3:51:03] faculty sentence,

[3:51:05] it impacts other areas of the

[3:51:08] college faculty grievances.

[3:51:09] So, we have a whole policy on

[3:51:12] faculty grievances that we're

[3:51:13] going to have

[3:51:16] to go and modify as well. So

[3:51:18] yes, September 1st, if the

[3:51:22] college has not modified or

[3:51:28] created a new policy that

[3:51:29] establishes a new faculty

[3:51:32] senate, the current faculty

[3:51:34] senate structure will be

[3:51:37] abolished.

[3:51:39] But that does not prevent us

[3:51:41] from bringing

[3:51:43] before the board a compliant,

[3:51:45] an SB37 compliant structure

[3:51:48] soon thereafter.

[3:51:50] >> Okay, thank you. So, it

[3:51:54] sounds like this is a little

[3:51:56] bit unfortunate timing

[3:51:58] with when it got passed,

[3:52:00] didn't have a July meeting,

[3:52:01] lots

[3:52:02] of other things going on.

[3:52:03] >> Okay, so if it sounds like

[3:52:07] September 1st,

[3:52:08] it will be abolished.

[3:52:11] Approximately how long until

[3:52:12] you think they can be up and

[3:52:13] running.

[3:52:15] >>0 So it is the plan

[3:52:18] to bring a compliant policy

[3:52:20] to the Policy Review

[3:52:22] Committee. Our next meeting is

[3:52:23] September 13th, I believe so

[3:52:25] in September and kick

[3:52:28] off that process. So once that

[3:52:31] process kicks off, assuming

[3:52:33] that there are no issues

[3:52:36] with the back and forth, then

[3:52:39] we would then thereafter take

[3:52:41] it to the cabinet and then

[3:52:43] present it to. So we're talking

[3:52:44] about either probably the

[3:52:46] October board meeting or the

[3:52:49] November board meeting,

[3:52:50] depending

[3:52:51] on the back and forth

[3:52:55] on the policy. So that would be

[3:52:57] probably the earliest would be

[3:53:00] October and the board, if the

[3:53:01] board then adopted a new policy

[3:53:02] and then after the board adopts

[3:53:07] a new policy, then obviously

[3:53:08] those elections would have the

[3:53:09] elections and appointments

[3:53:10] would have to be made. And so

[3:53:12] by the end, I would assume

[3:53:14] by the end of the year that we

[3:53:16] would be able

[3:53:18] to get a new structure in place

[3:53:20] and elections can occur and we

[3:53:24] would have a new Faculty

[3:53:25] senate.

[3:53:26] >> Thank you.

[3:53:28] >> Ms. Wood.

[3:53:34] >> I'm thinking of all these

[3:53:36] things and I'm not really sure

[3:53:37] what to ask first. I know that

[3:53:39] the governor didn't sign this

[3:53:41] into law until June, so. So, it

[3:53:45] was going to be difficult

[3:53:46] to have everything ready by

[3:53:50] now. I do think it's important

[3:53:52] going forward that we have a

[3:53:53] streamlined process for some

[3:53:55] of this, because it sounds like

[3:53:56] all these laws you mentioned,

[3:53:58] there were many more things

[3:53:59] in SB 37 that we're going

[3:54:01] to have to get in order. And

[3:54:04] I'm sure there's a timeline

[3:54:06] on those as well. That being

[3:54:10] said, I just want

[3:54:12] to thank you, Antonio and

[3:54:13] Madeline,

[3:54:15] for all your hard work working

[3:54:17] through this Texas Senate Bill

[3:54:19] 37. I realized that this wasn't

[3:54:21] signed into law until June,

[3:54:25] which didn't really allow much

[3:54:26] time for our Tarrant County

[3:54:29] College Senate bylaws to be up

[3:54:30] to speed with adherence to SB

[3:54:33] 37.

[3:54:35] But I believe moving forward,

[3:54:37] Antonia will work diligently

[3:54:39] along with faculty

[3:54:41] to ensure that the TCC Senate

[3:54:48] bylaws are set into compliance

[3:54:49] with SB 37. I expect these

[3:54:50] bylaws to be sent

[3:54:51] to the board this semester

[3:54:52] to ensure Faculty Senate has

[3:54:53] adequate representation going

[3:54:54] forward. And the last thing

[3:54:56] I'll say is our Tarrant

[3:54:59] County College faculty,

[3:55:02] the heartbeat of our campus,

[3:55:04] and we appreciate everything

[3:55:06] they do to help encourage and

[3:55:09] promote student success.

[3:55:11] That's why we're here. I look

[3:55:13] forward to receiving progress

[3:55:14] notes and reports concerning

[3:55:16] this in the next few weeks.

[3:55:24] >> I do have one additional

[3:55:26] comment speaking directly to

[3:55:28] the post legislative review

[3:55:29] that we attended. If I am

[3:55:31] correct,

[3:55:33] and I think I'm correct by

[3:55:35] at least 12 hours,

[3:55:36] the TASB review

[3:55:38] of this bill landed

[3:55:41] in our inboxes today. Today,

[3:55:44] yes.

[3:55:45] >> So, yeah. What landed

[3:55:47] in your box today? I think I

[3:55:48] may have received a copy

[3:55:50] yesterday, but it was basically

[3:55:53] their FAQs, right. On SB 37,

[3:55:55] giving guidance on how

[3:55:58] to interpret the policy. So

[3:56:00] yes. And as you know, after the

[3:56:03] post legislative session,

[3:56:05] because there are all

[3:56:07] of these bills,

[3:56:08] we will be coming

[3:56:09] to the board probably

[3:56:11] before the end of the year

[3:56:13] with the next update,

[3:56:16] which will be TASB 50 update,

[3:56:17] which will include all of those

[3:56:19] bills that will have new local

[3:56:23] policies for the board

[3:56:24] to review and to adopt and

[3:56:28] for everyone's awareness.

[3:56:30] >> Senate Bill 37, this was one

[3:56:33] of six areas that it impacted.

[3:56:35] So, for any one of these areas

[3:56:37] to be conducted

[3:56:39] in a vacuum is very problematic

[3:56:42] for the other five areas. And I

[3:56:45] know that you are about

[3:56:47] to eat an elephant one bite

[3:56:49] at a time, but

[3:56:51] of the eight hours

[3:56:52] of training that we received

[3:56:54] on this bill alone, we spent

[3:56:55] 45 minutes and you heard us

[3:56:58] speak

[3:56:59] to the fact that there were

[3:57:00] about 200 bills that impacted.

[3:57:03] So, this is personal

[3:57:04] to me. I don't know that many

[3:57:06] of you know this,

[3:57:08] but I am the daughter of a

[3:57:10] lifelong finance professor. I

[3:57:14] grew up dinner tables listening

[3:57:19] to his experiences as the chair

[3:57:23] of a faculty senate. And I feel

[3:57:27] like that really shaped how I

[3:57:30] value the importance

[3:57:31] of our faculty. To Ms. Wood's

[3:57:34] point, you are the heartbeat

[3:57:36] of this institution,

[3:57:38] and we are so grateful

[3:57:39] for everything that you do.

[3:57:42] And it will be important

[3:57:43] to every member of this board

[3:57:45] to make sure that you feel

[3:57:46] valued and represented and have

[3:57:49] a shared voice. And we will

[3:57:51] expedite that as quickly as

[3:57:53] possible. This is just yet

[3:57:55] another one of the constraints

[3:57:58] that we are currently trying

[3:58:00] to navigate through. And I know

[3:58:02] that this will be a priority

[3:58:04] for all of us. Sorry I cried.

[3:58:08] >> Ms. Pritchett, you're

[3:58:09] welcome to cry anytime. That

[3:58:10] it's heartfelt.

[3:58:13] >> Last, I believe that it was

[3:58:16] last at our work session that

[3:58:18] Dr. LeBlanc talked

[3:58:19] about the importance

[3:58:21] of the faculty. And I echo the

[3:58:23] sentiments

[3:58:24] of my fellow trustees here

[3:58:25] on the importance. We don't

[3:58:27] manufacture items or goods. We

[3:58:30] manufacture education. We

[3:58:32] provide a service. And

[3:58:33] without our faculty,

[3:58:35] we don't have any sort

[3:58:36] of a service that we can offer

[3:58:38] to our community. So

[3:58:39] to all the faculty, thank you

[3:58:40] very much. I hope that we're

[3:58:41] expressing to you adequately

[3:58:43] how much we value what you do.

[3:58:45] Without you, we don't have an

[3:58:47] educational system here. One

[3:58:51] concern that I have regarding

[3:58:53] the timing on this is that,

[3:58:57] Mr. Allen, you stated that it

[3:59:00] would be possibly October,

[3:59:02] maybe November. It would be

[3:59:05] something could be solidified

[3:59:06] by December. Maybe we're

[3:59:07] looking into January. There

[3:59:08] isn't a specific hard date that

[3:59:12] we would be then working

[3:59:13] towards where they would have

[3:59:15] some sort of a council where

[3:59:16] they can speak and have that

[3:59:18] forum where they can speak and

[3:59:22] be represented. How can we have

[3:59:24] any sort of guarantees that

[3:59:28] this won't be belabored and

[3:59:30] that we can have some hard

[3:59:31] dates around this and that we

[3:59:32] can make sure that we keep a

[3:59:33] focus on providing this?

[3:59:35] >> Yeah, I think, you know, the

[3:59:37] message is pretty clear that we

[3:59:39] need to get this back before

[3:59:40] the board as soon as we

[3:59:44] possibly can. That is clear.

[3:59:45] We have it on the September

[3:59:46] agenda for the policy review

[3:59:48] committee. I don't like

[3:59:49] to commit to a time certain

[3:59:52] because I don't know what the

[3:59:54] discussion is going to be and

[3:59:56] what that back and forth will

[3:59:57] be because we are going

[4:00:00] to take it to a policy review

[4:00:01] committee that has both faculty

[4:00:03] and staff on it. When I say

[4:00:05] that this is a significant

[4:00:08] change for our faculty,

[4:00:12] I mean that when you look at

[4:00:14] this statute and how it changes

[4:00:16] what is required. I mean,

[4:00:19] you heard Ms. Madeline talk

[4:00:22] about the structure that we've

[4:00:23] had in the past,

[4:00:24] the structure that they've

[4:00:26] liked, that they would like

[4:00:28] to have. But we have

[4:00:29] to also deal with what the law

[4:00:31] says we can have and what the

[4:00:33] board can approve. And so we're

[4:00:36] going to have to work

[4:00:38] through that, listening

[4:00:40] to each other, but also

[4:00:42] understanding that we are

[4:00:46] constrained by the statute.

[4:00:48] And I and let me just point

[4:00:50] out the fact that in this

[4:00:52] statute it also includes the

[4:00:54] creation of an office of the

[4:00:58] ombudsman who will be tasked

[4:01:02] with making sure that we are

[4:01:06] complying with this law. And

[4:01:08] so, and just so you know how at

[4:01:10] least the legislature is

[4:01:13] looking at this statute

[4:01:15] in terms of compliance,

[4:01:16] that ombudsman is also tasked

[4:01:18] with compliance of SB 37. So

[4:01:22] just like we've been diligent

[4:01:24] about making sure that we

[4:01:25] comply with SB30, with SB17,

[4:01:30] rather SB17, we need

[4:01:32] to be as diligent

[4:01:34] in making sure we comply

[4:01:35] with SB 37.

[4:01:41] >> Ms. Wood, I may I would

[4:01:45] like to suggest after Ms.

[4:01:50] Purchase comment and your

[4:01:52] comment, something that might

[4:01:53] help us. I would like to

[4:01:55] suggest an ad hoc committee be

[4:01:57] formed

[4:01:58] to facilitate the

[4:02:00] implementation of SB 37 as it

[4:02:01] relates

[4:02:02] to BGC local and faculty

[4:02:04] Senate. This would build

[4:02:07] on the action this would build

[4:02:09] on the actions taken by our

[4:02:11] board today and will and will

[4:02:12] oversee its implementation. I

[4:02:18] would like to make a motion

[4:02:19] to direct the president

[4:02:21] of the TCC Board of Trustees to

[4:02:22] create and assign three

[4:02:24] trustees to serve as an ad hoc

[4:02:25] committee whose mandate would

[4:02:28] be to facilitate and streamline

[4:02:29] the review,

[4:02:31] augmentation and implementation

[4:02:33] of Policy BGC Local

[4:02:35] to ensure the continuation

[4:02:39] of the TCC Senate as defined

[4:02:41] within SB 37. And once. I'm

[4:02:45] sorry. And the duties of the ad

[4:02:47] hoc committee will continue

[4:02:48] until dissolution upon the

[4:02:50] completed mandate.

[4:02:57] >> I'm looking

[4:02:58] at our general counsel.

[4:03:00] >> Just you certainly have the

[4:03:02] right to be able

[4:03:04] to create a committee of the

[4:03:06] board and one that has a

[4:03:08] specific duty and

[4:03:13] for a limited period

[4:03:14] of time.

[4:03:33] >> Okay. Would you all like me

[4:03:34] to reread that motion? The

[4:03:35] proposed motion. I'm going to.

[4:03:38] Just to make sure we. The

[4:03:42] motion on the floor is

[4:03:45] to form an ad hoc committee

[4:03:49] to facilitate the

[4:03:50] implementation of SB 37 as it

[4:03:52] relates to BGC Local and

[4:03:55] Faculty Senate JCC. Further,

[4:04:00] to direct the President

[4:04:02] of the TCC Board of Trustees to

[4:04:04] create and assign three

[4:04:05] trustees to serve on an ad hoc

[4:04:06] committee whose mandate will be

[4:04:07] to facilitate and streamline

[4:04:09] the review,

[4:04:11] augmentation and implementation

[4:04:13] of Policy BCG Local

[4:04:14] to ensure the continuation

[4:04:18] of TCC Faculty Senate as

[4:04:20] defined within SB 37. Duties of

[4:04:24] the ad hoc committee will

[4:04:26] continue until dissolution upon

[4:04:28] the completed mandate. That is

[4:04:31] the motion on the floor. Is

[4:04:33] there a second?

[4:04:35] >> I second that. And if you

[4:04:36] want

[4:04:37] to borrow my glasses next time,

[4:04:38] you're welcome to.

[4:04:42] >> There's a lot of scribble.

[4:04:46] When I started this gig,

[4:04:47] I didn't wear reading glasses.

[4:04:48] By the way, there's a second

[4:04:52] for Ms. Pritchett. Is there any

[4:04:54] discussion?

[4:04:56] >> Yes.

[4:04:57] >> Mr. Hornsby.

[4:05:00] >> I believe this convolutes

[4:05:02] the process. There is a process

[4:05:04] already in place

[4:05:07] to appoint someone

[4:05:09] to do something with faculty

[4:05:11] and regulate faculty. That has

[4:05:12] never been a faculty member

[4:05:15] to me is unfair. Because

[4:05:16] faculty, what they do,

[4:05:18] how they function,

[4:05:19] the function

[4:05:20] of the university is not like

[4:05:22] any other entity that you've

[4:05:25] been a part of. The university,

[4:05:28] the college system. What

[4:05:30] faculty do,

[4:05:31] how they function and has

[4:05:32] to be understood

[4:05:34] before you can try to even

[4:05:35] regulate policies and try

[4:05:37] to come up

[4:05:38] with something that will.

[4:05:40] That's going to be a document

[4:05:42] for them to proceed by. And

[4:05:45] because we already have a

[4:05:46] process,

[4:05:47] a committee that built up on

[4:05:48] these individuals that know how

[4:05:49] to do it and they bring it

[4:05:51] to the board. For me,

[4:05:52] that's the best process.

[4:05:53] Rather than having people that

[4:05:55] really know you're going to

[4:05:57] extend the period because

[4:05:58] there's so much learning you're

[4:05:59] going to have to do,

[4:06:00] those three people are going

[4:06:02] to have to do to try

[4:06:03] to even get

[4:06:04] to understand faculty,

[4:06:06] the relationship to students,

[4:06:07] the relationship

[4:06:08] to the administration,

[4:06:10] how the relationship

[4:06:11] to the board and all

[4:06:12] of that function. Because it's

[4:06:14] not like public school. It's

[4:06:16] not the same thing. It is

[4:06:18] different. And if you've never

[4:06:19] been a faculty member,

[4:06:21] you've only worked

[4:06:22] in the corporate world,

[4:06:23] you do one thing in the

[4:06:24] corporate world that doesn't

[4:06:25] work to government work, nor

[4:06:28] to the campus. So for me, I

[4:06:30] think this is convoluting and

[4:06:33] slowing down the process of

[4:06:35] what could take place and going

[4:06:37] to make it longer.

[4:06:41] >> Ms. Law?

[4:06:45] >> Thank you. A couple things

[4:06:46] I've had my light on, but I

[4:06:47] know we've been going back and

[4:06:49] forth. So before I get

[4:06:51] to the committee, I know Dr.

[4:06:54] LeBlanc has said this,

[4:06:56] and I know I've heard it

[4:06:57] through her communications

[4:06:58] to the board. But I know that

[4:07:00] she has been very diligent

[4:07:02] in visiting with each campus,

[4:07:03] each campus president, you

[4:07:06] know, and their staff

[4:07:08] about the JCC Senate. And if

[4:07:12] she wants to make a comment

[4:07:14] that I think that would be good

[4:07:15] for the audience

[4:07:18] to hear what she's done. So, we

[4:07:20] can do that now or after.

[4:07:24] But I agree with Mr. Hornsby

[4:07:26] about this. I don't. I would

[4:07:28] not support a committee as been

[4:07:30] suggested. This is a function

[4:07:33] for faculty to do

[4:07:35] in connection with Antonio's

[4:07:37] office, General counsel and

[4:07:39] brought to the board

[4:07:40] for discussion.

[4:07:44] >> Chancellor LeBlanc, would

[4:07:45] you like

[4:07:46] to say something?

[4:07:47] >> Yes, thank you. I'm happy,

[4:07:49] I'm happy to chime in. So,

[4:07:51] in each of our decisions, our

[4:07:52] core values guide our decision

[4:07:54] making. And as they have

[4:08:00] in our discussions on Senate

[4:08:02] Bill 37 and the Fiscal Year 26

[4:08:05] budget,

[4:08:08] I will say we are committed

[4:08:11] to excellence, which means we

[4:08:14] must take the due diligence

[4:08:15] to understanding the law,

[4:08:19] our fiduciary responsibilities,

[4:08:22] and the full implications for

[4:08:24] the college and those we serve.

[4:08:29] We are committed

[4:08:30] to creating opportunities

[4:08:32] in engagement

[4:08:33] for all employees to advance

[4:08:36] our mission as we have done

[4:08:38] in efforts such as our faculty

[4:08:41] Framework for Student success

[4:08:44] and strategic or zero-based

[4:08:46] budgeting. This week I did

[4:08:49] visit each campus. I greatly

[4:08:52] enjoyed that. By the way,

[4:08:55] Wendy lets me

[4:08:56] out every now and again. And so

[4:08:58] when I go to the campuses,

[4:08:59] it's a real treatment for me.

[4:09:02] And the presidents were very

[4:09:03] gracious. I appreciate their

[4:09:05] hospitality and the hospitality

[4:09:07] of the entire campus community.

[4:09:11] So, these visits provided me

[4:09:13] with the opportunity

[4:09:15] to connect with faculty,

[4:09:17] share the message that I care

[4:09:20] about them. Directly from me,

[4:09:22] and that together we will

[4:09:24] create a policy

[4:09:26] on faculty engagement that is

[4:09:28] in compliance with Senate Bill

[4:09:30] 37. We are appreciative of the

[4:09:32] administration and JCC's

[4:09:38] collaboration and communication

[4:09:41] around Senate Bill 37, which

[4:09:43] began before the law passed and

[4:09:48] continues the law passed on

[4:09:51] June 20. Before acting,

[4:09:53] we attended the TASB meeting

[4:09:55] on August 1 to receive clarity

[4:09:58] on the law. And this based

[4:10:01] on what we learned from

[4:10:04] Senate Bill 17, which was a

[4:10:06] radical change

[4:10:09] for community colleges. We also

[4:10:12] wanted to follow our internal

[4:10:15] policy review process

[4:10:16] protocols, which include

[4:10:19] faculty representation. And I

[4:10:23] have to commend the board. You

[4:10:27] know, the board wanted all

[4:10:29] of the policies reviewed,

[4:10:31] and we created a structure

[4:10:33] to get

[4:10:34] through a significant number

[4:10:36] of policies. So, we have been

[4:10:38] able to work rather quickly

[4:10:42] within the parameters

[4:10:43] of a college. Right. We think

[4:10:46] about a lot of things.

[4:10:48] >> But we have moved because

[4:10:50] of the protocols that we put

[4:10:52] in place. It's unfortunate that

[4:10:55] we are not yet ready

[4:10:58] with a recommendation

[4:10:59] to bring forward

[4:11:00] to this board.

[4:11:02] But we stand ready to work

[4:11:04] in concert with the faculty,

[4:11:07] and we've said that

[4:11:09] from the very beginning. So,

[4:11:14] in my visits

[4:11:16] at the campus level, we

[4:11:18] reviewed all the faculty

[4:11:21] framework and all the

[4:11:23] opportunities that faculty

[4:11:25] already have. Regardless of

[4:11:28] whether we have a policy or

[4:11:29] not,

[4:11:31] we already have faculty voice

[4:11:34] in everything that we do. We

[4:11:36] have approximately 50 different

[4:11:40] committees just at the district

[4:11:41] level that involve faculty.

[4:11:45] So, we do value faculty and we

[4:11:49] appreciate very much their

[4:11:52] efforts because Trustee

[4:11:55] Pritchett, as you've stated,

[4:11:57] they are exactly delivering.

[4:12:00] Working directly

[4:12:02] with students,

[4:12:04] and we all appreciate that. So

[4:12:08] that was something I wanted

[4:12:10] to make comment

[4:12:12] on as it relates to Senate

[4:12:14] Bill 37. We've been hit

[4:12:18] with all kinds of legislation

[4:12:20] in recent years. And Trustee

[4:12:23] Wood, you and I sat among

[4:12:25] attorneys and stated we're

[4:12:27] going to follow the law. And

[4:12:32] that's what we want to do. And

[4:12:35] not to say that we don't value

[4:12:37] our faculty. We value our

[4:12:38] faculty greatly and we value

[4:12:41] this college greatly. And we

[4:12:43] must protect the college.

[4:12:45] >> Thank you. Is there any

[4:12:49] other discussion on the motion

[4:12:51] to create a committee?

[4:12:53] >> I just want

[4:12:54] to say one thing. I'm

[4:12:56] on a committee right now, and

[4:12:57] before I got

[4:12:58] on the committee,

[4:12:59] I didn't know much about it.

[4:13:00] And all we do is report back

[4:13:01] to the board, and that's all

[4:13:02] I'm asking for.

[4:13:06] >> Is there any other

[4:13:07] discussion? Okay. The motion

[4:13:09] on the floor is the creation

[4:13:13] of an ad hoc subcommittee. All

[4:13:15] those in favor say aye. All

[4:13:20] those opposed say nay. Okay.

[4:13:24] Three to two. The motion does

[4:13:25] not pass. We are on item 6M,

[4:13:33] which was to review Revisions

[4:13:34] of a board policy drafted by

[4:13:35] the JCC and adopt if the board

[4:13:37] agrees with the revisions. Is

[4:13:40] there a motion

[4:13:42] to adopt those revisions?

[4:13:47] Hearing none. The board will

[4:13:48] take no action

[4:13:50] on the revisions presented

[4:13:52] by the JCC at this time.

[4:13:58] >> Thank you, Ms. Bowman. Item

[4:14:01] number seven is the monthly

[4:14:04] financial report.

[4:14:10] >> Pam England, Chief

[4:14:11] Financial Officer. Thank you,

[4:14:12] President Deakyne. We're going

[4:14:15] to look

[4:14:16] at our revenue and expenditures

[4:14:19] for the month of July. Our

[4:14:24] total revenues as of July 31st,

[4:14:27] 2025 were 420,377,974 and our

[4:14:34] total expenditures were

[4:14:35] 353,893,714. So at this point

[4:14:42] in the year we had 66,484,260

[4:14:47] in revenues

[4:14:51] over expenditures. And that was

[4:14:53] compared to 64 million

[4:14:56] at this point

[4:14:57] in time last year. So we're

[4:14:59] only 2 million ahead

[4:15:00] of where we were a year ago

[4:15:02] in expenditures. If we look

[4:15:05] at our detailed revenues,

[4:15:08] you'll see that our state

[4:15:12] appropriations were still

[4:15:15] haven't hit 100% there.

[4:15:17] But we have in August received

[4:15:19] our a fast fund receipt. And so

[4:15:26] we will have hit our state

[4:15:28] appropriations budget

[4:15:30] at the end of the year and then

[4:15:32] our tax revenue. We did surpass

[4:15:34] our budgeted amount by 948,000

[4:15:38] in July. And you'll notice that

[4:15:41] our tuition revenue we have

[4:15:44] exceeded all

[4:15:46] of our tuition budget numbers

[4:15:48] in both credit and non credit

[4:15:50] funding. We're short

[4:15:53] in interest income and

[4:15:55] in other income, but we will

[4:15:57] meet our total revenue budget

[4:16:00] as of the end of the year.

[4:16:03] Then our expenditures were 11

[4:16:06] out of 12 months or 92%.

[4:16:10] You'll notice there that we're

[4:16:14] well in line. We only have one

[4:16:17] that's at 92%. Our August

[4:16:19] numbers will be higher because

[4:16:22] we do have year end entries

[4:16:24] that are made every August. So

[4:16:27] those numbers in several

[4:16:29] instances will go up. And

[4:16:36] that's our revenue and expenses

[4:16:39] as of the end of July. If there

[4:16:41] are any questions.

[4:16:46] >> Does anyone have any

[4:16:47] questions for Dr. Anglin?

[4:16:52] Okay, thank you. Item 7B. The

[4:16:54] monthly and quarterly

[4:16:56] investment report.

[4:16:58] >> Okay. And tonight we have

[4:16:59] Nelson Bush, the manager

[4:17:01] with PFM to present your

[4:17:03] quarterly investment report.

[4:17:07] He's been quietly and patiently

[4:17:08] waiting.

[4:17:12] >> Hi, good evening. Nelson

[4:17:13] Bush with PFM Asset

[4:17:15] Management. Thank you

[4:17:17] for the opportunity to present

[4:17:19] here tonight. I think it goes

[4:17:21] without saying I'll do

[4:17:23] everything I can to be brief

[4:17:25] and not take more than half an

[4:17:26] hour. No, I'm kidding. Just a

[4:17:29] few comments on the economy and

[4:17:30] then I will talk about your

[4:17:34] investment portfolio. The US

[4:17:36] economy is resilient

[4:17:39] but we're seeing signs of a

[4:17:40] slowdown. US gross domestic

[4:17:44] product had a negative quarter

[4:17:45] for the first quarter

[4:17:46] of calendar 2025. Second

[4:17:48] quarter was much stronger.

[4:17:50] Much of this has to do

[4:17:53] with a dramatic increase

[4:17:54] in imports

[4:17:55] in the fourth quarter of last

[4:17:57] year and the first quarter of

[4:17:59] this year as corporations began

[4:18:00] to prepare for tariffs that the

[4:18:04] market was broadly expecting

[4:18:06] and that we all learned more

[4:18:08] than we ever wanted

[4:18:09] to learn about. In early

[4:18:10] April, I'm going

[4:18:13] to talk a little bit about

[4:18:14] interest rates and why

[4:18:15] investment earnings have fallen

[4:18:16] and where they're going

[4:18:18] to fall more later on

[4:18:19] in the slide. But the Fed is a

[4:18:25] big focus, as they always are,

[4:18:28] on short term investment

[4:18:29] portfolios like yours. The Fed

[4:18:33] has recently stated that they

[4:18:34] expect to cut interest rates

[4:18:36] by 50 basis points

[4:18:38] through the end

[4:18:39] of this calendar year. And then

[4:18:41] there is the expectation that

[4:18:42] they will cut again next

[4:18:44] calendar year. The market

[4:18:45] currently expects them to cut

[4:18:46] more and faster as the market

[4:18:51] believes that the economy is

[4:18:52] not doing as well as the Fed

[4:18:56] has suggested. Much

[4:18:57] of the concern is around

[4:18:59] in the marketplaces

[4:19:00] around tariffs and the impact

[4:19:02] of tariffs. This data that you

[4:19:03] can see up here is a little old

[4:19:05] at the moment. The average

[4:19:07] tariff that's affecting imports

[4:19:09] is it is at a rate of

[4:19:11] about 19%. That's including all

[4:19:13] the tariff announcements we've

[4:19:16] had

[4:19:18] through earlier this week.

[4:19:22] Stay tuned. There are deals

[4:19:25] in process, perhaps with

[4:19:26] Canada and China and a number

[4:19:28] of other countries that that

[4:19:29] may change tariffs. Why are we

[4:19:33] so focused on tariffs? Because

[4:19:36] of the impact on inflation.

[4:19:38] Right now, the Fed is watching

[4:19:40] inflation very carefully. The

[4:19:42] Fed would like to reduce

[4:19:44] interest rates more than they

[4:19:45] have, but the Fed is concerned

[4:19:48] that they can't reduce them

[4:19:49] very quickly as they watch

[4:19:51] for signs of inflation. Surely

[4:19:52] the expectation is the cost

[4:19:54] of goods,

[4:19:56] particularly goods that are

[4:19:57] imported, are going to go up as

[4:19:59] tariffs really take a bite. So

[4:20:02] far, all the stuff we've gone

[4:20:03] to buy at Walmart or wherever

[4:20:04] we've bought it that's been

[4:20:07] made internationally was

[4:20:09] probably ordered and shipped

[4:20:10] in the fourth quarter

[4:20:12] of last year,

[4:20:13] the first quarter

[4:20:14] of this year. So

[4:20:15] before tariffs had an impact

[4:20:17] on pricing over the remainder

[4:20:19] of this year, we should see

[4:20:20] tariff pricing really impact

[4:20:24] the cost of goods. The Fed is

[4:20:26] watching very carefully

[4:20:28] to see if inflation is going

[4:20:31] to impact the price

[4:20:32] of services in addition

[4:20:34] to goods. If the price

[4:20:36] of services begins to climb,

[4:20:38] then the Fed is likely to think

[4:20:39] that they cannot make any

[4:20:41] changes to interest rates more

[4:20:44] on the labor market soon.

[4:20:46] We've had a really interesting

[4:20:48] quarter

[4:20:51] with the I'm not sure what

[4:20:53] to call it. So we'll call it

[4:20:54] the Big beautiful bill.

[4:20:57] With the notion of tariffs and

[4:20:58] the dramatic increase

[4:21:01] in debt borrowing that the

[4:21:02] United States government is

[4:21:04] going to have to do in order to

[4:21:05] fund the things that it's

[4:21:07] paying for, the United States

[4:21:11] is expected to borrow

[4:21:13] at least an additional 4 or 5

[4:21:16] trillion dollars

[4:21:18] over the next 10 years in debt

[4:21:20] to keep itself operating.

[4:21:21] Moody's immediately or almost

[4:21:23] immediately upon the news

[4:21:25] of the Big Beautiful bill

[4:21:27] downgraded the US is CR credit

[4:21:29] rating. So all three of the

[4:21:30] major credit rating agencies

[4:21:32] have now downgraded US treasury

[4:21:34] securities

[4:21:36] to the AA plus double A1 range.

[4:21:40] The market kind

[4:21:42] of didn't care because Fitch

[4:21:44] and S and P did it so long ago.

[4:21:46] There was really no reaction

[4:21:47] to Moody's doing it.

[4:21:49] But surely with the change

[4:21:52] from the one,

[4:21:54] the big beautiful bill,

[4:21:56] there's going to be really

[4:21:57] significant issuance

[4:21:58] of treasury securities

[4:21:59] in order

[4:22:00] to fund the budget deficit.

[4:22:02] The knowledge that there's

[4:22:03] going to be issuance of

[4:22:05] treasury securities is likely

[4:22:06] going to impact the market

[4:22:09] by increasing interest rates,

[4:22:12] at least in the short term.

[4:22:14] Because the vast additional

[4:22:15] supply of Treasuries

[4:22:17] in the market, for them

[4:22:18] to be digested

[4:22:20] by the investment marketplace,

[4:22:21] they're going to have

[4:22:22] to pay slightly higher yields.

[4:22:24] We're still worried

[4:22:25] about inflation. We're now

[4:22:27] beginning to worry

[4:22:28] about employment. The Bureau

[4:22:30] of Labor Statistics revised

[4:22:32] their new jobs number for a

[4:22:35] several month time period here.

[4:22:36] Two weeks ago they took

[4:22:38] 500,000 jobs out of their

[4:22:41] numbers that they had once

[4:22:42] counted. Any

[4:22:44] of you who are familiar

[4:22:45] with statistics know that

[4:22:47] to come up

[4:22:49] with a statistical sampling,

[4:22:51] you actually have

[4:22:52] to have people respond to the

[4:22:53] surveys that you send out.

[4:22:57] Bureau of Labor Statistics is

[4:22:58] having a terrible time getting

[4:22:59] people to respond,

[4:23:00] businesses and individuals

[4:23:02] to respond to their surveys.

[4:23:04] And so the Bureau of Labor

[4:23:05] Statistics has made dramatic

[4:23:07] revisions

[4:23:08] to employment numbers in the

[4:23:09] United States and that has got

[4:23:10] the market pretty spooked.

[4:23:14] The Fed announced at their

[4:23:16] June meeting the likelihood

[4:23:17] that they'll cut rates twice

[4:23:20] this year and again next year.

[4:23:21] We'll be looking for their

[4:23:23] September meeting to see if

[4:23:24] they're changing their plans

[4:23:26] at all. We should hear from

[4:23:27] Chair Powell tomorrow

[4:23:29] at his speech at the Jackson

[4:23:33] Hole Symposium to see if we can

[4:23:35] have any understanding

[4:23:37] of what the Fed really thinks

[4:23:39] about interest rates. Rates,

[4:23:42] other short-term rates have

[4:23:43] varied widely over the past

[4:23:46] year here and particularly even

[4:23:47] over the past quarter. The Fed

[4:23:50] has a dramatic impact

[4:23:52] on very,

[4:23:55] very short-term interest rates.

[4:23:56] The market does its own pricing

[4:23:58] of longer-term interest rates

[4:24:01] today. This graph is as

[4:24:02] of the end of July Today, the

[4:24:04] expectation on the short,

[4:24:07] shorter end has treasury

[4:24:08] interest rates and all other

[4:24:10] short-term securities.

[4:24:12] Interest rates even lower

[4:24:14] in the two in the three month

[4:24:16] out to two year range and then

[4:24:18] higher the longer the

[4:24:21] investment period goes. So

[4:24:24] today if you went out

[4:24:26] to buy a 30 year treasury

[4:24:28] security, you would be able

[4:24:31] to invest that at a rate of

[4:24:32] about 4.92%. This is the

[4:24:35] highest rate we've seen

[4:24:36] on long term Treasuries

[4:24:38] in a very, very,

[4:24:40] very long time. It's worth

[4:24:41] noting that these numbers

[4:24:43] suggest on the short end

[4:24:45] of the yield curve,

[4:24:48] lower rates in the future.

[4:24:50] Your investment portfolios are

[4:24:51] largely in the short end

[4:24:53] of the yield curve. These rates

[4:24:55] also suggest higher interest

[4:24:57] rates longer term

[4:25:00] out the yield curve. So

[4:25:01] unfortunately,

[4:25:03] as the college goes out

[4:25:04] to borrow funds

[4:25:05] in the debt market, interest

[4:25:07] rates are higher today than

[4:25:09] they were a year ago or even

[4:25:11] in the past six months. We have

[4:25:15] challenging times ahead of us

[4:25:18] when we're investing government

[4:25:19] funds. There is a summary page

[4:25:21] here that shows earnings

[4:25:25] during the past quarter,

[4:25:27] changes

[4:25:28] in market value. I'll,

[4:25:29] I'll draw your attention

[4:25:32] to just a couple of things.

[4:25:35] The top line pools for cash.

[4:25:40] Those funds are kept highly,

[4:25:42] highly liquid. So as the Fed

[4:25:44] changes interest rates,

[4:25:45] the interest rates on those

[4:25:47] securities change very quickly.

[4:25:49] The core portfolio liquidity

[4:25:51] buffer and the core portfolio

[4:25:53] include securities maturing

[4:25:55] anywhere from one year out

[4:25:57] to five years. These

[4:25:59] investments will serve interest

[4:26:01] earnings very well

[4:26:03] in the period ahead

[4:26:04] of us as interest rates fall.

[4:26:06] So it's good that your

[4:26:07] portfolio is diversified. It's

[4:26:09] good that your portfolio is set

[4:26:11] up at the moment

[4:26:12] to take advantage of higher

[4:26:15] interest rates that are very,

[4:26:16] very short,

[4:26:17] knowing that as interest rates

[4:26:18] fall, interest earnings will

[4:26:20] decline there.

[4:26:23] But you're also positioned for

[4:26:25] the future when those interest

[4:26:26] rates do begin

[4:26:28] to fall a bit further. Your

[4:26:30] portfolio has remained

[4:26:32] in compliance

[4:26:34] with your investment policy,

[4:26:35] which is a bit more restrictive

[4:26:37] than PFIA. So you're

[4:26:39] in good shape there. And the

[4:26:40] last thing that I'll say,

[4:26:42] you talked a fair amount about

[4:26:44] just different legislative

[4:26:45] actions. Three of those bills

[4:26:48] that TASB probably talked about

[4:26:50] would have also impacted your

[4:26:52] interest earnings had they

[4:26:53] passed. They fortunately did

[4:26:54] not. One of them, the impact

[4:26:56] likely would have been a

[4:26:58] reduction in your short term

[4:26:59] interest earnings by

[4:27:00] about 33%. So, we're very happy

[4:27:03] to see that you don't have

[4:27:04] to take 35% of your overall

[4:27:07] investment portfolio and invest

[4:27:10] it in non interest bearing bank

[4:27:12] accounts, which was two pieces

[4:27:15] of legislation that would have

[4:27:16] had that impact. We're very

[4:27:19] happy to see that that

[4:27:21] legislation never made it out

[4:27:22] of committee. I'd be happy to

[4:27:23] answer any questions you might

[4:27:24] have.

[4:27:25] >> Does anyone have any

[4:27:26] questions?

[4:27:31] >> Thank you.

[4:27:32] >> Thank you for hanging in.

[4:27:36] Item eight, the Chancellor's

[4:27:37] report. Dr. LeBlanc.

[4:27:40] >> Yes, so I've mentioned that

[4:27:41] I've had the opportunity

[4:27:44] to go visit the campuses, which

[4:27:46] I greatly enjoyed and

[4:27:48] appreciate everybody being a

[4:27:54] part of Connections Week. I

[4:27:56] think the Connections Week's

[4:27:57] been a huge success, thanks

[4:27:59] to everyone's efforts. I want

[4:28:01] to state once again that we are

[4:28:03] committed

[4:28:05] to establishing a clear,

[4:28:06] consistent and forward-looking

[4:28:08] policy that aligns with

[4:28:10] Senate Bill 37, supports

[4:28:13] institutional productivity,

[4:28:16] places student success

[4:28:18] at the center, and will work

[4:28:20] very, very closely

[4:28:22] with faculty. In terms

[4:28:25] of the budget. The budget

[4:28:27] proposal you approved this

[4:28:29] evening reflects the

[4:28:31] collaboration,

[4:28:33] competency and character

[4:28:35] of our leadership team. They

[4:28:37] work tirelessly,

[4:28:39] none more than Dr. Anglin,

[4:28:44] to provide a budget aligned

[4:28:46] with our strategic priorities

[4:28:48] and direction

[4:28:50] in supporting our students. So

[4:28:52] if we look a little bit tired,

[4:28:55] it's totally legitimate.

[4:28:58] Senate Bill 37 and the Budget

[4:29:01] are snapshots of the

[4:29:04] overarching work we are

[4:29:05] conducting at Tarrant County

[4:29:07] College. We appreciate the

[4:29:09] support of our taxpayers and we

[4:29:12] always appreciate the support

[4:29:15] of our board of trustees. And

[4:29:17] we will continue working very

[4:29:19] hard. We won't disappoint you.

[4:29:23] >> Thank you, Dr. LeBlanc. We

[4:29:26] do not have another closed

[4:29:28] session. Our next regular

[4:29:31] meeting will be our work

[4:29:33] session, which is scheduled

[4:29:35] for September 18th. And unless

[4:29:37] there are any objections,

[4:29:40] we will adjourn this meeting

[4:29:43] at 10:17pm meeting adjourned.

[4:29:47] Thank you.

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