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THE TIME IS 5:30 AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.[A. CALL TO ORDER]
DR. SIMPSON, WILL YOU CONFIRM THAT THE MEETING WAS DULY CALLED AND A NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT? YES, MR. DILKS, WE DID POST AND ADVERTISE THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.[C. CLOSED SESSION]
WE WILL NOW CONVENE IN THE CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 SPECIFICALLY 0.074 PERSONNEL 0.072 REAL PROPERTY 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY AND 0.076 SECURITY.THE TIME IS 7:00 AND WE WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.
[D. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON KYLE PEKURNEY, PRINCIPAL OF RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE WITH US TONIGHT.[E. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING]
THANK YOU. PRESIDENT DILKS, DR.STINSON, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SHOWCASE SOME OF OUR KIDS TONIGHT.
I HAVE TWO OF THE FINEST ROYALS THAT I COULD BRING LEADING US IN OUR US PLEDGE AND OUR TEXAS PLEDGE TONIGHT IS MRS. JASMINE DIAZ.
SHE IS A SENIOR AT RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S THE DAUGHTER OF MS. YOLANDA DIAZ, AND SHE HAS JOINED TONIGHT BY HER GRANDMOTHER, ROSA BOLTON.
AND LEADING US IN OUR MOMENT OF STUDENT EXPRESSION IS MR. RYAN PUTNAM, SON OF MS. AUDREY WIGGINS AND MR. GARRETT WIGGINS.
HE IS THE BEST DRESSED STUDENT AT.
HE DRESSES THIS WAY ALL THE TIME FOR US, AND HE IS A SENIOR WITH US AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GLAD THEY COULD BE HERE AND A GREAT KIDS.
IN THIS DISTRICT, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO BE TAUGHT, LED AND IMPACTED BY TRULY GOOD PEOPLE.
PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THE KIDS THEY TEACH NOT ONLY IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT OUTSIDE AS WELL.
MOVING ALONG TO AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS.
[F. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS]
MARK THOMAS THANK YOU.MR. PHIL BECKMAN WILL HELP LEAD US OFF IN OUR RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU. PRESIDENT DILKS AND DR.
STINSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TO PRESENT OUR PARTNERS IN EDUCATION BEFORE I BEGIN THAT I DID PROVIDE ALL OF YOU A LETTER FROM OUR AUTOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT THAT.
IT'S LONG, SO I'LL LET YOU READ IT AT YOUR LEISURE.
RECENTLY, WE HAD AN EVENT CALLED BATTLE OF THE BLOOMS. AND BATTLE OF THE BLOOMS TOOK PLACE AT BIRDVILLE COLISEUM.
THERE WERE OVER 25 SCHOOL DISTRICTS REPRESENTED AND HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS.
WE CAN'T DO THIS EVENT WITHOUT HELP.
SO WE HAD TWO OF OUR BIGGEST HELPERS HERE TONIGHT.
FIRST OFF, WE'RE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE TEXAS ROADHOUSE IN BEDFORD.
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THIS YEAR, TEXAS ROADHOUSE PROVIDED 425 MEALS, THE EQUIVALENT OF $4,250 DONATION THAT WERE SERVED AT THE AWARDS LUNCHEON FOR OUR BATTLE OF THE BLOOMS EVENT.IT'S WITH GREAT APPRECIATION THAT WE RECOGNIZE TEXAS ROADHOUSE AND BEDFORD FOR THEIR GENEROSITY.
CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH BCTAL BLOOMS. AND I WAS TARDY NOT MENTIONING OUR AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT AT OUR FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
MR. DILKS. I HAD ONE OF THOSE MEALS, [INAUDIBLE] ROADHOUSE.
[APPLAUSE]. I WILL TELL YOU, THAT WAS AMAZING FEEDING ALL THOSE KIDS.
AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE BIRDVILLE SCHOOLS.
OUR NEXT PARTNER IN EDUCATION IS ONE OAK.
SO WHAT IS ONE OAK? WELL, ONE OAK IS A.
I GOT THIS OFF YOUR WEBSITE, SO THANK YOU.
MIDSTREAM SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE ONE OF THE NATION'S PREMIER NATURAL GAS LIQUID SYSTEMS THAT STRETCHES FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO HOUSTON AND MULTIPLE STOPS IN BETWEEN ALL THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINES.
AND ALSO THE 811 SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, CALLED BEFORE YOU DIG, THEY DO THAT, TOO.
SO WITH US TODAY ARE BO WILEY, DONNIE CRUMP AND TERRY ANDERSON.
AND I WANT TO MENTION THAT DONNIE AND TERRY CAME DOWN FROM TULSA FOR THIS EVENT.
IT'S GREAT APPRECIATION THAT WE RECOGNIZE ONE OAK FOR THEIR GENEROUS AND CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH BCTAL BLOOMS. THANK. AND WHILE THEY'RE ORGANIZING, MR. WILEY IS ALSO A HUGE.
HE'S ONE OF OUR BIRDVILLE PARENTS.
A DAUGHTER, BAILEY, WHEREVER BAILEY IS, HAS ANIMALS AT THE CENTER, AND THEY ARE HUGE AG BACKERS.
[INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE MORE. [INAUDIBLE] . THANK YOU, SIR. SURE. THANK YOU.
BY ANY CHANCE, I KNOW Y'ALL HAD SOME VIDEO OF THAT.
ARE Y'ALL GOING TO MAKE THAT INTO A LIKE, A DOCUMENTARY BY THE CHANCE? AMAZING WHAT THE KIDS ARE LEARNING, HOW THE KIDS ARE WORKING TOGETHER.
THANK YOU, TYLER, AND ALL YOUR PEOPLE.
AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE THAT AS WELL.
YES, MA'AM. WE DO HAVE THAT FOOTAGE.
IT'S POSTED TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
AND I HAVE A LIKE A GOOGLE DRIVE I CAN SHARE WITH THE BOARD AS WELL.
BUT WE HAVE THE FOOTAGE OF ALL THE TEAMS COMPETING DOWN THOSE CORRIDORS OF THE COLISEUM, AS WELL AS SOME BIG AERIAL PHOTOS OF ALL THE STUDENT COMPETITORS HOLDING UP THEIR ACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS. AND LIKE A YEAH, COOL LITTLE IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A CROSS CURRICULAR LEARNING GOING ON WITH THE DRONE PROGRAM AND THE BCTAL BLOOMS. AND ONE MORE THING, TYLER, I WANT TO BRAG ON YOU ONE MORE TIME.
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YES, MA'AM. WE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT'S NOT AT A MAJOR DOG SHOW.THANK YOU FOR PUTTING US ON THE MAP.
I WAS AT MY SHOW, I THINK, LAST SATURDAY, AND THESE PEOPLE CAME UP TO ME AND THEY SAID, HOW DO YOU KNOW TYLER MCCOY? I SAID, WELL, I'M PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND BIRDVILLE ISD.
THEY SAID, LET ME TELL YOU, HE'S A PHENOMENAL EDUCATOR.
HE HAD MY KID OUT OF BRYAN ADAMS. IS THAT RIGHT? [INAUDIBLE].
BYRON NELSON. AND THEY SAID, MY KID IS IN COLLEGE RIGHT NOW DOING GIVING HIS EDUCATION HORTICULTURE BECAUSE OF YOU. HE'S A VERY PROUD BUFFALO, SO IT MAKES MY HEART HAPPY.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TEXAS ROADHOUSE AS WELL.
MR. KUNKEL, I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THAT LUNCH.
WE'D LIKE TO HONOR OUR 2022 HOLIDAY GREETING CARD WINNERS FROM OUR DISTRICT.
FIRST, LET ME START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO MR. DANNY DIETRICH. I KNOW HE'S SITTING BACK HERE BEHIND ME AS OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS.
HE HELPS COORDINATE THIS EACH YEAR AT THE VARIOUS CAMPUS LEVELS.
THIS IS THE YEAR THAT THE ARTWORK WAS PRESENTED THROUGH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ART PROGRAMS. AND SO WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT FOR OUR AUDIENCE THAT CAME IN BEFOREHAND AND SAW THE ARTWORK ON THE SCREENS.
THOSE WERE SCANNED PICTURES OF THE ARTWORK THAT'S ON DISPLAY IN THE FRONT LOBBY OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ARTWORK THAT WAS PRESENTED FOR US FOR CONSIDERATION FOR A HOLIDAY CARD.
I'M GOING TO FIRST BEGIN BY INTRODUCING A STUDENT SHE IS NOT ABLE TO HEAR THIS EVENING BECAUSE OF A FAMILY EMERGENCY, BUT I THINK SHE STILL DO THE HONOR OF RECOGNITION THIS EVENING.
KARYME GUZMAN FROM HALTOM MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SHE'S AN EIGHTH GRADER, AND THIS IS HER ARTWORK.
SHE WAS SELECTED AS OUR HONORABLE MENTION, AND SHE WILL RECEIVE A $10 GIFT CARD FOR BEST BUY MOVING FORWARD FROM OUR HONOREES THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MILLARD JENNINGS TO COME FORWARD.
BELLA IS A EIGHTH GRADER FROM SMITHFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THIS IS HER ARTWORK, THE TRUCK WITH THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE BACKGROUND.
AGAIN, SHE IS A EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT AT SMITHFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MR. BATEMAN, I'LL LET YOU DO INDIVIDUALS AND IF YOU WOULD, A GROUP PICTURE AT THE END.
BELL, I FEEL TO STAND HERE TO THE SIDE TO THE SECOND.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A BIG GROUP PICTURE.
OUR NEXT ONE IS MADISON MILLER.
SHE IS A SIXTH GRADE STUDENT, NORTH RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE SHE AND HER FAMILY WITH US THIS EVENING.
SHE DID THE THE GRINCH HAND AND JUST GREAT DETAIL OF THE THE HAIR OFF THE HAND WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
SHE WILL RECEIVE A $50 GIFT CARD THIS EVENING FROM BEST BUY IS HER AWARD.
AND SO WE'LL LET THEM DO THEIR PICTURE.
MADISON, IF YOU'LL WAIT UP HERE AS WELL.
THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD SADIE WELLS.
SADIE IS OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER.
SADIE IS A SMITHFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL EIGHTH GRADER, AND SHE DID THE GNOMES.
AND I APPRECIATE HER SUBMITTING THAT ARTWORK SHE IS RECEIVING THIS EVENING, AND SHE LET ME RECOGNIZE HER, HER PARENTS AS WELL, THAT ARE WITH HER AND FAMILY MEMBERS. SHE IS RECEIVING A $100 GIFT CARD.
AND TO HER DAD, IT DOES NOT HAVE A NAME ON THE CARD.
SO, DAD, JUST IF IT DISAPPEARS OVERNIGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU.
AS THEY RETURNED TO THEIR SEAT.
THE ARTWORK. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO JUST GLANCE AT THAT EITHER THROUGH THE VIDEO OR IN THE FRONT LOBBY, YOU'LL SEE THE SELECTIONS PROCESS WAS VERY DIFFICULT. DR.
STINSON AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS IN THE DISTRICT WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF NARROWING THOSE DOWN TO OUR OUR TOP FOUR IN WHICH WE HONORED THIS EVENING.
SO THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HELPED WITH THAT PROCESS.
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AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS. NOW MOVING ON TO A PERFORMANCE BY THE WARRIORS PLAYERS, RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, SKIP BASKERVILLE.
[G. PERFORMANCE BY ROYAL HEIRS, RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL]
THANK YOU, MR. DILKS.DANA DIETRICH, A FINE ARTS DIRECTOR.
AND ANDREW STEFFEN FROM ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE PRESENTING OUR RURAL WHO EVERY YEAR.
AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO MR. STEFFEN SOON AS HE GETS EVERYONE IN PLACE.
WELL, GOOD EVENING. THESE ARE THE ROYAL AIRS.
THEY MEET PARTICULARLY DURING THE DAY AND WE JUST GAVE OUR WINTER CONCERT ON MONDAY.
WE HAVE THREE SONGS WE'D LIKE TO PERFORM FOR YOU.
OUR FIRST ONE IS SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN.
OUR SECOND ONE IS MISS YOU MOST AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
AND THE THIRD ONE IS HOLIDAY ROAD.
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. [APPLAUSE]. AS THEY'RE SETTING UP THEIR CARS.I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO PERFORM FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO ENJOY OUR LAST NUMBER AND HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON.[SINGING] .
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[SINGING]. THANK YOU AGAIN.GREAT. ALL RIGHT, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, MR. STEFFEN, I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO YOU ALL.
BY THE WAY, I SAW SOMETHING ROTTEN.
AND THAT'S A SHOW, BY THE WAY.
SOMETHING ROTTEN AT ROYAL HIGHSCHOOL YOU DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
AND I KNOW THAT MR. DREES KNOWS MR. STEFFEN WELL, BUT MR. STEFFEN IS A TEACHER, BUT HE'S ALSO AN INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN.
MR. STEFFEN MAKES ARRANGEMENTS THAT CHOIRS ACROSS THE NATION SING.
WE ARE SO LUCKY AND HONORED TO HAVE YOU AS A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY HERE IN BIRDVILLE.
OK, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE BOARD MEETING OR FEEL FREE TO LEAVE AT THIS TIME.
AS NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.
WE WILL PROCEED TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
[I. PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD]
MISS KATIE BOWMAN.2022-23 FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS.
ANNUAL UPDATE IN THE FALL ON OUR FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS.
WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION PENDING IN JANUARY, WE'LL HAVE SOME UPDATES FOR THE BOARD AS WELL.
SO THE CONTROLLER DOES MAKE VALUE ESTIMATES EACH PRIOR TO EACH BIENNIUM.
THE 22 AND 23 NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE UP THERE ARE ACTUAL NUMBERS.
SO LAST YEAR, 21-22 FISCAL YEAR WAS 6%.
AND THEN THIS YEAR WE'RE IN 22-23, WE'RE AROUND 17.4% STATEWIDE.
SO WE'VE DEFINITELY SEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN THAT NUMBER FOR 24, 23, 24, THEY'RE PROJECTING 3.82% AND THEN 24-25.4.56.
BUT THOSE WILL BE UPDATED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MORE FOCUS ON TAX RELIEF, MORE TAX COMPRESSION.
AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD ILLUSTRATION I GOT FROM A CLASS I WENT TO A FEW MONTHS AGO.
SO THIS WAS LAST YEAR, 318 DISTRICTS, THE ONE IN PURPLE, WERE AT THE LOWEST TAX COMPRESSION.
BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS YEAR WITH THAT 17.4% INCREASE.
YOU SEE A LOT OF DISTRICTS HITTING THAT FLOOR.
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AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE EXAMPLE.THIS WAS REALLY GOOD THAT SOMEONE WENT THROUGH IN A CLASS I WAS IN.
SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHEN COMPRESSION DOESN'T FULLY REFLECT GROWTH? AND SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THREE DISTRICTS DISTRICT A, DISTRICT B, DISTRICT C ALL GREW AT 10%, BUT THEY ALL STARTED FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO DISTRICT A HAS BEEN AT THE FLOOR, THE VERY LOWEST THAT THEY CAN GET.
DISTRICT B HAS BEEN AT THE CEILING BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD LESS VALUE GROWTH.
AND THEN DISTRICT C HAS BEEN SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
YOU'LL SEE FROM THIS THAT THIS YEAR'S FLOOR FOR DISTRICT TWO A, THEY HIT THE FLOOR AT 10%.
DISTRICT C ALSO HIT THE FLOOR.
DISTRICT B IS STILL SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
BUT LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COMPRESSION.
SO DISTRICT A WITH THOSE TAXPAYERS AND TAXPAYERS, HOMESTEADS ARE LIMITED TO 10% GROWTH.
DISTRICT B, WHICH IS MORE SIMILAR TO BIRDVILLE.
WE HAD 5.82% DROP IN TAX RATE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEY HAD ABOUT 6.23 AND THE DISTRICT C HAS NOW HIT THAT AT THAT BOTTOM. SO THAT'S WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT TEXAS MAP ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE, THERE ARE MORE AND MORE DISTRICTS THAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE REALLY NOT GETTING. THE SIGNIFICANT COMPRESSION THAT I BELIEVE WAS THE INTENTION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT ANY SAVINGS FROM DISTRICTS NOT HITTING FULL COMPRESSION HAS GOT TO BE SPENT ON COMPRESSION IN FUTURE YEARS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE'S ABOUT $3 BILLION THAT WILL PROBABLY BE INVESTED IN COMPRESSION IN THIS NEXT SESSION DUE TO THE SAVINGS FROM JUST NOT BEING ABLE TO COMPRESS AS MUCH AS THEY INTENDED.
THE LEGISLATURE MAY HAVE AROUND 27 BILLION IN SURPLUS.
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION MAY GO TO TAX COMPRESSION.
RECAPTURE IS AROUND 4 BILLION.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF THE STATE BUDGET.
I AM A FUNDING AS TEXTBOOK FUNDING THAT WAS REDUCED IN THE LAST BIENNIUM, BUT WE HAVE A LARGE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION COMING UP, SO THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME PRESSURE TO PUT MORE MONEY BACK. THEIR ENROLLMENT VERSUS ADA FUNDING.
IN TEXAS. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE STRUGGLED TO KEEP OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE UP DUE TO COVID.
DUE TO A LOT OF ILLNESSES THIS YEAR.
AND SO THERE IS SOME ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE STATE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT STARTING TO FUND ON ENROLLMENT.
HOUSE BILL THREE FROM THE 86 LEGISLATURE IN 2019, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN BASIC ALLOTMENT ABOUT $1,020 TO HAD TOLD US THAT THE AVERAGE INCREASE STATEWIDE WAS AROUND $635 PER AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
SO AS A RESULT, WE GOT LESS IN MOST DISTRICTS IN REGION 11 WERE BELOW THAT MIDDLE POINT AS A RESULT.
YES, SIR. WEREN'T WE IN THE BOTTOM QUARTER IN THE STATE? I BELIEVE WE WERE. MORE THAN 75% OF THE DISTRICTS GOT MORE PER STUDENT THAN WE DID.
WE WERE GETTING TRANSITION FUNDING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT DID HAVE A FIVE YEAR LIMIT.
THANKFULLY, WE ARE NOT IN TRANSITION FUNDING ANYMORE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S ALL BASED ON WHAT THE COMPTROLLER ESTIMATES AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.
WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANGE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT SINCE 2019, SO IT HAS STAYED AT THAT 6160.
SO THAT'LL BE JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND IF THE STATE DOES DECIDE TO RAISE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
THE GOLDEN PINWHEEL IS AT 9856.
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WE HAVE NOT SEEN A CHANGE IN THAT SINCE 2019.THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE DOES REQUIRE THAT GOLDEN PENNY YIELD TO BE SET AT THE 96 PERCENTILE OF WEALTH PER STUDENT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY PLANO ISD AT $116. AND THEN I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, STUDENT DISTRICTS ARE ONLY PAID FOR STUDENT ATTENDANCE, AND SCHOOLS SERVING DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS TEND TO HAVE THOSE LOWER ATTENDANCE RATES.
AND I CAN TELL YOU IN TALKING TO OTHER DISTRICTS, THOSE WITH THE LOWER PERCENTAGE OF SOCIO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN TEND TO HAVE GOTTEN THEIR ATTENDANCE RATES UP TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS.
AND WE HAVE CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE WITH THAT.
STINSON. NO, I WAS JUST AS YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THAT, I WAS REMINDED CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF THAT WE ARE AS A DISTRICT AT 64% LOW SOCIOECONOMIC.
THAT'S CORRECT. WE HAVE STRUGGLED WITH ATTENDANCE RATES.
THAT'S CORRECT. BETTER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR.
COMING DIRECTLY OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT NOT QUITE TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, WE'RE STILL ABOUT 1 TO 2% BELOW PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS FOR ATTENDANCE. SO GENERAL FUND UPDATES, ENROLLMENT UPDATES, AND THAT FISCAL YEAR IS THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WHEN YOU SAY SEE 2023 ESTIMATE, THAT'S 22-23, THAT'S OUR FALL NUMBER AT 22,724.
OUR ADA, UNFORTUNATELY IS STILL STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT.
JUST A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT.
I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO KIND OF SEE HOW THINGS HAVE LOOKED FOR A WHILE.
SO TAX VALUES AND TAX RATE HISTORY.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO YOU'VE SEEN.
I DID UPDATE THAT WITH SOME SEPTEMBER NUMBERS.
WE ARE RIGHT AT $14.3 BILLION OF VALUE, WHICH IS ABOUT A 10.8% INCREASE.
NOW THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
SO WHEN YOU PULL THAT OUT, WE'RE CLOSER TO 14%.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT 17% STATEWIDE, WE'RE STILL BELOW THAT.
BUT WE DID SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT INCREASES.
AND THEN AS THE BOARD REMEMBERS, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR TAX RATE 5.8 $0.02 THIS YEAR.
SO CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE HAD NO CHANGES IN THE STATE FUNDING FORMULAS.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INDEXED FOR INFLATION AND CERTAINLY WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH INFLATIONARY INCREASES IN SUPPLIES, FUEL, EVERYTHING, JUST LIKE OTHER BUSINESSES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WE HAVE CONTINUED CHALLENGES WITH STUDENT ATTENDANCE, AS I MENTIONED.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATION INCREASE WITH LIMITED FUNDING.
WE ARE OVER 12% NOW IN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATION.
OUR OTHER SPECIAL PROGRAM POPULATIONS ARE ALSO GROWING, INCREASING THE SPENDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE AREAS AND GETTING VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN OUR FUNDING, EVEN WITH THOSE GROWTH AREAS.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT OUR ESSER WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND AS WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET OPPORTUNITIES.
ESSER IS A POSITIVE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE SUPPLANTING THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 23-24.
SO THAT GIVES US TIME TO CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH BUDGET CUTS AND TO SEE WHAT A LEGISLATIVE SESSION MIGHT DO FOR US AS A DISTRICT. AS DR.
SO WE'RE UP TO ABOUT 14,004, AS SHE MENTIONED EARLIER.
WE DO HAVE A HEALTHY GENERAL FUND BALANCE DUE TO REDUCE SPENDING DURING COVID AND ESSER SUPPLANTED FUNDS SO THAT THAT'S ONE POSITIVE THAT WE HAVE FUTURE REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES. THE INCREASE IN THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD, IF IT DOES GO UP TO THE $116, WHICH WE BELIEVE IT WILL AT A MINIMUM WOULD GENERATE BECAUSE WE HAVE FIVE GOLDEN PENNIES AT ABOUT TWO AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS, IF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT GOES UP, WHICH WE'RE BEING TOLD THEY THINK IT WILL, $700 WOULD KEEP PACE WITH INFLATION MORE LIKELY, MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL BE BETWEEN THREE AND 500.
SO THOSE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS SPRING.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON BUDGET PREPARATIONS SINCE EARLY OCTOBER.
OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES AHEAD.
AS WE TALKED TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND GONE TO A NUMBER OF CONFERENCES.
THE BIG DISCUSSION POINT IS WE'VE HAD NO CHANGE IN STATE FUNDING FORMULAS IN FOUR YEARS.
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SO EVERYONE IS STRUGGLING WITH SOME OF THE VERY SAME THINGS THAT WE ARE AS A DISTRICT.SO OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON CONTINUED ATTENDANCE.
THAT'S KIND OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT.
WE'VE GOT A INCENTIVES THAT THE CAMPUSES ARE WORKING THROUGH.
WE ARE ALSO ALSO ARE LOOKING AT ADDING TRANSPORTATION ROUTES IN SOME LOW ATTENDANCE AREAS.
WE'VE ALMOST HAD A SEMESTER NOW.
YES, SIR. WE OUGHT TO SEE WHAT ARE WE SPENDING.
AND IT HAS IT REALLY INCREASED OUR ATTENDANCE AT ALL? IS IT WORKING OR NOT? I THINK I MENTIONED BEFORE, FOCUS ON ONE ELEMENTARY, ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONE THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE KIND OF PUT IT SHOTGUN OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY.
I STILL MAKE SURE IT'S WORKING.
WE'RE GETTING THE BANG FOR THE BUCK.
IS IT HAPPENING THE WAY WE ANTICIPATED? IF NOT, WE'VE GOT TO GO TO PLAN B THEN TO TRY TO INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE SOMEHOW.
WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
I KNOW OUR STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE CAMPUSES ARE WATCHING AND MONITORING THAT.
ACTUALLY, THEY LOOK AT IT ON A DAILY BASIS AND THEY'VE HAD THE STUDENTS INVOLVED AND SAYING, WHAT ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WINNING IF YOU WERE TO DO ATTENDANCE? I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PUBLICITY AT SOME OF THE CAMPUSES WITH PICTURES, WITH THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ACHIEVING THAT, AND THERE ARE PLACES WHERE WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS.
LIKE RECENTLY WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FLU AND RSV AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
BUT WE'LL PUT A REPORT TOGETHER FOR YOU.
BUT WE HAD THOSE THE YEAR BEFORE TOO.
WE HAD WE'VE ALWAYS HAD FLU AND, YOU KNOW, COLD SYMPTOMS HAPPEN IN THE FALL.
BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
I THINK THE PRE-COVID NUMBERS WOULD BE APPLES TO APPLES, BECAUSE DURING COVID, I THINK WE DID SEE A DECREASE IN FLU, BUT AN INCREASE OBVIOUSLY IN COVID SO THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A COMPARISON GROUP.
BUT I THINK PRE-COVID WOULD BE OUR COMPARISON AND TO SEE IF THAT'S WORKING.
WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON TEACHER RETENTION AND HARD TO FILL POSITIONS, STAFFING RATIOS AND MAXIMIZING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. AND WE HAVE SOME WAYS OF SHIFTING SOME OF OUR RATIOS AROUND WHERE WE CAN FUND THINGS IN SOME OF OUR FEDERAL AND EVEN.
SOME OF OUR SPECIAL PROGRAM AREAS.
SO THIS IS OUR AUDITED FINANCIAL DATA THAT YOU SAW LAST MONTH.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM LINE FUND BALANCE DID GO UP 10.6 MILLION.
BUT OF THE 10.6, WE HAD INCOMPLETE PROJECTS THAT DIDN'T HIGHWAY PURCHASE.
WE HAD THE HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY STORM DAMAGE.
THAT WAS THE ROOF WAS NOT COMPLETE AT THE END OF JUNE WHEN WE CLOSED OUR BOOKS.
WE ALSO HAD INCOMPLETE PROJECTS OVER THE SUMMER, EITHER THROUGH FACILITIES OR WITH.
SO THERE'S OUR ADOPTED BUDGET THAT THE BOARD APPROVED A $5.9 MILLION DEFICIT.
I HAVE UPDATED THE REVENUE NUMBERS.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD SOME OF THE SPECIAL POPULATION AREAS THAT HAVE CHANGED.
SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT NUMBER UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
IF WE TAKE THE ADOPTED EXPENDITURES.
THE ACTUAL DEFICIT RIGHT NOW WENT FROM 5.9 TO 3.3, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
AND THEN WHEN YOU TAKE THE THINGS WE'VE ROLLED FORWARD, I HAVE REMOVED THE WE'RE GOING TO REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE HIGHWAY PROPERTY FROM THE BONDS THAT JUST PASSED.
SO WE'RE ESTIMATING RIGHT NOW ABOUT AN $8 MILLION OVERALL WITH PRIOR YEAR PROJECTS.
BUT REMEMBER, AND I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO YOU GUYS BEFORE, WE DO HAVE VACANT POSITIONS IN THE DISTRICT SO THAT 3.3 MILLION WILL PROBABLY BE CLOSER TO ZERO WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON FOR NEXT YEAR.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, 2014 BOND 163.2 MILLION.
THE TAX RATE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD WAS 1.3 $0.05 LOWER THAN PROJECTED.
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THE 2018 BOND OF TWO 52.8, WE HAD NO TAX RATE INCREASE.THIS CURRENT BOND IS AROUND 300 MILLION AND WE WILL HAVE NO TAX INCREASE.
WE'VE HAD BOND REFUNDING SAVINGS OF ABOUT $18.4 MILLION IN INTEREST COST PREPAYMENT SAVINGS OF ABOUT 20.2 MILLION IN INTEREST COSTS OVER THE LAST YEAR, EIGHT YEARS.
SO THERE'S BEEN SOME REALLY POSITIVE THINGS IN OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND.
YES, SIR. INTEREST RATES ARE TICKING UP A LITTLE BIT.
I KNOW WE WERE PROBABLY LOOKING AT 4 TO 5% IN OUR BUDGETING FOR THE 2%.
IS THAT TRENDING CLOSE TO THAT? I MEAN, ANY NEW BOND SALES LATELY? OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR WILL BE DOING THAT PRESENTATION HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES AND HE'LL ASK HIM ALL THE QUESTIONS I'VE ASKED HIM, BUT I THINK I'LL LET HIM ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. SO THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE.
I THINK WHEN YOU SEE JOSH'S NUMBERS, HE CALCULATES HIS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
THEY ALL COME OUT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, BUT HE HAS A DIFFERENT PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THAT.
NO CHANGE IN THE TAX RATE OF 41, $0.39, MINIMAL STATE FUNDING.
AND I DID NOT INCLUDE ANY BOND ISSUANCES FROM THE BOND ELECTION.
WE ENDED LAST YEAR WITH JUST A SMALL DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE.
WE'RE NOW PROJECTING JUST A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THAT FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.
SO THEN MOVING ON TO OUR FULL PROJECTIONS.
SO NEXT YEAR, WITH CURRENT BOND PAYMENTS, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE NEW ONES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE THOSE EXCESS DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR NEW BONDS AND IT JUST CONTINUES TO GROW AS WE HAVE THE VALUE GROWTH. SO OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND IS IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION FOR THESE FUTURE BOND PAYMENTS.
AND I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE IN REALLY GOOD STANDING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHY SHOULD. YEAH.
TRAVELING THROUGH THE PLAZA PROPERTY TONIGHT.
BUT I SAW WERE WHAT WAS IT CALLED A TAX COMPANY THAT'S EMPTY NOW.
THEY DID TAXES I'VE GOT THE NAME OF IT DROP SIDE WHERE PONCHOS USED TO BE.
OH, THEY'VE BEEN GONE FOR A LONG TIME.
I KNOW, BUT SIGN STILL UP AND IT'S EMPTY SPACE.
I MEAN, WE PAY PEOPLE TO HELP US LEASE THAT STUFF OUT.
WE DO. THEY GET MONEY EVERY MONTH.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THEY'RE REALLY MARKETING THAT VACANT STUFF OR ARE THEY MARKETING IT? BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A BIG INVESTMENT DOWN THERE, AND IF EMPTY SPACE CAN BE FILLED UP WHILE WE DON'T NEED IT YET, WE NEED TO SEE ARE THEY JUST CLICKED AND RENT CHECKS EVERY MONTH TO ARE THEY REALLY MARKETING US OUT THERE OTHER THAN JUST PUTTING A SIGN OUT FRONT AND THAT THERE'S LIMITED SPACES THAT I'VE GIVEN THEM TO LEASE DUE TO THE LONG TERM PLAN THAT WE FINISHED UP I GUESS LAST YEAR ON THE PLAZA.
AND SO THE TENANTS THAT WE HAVE, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON ALL THE RENEWALS.
AND SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS VIABLE TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO SOME OF THOSE SPACES.
BUT THERE'S JUST A FEW PLACES THAT DON'T IMPACT OUR MASTER PLAN.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE TENANTS THAT WE HAVE AND I THINK ALL OF WE'RE IN THE FINAL PROCESS OF THE LAST ONE GETTING A RENEWAL FROM THIS BE SOME BUDGET TIME DISCUSSION IN THE SPRING.
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WHY NOT RENT IT OUT, YOU KNOW, CREATE SOME INCOME? THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD THOUGHT.THAT MIGHT BE A WORKSHOP JUST BY ITSELF.
SO LET'S MAKE SURE OUR DOLLAR HAS BEEN INVESTED WISELY HERE AND WE CAN GET A RETURN.
WHY NOT? WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS THOSE ARE TRIPLE NET LEASES.
SO ALL OF ALL THOSE EXPENSES GO BACK TO THE TENANTS.
[J.1. Proposed New Course Offerings for the 2023-24 School Year [Elizabeth Clark, Associate Superintendent]]
ELIZABETH CLARK.THIS IS A COFFIN CORNER OVER HERE.
AND THIS INCLUDES CONSIDERING THE COURSES THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO OFFER BY THE TEA., COURSES THAT PRINCIPALS OR CONTENT COORDINATORS SEE AS VALUE ADDED AND THAT THEY WANT US TO CONSIDER OFFERING AS WELL AS NEW CTE COURSES THAT OFFER CERTIFICATIONS AND LOZENGES.
THE COMMITTEE THAT IS ASSEMBLED TO HEAR THESE REQUESTS AND STUDY THE RATIONALES FOR OFFERING THESE NEW COURSES CONSISTS OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION AND CAMPUS SERVICES CONTENT COORDINATORS, DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING, CTE DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPALS. THIS YEAR, THE FOLLOWING COURSES THAT YOU HAVE LISTED WERE APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE TO BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SOME STIPULATIONS, HOWEVER, THAT WE CONSIDER ARE THINGS LIKE COURSES CAN BE APPROVED AND PLACED IN THE PLANNING FOR LIFE CATALOG, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY GUARANTEED THAT THEY WILL MAKE BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN THOSE COURSES BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DO OFFER THEM THAT.
WE ALSO REQUIRE THAT CURRICULUM MUST BE DEVELOPED BEFORE THE COURSE CAN BE ACTUALLY OFFERED IN TOP.
REAL ESTATE IS A PROGRAM THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE OF VALUE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND IT WOULD BE TAUGHT AT THE BACK DOOR AND THAT ALL STUDENTS FROM THE VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT AND THEY WOULD LEAVE WITH AN ACTUAL REAL ESTATE LICENSE THROUGH THAT STUDY.
AND THEN WE CURRENTLY ARE OFFERING A NETWORKING COURSE, BUT THIS NEXT ONE WOULD CHANGE THAT COURSE TO A DUAL CREDIT INSTEAD SO THAT THEY WOULD GET COLLEGE CREDIT FOR IT. AND THEN THE STRATEGIC HIGH SCHOOL MATH COURSE, WE'RE ALREADY OFFERING THAT COURSE.
IT'S A MATH LAB, BUT THE STUDENTS NEVER GOT CREDIT TOWARDS THEIR HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THIS COURSE, BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE APPROVED TEACHERS, THE STUDENTS WOULD ACTUALLY GET EARNED HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT FOR THEIR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MOVING ON TO THE 2022 BOND ORDER FOR SERIES 2023.
[J.2. 2022 Bond Order for Series 2023 [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
KATIE BOWMAN. YES, SIR.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
AND BEFORE WE JUMP IN, WE MIGHT AS WELL SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
PASSING A BOND IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT PROPOSITION.
YOU'VE GOT TWO OF THE THREE, WHICH WAS MUCH BETTER THAN MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE NEXT COUPLE OF PAGES GIVE YOU SOME ELECTION RESULTS.
THE ONE I WANT TO FOCUS IS ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
THERE WERE 76 ELECTIONS THIS GO AROUND.
29 WERE FOR NO TAX RATE INCREASE.
AND YOU COULD SEE IN THE BLUE THE NUMBER OF PROPOSITIONS PASSING WAS ROUGHLY 64%.
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AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, IT'S ROUGHLY 78%.IT WAS JUST RIGHT ABOVE AT $0.50.
SO AGAIN, THE ABILITY OF BIRDVILLE ISD TO COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO ISSUE THESE BONDS FOR NO TAX RATE INCREASE WAS A BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICT, EVEN WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT WORKED AGAINST US.
EVEN WITH THE LOVELY LANGUAGE THAT THE LEGISLATURE PUTS OUT THERE.
AND YOU COULD SEE SORT OF HOW THOSE PASSED THE MULTIPURPOSE FACILITIES.
I KNOW THAT WAS ON YOUR ELECTION STATEWIDE.
THAT'S JUST A TOUGH THING TO PASS.
SO, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON PASSING THE TWO PROPOSITIONS YOU DID, ATHLETIC OR MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY, BUT EVEN ATHLETIC FACILITIES.
THIS GIVES YOU A LOOK AT HOW THE DISTRICT HAS MANAGED ITS DEBT PORTFOLIO.
YOUR INS TAX RATE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, 41.39.
WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON THAT TONIGHT.
THIS GIVES YOU A LOOK AT YOUR CURRENT DEBT PROFILE.
YOU HAVE JUST UNDER $409 MILLION OF DEBT OUTSTANDING.
THOSE BONDS ARE REPAID ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OVER THE NEXT 22 YEARS.
YOU HAVE INDEPENDENT BOND RATINGS OF AA PLUS BY FITCH AND DOUBLE AA BY S&P.
SO THOSE ARE FANTASTIC RATINGS.
AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHY THOSE ARE IMPORTANT HERE MOMENTARILY.
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR DEBT PROFILE, THE LARGEST BOND PAYMENTS IN THE CURRENT YEAR, AND THE REASON IS THE DISTRICT IS ABLE TO PREPAY ROUGHLY SEVEN AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR AT THAT 41.39.
WHEN WE LOOK AT INTEREST RATES, THIS IS THE BOND BUYER INDEX.
IT GIVES YOU A GENERAL INDICATION OF WHAT MUNICIPAL INTEREST RATES ARE DOING.
AND ACTUALLY OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS, AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE START WORRYING ABOUT RECESSION, INTEREST RATES HAVE STARTED TO DROP, SAYING THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE MEETS NEXT WEEK AND WE ANTICIPATE THEY WILL RAISE THE FED FUNDS RATE ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO 75 BASIS POINTS.
THEY HAVE COME OUT VERY STRONGLY AND SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET THEIR FOOT OFF THE GAS.
SO OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE BELIEVE INTEREST RATES WILL GO HIGHER FROM HERE, NOT LOWER, UNLESS THERE'S SOME MORE POOR ECONOMIC NEWS THAT HITS THE HEADLINES. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS FROM AN HISTORICAL STANDPOINT, THIS INDEX GOES BACK TO 2000.
OVER THE LAST 22 YEARS, INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN HIGHER, MORE THAN 72% OF THE TIME.
SO STILL A PRETTY ATTRACTIVE TIME FROM AN HISTORICAL STANDPOINT TO BE ISSUING BONDS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GOALS OF THE FINANCE PLAN, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS WITHIN THE EXPECTATIONS OF TAXPAYERS, WHICH IS NOT TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE ABOVE 41.3 $0.09.
SHORT TERM PROJECTS, WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS PROPOSITION B WAS ESSENTIALLY FOR DEVICES.
AND YOU CAN SEE YOU HAVE ROUGHLY $24.5 MILLION OF NEEDS THERE.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL INCORPORATE FLEXIBILITY THROUGH EITHER SHORT CALLS OR MAKING A PORTION OF YOUR DEBT CALLABLE SO YOU CAN PREPAY THAT IN THE FUTURE AND OR REFINANCE. AND AGAIN, WE WILL MAKE SURE WE COMPLY WITH THE STATE MANDATED 50 CENT TEST AND NOT USE CAPITAL APPRECIATION BONDS WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S DEBT PORTFOLIO AT ALL.
IN TERMS OF TIMING BASED UPON THE CASH FLOW THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
THIS WILL BE THE BOND PROGRAM WILL BE SOLD IN THREE DIFFERENT INSTALLMENTS.
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THE FIRST INSTALLMENT WILL BE ROUGHLY 151 MILLION.WE WILL PLAN TO DO THAT IN FEBRUARY.
THEREAFTER, WE WILL COME BACK EACH OF THE NEXT TWO FEBRUARY'S FOUR SUBSEQUENT SALES.
IN TERMS OF ASSUMPTIONS, AGAIN, THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED WITH NO TAX RATE INCREASE.
WE WILL BE SELLING THESE BONDS AS WE HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE FOR BIRDVILLE ISD OVER A 25 YEAR PERIOD.
AGAIN, ANNUAL PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS.
WE DON'T PUT A BULLET OUT FOR 25 YEARS.
AND AGAIN, THESE PROJECTS ARE PAID OVER THEIR USEFUL LIFE IN TERMS OF INTEREST RATES.
WE ARE ASSUMING FOR THE FIRST SALE CURRENT MARKET RATES PLUS ABOUT 25 BASIS POINTS JUST TO GIVE SOME MARKET MOVEMENT BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE SELL IN JANUARY FOR THE SERIES 2024 AND 25 BONDS, WE'VE ASSUMED AN ELEVATED RATE OF 6%.
I HOPE WE DON'T GET THERE, BUT YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE GET TO THE RESULTS, EVEN WITH THAT ELEVATED INTEREST RATE, YOU ARE WELL BELOW WHAT YOU TOLD TAXPAYERS AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, THERE WAS ONLY 652 MILLION OF AUTHORIZATION LEFT, AND THAT GOES OUT TO THE 12 BILLION OF BONDS THAT JUST PASSED.
THE AUTHORIZATION OF 652 MILLION WILL BE GONE BY THE TIME IT GETS TO BIRDVILLE ISD.
WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE DISTRICT.
IT'S ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL TEN BASIS POINTS BASED UPON SELLING YOUR BONDS THAT YOUR UNDERLYING RATINGS OF DOUBLE A-PLUS BY FITCH AND DOUBLE-A AND MOODY'S, WHICH IS A GREAT REASON TO HAVE SUCH GOOD, STRONG RATINGS OF THE MONIES LEFT IN THAT FUND.
DO YOU HAVE AN APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT GOES TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS VERSUS TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS? I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT TO YOU.
THE VAST MAJORITY GOES TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
HOW CAN THAT CAP BE INCREASED ONLY BY THE LEGISLATURE? ACTUALLY, THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS NOT WITH THE LEGISLATURE, IT IS WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
SO BACK IN 2009, WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS LAST OUT OF CAPACITY, YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH A REEVALUATION PROCESS AND THE IRS AND THE STATE CAME BACK AND SAID, OKAY, WE CAN CONTINUE TO GUARANTEE BONDS AS LONG AS WE DO NO MORE THAN FIVE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE SCHOOL FUND GUARANTEE ASSETS.
WELL, THE WAY THE STATE LOOKS AT IT IS IT'S FIVE TIMES THE CURRENT ASSETS THE IRS LOOKS AT IS FIVE TIMES THE 2009 VALUE OF THE ASSETS, WHICH IS HALF OF WHAT THEY ARE TODAY.
THAT IS WHY WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF CAPACITY.
SO THE STATE FUND NEVER HAD SOMEONE DEFAULTED IN THE STATE FUND HAD TO PAY BONDS YET? NO, SIR. AND THE FACT THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL BE DELAYED WILL IMPACT SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND A LOT OF MONEY. SO WHEN I SAID TEN BASIS POINTS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO BIRDVILLE ISD AS ABOUT $1,000,000? PER YEAR? NO, IN TOTAL.
BOWMAN. BUT YOUR VALUES NET OF ALL FROZEN VALUES ARE ROUGHLY $12 BILLION.
IF WE LOOK AT THE MAXIMUM INCREASE, IT OCCURRED THIS YEAR, WELL OVER 1.1 BILLION.
THIS IS LESS THAN WHAT WE DID AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION.
AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION, WE ASSUME FOUR YEARS IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER NUMBER.
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GIVEN THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL RECESSION COMING, WE DECIDED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE IN TERMS OF VALUE GROWTH.AND AGAIN, WE'VE ONLY ASSUMED THREE YEARS OF GROWTH BECAUSE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS THE DISTRICT WILL PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER BOND PROGRAM AND WE WANT FUTURE GROWTH TO PAY FOR FUTURE BONDS.
IN TERMS OF VALUES, YOU COULD SEE IT HERE THAT 553 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS ESSENTIALLY EQUATES TO ABOUT 4.4% EACH YEAR.
I THINK IF YOU WERE TO SELL IT IN TODAY'S MARKET, EVEN WITHOUT THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GUARANTEE, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE LESS BECAUSE RATES HAVE DROPPED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN TERMS OF NET BOND PAYMENTS, B ROUGHLY 257 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE WOULD REPAY ROUGHLY 18.3 MILLION AND OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, 38.3 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD HAVE A FINAL MATURITY OF 2048.
SO 25 YEARS IF WE LOOK AT IT AS A PROGRAM IN ITS TOTALITY.
WE'RE NOW PROJECTING 547 MILLION AGAIN WITH THE NEXT TWO SALES AT A 6% INTEREST RATE.
SO YOU ARE ROUGHLY $7 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE TOLD VOTERS.
WE ARE ABLE TO AMORTIZE SOME BONDS EARLIER AND REPAY BONDS A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
I WON'T SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH THAT.
IN FACT, BEGINNING IN 2026, 27, THERE WILL BE A DECLINE IN THAT TAX RATE.
TWO THINGS COULD HAPPEN AT THAT POINT.
LATER ON IN YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, WE WILL BE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER A PARAMETERS ORDER.
WE HAVE DONE THIS IN THE PAST.
THIS WILL GIVE THE ADMINISTRATION THE AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SALE OF THE BONDS.
SUBJECT TO THESE FOUR PARAMETERS.
WE CAN SELL NO MORE THAN 151 MILLION.
THE MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE CANNOT EXCEED FIVE AND ONE HALF PERCENT.
THE REALITY IS WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY WITH THIS BOND SALE.
ASSUMING THE BOARD MOVES FORWARD TONIGHT AND APPROVES THE PARAMETERS ORDER, WE WILL TRY TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE BY JANUARY SIX TO SELL THE BONDS BASED UPON MARKET CONDITIONS. THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN JANUARY, WE WOULD LOCK IN THOSE INTEREST RATES AND ON FEBRUARY 16TH THE DISTRICT WOULD RECEIVE ITS BOND PROCEEDS. I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THAT RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
DID YOU LOOK AT A SCENARIO OF SELLING ALL THE BONDS? 300 MILLION IN FEBRUARY? WHAT IT WOULD DO.
SO AT 300 MILLION, THE SAVINGS WERE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT 7 MILLION WE SHOWED YOU EARLIER.
THEY COST A FEW MILLION DOLLARS MORE.
BUT SO YOU PROJECTED THAT 6% WAS GOING TO BE THE SALE IN 24.
SO ANYTHING UNDER SIX WE'RE GOING TO BE WILL BE BETTER SHAPE.
YES, BUT KEEP IN MIND, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE SELL IN 24, AT LEAST HALF OF IT IN 24, WE ARE SAVING A WHOLE YEAR'S WORTH OF INTEREST COSTS BY DELAYING THAT SALE. HOW DID THE 153 COME UP? I MEAN, WILL WE SPEND $153 MILLION IN 23? WE PUT TOGETHER A CASH FLOW BASED ON WE TRY TO HAVE MONEY IN PLACE FOR PURCHASE ORDERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS TIME.
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PLACE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED CASH AVAILABLE.SO WE TRY TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE DO THE CASH FLOW.
YOU HAD A SLIDE A COUPLE OF BACK WHERE IN 26 POTENTIALLY WE CAN'T KEEP COLLECTING 41.9 CENTS.
IT'S GOING TO NEED TO GO DOWN OR 41.3 CENTS.
ARE WE PREPAYING SOME DEBT TOO FAST? I UNDERSTAND THE INTEREST SAVINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IF OUR VOTERS DON'T APPROVE TO TAKE UP THAT GAP, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY GOT TO LOWER OR WE'LL BE DOWN TO MINIMAL DEBT.
SO YOU HAVE IN THREE YEARS PLENTY OF DEBT TO PREPAY TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE.
SO IF YOU SAY YOU HAD A BOND ELECTION IN 25, 26 AND IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, YOU COULD STILL MAINTAIN THAT 41.3 $0.09 BY PREPAYING BONDS PRIOR TO FINAL MATURITY.
WE JUST BE ABLE TO PREPAY WHAT A LOT MORE.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE A DETERMINATION WHAT'S THE INCENTIVE OF PREPAYING THAT OTHER THAN THE INTEREST SAVINGS WHEN I'M CREATING CAPACITY THAT VOTERS SAID NO TO? HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T DO THAT AGAIN.
BUT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY NOW FOR ANOTHER 60 MILLION, WOULDN'T IT? YES, SIR. AND THEY SAID NO.
WE'VE GOT TO LOWER THAT HONEST TAX RATE.
WE CAN'T JUST KEEP HANGING IN THERE BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING OUR CAPACITY TO GROW.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FILL IT UP.
RIGHT? SO AND THAT'S VERY POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, MORE THAN LIKELY, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS OR EVEN FOUR.
JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF I READ THE VOTERS SAYING THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO SPEND THE 60 MILLION.
SO I'M NOT SURE I READ INTO THAT THEY'RE SAYING, NO, WE DID NOT.
I THINK THEY WERE SAYING I LIKE THESE $300 MILLION PROJECTS.
BUT YES, I THINK IN GENERAL I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S MY TAKEAWAY IS THAT AT LEAST THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED AND THE LOVELY LANGUAGE THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT TRUE THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IS WAS WHAT KILLED IT, NOT THE AMOUNT.
[J.3. Bus Purchases [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG TO BUS PURCHASES.SHERRY WINN, OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, IS HERE TONIGHT WITH QUESTIONS.
WE'RE DOING OUR INFORMATION ITEM THIS EVENING SO THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE BOARD NEXT MONTH A PROPOSAL TO PURCHASE THE FIRST SET OF BUSSES FROM THE APPROVED BOND. WE'RE GOING TO SPREAD THE 5 MILLION OVER FOUR YEARS SO THAT WE KEEP OUR ROTATION IN OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE IN THIS PARTICULAR FIRST PURCHASE BASED ON THE AGE OF OUR BUSSES, SHERRY AND HER DEPARTMENT OR RECOMMENDING THE PURCHASE OF ONE REGULAR EDUCATION BUS, 72 PASSENGER AND EIGHT SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSSES WITH WHEELCHAIR LIFTS.
AND SO THESE WILL BE USED EVERY DAY TO AND FROM SCHOOL FOR ROUTES AND OTHER PROGRAMS. ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE AWARD THIS IN JANUARY, CORRECT? SIR, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
WILL AWARD THIS CONTRACT OR THE BIDS IN JANUARY, RIGHT? YES, SIR. WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.
YES, SIR. WE WON'T HAVE THE BOND FUNDS UNTIL FEBRUARY.
YES, SIR. WE WILL DO THE FLOAT.
WE'LL HAVE THE BOND FUNDS IN EARLY FEBRUARY SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT PO READY.
IT TAKES ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS NOW TO GET BUSSES.
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GOT IT. THEY'RE NOT JUST SITTING THERE WAITING FOR US TO PICK THEM UP.I WILL SAY, AS WE LOOK TO NEXT YEAR, WE WILL PROBABLY TRY TO BRING YOU A BUS PURCHASES IN THE FALL.
WE'RE DOING THIS ONE IN THE SPRING SIMPLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE BOND FUNDS YET.
BUT IT'LL BE A FALL PURCHASE BECAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG TO RECEIVE THEM.
ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS AT RISK.
[J.4. Construction Manager at Risk [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
KATIE BOWMAN. YES, SIR.OKAY, QUICK UPDATE. WE DID RELEASE AN RFQ FOR HIM AT RISK SERVICES.
IN NOVEMBER. WE RECEIVED RESPONSES TO THE STEP ONE PORTION OF THAT TWO STEP PROCESS, AND WE'VE EVALUATED TEN VERY GOOD RESPONSES FROM FIRMS THAT RESPONDED TO THAT.
AND SO THE COMMITTEE THAT THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT HAS BEEN MYSELF, JOHN HUGHES, JOHN KLINE WITH THE LCC THAT'S HERE TONIGHT, REPRESENTATIVES FROM PBC, INTU AND HKS.
THE NEXT STEP WILL BE WILL RECEIVE THIS WILL PERFORM INTERVIEWS WITH THOSE FOUR FIRMS. THE 13TH NEXT WEEK WE'LL HAVE THEM IN ONE AT A TIME, INTERVIEW THEM ACCORDING TO SOME PREARRANGED QUESTIONS AND PARAMETERS AND THEN RIGHT BEFORE THE BREAK, WE'LL RECEIVE STEP TWO PROPOSALS, WHICH IS THE PRICE COMPONENT COMPONENT OF THE RFQ.
AND THEN WE'LL BRING TO THE LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NO PROBLEM BRINGING TO THE JANUARY BOARD THE RESULTS OF THAT FOR THE BOARD TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO SEE THEM AT RISK FIRMS AS WE HAVE TWO PACKAGES THAT ARE BEING PURSUED HERE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE SIT AND IT'S ALL GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN AND WE'RE HAPPY WITH IT.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I SHOULD ASK THIS EARLIER.
WHAT? I MEAN, BEFORE TONIGHT, DID WE SUBMIT A PROPOSED CMR CONTRACT WITH IT? IT WAS I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE PACKET, BUT IT WAS MADE AVAILABLE AT REQUEST AND NO ONE ASKED FOR IT.
OKAY. OKAY. SO THEY WERE TOLD THIS IS WHAT WE PROPOSE.
YES. AND IT'S THE AGREEMENT THAT TOM'S PROVIDED FOR US.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR.
OKAY. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. YOU OUGHT TO HAND IT OUT TO THEM.
YOU'RE IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
MAKE SURE THEY CAN ABIDE BY IT.
YEAH. WHEN ARE WE ABLE TO DIVULGE WHO THE FOUR SEMIFINALISTS ARE OR WHAT ARE WE GOING TO CALL THEM? I THINK WE COULD TONIGHT.
YEAH, WE CAN. IT'S STILL FREEMAN, BETSY, THE FORMER BUFORD THOMPSON.
SO VERY GOOD FIRMS. ALL QUALIFIED.
AS IT TURNS OUT. SO WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT.
SO AND ALL TEN FIRMS WERE EXCELLENT AS WELL.
SO WISH WE COULD PICK ALL TEN, BUT WE HAVE A LIMIT, SO.
OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ALONG, WE'LL GO TO SECURITY GUARD SERVICES.
[J.5. Security Guards Services [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
KENNY BOWMAN. YES, SIR.THE REVIEW, I GUESS THE PEOPLE THAT PATROL DIFFERENT FACILITIES AROUND THE DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S OUR SECURITY OFFICERS ARE DOING. AND THAT CONTRACT EXPIRED.
SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH FOR APPROVAL.
AND EVERYTHING'S ALREADY BUDGETED.
IT'LL JUST BE MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE PROPER BID AND PROCUREMENT IN PLACE.
ANY QUESTIONS? JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THIS IS TRUE.
THESE ARE UNARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.
[J.6. FAAC Concourse Replacement Lighting and Building Display Concepts for High School Mascots [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
SORRY. WE HAVE JOHN HUGHES AND JOHN KLEIN HERE THIS EVENING.SO WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY THE PROJECTS OF CHAIR REPLACEMENT, THE FACT WATERPROOFING.
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AND WE HAD BROUGHT YOU SOME SCENARIOS OF SOME POTENTIAL LIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES.AND SO THE BOARD HAD ASKED FOR SOME EXPANDED ITEMS. SO JOHN AND JOHN ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THOSE EXPANDED LIGHTING PIECES.
THERE IS A LITTLE PRICING THAT'S AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE.
BUT JOHN HAS HAD TO UPDATE THOSE PRICING NUMBERS.
GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
FLIP THROUGH HERE THROUGH THAT SLIDE REAL QUICK.
SO WITHIN THIS PACKAGE, WE HAVE LED LIGHTS LIGHTING UP, GRADES AT THE HOME ENTRY AND THEN AT THE ENTRY SOFFIT CONCOURSE AND BATTERIES, ALSO SOME LIGHTING UPGRADES, PUTTING ACCENT LIGHTING AND LED LIGHTS IN THERE.
THIS PROJECT WOULD MOVE FORWARD MARCH OF 23 BE COMPLETED BEFORE FOOTBALL SEASON, AUGUST OF 23.
WE'VE COME BACK WITH A FEW OPTIONS ON THAT ALSO.
SO I'LL PRESENT THAT FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALSO TONIGHT.
SO THE LED LIGHT UPGRADES AT THE ENTRY, OF COURSE, THIS IS THE EXISTING VIEW OF THE FAC LOOKING FROM MID CITIES BACK TOWARDS THE STADIUM LAST TIME I PRESENTED THAT AS AN OPTION MIGHT LOOK AT AT THE ENTRY KIND OF HAVING AN ACCENT LIGHTING SO THAT WHEN EACH OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS PLAYS THEIR GAMES OR ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE THERE, YOU COULD LIGHT UP THAT FRONT ENTRY IN THE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL COLORS OF COURSE, HERE SHOWING HALTOM, RICHLAND AND BIRDVILLE SHOWING ALL THREE OF THEM THERE.
WITHIN OUR DISCUSSION LAST TIME, THERE WAS SOME TALK OF POSSIBLY PROJECTING MASCOTS.
AND SO WE TOOK THAT INFORMATION.
WE WENT BACK, WE STARTED LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
ONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY PROJECTING WITH A PROJECTOR THE MASCOTS.
THE OTHER ONE IS ACTUALLY APPLYING A SIGN ONTO THE BACK OF THE PRESS BOX AS I GUESS A WAY OF PRESENTING THAT.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CLOSE UP HERE.
YOU'D BE ABLE TO TO PROJECT THE LOGO OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS, OF COURSE ALL TO THEM HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR RICHLAND AND THEN FINALLY BIRDVILLE.
SO THAT'S SHOWING ALL THREE OF THEM AS A POTENTIAL OPTION FOR US.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, OF COURSE, WAS A SIGNAGE.
THE SIGNAGE WOULD BE ABOUT TWO INCHES THICK BACKLIT ALUMINUM.
IN THIS CASE RIGHT HERE, WE'RE SHOWING CLEAR ANODIZED ALUMINUM SIGNAGE, AGAIN, BACKLIT ABOUT TWO INCHES THICK. AND I DO WANT TO BRING UP THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES IN THE PAST AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD ABOUT OF BIRDS PERCHING ON THE LETTERING THERE WHERE IT SAYS BIRDVILLE ISD JOHN HAS GONE BACK, PUT FLAT LETTERS ON THERE.
SO IF THIS OPTION IS CHOSEN, THAT IS A POTENTIAL THAT THERE COULD BE BIRDS THAT COULD GATHER ON TOP OF THAT.
BUT THAT'S THE CLEAR ANODIZED OPTION.
THIS ONE HERE WOULD BE MORE OF A BRONZE OR BLACK ANODIZED OPTION, AGAIN, BACKLIT FOR Y'ALLS REVIEW.
SO THERE'S BOTH OF THEM KIND OF SIDE BY SIDE LOOKING AT IT AND THEN LIGHTING UP GRADES.
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COMMENTARIES, THE EXISTING LIGHTS, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT DIM.AND SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS LED LIGHTS THAT WOULD BE BASICALLY PUT IN AND TO ORIENT YOU ALL.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
THIS IS THE PARKING LOT FROM MID CITIES CONCOURSE.
FOOTBALL FIELD HERE WITH THE VOMITING TREES COMING DOWN.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU COME IN THE ENTRY PLAZA ENTRY GATE, YOU COME THROUGH THAT SOFFIT LOW SOFFIT AREA, A LITTLE BIT DARK AND DIM AT NIGHT. WE'D COME BACK IN WITH UPGRADED LED LIGHTS, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIGHT, AND THEN THE SAME THING AT THE CONCOURSE COME BACK WITH A NEW WALL PACK LED WALL PACK TO HELP LIGHT UP THAT SPACE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THEN AT THE ENTRY COMMENTARIES ADDING IN NEW LED CANNED LIGHT.
KATIE HAD MENTIONED BEFORE THE START OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING, THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, GOT PRICING IN AND THEN STARTED VETTING THESE PRICES.
THE PRICES WERE WITH THIS WAS COST OF WORK.
IT DID NOT INCLUDE OVERHEAD, PROFIT, BONDS AND OTHER THINGS.
SO I HAVE UPDATED NUMBERS THAT JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN ESTIMATED PRICE, BUT SO LIKE THAT FIRST ONE, $70,000 WHEN YOU INCLUDE THOSE OTHER THINGS, THAT PUTS IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER 106,000.
THE ENTRY MASCOT PROJECTION LIGHTING HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF 81,000, THE ENTRY MASCOT SIGN IN LIEU OF THE 87, IT WOULD BE 124 554.
SO IF YOU ADD THOSE ALL TOGETHER, YOU'RE LOOKING PROBABLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $313,000.
AND AGAIN, I CAN PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE UPDATED NUMBERS FOR THIS ON THAT.
AND YOU HAVE AN ACTION ITEM THIS EVENING.
I THINK YOU GOT AN UPDATED COPY OF THAT WITH THE FACT WATERPROOFING COMPANY.
AT ONE POINT, IF THE BOARD APPROVES THE WATERPROOFING BID TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE JUST AROUND $140,000 REMAINING IN THAT PROJECT.
OTHER PIECES OF THAT, WE COULD CERTAINLY CONSIDER OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE'D LIKE A LITTLE DIRECTION TONIGHT.
DO YOU WANT US TO BRING ALL OF THESE BACK WITH ACTUAL COST PROPOSALS? DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT TYPES OF THINGS YOU WANT US TO COME BACK WITH AS FAR AS AN ACTION ITEM IN THE FUTURE? WHAT WOULD YOU RUN BACK TO THAT COST PAGE AGAIN? YES, I WAS FOLLOWING YOU UNTIL YOU GET TO THAT AND THEN I WAS YOUR NUMBERS AND THESE WERE CONFUSING ME TO DEATH.
WHAT COULD YOU RUN OVER THAT ONE LAST.
YEAH. SO THAT TOP ONE WHERE WE HAVE 70,106, YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S, THAT'S THE NUMBER. IT WAS THE COST OF.
SO THE NUMBER THAT YOU'RE SEEING UP THERE IS JUST STRICTLY THE COST OF WORK.
IT DID NOT INCLUDE CONTRACTOR OVERHEAD AND PROFIT AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT BOND INSURANCE.
OKAY. SO THAT 50% WELL 30% 30.
YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. SO THEY'RE UPDATING THEIR UPDATED NUMBERS, LIKE I SAID.
AND SO IT WAS 106 TO JUST GET ALL THE LIGHTING AND MAKE IT NOT SO DARK AND DINGY.
RIGHT. AND THEN ENTRY MASK PROJECTION, THAT'S WHERE WE HAD JUST THE COLOR.
SO THE ENTRY MASK UP PROJECTION IS.
YES. THE ACTUAL PROJECTION OF THE MASCOT OF THE MASCOT.
YES. AND YOU SAID THAT WAS NOT ABOVE THE OUTSIDE.
YEAH. I'M SORRY. SO THE ORIGINAL THE 106 WOULD INCLUDE DOING ORANGE WITHIN THE 100.
THAT WOULD BE 106 WITHOUT THOSE MASCOTS ON THE TOP.
OKAY. AND THEN THE MASCOTS WERE HOW MUCH MORE? JUST THE SO THE MASCOTS WERE 81, 81 FOR THE LIGHTING, JUST FOR THE PROJECTION LIGHTING.
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AND THEN THE LET'S SEE, THE ENTRY MASCOT SIGNAGE.FURTHER BACK IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO, MR. BOWMAN, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WITHOUT GOING INTO.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE TWO GUYS THAT ARE HOLDING UP THE PROJECTOR? [LAUGHTER].
SO I HAVE A FUNNY STORY IF Y'ALL WANT TO HEAR THAT.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE GOT THESE SHOTS.
YEAH, YOU NEED TO SAY EITHER RICHLAND OR ROYALS ON THAT.
THERE'S NO LETTERING TO MAKE SENSE.
HALTOM HAS BUFFALOES, BIRDVILLE HAWKS.
HE'D SAY EITHER RICHLAND OR ROY.
WELL, YEAH, THOSE ARE JUST SAMPLES.
WOULDN'T THE PROJECTION LIGHTING GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY? YES, IF WE WANT IT TO CHANGE.
DOES THE PROJECTION LIGHTING GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROJECT ANYTHING ELSE UP THERE? IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE WERE TO IF SOMEONE WERE TO UTILIZE OUR STADIUM FOR FOUR PLAYOFF GAMES, THEY RENTED OUR STADIUM JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO PROJECT SOMEONE ELSE'S MASCOT? YES. SO THAT SO ANY OF THIS COULD BE CHANGED.
SO THIS ISN'T JUST AN I LIKE THAT.
JUST, YOU KNOW, I GUESS LIKE THAT.
JOHN WHAT ABOUT THE COLORS THAT ARE THERE? WOULD WE BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE RED, BLUE AND GREEN TO SOMETHING ELSE? YES. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE THE LED LIGHTS.
DR. STINSON, THAT WAS A GREAT I'M NOT USED TO THIS VOICE.
SORRY. BUT ONE THING THAT'S KIND OF NEAT IS WHAT YOU SAID IS IN THE RENTAL FEE OF INCREASING OR FOR THAT FOR DOING THAT MAYBE RECOUP RECOUPING THE MONEY BY IF WE RENT IT OUT.
SO ONE OF THEM WOULD BE A HOME TEAM.
YEAH, SOMEBODY CAN BE THE HOME TEAM IN THE GAME.
I THOUGHT THAT WE BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT CAMERAS OR PROJECTORS.
BUT MAYBE YOU FOUND A DIFFERENT ONE.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING AN INDICATION THAT.
SO YOU THINK THIS IS MORE BECAUSE AT ONE POINT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT IN.
I MEAN, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS WE LOOKED AT.
SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU ACTUALLY PUT INTO THE PROJECTOR.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS MORE A TECHNOLOGY TYPE THING? WELL, I THINK YOU CAN PUT THE SLIDE WITHIN THE PROJECTOR.
SO WE COULD CHANGE THESE UP, BUT WE WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO CREATE THAT SLIDE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT.
SO ALSO WE COULD CHOOSE JUST TO DO THE LIGHTS.
WE COULD CHOOSE JUST TO DO THE MASCOT PROJECTOR AND NOT DO THE SIGNAGE.
IF WE I MEAN, WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE THIS, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS QUESTION NEEDS TO GO TO FIRST JOHN, OR SECOND JOHN.
THIS IS JOHN. THIS IS CONCOURSE LIGHTING.
IS OUR LIGHTING OVER THE FIELD.
THAT OTHER STADIUM'S LIGHTING MIGHT BE A LITTLE BETTER.
HAS THAT BEEN LOOKED AT IN A WHILE? WE PROBABLY WOULD NEED TO DO ACTUAL LIGHT READINGS OUT THERE, HAVE SOMEONE WE HAVE DONE THOSE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE CHRIS, CHRIS AND I BECAUSE THIS ONE ON THIS FIELD OUT HERE, IN FACT, I NEED TO I'LL HAVE TO GO TO MY SPREADSHEET BECAUSE WE HAD A REPLACEMENT CYCLE IN PLACE.
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I'VE GOT SPREADSHEETS WITH ALL THE REPLACEMENT STUFF.WE'LL HELP THOSE PENALTY FLAGS SHOW UP.
BETTER TO. I WOULD IMAGINE IT WILL.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE THE MOUNTS WERE DESIGNED FOR TV AND WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY AT WHAT IS REQUIRED TO DO TV.
AND SO I GUESS IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THE OUTPUT THAT WE GET FROM THE RELAYING THING AND SO FORTH.
AND SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THAT THOSE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST THOSE.
IT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE TO GET THE APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT OUT HERE TO DO THAT.
THEY MOST DEFINITELY CAN BE RENAMED AND SO FORTH.
AND SO WE CAN WE'LL WE'LL MAKE NOTE.
WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECTION LIGHTING.
SO WHAT? THOSE TOTALS TO BE NEW TOTALS, THE 105 PLUS WHAT, 106 AND 81 I BELIEVE WERE THE FIRST TWO.
RIGHT, JOHN 187 WE'VE GOT 100, USUALLY 143.
SO YOU'VE GOT TO GO FIND 40, 50,000 SOMEWHERE.
AND IF I MAY, JUST TO BE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, I'D LIKE TO HAVE ALL OF IT, BUT THE ENTRANCE LOGOS WITH THE PROJECTOR ARE AWESOME, I GUESS.
RON THAT WOULD BE OUR PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE GATES ARE GOING TO SPEND ALL OF MAYBE 60 SECONDS AND IT'S GOING TO HIT THEM, ESPECIALLY THAT COLOR IS GOING TO HIT HOME AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT FEELING, I GUESS, COMING THROUGH.
BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STAND AND LOOK AT THOSE LOGOS.
MY THOUGHT WHEN I INITIALLY MENTIONED IT WERE THE LOGOS AFFIXED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE FACT WAS THOSE THINGS WOULD BE LIT UP EVERY NIGHT AND THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON DRIVING BY ON MID CITIES AND PRECINCT LINE WOULD KNOW.
THAT'S THE HOME OF THE BUFFALOES, THE HAWKS AND THE ROYALS.
AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE MULTIPURPOSE FACILITIES TO BE THAT WATER TOWER AT EACH CAMPUS, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD THINK, TO PUT THE THREE LOGOS UP THERE, HAVE A LIT UP EVERY NIGHT AND HAVE THAT THOSE LOGOS EMBLAZONED THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE AND KIND OF STAND OUT ON THE HORIZON A LITTLE BIT.
24 SEVEN AND NOT JUST ON A GAME NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH THE TURNSTILES, SO TO SPEAK.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A LARGE GROUP AND I'LL BE GLAD TO GIVE THEM YOUR PHONE NUMBER NEXT TIME THEY CALL.
I KNOW. WHY ARE THE LIGHTS STILL ON WHILE THE LIGHTS GO ON? YEAH, AND THEY DO.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND. AND SOME OF THEM ARE ON TIMERS AND THIS AND THAT, BUT ALL THE TIME IT'S GOOD.
AND WITHOUT THE CUTOUTS WITH THE LIGHT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ALL YOU'LL SEE IS A BLOB.
AND TO ME, IT MAKES IT LOOK VERY CROWDED AND VERY BUSY.
RIGHT. POTENTIALLY IF IT'S NOT FLAT.
YES. AND WE USED TO, WE USED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME POWER WASHING BEFORE EACH GAME.
THAT'S WHERE WE WERE WALKING UNDERNEATH THAT.
I MEAN WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO BOTH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK THE LIGHTS IN UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING, UNDERNEATH THAT STADIUM ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE IT IS VERY DARK AND IT IS SECURITY.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT WE REALLY THE INITIAL 106,000 AS FAR AS THE PROJECTIONS OF THE MASCOT, DOESN'T REALLY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME ON THAT, EXCEPT I JUST HATE TO SPEND MONEY.
SO HOW RELIABLE ARE THESE PROJECTORS? WHAT'S THE ANNUAL UPKEEP? HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE BULBS, ARE THEY? YEAH. I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
I CAN FIND THAT. AND I ASSUME THEY COME WITH GOOD WARRANTIES WHEN THEY DO.
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YEAH. MY EXPERIENCE WITH PROJECTORS IS THEY BREAK ALL THE TIME.I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTOR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT YEAH.
SO YEAH, LET ME GET YOU THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE'LL PUT A QUALITY ONE THERE.
I KNOW THAT. SO, KATIE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO NOW? I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A DIRECTION BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BRING THIS UP NEXT MONTH.
YES, SIR. I GUESS YOU KNOW, SO DO.
DO YOU WANT US TO BRING ALL OF THESE BACK WITH ACTUAL PRICING, WITH VENDORS AND MAYBE HAVE THE FIRST ONE AS THE BASE AND THEN DO ALTERNATES AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE FROM THERE IF YOU WANT TO DO THEM AND HOW YOU WANT TO PAY FOR THEM.
I LIKE RALPH'S RECOMMENDATION, DO THE PROJECTION AND DO THE LIGHTS FOR SECURITY AND OPENING IT UP.
I THINK THE OUTSIDE ONES IS A LITTLE MUCH RIGHT NOW.
IT'S JUST ME. I'M WITH RICHARD ON THAT.
PERSONALLY, I TEND TO BE WITH MATT.
BRENDA, WHERE ARE YOU AT? [INAUDIBLE] SPEAK IN THE MIC, [INAUDIBLE] . SO I THINK WE'VE GOT FOUR.
THEY'RE WANTING THE FIRST TWO.
AND BRING THE THIRD ONE AS AN OPTION.
AND WE CAN WRESTLE WITH THAT NEXT BOARD MEETING.
KELVIN, I DO WANT THE FIRST TWO FOR SURE.
WHAT I'M SAYING I'M WITH MATT IS ADDING A THIRD.
SO IF THE COSTS GO OVER WHAT WE HAVE LEFT IN THE PROJECT, WHAT DIRECTION ARE YOU GIVING ME? THEY WILL GO OVER.
YEAH. BRING BACK ALL THE ESTIMATES AND SOME ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF FUNDING.
YOU'LL HAVE TO COME OUT OF FUND BALANCE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE 40 OR 50,000.
SO BRING BACK JUST THE FIRST TWO.
IS THAT RIGHT? AND THE THIRD WOULD BE AN ALTERNATE.
IS THAT WHERE WE DECIDED THE THIRD WOULD BE AN ADDITION TO IF WE WANTED TO GO THERE? SO WE WANT TO SEE PRICING ON ALL THREE.
YOU GIVE US A GOOD DEAL. WE MAKE FIGURING OUT ANOTHER TEN OR 15,000.
JOHN, WILL THAT BE ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO GET ACTUAL NUMBERS FROM CONTRACTORS OR DO WE NEED TO FEBRUARY? WOULD IT BE PROBABLY GOING TO BE FEBRUARY? BECAUSE WITH THE HOLIDAYS IT'S THE HOLIDAYS TEND TO DO IT THOUGH.
IS THIS NOT SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE WORK OUR BECHTEL KIDS DO AND THAT IS JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT OUR BECHTEL COULD DO AND CRANK OUT LASER CUTTER YEAH, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE A LASER CUTTER.
I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, WE WOULD THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.
WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO CHECK TO SEE IF THEY CAN DO SOMETHING OF THAT MAGNITUDE, THAT SMALL SIZE.
I AGREE. BUT I MEAN, I'D MUCH RATHER PUT SOMETHING UP THAT OUR KIDS MADE ANYWAY.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT.
YEAH. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, HEAVEN FORBID IF ONE OF THOSE THINGS FAIL.
OH, SURE. BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ENGINEERS, RIGHT? IT'S BIGGER ARCHITECTS THAT SIGN THEIR LIFE AWAY.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY HE HAS THAT LITTLE SEAL.
SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, JOHN? YEAH. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO.
AND THEN THEY ASK THE OUTSIDE SIGNAGE IS IT'S AN ALTERNATE THAT WE MAY ADD.
OKAY. WELL, AND EXPLORE WHAT MATT SUGGESTED.
[J.7. Cafeteria Replacement Furniture at Snow Heights, Porter, and North Ridge Elementary Schools [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
SO EACH YEAR, AS WE FINALIZE OUR CHILD NUTRITION FUND, OUR FEDERAL RATES HAVE BEEN UP OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.SO WE HAVE FUNDS THAT NEED TO BE SPENT ON PROJECTS.
SHELLEY FREEMAN HAS PURCHASING DIRECTOR, HAS BEEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THESE CAMPUSES AS NEEDING NEW CAFETERIA FURNITURE AND WE CAN PURCHASE THOSE WITH CAFETERIA FUNDS IF THE GENERAL FUND PICKS UP 10%.
AND SO WE WANT TO BRING BACK A PROPOSAL TO YOU IN JANUARY TO GO AHEAD AND GET NEW FURNITURE ORDERED FOR THOSE CAFETERIAS, BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, THE SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESS AND TIMELINE IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THESE READY FOR THOSE CAMPUSES BY NEXT FALL.
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ANY QUESTIONS? HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.NEW STUFF. DO WE HAVE ANY PICTURES OF THE NEW CAFETERIA FURNITURE AT ALL TIME HIGH? I DO NOT.
BUT ELEMENTARIES USUALLY WILL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT NOT WITH ME IN RECEPTION.
WE CAN INCLUDE THEM MAYBE IN THE NEXT BOARD UPDATE.
OKAY. MOVING ON TO SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER PERSONAL ITEMS.
[K.1. Consider Personnel Items]
BEFORE WE CONSIDER PERSONAL ITEMS, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT DR.SIMPSON HAS ACCEPTED FIVE RESIGNATIONS AND ONE RETIREMENT.
DO I HEAR A MOTION ON PERSONNEL ITEMS? I MOVE THE BOARD, APPROVE AND ADOPT ALL PERSONAL ITEMS AS PRESENTED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. KUNKEL TO HAVE A SECOND, A SECOND, SECOND BY MR. DREES. ANY DISCUSSION CALL FOR VOTE.
[K.2. Consider all Matters Incident and Related to the Issuance and Sale of “Birdville Independent School District Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2023," Including the Adoption of an Order Authorizing the Issuance of Such Bonds and Establishing Procedures and Delegating Authority for the Sale and Delivery of Such Bonds [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS SERIES 2023, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE INSURANCE, THE ISSUANCE EXCUSE ME, OF SUCH BONDS AND ESTABLISHMENT PROCEDURES, AND DELEGATING AUTHORITY FOR THE SALE AND DELIVERY OF SUCH BONDS.DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BIRDVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS SERIES 2023 I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. TOLBERT DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION CALL FOR THE VOTE.
[K.3. Consider Contract for Birdville Fine Arts/Athletics Complex (FAAC) Waterproofing Project [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVED TO THE BOARD, APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH GLIDDEN INDUSTRIES LLC FOR THE BIRDVILLE FINE ARTS ATHLETICS COMPLEX WATERPROOFING PROJECT, CONTINGENT UPON DISTRICT APPROVAL OF WATERPROOFING SUBCONTRACTOR AS PRESENTED.I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. DREES. I'LL HAVE A SECOND, SECOND BY MRS. WISE, AND A DISCUSSION.
YES. WHY CAN'T WE HIRE THE SUBCONTRACTOR? YOU DIDN'T HAVE BONDING CAPACITY OR SOMETHING? I MEAN, WE'RE GOT A MIDDLEMAN IN HERE AND THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING RIGHT OTHER THAN BEING THE CONTRACTOR OF RECORD.
THEY'RE COORDINATING AS WELL THE WORK.
SO IF I MAY, I WILL LET SHELLEY FREEMAN COME DOWN.
IT'S A PROCUREMENT ISSUE BECAUSE OF ITS CONSTRUCTION.
SHELLEY, WOULD YOU MIND COMING DOWN EXPLAINING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS? YOU KNOW, IF THE DROUGHTS WOULD JUST COME BACK, WE WOULDN'T NEED THIS WATERPROOFING.
GOOD EVENING. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE WATERPROOF THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SELECTED AS BEING KIND OF OUR PREFERRED VENDOR, WE COULDN'T ACCESS DIRECTLY. THERE WASN'T A CONTRACT TO ACCESS.
AND SO THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THOSE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS AND THEN HAVE THAT JOB ORDER, CONTRACT, FACILITATE AND HELP PUT ALL THOSE TOGETHER.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH LONE STAR FURNISHINGS FOR THE SEATING EXCUSE ME, AS WELL AS WORK WITH THE WATERPROOFING SUBCONTRACTOR AND ETC., TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET OUR TIMELINES.
THEY'RE REALLY ACTING AS A GC OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR THAT PROJECT.
YES, SIR. IN THAT SORT OF CAPACITY.
YES. AND WE'VE HAD THEM ON OTHER PROJECTS BEFORE THIS.
YES, SIR. I WON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE.
YES, SIR. WE HAVE MET NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE FOOTBALL SEASON WILL START IN AUGUST.
I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND CALL FOR A VOTE.
CONSIDER THE CONTRACT FOR THE VERBAL ARTS, FINE ARTS AND ATHLETIC COMPLEX FACTS.
[K.4. Consider Contract for Birdville Fine Arts/Athletics Complex (FAAC) Turf [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
TURF.DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE. THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH HELLAS CONSTRUCTION FOR THE BIRDVILLE FAC TURF AS PRESENTED HAVE MOTION BY MR.
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KUNKEL. GOT A SECOND? SECOND FROM MRS. WISE.I'M HOPING THAT WHAT HE SAID TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE, THAT IT DOES COOL IT DOWN 20 OR 30 DEGREES.
THAT'LL BE NICE FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S ON IT.
BUT KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE, BUT WE'LL SEE IT.
IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF IT ACTUALLY DID THAT.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CALL FOR A VOTE.
CONSIDER STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM UPGRADE.
[K.5. Consider Student Information System Upgrade [Dave Lambson, Chief Technology Officer]]
I NEED MAY HAVE A MOTION.MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE PROPOSAL WITH FOCUS SCHOOL SOFTWARE AS PRESENTED AND AUTHORIZE A SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND FINALIZE THE SOFTWARE AGREEMENT. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MS. WISE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND FROM MR. DAVIS. ANY DISCUSSION? THIS WHEN WE HAD THE TEACHERS INVOLVED AND HAD GREAT POSITIVE FEEDBACK, I THINK THERE'S SOME EXCITEMENT BUILDING TODAY.
YOU'VE GOT A TEAM READY TO TACKLE THIS, A BIG MAJOR PROJECT, A LOT OF TRAINING GOING ON.
BUT I THINK THE END RESULT, WE HAVE A LOT OF HAPPY TEACHERS OUT THERE AND PARENTS.
AND WHAT I HEAR IS THAT THIS SYSTEM HAS SO MANY MORE FUNCTIONS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GO AWAY WITH SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SPENDING MONEY ON EACH YEAR.
IS THAT RIGHT? DAVE THAT'S CORRECT.
YEAH, RIGHT NOW ABOUT 4,000,300.
SO THAT WILL BE A VERY POSITIVE TAX SAVINGS FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS OUT THERE.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COMMENT, DAVE, DOES IS THIS A SOFTWARE? IS IT OFFER MOBILE APP FUNCTIONALITY AS WELL? YES, SIR. FOR BOTH TEACHERS, STUDENTS, EVEN PARENTS.
GOOD. AND WILL THEY BE ABLE TO REGISTER THROUGH THE APP AND ALL THAT STUFF TO STREAMLINE ALL THAT BELIEVE? SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT HAPPENS IN REGISTRATION.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND FIND OUT HOW EASY THAT IS.
BUT IT MAY REGISTRATION HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT A STREAMLINED AS EASY AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK SPECIFIC TO THE REGISTRATION PROCESS, THE ONE FUNCTIONALITY THAT'S GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE THE MOST EXCITED IS ONLY ONE TYPE OF ENTRY POINT FOR MULTIPLE CHILDREN.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE REALLY HAPPY FIVE TIMES EVERY YEAR UP UNTIL THIS LAST YEAR.
ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
CALL FOR A VOTE. IT IS UNANIMOUS BEFORE WE CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA? I WANT TO MENTION A DONATION THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED FOR ACCEPTANCE AS PART OF THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
CENTERPOINT CHURCH DONATED $2600 TO HOLLADAY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.
[L. CONSENT ITEMS]
I WANT TO ANNOUNCE ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATION IS PULLING ITEM 2.F.1 CONSIDER PRO AIR LLC.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVAL ITEMS AND THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 2F1 CONSIDER PRO AIR LLC AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE MOTION FROM MR. DAVIS. I HAVE A SECOND.
OK ANY DISCUSSION? OK CALL FOR A VOTE AND IT IS UNANIMOUS NOW.
[M. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD]
DOES THE BOARD OR SUPERINTENDENT HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE ITEMS? OUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 26TH IN THE YEAR 2023, HERE IN THE BOARD[N. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]
ROOM AND WITH OPEN SESSION BEGINNING AT 7 P.M..AS WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO START HERE, A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
I HAVE ONE FOR MS. WISE. THE SECOND.
SECOND. MR. DAVIS CALL FOR A VOTE? UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU.
[01:55:03]
MEETING ADJOURNED.8:54. THANK YOU ALL FOR.
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