The board will now convene an open meeting. Today is July 21st and the time is 7 p.m. The board met earlier this evening in a closed meeting. Any action arising from discussions in a closed meeting must be taken in a subsequent open meeting. Mr. Fraley, will you verify that we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Law in regard to the notice for this meeting? Mr. President, we are in compliance. The first item is the purchase of property for future elementary schools.
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Katy ISD Board Work Study, July 21, 2014
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- 0:00 to 2:38 Item 3 3. Reconvene from Closed Meeting – The Board will reconvene from Closed Meeting. The presiding officer will verify that the meeting has been duly called and notice of the meeting has been posted for the time and manner required by law. 3.1 Consider Board approval of the purchase of property for a future elementary school. (Texas Government Code 551.072: For the purpose of discussing the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person.) 3.2 Consider Board approval of hiring and accepting resignations of professional contractual personnel. (Texas Government Code 551.074: For the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee.)
- 2:38 to 1:11:13 Item 4.1 2014 Bond Committee Recommendation
- 1:11:13 to 1:31:08 Item 4.2 Health Care Plan Update
- 1:31:08 to 1:38:45 Consent Agenda 5.1 Consider future Board approval of the proposal for bank courier services. 5.2 Consider future Board approval of the proposal for plumbing materials and related supplies. 5.3 Consider future Board approval of the proposal for electrical, plumbing, and mechanical services. 5.4 Consider future Board approval of a modified schedule waiver for assessment days. 5.5 Consider future Board approval of an electrical easement to CenterPoint Energy associated with District owned property at the southwest corner of the Peek Road and Stockdick School Road intersection.
- 1:38:45 to 1:53:45 Item 6 6.1 Discuss and consider future Board approval of the proposal for the construction of a second driveway and entrance at the South Transportation Center. 6.2 Discuss and consider future Board approval of the revised West 10 Regional Day School Program for the Deaf Shared Service Arrangement (SSA). 6.3 Discuss and consider future Board approval of policy EIF (LOCAL). 6.4 Discuss and consider future Board endorsement of a nominated individual for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Director Vacancy Region 4, Position B. 6.5 Discuss and consider future Board approval of an increase for the non-teacher pay group (paraprofessional/technical, auxiliary, and administrative) employees for the 2014 - 2015 school year. 6.6 Discuss and consider future Board approval of an increase of the minimum, mid-point, and maximum pay ranges for the paraprofessional/technical, auxiliary, and administrative employees for the 2014 - 2015 school year. 6.7 Discuss and consider future Board approval of the substitute pay scale for the 2014 - 2015 school year. 6.8 Discuss and consider future Board approval of the July 2014 budget amendments.
- 1:53:45 to 1:54:09 Items 7 & 8 7. Future Meeting 7.1 Regular Board Meeting – Monday, July 28, 2014 8. Adjournment
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Item 3
Mr. President.
Mrs. Fox.
I move that the Board of Trustees enter into an agreement to purchase from RH of Texas Limited Partnership, MI Homes of Houston, LLC, and Beezer Homes, Texas, LP, an approximate 14.6-acre parcel of property within land use zone 50 on Kingsland Boulevard west of Peterson Road for a total acquisition cost estimated not to exceed $1,535,882. Second.
I have a motion by Mrs. Fox, seconded by Mr. DeBruyere, that the Board of Trustees enter into an agreement to purchase from RH of Texas Limited Partnership, MI Homes of Houston, LLC, and Beezer Homes, Texas, LP, an approximate 14.6-acre parcel of property within land use zone 50 on Kingsland Boulevard west of Peterson Road for a total acquisition cost estimated not to exceed $1,535,882. have any discussion. Now we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Aye. Motion passes 7-0. This time it's a personnel report.
Mr. President. Mr. Griffin. I move that the Board of Trustees approve the personnel report as recommended by the Superintendent.
I second.
I have a motion by Mr. Griffin, seconded by Mrs. Doyle, that the Board of Trustees approve the personnel report as recommended by the Superintendent.
We'll proceed to vote. All those in favor raise your right hand and say aye. Motion passes 7-0.
Do we have any scouts in the audience this evening? If so, please stand up, tell us your name, your troop number, and what badge you're working on. Do we have any?
They must be taking the summer off.
Alright. We have the number one scout, Mr. Stan Saling, in the back there. Oh, we do have our most valuable scout. Welcome, Mr. Stanley.
Okay. We're now moving to the reports section of our agenda, and I think the thing that most people are here for tonight, which is the 2014 bond committee recommendation.
Item 4.1
Mr. Carmichael? Welcome this evening. We are very looking forward to hearing what you have to report to us this evening.
President Mahowski, members of the board, and Superintendent Fraley, thank you so much for this opportunity to come and speak with you tonight. And share with you our recommendation for a bond package that a committee has been working on for the past four plus months to put together. We were commissioned or put together by y'all with the charge with the looking at the request of the district and the needs and so That's what the presentation is going to be about tonight, but before we start there We need to open up the question. Who are we? You know this was a question my wife, and I were faced a little over 20 years ago We had gotten married, and we're looking for a place to settle down and we looked at all the suburbs across Houston and we finally settled on Katy. We said this is where we're going to be, this is where we want to live. We looked at it and said, you know, this is a community I think that we want to belong to. At the time there was a brand new neighborhood going in right across from Galbo Elementary and McDonald Junior High. Brand new. And we were the third house that was built in that community. And I remember calling my parents and saying it's the perfect home. I'm a small town boy from Wharton, Texas and I've got to pass four cow pastures before I get home. this is a home for me and I was very pleased and I said mom this is a great place it only has two grocery stores Brookshire Brothers across from Rhodes Stadium and girl and some I T and I feel right at home well in the last 20 years a whole lot has changed there's a grocery store on every corner and the cow fields and the rice fields are almost all gone there's our own hardly any left but one thing hasn't changed and that was the thing that brought us to Katie's 20 plus years ago and that is we are a community. Katie is a community. It is a city that is a small town and we are proud to say that we're from Katie, Texas. You know when people ask me where you're from I say I'm from Katie, Texas. That's not true for everybody in Houston. People in Spring Branch they say they're from Houston. People in Alief they say they're from Houston. People in Fort Bend or Cyphere they're from Houston but when you ask someone from Katy where you're from we're from Katy Texas and we're proud of it it means something it has value and that's because we're a community we're a community that serves this past year 17,000 volunteers donated 838 thousand four hundred and sixty two hours the Katy ISD schools we're also a community that's active there are in our community 70 civic groups community and parent groups and we're also a community that cares we care about each other and we care about our children and we care about the education that they receive and that's what brought us to this this committee that's what brought us here today as a committee to look at what we can what can we do what can we recommend to impact the education of our children we're community cares about education my family's a result of that my family's here with me today after 20 years my wife and now what's my three children Harrison Hudson and Hayden are here with me today to support me they're all grown up in Katie schools and they're a product of a Katie education and we're proud of that it means something it has value attached to it and we want that value to continue we want that value to be a legacy of what our community is also here with me are two exchange students from China Jason and Ray they're staying with us this summer and you know what I'm reminded these two guys were I'm so glad they're here but But I've been in, I've been to China for eight years, eight consecutive years, and I've been in over 30 schools in China. And when I walk through those schools, I see kids that are well educated, but I see a facility differential that's unbelievable. And it makes me appreciate who we are and the value we place in education and the value we place in the quality of schools that we produce for our children. So we're a community, a community that serves, a community that's active, and a community that cares. And because of that you see our school district is growing and you see that because people are drawn to it because our students are achieving. Just this past year our students outperform their peers in the state region with an 89% performance rating on the state student achievement index. This past year 22 million dollars was awarded to graduating seniors to go to colleges and universities all across the nation and for the last six years our community has has been rated as one of the best communities for music education in the nation. You can see that our community cares about education and you can see that through the achievement of our students. You can also see because of the achievement of our students that our community continues to grow. And what you see before you now are just some headlines of papers that kind of highlight what that growth is. You see that Geico has opened up a facility, a regional facility for a thousand employees. Chevron has bought a major parcel of land for a regional headquarters. You also see that we've been listed as one of the top growing zip codes in the nation, that our school district continues to be one of the fastest growing in this state but also in the nation. So how do we address that growth? We're a community that's growing, a community that cares, and we've got to respond to that. What you see here is that what the demographers presented to our committee and what you see is where we're up right now. Right now in 2014 right at the 70,000 mark and what you see there is a trajectory of three lines the bottom line is the low estimate the top line is the highest meant the middle line there is the moderate growth estimate and if you just look at the moderate growth but all three of those have a trajectory that's pretty impressive but you need to just look at the moderate growth line you can see that in 2018 is projected that we'll have 80,000 students so 80,000 710 students and in 2023 we'll have 94,886. That's the moderate growth. If you go to the high end you'll see that we'll end up being almost at a hundred thousand if we hit that target in 2023 of 98,657. So we are growing. Also we're growing year by year. Each year KTISG grows by nearly 3,000 students a year.
So with that kind of growth how do we respond to it and that's why you put us together as a committee you asked us to come together to look at this growth to look at all the requests that the district had from the long-range facility plan our committee was a committee of 227 many of those are here tonight I have worked endlessly hard I mean dedicated vetting all the projects and I want to recognize them by if you're here on the committee if you would stand so we can say thank
Thank you and appreciate all that you did in service to our community.
Thank you, guys. They were a great group of people to work with. They were very dedicated. They were there every week. We had to add some meetings, and they even were there on the meetings we added. And so I was amazed. They kept coming back. And we're not done yet. We have a few more to go. But we are a community that is growing. You see that we had 227 members of this committee. And of those members, what we did was we looked at 82 different projects that we vetted that were requested by the district. And as a part of that process, it took over four months for us to look at all these. It ended up being about 6,000 volunteer hours that went into the development of the bond package. And it's been 13 meetings. And like I said, we still have a couple before y'all get the bond called in August that we're going to look at when it comes to communication and to selling this to the community. Also, here was the objectives that y'all gave us. The objectives of the 2014 bond committee were to review the need for capital projects, timelines, and cost, provide counsel and input to the administration, and develop a school facility referendum recommendation for presentation to you guys, the Board of Trustees, and ultimately to the Katy community.
Here's how the process worked and here's how it was organized. Like I said, it was 227 members of the community.
It was a diverse group of individuals. We came from all different backgrounds, all different walks of life. We had parents of preschoolers, we had parents of elementary age students, we had parents of secondary students, we had parents whose kid had gone through the district, who had gone on to college, we had grandparents. We had engineers, we had doctors, we had marketing individuals, we had professionals, we had teachers, we had accountants, we had every walk of life. We had all the different individuals who represented an incredible cross-section of the demographics of our district who were assembled together. 132 of those were core members and 90, 92 of those were, 95 of those were alternates. What we did was we were assembled into 15 different groups or 15 different tables and we met for the first six weeks at these tables where we listened to information that was presented and had conversations among ourselves. After After all the information was presented, each table came up with their proposal for a bond package. After those 15 proposals were developed, then we merged into five tables. Once again, we started the process all over again. We went and revetted all the projects just about together, and we came up with five different bond proposals. After those five different proposals were made, then we were combined into three groups, three super teams, and then each of those teams looked at the projects and began to look at the different options and they came up with three different bond recommendations. After those three recommendations came forward then we took the work of those three teams, those super teams, and we combined the work of all three teams together and came up with a package that we felt was going to meet what was the desire of the room. And there were three distinct groups who are in the room. There was about a third of the room that wanted to make sure that we kept the tax tax rate at a very minimum risk. There was also a group in the room that wanted to make sure that the bond number was not too high. In other words, the price of the bond was not too high. There wasn't too much debt. And there was another third of the room who wanted to put in as many projects as possible to give the district all the tools it needed to meet the needs of the students. So there were three distinct groups of the room. So we took all three from the super team and we tried our best to accommodate all three of those particular interests that were in the group. All three of the groups that had expressed what their desire was for a bond package and we came up with the recommendation that you're going to see tonight we presented that to the super committee of everybody and that night we were able to achieve consensus with the group that says this is something that we can support and move forward with during the process what we saw was is that you had six weeks where we had planning and learning where we listened to the district that they came forward with the long range facilities plan. They also came forward, we heard from transportation, we heard from technology, we heard from the demographers, we heard from all the support agencies, we heard from all the different areas of the district and what their desires were and what was on their list of needs. At the same time, each of our tables were allowed to submit questions. And each week the district would take sticky notes, they would take emails, they'd take phone calls, all kinds of different sources. And and literally there would be hundreds of questions that were submitted by the committee of 227 individuals. And each week, the following week, they would come back with what looked like a book that had an answer to all those questions. All of our questions were answered. Every concern was addressed. There was a great level of transparency. People who had differences of opinion were allowed to express those opinions. And that was all part of the process of getting us to a point where we could say, you know what? this is something we agree on and this is something that we can move forward to forward with which was what was gave us the ability to have consensus if you see consensus there it says in the dictionary that there is a general agreement a unanimity there is a solidarity that says you know what this is something we can support moving forward consensus doesn't mean that I agree with every single line item that's put in the bond but it means as a total package it's something I can support and something I can move forward with and we And we were able to gain that consensus as a committee on the final package that you're going to review tonight. Our goal was from the very beginning on each of the tables and each of the discussions that we had was first of all as we looked at each of the projects was to have a consensus. In other words, can we all generally agree that this is something that needs to be included. If we couldn't get consensus, then we went to a vote. An 80% vote automatically put that into the package or that recommendation. recommendation if you didn't get an 80% vote and we went to a super majority which was a two-thirds majority if The the project were able was able to get a two-thirds majority vote Then it was then submitted in the package if it didn't reach the threshold of its super majority of two-thirds Then it was eliminated from the package and that's what determined what was in and what was left out Most of the line items we went through received an 80% vote some were a two-thirds majority but like I said at the end the most important one which is a package you're seeing tonight we were able as a committee of 200 to gain consensus as we present that to you tonight and that's what the results were as I said a consensus on the bond recommendation you're going to see tonight after we received that consensus from the committee then we went into a discussion where we talked about how do we package the referendum what kind of recommendation do we make to the board when it comes to the packaging of the referendum. We talked, we had a discussion, we let both sides present. Should the stadium be issued as a second referendum by itself or should be included in the package with all the rest of the projects. We let both sides talk about what their viewpoint was on that and then we took a vote as a committee. The vote, the committee voted of those who were voting in there that night, 80% were in agreement that it should be on one single referendum. There was 20% of the room that felt that it should be the stadium should be a separate line item or separate referendum package and that's something that y'all can consider as you look at the presentation we give tonight and how you desire to move forward with the packaging of the referendum and then lastly there was a consensus that we were able to obtain a maximum potential tax increase of one cent and I have to tell you I'm very proud of that and I want to thank Chris Smith who worked tirelessly as a chief financial officer to make that happen he He knew that in the room that was the overwhelming desire of the committee that we do not come out with a tax risk above one cent. And I don't know of any other package, I'm sure there's one out there, but I don't know of one where you got almost $750 million with only a one cent tax increase. The 2010 bond I think had a three or four cent tax risk and it was much cheaper. So thank you to Chris for helping us make that happen. So now we get to the part, the fun part, which we've all been waiting for. What does the package look like? First of all, the initial package that came to us for the request from the district was a little over a billion dollars. You can see how that's divided out. About 50% of that was for new facilities. About 13% of that was comprehensive remodeling of existing facilities. About 4% was for expansion of existing facilities. 2.5% for safety and security. and then the component remodeling was about six and a half percent technology was at nine point eight percent the student activities facility was ten and a half percent and the other category of things that isn't fit into those was look but look right at four percent that was what they came to us as a request and after we deliberated what we came to was a decision to recommend to you tonight was a bond package of $748,118,930. That number is divided out as you see there, 47.7% being new facilities, comprehensive remodeling of existing facilities was at 18.1%, expansion of current facilities was right at 5%, safety and security was a little bit under 2%. The component and remodeling within component existing facilities was 5.6%. Technology was 6.7%. Student activities facilities was at 10.8%. And the other category was 4.5%. How that combines out when you look at this, which I think is a very telling slide on the bond breakdown, you see that new schools and also work on existing facilities, which includes the comprehensive remodels and also the component and system upgrades and remodels comes out to 78% of our bond recommendation today. That's 78% for existing facilities and new facilities. 11% comes out to student activity facilities which would be the stadium, the Ag Center, and also other supporting facilities. 7% at technology and 4% at things that fit into the other category. How does that break down? What does our recommendation look like? First First of all, we're recommending six new schools, one high school, two junior high schools, and three elementary schools. The new high school will provide relief for Morton Ranch High School and Katy High School. The two junior high schools are going to provide relief for Katy Junior High, Morton Ranch Junior High, Wood Creek Junior High, and Seven Lakes Junior High. For the elementary schools, they'll provide, the new ones will provide relief for King King Elementary, Randolph Elementary, Morton Ranch Elementary, Wood Creek Elementary, and Wollman Elementary. We're also recommending six comprehensive renovation and remodels to school. And those six campuses that we're recommending being renovated and remodeled extensively are Maid Creek High School, Memorial Parkway Junior High, Memorial Parkway Elementary, Cimarron Elementary, Galbo Elementary, and Pattison Elementary. We're also recommending for the student activities facilities the building of a second stadium and the associated infrastructure and also the Agriculture Science Center and the phased expansion of that. Also in technology we're recommending upgrades with instructional technology tools to include computers, tablets, printers, sound systems, design and update of existing digital libraries. And for the existing facility components they include kitchen renovations, clinic renovations roofing and waterproofing carpet replacement gym and cafeteria floor replacement physical plant components generators fire alarms intercom chillers gym lighting and also athletic improvements for facility expansions they include building out the shell space from Miller and Career Technology Center and also Career and Technology Education space and main office expansion at five junior high schools which are Beck junior high Seacombe Ranch junior high, Katy junior high, McDonald junior high, and McMeans junior high. In the other category which was the 4% that includes buses, portals, pre-construction services on the new schools, and lastly for the safety and technology that would be burglar alarms, PA system upgrades, front entry reinforcements, and cameras. What tells the story of this bond is the next slide which says we are providing and recommending the providing of 8,890 new desk for Katy Schools. 8,890 new classroom seats will be added as a result of this bond package if you approve it and go forward with it. Part of the renovations, the extensive remodeling that you'll see are the tours that we took of campuses. By far, that was the most exciting night. I don't know what it is about adults, you put them on a school bus and they have fun. I don't know, the wheels on the bus go round and round, but we had had a good time that night and we went all over the district looking at existing facilities and some of the facilities that we looked at that were the comprehensive remodeling is Maid Creek High School and right there you see the cafeteria as they explained to us how they really need to remodel that there's not enough space it's not working logistically for them and they really need some help with that and so Maid Creek High School and that was one of the areas of course the whole school is up for a reconfiguration remodel but the cafeteria is one of the areas that we looked at also at Memorial Parkway junior high we spent a lot of time there one of the older schools in the district man does that school need a facelift okay it's sagging it really needs a lot of help and so we walked through there and everywhere we walked with man this place needs some help and so we were all in agreement that was the first thing that made it into the package that was a unanimous vote after you there's nothing like walking through a school that needs help that gets money for it let me just tell you but Memorial Parkway junior and have it more that with my apartment you You know, we looked at, right there you see the CTE renovations. I call that home ec. I know that's not politically correct anymore. But in the home ec room there, you see they didn't have the space for all the students who were taking those classes. Also, the science lab and more of the school, because of the way that building was originally built, there's, I think, four or five rooms that are in a triangular room. And these science labs were one of them. We were built to a triangle. And literally, with a smart board and a board and a teacher with a blackboard, there were some best of computer students literally would have a very difficult time seeing. I mean, a triangular room is not what you would call a conducive education space. And there's four of those at Memorial Parkway Junior High. So all those would be part of this remodeling to reconfigure that whole campus into functional education space. And lastly, Memorial Parkway Elementary School is one that we look at. And that was one of the original schools that was an open concept school. I didn't even know Katie had open concept schools. My wife taught in open concept schools in Sy Fair. And I said, man, I could never go to school in an open concept school. I am way too ADD. There's no way. so anyway they've tried their best to make all that work but this would go back and really repurpose that that school to put classrooms into it make it a lot more functional for educational space and then lastly what you see on this slide is a scatter graph of all the different schools and all the different regions of the district that will be affected you see there the red elementary the blue junior high the green or senior high and then the circles with the numbers and it represents the high school the two two junior highs and the three elementary schools that we're recommending to be a part of this package. And now I want to introduce to you Chris Smith, my good friend, who is the Chief Financial Officer who's going to talk to us about some financial information.
Thank you, Mr. Carmichael. And before I get started, again, I want to take this privilege to, opportunity to thank everybody that, on the bond committee that helped out. It was grueling from our standpoint. Of course, that's our job. Y'all were volunteers and I can't tell you how much me and my children appreciate y 'all's efforts so thank you.
I'm here to talk about the financial impact and I'm going to start with a tax rate slide and I'm going to compare 2010 where we were four years ago today to 2014. In 2010 we were projecting a potential four cent tax increase, tax rate increase.
Right now we're projecting making, as Mr. Carmichael said, a one-cent tax rate increase.
Basically a one-cent tax increase would basically make a $200,000 house would mean $20 more dollars annually. Those things flying in are new to me. The 65 years and older, I want to point out that for a resident that's 65 years of age, the time they turn 65, the amount of money that they pay on taxes, regardless of the property value or the tax rate, stays the same when they hit 65. So I wanted to make that point. And then can you go back one second? I want to talk a little bit about going back to 2010 and 2014 2014 and just mention the sweet spot that we hit in 2010. That bond committee and the board and the kids of our district were very fortunate at that time that we were able to take advantage of the Build America Bond Program where we were able to get a great interest rate mechanism to borrow with. We took advantage of historically low interest rates with that bond sale as well as during that time we took advantage of many opportunities to refund dollars that saved the district's tens of the district tens of millions of dollars on bonds that have been sold many years ago and also um the pricing on on the projects we bid those in the recession and we got a lot of really good pricing on the contracts that were led at that time those things all combined with with property values that exceeded our expectations, was able to help it maintain a zero cent tax increase. So we hope that 2014, although not as ominous at one cent, we hope that we're able to tell as good a story four years from now as we are tonight.
This slide, what this depicts is our tax rate, and I did all but count all those pennies, and those are 200 of them over on the left. And I wanna focus in, next slide, I'm sorry, on the 2007-08 school year, we had $1.5266 at that time, a total tax rate. Forty cents of that went to pay our bonds, our mortgage. And since that time, we've been able to maintain that. So for seven years in a row and an expected eighth year in the 14-15 school year, I expected that we would maintain a $1.5266 tax rate or 40 cents on the debt service, what we're talking about tonight. So I think that's phenomenal to have built all the projects that we've done including the 2006 referendum Build all the schools that we've been able to build To house all the students that are coming to our destination district and have not been able to have had to raise the tax rate Is a good thing and if you want to focus on the 2007-8 school year and the 2013-14 school year They're in green there and I just want to point out that that the average taxable value of a home in 2007 and 8 or 7 years ago was $165,146. That's increased $35,000 to $200,000, and the amount of taxes has gone up slightly on that amount. But look at the value, and if you'll go to the next slide, I'll talk a little bit more in detail. The value of the home, the average home in KDISD has increased. $35,000 and yes the taxes have increased since that time by $536 but the value of your homes have gone up substantially more than that I know that when I filled out a car application and refinanced my mortgage my net worth saw that when in my personal finances and I thought that that was an incredible thing to see the value of my home go up which helped the net worth and help my ability to borrow and the ability to one day when i sell which hopefully will be many many years from now hopefully when i sell i will able to have the uh an appreciated value or be able to sell it for for more than i paid and i think a lot of people in katie at this time are experiencing that but again uh 35 000 increase in value and only a 500 annual increase in taxes um to look at it a little bit differently if you'll just go ahead and advance those i want to look at 2010 we've kind of talked about those potential tax rates we originally thought we were going to build 7 490 seats because we able we were able to bid those schools and got them cheaper we were able to add two more elementary schools and then we ended up with 9 550 seats and as mr carmichael said this production our package that they have have recommended and worked so hard on is 8,890 seats and I think that really kind of makes sense you know we're expecting to grow on average about 3,000 students a year we have been this is a three-year plan well it's 3,000 per year if you really look at it that way of seats that we're expecting to need so I think that really works out I want to talk about how we got to those that what Keith called magic and it was not magic it was it was at all means it's just an estimate but it's a pretty I think a pretty it would lean toward a conservative estimate but it's also a fair estimate on what we looked at on our property values and what I've shown you there is going back to 2005 our property values and excluding the year that we're in the 2014 year I'm sorry the 2015 year where it shows the 15.7 percent increase 2014 2014 where it shows the 15.7 percent increase in values we are looking at a record banner year and increase in values um it's substantial uh had a conference call a couple hours ago uh that value's holding uh we do think it could even be a little higher than that uh but that really won't affect the tax rate uh on this package it's moving forward and let's talk about moving forward uh wrong back
Where do you want to go? Back. Let's talk about moving forward. I think the key number is next year the increase to $30 billion in property values. Again, that's every bit of property that's subject to taxes in KDISD, all the way from Bear Creek all the way out here west of here and north and south of the district, all of it added together. We're estimating 2015, which generates that anticipated tax rate. we're estimating that to be an increase of $2 billion or 7.1%. That seems like a lot and seems like a big number, but if you look at the historic average of 8.5% or the historic median of 8.2%, that's still within what you would consider conservative if you look at that, and those averages do not include that 15.7% year that we're in now. so excluding that year everything below it averages out to eight point five percent and and so you can see seven point one percent is what's driving the tax rate because that's what's our income is to pay the bonds and we do think that that leans on the side of conservative especially moving forward those out years there's a lot here but I think it's going to grow a little bit to to where we can see it and I wanted to start out or we wanted to start out on those out years to show that this is a 30-year bond we're only looking at 10 years here and I didn't want to wanted to make sure that we were looking at and we knew that it was 30 but you can see those property values that we talked about over there in the left column so 2015 you can see the 2000 or the 28 billion dollar number the 30 etc etc and you can see that what we pay on our existing debt and what we would pay it on the proposed debt and what the effect on the right it would have on your tax rate so you can see currently we have a proposing a 40 cent tax rate and that it could increase to 41 cents as mr. Carmichael mentioned earlier at some point it does level off again we're we probably based on our growth anticipations we'll be doing this yet again in three or four years from now but we think that the values as we go forward will dictate whether we need to do that or not and they'll continue to be growing at the rapid pace or we won't it'll be five or six years to take a bird's eye look at it the green there that you see is our existing debt and what it would take on our tax rate to pay that debt assuming we paid it off to to the maturities that are existing now by adding this package to it in the purple. Uh, that's what it does. And you can see that we have plenty of capacity. Uh, not that we would want to, but the district could, uh, by law, adopt a, as high as a 50 cent debt service tax rate. Uh, you can see that we're nine cents well below that. And then as time moves on in three or four years that we start generating capacity, um, uh, again, so there's a lot of capacity for the growth that's coming.
One other thing that I want to talk about when it comes to that on interest rates, I haven't mentioned that. Interest rates we used, we were doing a very educated guess on those as well, but they are current market rates plus 75 basis points or 0.75 of a percent. And we do expect interest rates to crime unfortunately between now and the time we would sell bonds but not to that level so we think that we're we've got a good conservative but but but fair interest rate speculation on that as well dead management tools that we have of course we have bond refunding we've refunded ten thirty five thirty five million dollar savings is that right I think it we've we've refunded a lot of bonds in the last four or five five years with these low market interest rates and saved a lot of money to the taxpayers of Katia SD in November we think will be presented with another opportunity to refund some bonds and we plan on moving forward with that bond defeasances when given the opportunity we pay down debt in advance of when it would normally be due if the bonds are are callable and we've done that recently that saves interest just like we would do in our in our in our homes and then we have fund balance our debt service fund balance we expect to in the year in excess of just over 50 million dollars and we have some fund balance you need to keep a good fund balance in case taxes don't come in or in case those values don't come together or interest rates rise but we do have a good fund balance that is also a resource tool in our toolkit.
And I think I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Carmichael again, but before I do, before he starts talking, I just want to again thank the bond committee. You know, I said this at a meeting and it got quoted out of all the minutiae I talked about, but you know, we're not here doing this because this is a lot of fun. We're doing this kid's coming and you know there's the movie and i don't quote a lot of movie lines but you build it they will come well they're coming and y'all realize that we need to build it and uh my kids again i'm speaking from a personal standpoint my kids thank you uh and we our motto and and and is to do the right thing for the right reasons and i think collectively y'all did the right thing for the right reasons on this and i think that's why
Katie's a great place so thank you thank you Chris appreciate you so where do we go moving forward here's the voting information last day to call the election for you for the board is August 18 2014 the last day to register to vote is October the 6th 2014 early voting begins October the 20th it goes all the way through October the 31st and the election day will be November the 4th 2014. Also for the next steps we've asked for a public opinion survey to be done as we're scanning the environment and looking at the community, running this package by them to see this is what we're recommending, this is what it entails, this is what all is included to get their feeling for that, to find out where the information gaps are, what the messaging needs to be as we try to communicate with our community and fellow citizens the importance of this bond
package and that those results for that survey should be available to you before y'all call the election on August the 18th for y'all to look at in the decisions that you have to make. The mission statement for Katy ISD says Katy Independent School District, the leader in educational excellence together with family and community provides unparalleled learning experiences designed to prepare and inspire each student to live an honorable fulfilling life to create the future.
That brings us back to where we started. In my profession unfortunately I have to deal with a lot of tragedies that's the part of my job that's not fun and I deal with a lot of families who have tragic losses unexpected losses a death that's untimely and walking through there's the most difficult thing I could ever have to do but there's one instance that sticks out in my mind clearer than any of the others of those instances and something I've probably about eight years ago little girl second grade girl who lost her mom. Her mom had an autoimmune disease and unexpectedly she passed away in the middle of the night. The father wasn't expecting it and certainly the little girl wasn't. They knew their mother was ill and they knew that eventually this disease could take her life but they weren't expecting it to happen on that night for sure. That little girl was traumatized by that experience as you can only imagine a second grader would be. I can remember doing the service for this lady and I can remember after the service as the The father and the daughter were standing there, and all the individuals who were there came by to greet them.
Each of the individuals talked to the dad and told him how sorry they were for his loss. And then they would speak to the little girl, but the little girl just looked at them stoically. She didn't know who they were. She'd never met them. They were just somebody who knew her mom. They were someone who knew her dad, but they didn't really know her. But at the very back of that line, there was two ladies who were in line to greet the family. And when those two ladies got to the front of the line, that little girl's face lit up like a Christmas tree because they were her teachers. And for the first time that whole day, which is the worst day of that little girl's life, there were two people who loved her, who knew her, who understood her, and who were there just for her. And they grabbed her and they embraced her, and they told her how much they appreciate her and how much they loved her. And for the first moment that day, the worst day of that little girl's life, she felt like someone was there for her. I'll never forget that moment. Because it says a lot about who teachers are and the impact they make in the lives of students. And when I look at this bond package that we're recommending to you today, I don't see a one-cent tax rate increase. I don't see $748 million. I don't see bricks and sticks. I don't see concrete and steel. I see students. And I see teachers. Who are there to encourage them. Who are there to embrace them. Who are there to mold them, to shape them. To help them, to inspire them, to challenge them. To impact them into who they are today and who they will be tomorrow. When I look at this package, I see Katie. I see us. I see our community a community that cares for our kids and is committed to providing for them and for their future thank you very much I appreciate your time and I'll take any questions
I think they'll all have a button it says ask me about the bond I've told you everything I know about the bond so now you know everything I know so you might want to put this button on because you can answer the questions just as well as I can but I will I'll be glad to answer any questions that you might have at
this time if there's any this president if I could before he begins that describe Michael first of all thank you for saying yes taking my call I want to thank you for your service. This has been tremendous. Tremendous. I know that you worked hard, you sweat it a little bit and and I would say you've probably grown a little bit also. Maybe grown in appreciation for more the folks in the community and to the whole community, the whole community. Thank you guys so much.
I've seen you, you
know, almost pull your hair out like me over some of these things and and I know each of you came in there with a perspective that has grown as you've you've gotten more and more information. And it's all about education. And you've learned a lot more about this community, about your community members as well.
Why are we here? Because we're growing. All of us came from some other place. And not because of the rolling hills at all. It's because of what you described, Mr. Carmichael, about the idea of community, about what Katy is. It's a matter of civic pride. It's a matter of loving our kids enough to give them the best. We expect the best. We should give them our best. And that does include facilities for the work to be done in. We want the best teachers. We need to give them the best. Looking at that salary as well and benefits altogether. Also a place to practice their craft and all the resources that they could possibly need because we get some of the smartest kids in the world here. Our families can live almost anywhere they want in the Houston area when they take a job here. They do their own research. They do their own research like you did. And that's using Katy over and over again. You've seen the reports about the growth. You drive down Grand Parkway, head west on St. Croix Boulevard or Frye Road, you see, you don't need a news truck to tell you about that. It's an amazing place. 99 North is going to be tremendous. I'm talking to developers already. they're chomping at the bits because they know that a Katie school will sell their house their house they know that they know that this is a local decision this is about who we are as a community this is not about any place other the the place we call Katie. This is a local decision.
This is a fiscally responsible recommendation.
Yes, we had a lot of hopes and dreams in the ask.
And the committee went to work. And I
wholeheartedly support and endorse this recommendation. I've seen the work put into it. I've seen folks work hard they probably plan to work but once you got into it i also saw the energy and enthusiasm and the realization you were investing in your own local community and you've gotten beyond the cul-de-sac mindset you're looking out for all across this district that's why when you look at that chart that the map of the district spots all over the place you're showing that you care about every child in Katy because they're all our children period period no tax rate increase with less seven years why because we're looking at everything the fiscal responsible way and the fact that we're growing and folks want to be here the values are tremendous they are tremendous your work as a committee and I must thank the staff as well yes you ask a lot of questions
you ask a lot of questions and I think they got every one of them answered I mean I've been answered we may have wanted but I think that every one of them answered and and the staff themselves got enthused about the work and I just had a joy just sitting back watching and staying out of the way And I tell you, this is a tremendous effort. And I can't thank you enough. But your work, your values, your decision making, your recommendation speaks to there being one Katie. One Katie. This is about us, not about them. We are they. Today, this is about who we are, who we represent, and how we want to communicate to our children about how grown folks behave and act and work together. You model it beautifully. I can't thank you enough for your service.
Mr. Fraley, thank you for entrusting us with this responsibility. and I also want to say thank you to the staff. Your staff is incredible work with everyone this committee would say that. They were tremendous, they were professional. Your leadership through this whole process we appreciate you and the administration and all that you did to help us. We couldn't have done it without you guys and thank you very much. Any questions? Mr. President? Before
before we take questions and my colleagues want to show their appreciation I'm sure as well. There are, I would like to first recognize and welcome a few distinguished guests that we have here that came here tonight to hear this presentation. So when I call your name if you don't mind stand up and give us a wave or if you're already standing just give us a wave. First State Representative Bill Caligari. Welcome.
City of Katy Mayor Fable Hughes.
Hughes. Welcome, Mr. Hughes.
And City of
Cady also, City Councilman Chuck Brawner.
Councilman Duran Dowdle. And Councilman Steve Pearson. Did he make it?
Okay, I had
his name on the list. And then also from from the EDC, Lance LaCour, President of the Katy Area Economic Development Council, and our Katy Council of PTAs President, Laura Freeman.
Okay, thank you for being here this evening, and those last two actually served on the committee as well, so thank you very much for your service. Okay, Mrs. Fox.
Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. Carmichael, thank you for leading our committee and for a very informative and heartfelt presentation. You do that very well. You always do. So I served on a bond committee a few years ago and sat in the chairs where you all are seated and experienced what you did. like the difficulty of making decisions and saying yes and saying no and hating to say no to anything because our family is probably like every other family and certainly like the Carmichaels we moved here for my husband's job and chose Katy because of the schools our kids are grown now and we stay because we love our community and
the committee process process changed a great deal this time.
It was a self -nomination process where we asked
who wants to serve, who wants to be a part of this. And it wasn't the process we'd used before of people we knew or principals' recommendations or that kind of thing. It was, come on, welcome, come and give us your input. And the size of the committee, Mr. Mr. Michalski and I pushed a bit for large, really large, and the heartburn that was felt by how does that work, and you all felt that, right? So the size. But the inclusiveness of our community from every zip code, from east to west, from north to south. Every school represented in some way, every area represented from teachers to PTA to executives to namesakes, buildings that have names like Alexander and Tompkins. and they were there too, making decisions and speaking up. And the people who have consistently been in our corner and supportive and the inclusion of the people who are not, who have found fault or thought that the process was probably flawed and maybe initially negative. To watch you all come together, to observe from the back of the room and watch you all work really hard on what you believed in and to have your values represented and then to come to the package and the night where you all stood in unity, in consensus. I'll never forget that. I'll never forget that because I know how hard you worked week after week after hour after hour listening and learning and every person I asked how was it I heard interesting and I learned something and I'm just so grateful for for the work you did. And what you did was bring our community values, and what we saw on that presentation and the package that we have here, represents our community values.
We do the right things for the right reasons.
And I agree with Mr. Carmichael. I don't drive past and see buildings. I drive past buildings and see students and teachers. And our family knows the impact of what happens there. And you all will drive past buildings that happen as a result. If our community provides this package for us, you'll drive past those buildings and go, yeah, I did that. I helped that. I did that.
I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you. I get it, and I appreciate you.
President. Mr. Cabrillo. I would like to say thank you guys also for your service. I cannot imagine having to come to agreement or some type of an agreement with over 100 people. I know how we struggle to come to agreement with seven people. So to think that you got it done in only four months and 13 meetings, wow, what great leadership. There's a verse in a book that Mr. Carmichael I'm sure is very familiar with that says where the people perish where there's no vision. Another translation I like to use says, where there is lack of vision, the people cast off restraint and I think that one thing that makes this community great is that we keep the vision before us of educating these young people and they are coming whether we build it or not and I thank you for putting a vision before us to build something that will honor them that will not only educate them but that will develop them into the young people that will lead not only Katie but this nation so thank you for your service I know it got hard at times I heard about it but thank you for that there is one question I do have and I'm sure mr. Smith maybe can answer this when you're talking about this one cent tax increase we do have tools available to us as a board that could cause it not even happen some more diffusants or some things like that yes sir you have
opportunities for refunding which will decrease our debt debt obligation if that comes to fruition in November that we could act on we have future defeasances that when opportunities present themselves and then we have fun balance as well we have the general fund a fund balance although we want to keep that to pay all those teachers as much as they deserve to for what all that they do across this district for all our children that could that could be his
tool as well thank you well once again thank you for your service and thank you for the vision that you've placed before us.
Mr. Griffin. Mr. Fraley, I think this question is for you. Are we through with this bond committee now that they did all this work and they're presenting us with a proposal, or do we have some – do they continue to be part of this process to keep this vision that they've come up with true?
I hope so. The thing I've talked about the most is it's about ownership. It's about ownership. the work you guys put in that was the start now the real fun begins we have to convince those who were not in the room of what you've learned by being in the room and you have to own the decisions you made in that room because if you don't own it, you can't sell it.
So the real fun begins now.
Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. Carmichael, there's a lot to say. Either it's an amen or oh my.
And this is one of those amen moments for me. In the 25 years that I've served on
the board I've seen a lot of bond issues that we have put before the community.
By far this has been the most professional, the best, the most well done that I have seen. It also has been the most transparent. It has also been the most thought through and and just been really good and inclusive as far as the people that you've had on the committees on the committee and it's like Christmas we don't always get everything we asked for but at the same time we get the things that we need and we hope that we can we can put together so I would just say that while I think like you said earlier is that a consensus yes I mean personally I would like to have seen a few other things too but consensus wise I'm I'm wholeheartedly behind this. And thank you, Mr. Carmichael, thank you, committee, for the great work that you've done. And amen to you.
Ms. Van?
I would also like to echo all the thank you. I had the pleasure of sitting in the peanut gallery through many of your meetings, and I saw how hard you worked and the hours you gave, the questions you asked, the coming together of like minds and not so like minds at many of the tables. And I appreciate it. I think this speaks so much to how we can handle the growth of KD. I am a product of KDISD. shopped at that girl and so I remember when there was the two grocery stores and only one stoplight on Friar Road but I've seen it grow in leaps and bounds in ways that honestly little Taylor High School graduate never thought would be possible and it's just it's just remind it shows why my husband and I came back and why we decided that there was only one place to raise our family and that the students are key the students are number one students are the focus of this district and I like to say same thing as everyone else has said here we really really appreciate all your hard work and and I think that this is going to continue to help Katie in our growth and as people come continue to keep it
strong so thank you so much everybody mr. president when mr. Carmichael put the pictures up of memorial parkway junior high in the science lab and the home ec room mrs van who's relatively new to our board leaned over and went that looks exactly the way it did when i was in
home ec there we can tell it did mr president ms dole again i uh like the rest of these fine people up here extend my gratitude to you but I'd also like to recognize miss Hughes in the back of the room who facilitated and kept these fine people in order
I as well spent some time in the back of the peanut gallery with miss van and mr. Mahowski and the rest of them and a couple of times she got y'all in line I I was like, I need to bring her home to get my kids in order. And brought you all back to the subject at hand. And so I thank you for the time that you spent with this group. And as Mr. Fraley was saying, it is now your responsibility, though, to help educate the rest of the community. You've come together as a group, and you've done a wonderful job. And not that long ago, I was on this side. and so I want to encourage you to educate the rest of the community answer the questions that people are going to have they're going to come to you as leaders of this community and that's exactly what you are and so we can't answer all the questions for everybody we need you to continue the work that you've started that I'm very proud of for you and I know you're very proud of doing and so I encourage you to get the word out and answer all the questions that people are going to have. So again, thank you so much for the time and the efforts, and it's going to be an exciting time for our district, and I'm honored to be part of it. So thank you.
Mr. Gannell, would you mind putting the slide back up that has the map of our district with all the different projects? My pleasure. Thank you. All I can say is well done. this big group big group of big broad group of diverse people coming together people of different temperaments talents and convictions and to reach consensus is just an amazing an amazing feat and I just have to say when I look at this slide right here with the map of our district and all of these schools and and children and students that will be affected by this bond, it makes me think of two words. One, Katie.
We're all in this together. As Mr. Fraley said earlier, they are all our children. And we want to give them the best that we can. We want to give them the best teachers that we can give them. We want to give them the tools that they need to be successful. The tools that they need to follow their passions, the opportunities to excel, that's all we want for our children. And I believe you guys have put together a very responsible package that will allow us to do that. As this district continues to grow and will meet the needs of so many of our students. So I can't thank you enough for what you've done, and I'm proud to put this button on my lapel. Thank you.
Mr. President, as I put the button on my lapel with you there, I know everyone's wondering because they didn't hear. And one meeting I went to, there was this large slide up of an elephant in the room. And I know there's a question out there, too, about the elephant in the room, the stadium. And I would like to know what you guys decided on price tag and a little bit about that. Again, before you go, though, that's not the most important thing on this bond. Remember, this bond is about students. It's about a community, and it's about what type of community we want to continue to be. but uh I'm one to start taking a bite out the elephant as soon as possible so
one bite at a time I understand yeah and we spent a lot of time eating that elephant I can assure you and I've learned that elephant tastes real well it tastes it tastes like chicken a lot of things I eat tastes like chicken the older I get the more everything tastes like cheese we spent a lot of time on the stadium and we came to a price tag thank you Tom I knew you knew what I needed we came to a price tag as it breaks down y'all will have this packet I think that would be available they'll be handing out as far as the facility goes for the stadium it'll have a concrete stadium 12,000 seats press box restrooms and concessions for forty three million six hundred and seventy thousand six hundred and eighty four dollars. It would also include a field house that would be twelve hundred square or twelve thousand square feet for a price tag of three million two hundred and seventy thousand and then park parking lot allocation for four thousand parking spaces at eleven million fifty nine thousand three hundred and sixteen for a total package for the stadium and all of the associated infrastructure of fifty eight million dollars that is about 20 million less than what we came at came last year at for the for the stadium and Ag Science Center I know that's a marked reduction but we felt like that's a committee where we wanted to hear the community we felt like you know the community said no we need to listen to them and so we did we took a survey of the community to ask them what was it that caused that bond not to pass and now what's interesting is most people would have gone into that survey in fact most people in this room right over here and me included would say oh you know what it had to do with the location the location is why that stadium failed I mean everybody to a man thought that was a reason why me included so the the the survey came back and that was not the reason what failed it failed because they didn't understand a need for the stadium okay they didn't understand what it was going to provide they didn't understand the cost that was associated with it why was it so expensive they They didn't understand that it included other ancillary space that could be used for fine arts and for different aspects of the district. So all those things were things they didn't understand and it caused them to look at that and say that's too much money to spend on the stadium. And so that really is what it came down to was a lack of understanding what was in that package and what it represented, not so much the location of where it was located. And that helped us out tremendously because there was a lot of debate about we can't come back with the stadium exactly where it is and so we spent a lot of time debating that but once we got that survey we realized that wasn't that wasn't the tall pole in the tent there were other things that were causing that thing not to pass and then we were able to look at that and say okay the price tag was one of them let's reduce that price tag what can we do to value engineer what was presented last time so we can get the biggest bang for the buck it is a 20 million dollar decrease i understand that but you know we thought maybe mr adams could sell his suite at caulfield and pay for that extra 20 million and that would that would cover those expenses that were missing from that but sorry joe i didn't mean to didn't to ride you out there but anyway but no that it is that's what that represented and i think we all feel good about that number and that is a number when we look at that you know one of the things that we took a hit on last time was we got compared to alan allen you know oh alan spent 60 million dollars on a stadium and now we're spending 74 four or seventy five million whatever the number was last time around and that really wasn't a fair apples to apples comparison and so what you see here in the numbers that I just gave to you is an apples to apples comparison in other words that's sixty million in Allen in 2009 was the actual stadium it didn't include any of the infrastructure it did not include parking and it didn't include any of the support facilities that was just the stadium and so if you look at breaking out just the cost of the stadium what we're proposing our cost is what we're proposing is spend on is 43 million 670 thousand 684 that is an apples to apples comparison to the amount of money that was spent in Allen and the amount of money we're proposing in Katy to build the second stadium hope that answers that question so the elephants kind of turned into a rat that's about all it it's not nearly as big as it used to be and I think it's
it's not just about the stadium it's also about you know the fine arts component. Correct. And I have a young man because of KDI's D Fine Arts has an opportunity to try out for the LSU band to be on their drumline. That's awesome. And the pride and the opportunity that that gives him and the less money that's gonna come out of my pocket once he makes it is well worth it. And he's one of well over a thousand young people every weekend that march in our fields and that have that exact same opportunity and to give more young people that opportunity I think is such a value to our community I mean I'm proud of my son I'm sure as many of you guys are proud of your kids but uh that opportunity wouldn't be there if we weren't willing to build the facilities and support the staff that could uh they could put it together
Okay.
Okay. For the fourth time in the last couple of weeks, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Carmichael. Thank you, Mrs. Hughes, for just leading this charge and to the bond committee itself. Again, great job. Great job. Okay. We will move on now to the next item on our agenda, which is another report, and I'm feeling a little sorry for Lance Newman to have to follow that but Mr. Newman.
Item 4.2
Good evening Mr. Mahoskie. Welcome. Board members and Superintendent Fraley. We do talk about our next topic which is a health care plan update. Mr. Lance Nauman, our Director of Risk Management, will present the update to you shortly which will, as you recall, each July we bring you an update.
We go back to the Benefit Advisory Committee with our recommendation, get their approval on it, and bring our recommendation back to you in August. Before we get into the present and I would mention that the presentation that we're going to present as a fairly brief summary there's another PowerPoint attached to the board Doc's that has a lot more detail in case you need a little light reading late at night sometime there's lots of numbers in there but I would like also to recognize Mr. Phil Peters principal with Mercer who is with us this afternoon
Phil has been our consultant for about the last 10 years. Over that time frame we've enjoyed a 3% year-over-year increase in our medical cost of the plan. When you compare that to the national average, which often approaches double digits, we've been able to save tens of millions of dollars in potential medical cost. so this will be the last year this year will be Phil's last rodeo with us I'm sorry to say because he's announced his retirement and I just wanted to thank him for all the help that he's provided the district over that time frame
good evening everybody how are y'all this evening President Mikulski Mr. Fraley board kind of look at this at a high level this evening And as Mr. Robinson was alluding to, we'll be bringing back some more detailed recommendations later on. The first interest, we're going to be looking at where we were in 2013. Secondly, we're going to look at our operating results from a very, very high level.
Thirdly, we're going to look at a presentation of our projections from Mercer for 2015. We're also going to do a little comparative analysis as to TRS active care, which is an option that can be available to us at times. We're going to also look at the impact of the Affordable Care Act, or otherwise known as ACA in this presentation for 2015. Our voluntary plan, and we'll give you an update on that, and kind of tell you where we're going next steps. So if you'll turn with me there. there. In 2013, we saw some interesting numbers. We were covering employees that cost about $7,500 per employee and the member cost was right at $4,236.
Mr. Robinson did allude to
our historical trending over the last six to seven years is 3%. When you look at what's going on not only in the government sector but also the private sector, health costs are just spiraling out of control and it's very conservative to say 10 to 12 percent is the national average and we're actually fortunate in the Houston market to see lower results so we're very fortunate where we are. In 2013 we spent an average per day on medical claims alone of sixty seven $27,904, that's per day. And pharmacy claims came in at $24,895 per day, 365 days a year. You'll turn with me to the next slide. In 2013, we had a $1.4 million operating loss, which we were able to be compensated for through the general fund to shore us up there. In 2014, we were projecting an operating loss of $1.2 million of that to be paid from the general operating fund as well. And that primarily deals with the last year, so we've had some large losses, to be rather frank.
But looking forward, if we take apples to where we want to try to be, we're projecting almost a 5.3 million dollar loss in 2015 if we keep things as they are today.
This is an interesting slide. You'll see that in the top line
shows the eligible number of employees that the district has had since 2004 and and where we are in 2013. And as we continue to grow, and over our years with both employee count and student count, we've been able to see a participation rate of about 62% to 67%. That stayed pretty much consistent across. And in our projections going forward, that's a conservative approach, and we will continue as such.
The next slide will give you an idea of what our employees were actually, our enrollment percent was compared 2013 to 2014. We have five basic plans for our employees to choose from. The consumer basic limited, the consumer plus limited, consumer basic choice, consumer plus choice, and point of service premium plan. That gives you an idea of the breakdown of percentages that our employees are able to select from. And the next slide, you will be able to get a cost, what it costs the employee per month out of their paycheck to participate in any one of these plans. The plans are designed for a level of risk, level of managed care, and a level of availability of care within the area.
As I was alluding to a few moments earlier, with our expected employee population growth in the coming year, we are estimating there to be 6,105 plan participants in the coming year. If we keep the same level of funding from both the district and the employees, we're projecting that would be 47.2 million but the program costs for medical prescription those administrative costs to pay the bills to keep the program going would be 52.5 million so that puts us at a deficit of 5.3 million bear in mind it's very important to consider this is with no plan design changes right now and we are discussing and meeting with our benefit advisory advisory committee just as the bond committee meets to hear what our employees are saying their needs are and what the district needs are as well. As I mentioned earlier TRS.
TRS is sometimes viewed as an attractive option but
recently TRS has gone through some significant changes due to financial concerns that they've been having.
A few of the highlights, they've eliminated an
active care three program and they've acted and taken on an attack an active care select plan option otherwise known as an ACO in their in their urban markets which is a very controlled environment in which employees can seek medical care and you will see those participants be like a Hermann Hospital Scott and White, Baylor Medical may be up in balance. The basic price of those plans will run about $450 per employee. It is a significant cost still. They will have an active care one, high deductible program. The deductible this year will increase by $100 for the employee and $200 for a family. But what's also interesting is the maximum amount of pocket will increase by $2,500 and increase to $5,000 for the family.
So there's been a transfer of risk from TRS on to the employee. They're also looking at a program called Teladoc. And this is a program where for, it's telemedicine, and it's for those sore throats, those upset stomachs that we get. They can call and consult with a doctor, and the doctor can write a script for the employee. And it saves time for the employee. It saves cost in certain instances. In this active care one, the employee will have a $40 copay. So it saves time. it also allows us not to have to pay sick pay for employees and keep that teacher in the classroom and we'll be looking at this option for the coming year as well for us under the active care to the Teladoc will be paid for by TRS and 100% and the employee deductible will be two thousand and a five thousand for them for his family.
As we have all seen in the coming years and months ahead, we have a piece of legislation called the Affordable Care Act. How does that impact us as a district? We will be paying approximately $474,000 in reinsurance fee, it's called a fee, to the federal government for our plan as dictated by law. The pharmacy will be the co-pays will apply to the overall deductible and our total out-of-pocket maximum which will increase our costs almost $932,000.
We will also have some administrative
burdens the 30-hour rule for employees that work 30 hours we have to offer those employees benefits benefits, and so we'll have to take time to manage that on a month-to-month basis, which we've already been working on. And lastly, we'll have to report all employee hours to the IRS on a form which is yet to be created, so we're waiting for that piece of information. One last, as we get near the end here, is we have voluntary products, which are our life insurance, our dental, long-term, short-term disability, vision, and cancer. At this at this point in time we aren't expecting any changes in the program design or rate increases at this point in time. We're still waiting those final numbers. Next step, we're going to continue to work on honing these numbers down and what we can do to be creative to help reduce those costs. Look at different options that are available to us, whether it's networks, whatever it may be. We'll continue to look at those. We'll present those findings to the Benefit Advisory Committee. And then in August, next month's board meeting, we'll bring our recommendations back to you for your consideration and question.
have any questions i'll welcome those mr griffin have we have we reached the full impact of the affordable care act have we have y'all digested it enough and have we reached the point where we know what our taxes are going to be we know what the impact of our coverage is going to be and we're able to start projecting out further than next week or next month
Not entirely, but because there's, as the Affordable Care Act is built, there are different things that over time that will be hitting. And we are looking at those, particularly like the reinsurance fee. As our employee population grows, those fees will continue to grow as well. That was something that we'll have to continue. As the impact on fee for services continues, the pricing capacity they may put on things. It's a moving target.
Mr. President.
Is reassurance tax, because of Affordable Care Act, can explain that? Why are we paying the federal government? We're not getting insurance from them. We're self-insured.
That is correct.
Somebody has to pay for the Affordable Care Act. So why Katie? Because it's part of making things affordable. Part of the- This isn't making it affordable. That's an axing moron. But in the realm of the free markets that people can go to, someone has to bolster up that.
We have to pay for people outside of cable.
Exactly.
What happens if we don't pay?
We have to. We go to jail. We go to jail? You.
I don't look good in arms.
No LSU football.
Yeah, no LSU football. That was an admirable effort trying to answer that question.
I like the Teladoc thing. Is that something we're going to look at?
We are. There are different pricing options and there are several different vendors out there. We want to make sure that as we explore that it's the right fit for Katie. I may add too that while there is a cost associated with that, whether we pay up the full cost or the employee shares the cost, There's also that indirect cost, or there's two, I think, indirect costs that one, they can be measured, is if we can keep a teacher in the classroom, for the lack of better words, a runny nose, and they can get a shot of whatever and keep them in the classroom, we've saved money there. But also the important thing is the whole, I listen to this, and my wife's in education and fully appreciate this, it's about that student. We have that continuation. You've got your A quarterback in the game. You've got that continuation of that instruction in that classroom. So the longer we can keep people in the classroom and keep them well, it's a win-win.
One final follow-up, Mr. President. we were having to report employee hours to the federal government which is going to increase the burden on our staff and or have to cause us maybe even higher additional staff will we get reimbursed for those hours can we build them and then they can take that off of that reinsurance fee unfortunately not you're
going to jail.
We would hope Mr. DeBrell would run for office. I think that's some good ideas.
I just think we should bill them for those officers. For the two and a four hundred thousand seventy-four dollars.
You should have been a lawyer. You'd be good at proving damages in a civil case.
Maybe we just bill them for five hundred thousand.
Mr. Adams?
Mr. Nauman, we are in a cooperative with HISD, is that correct?
That is correct.
Can you explain a little bit about how that works? I mean, are we looking at the same exact policies and deductibles and cost as they are? That's the first part of that question, so you can think about that for a moment. but also when we talk about the TRS, am I factual in saying that KD and HISD are the only two districts that are not part of TRS?
Well we have Aldine that's a part of that collective.
Are they a part of that? I thought Aldine had gotten out of it.
We are part of an interlocal agreement with Aldine and HISD that allows us to capture savings through our network. But it also allows the individual districts to have unilateral design changes in the program that we can fit our needs and the needs of Katie specifically. But it allows us to capture those savings through the Aetna network and accessibility through platforms for managing our enrollment and managing our clients as well. And the second question was TRS.
Just that my understanding is there's only a few districts outside of TRS right now, which is Katy, HISD, and Aldine, if you're saying that. That is, yes. And my understanding is that from being involved at the state level is the fact that I understand that once that HISD decides that they have to join the TRS then then that'll be the time the TRS would be revamped and they would you know that that would be the thing because I think TRS is wanting Houston ISD to be part TRS to help prompt them up and I think that would be the bargaining chip that would be there whenever HISD does join. It wouldn't be good for us, but I mean, as we all know, you join TRS, you don't come back out of it. You have to stay with it.
Mr. President. Thank you very much for your report and we look forward to getting your recommendation next month.
Thank you. Mr. President, as we take this, just one of the things, Mr. Robson, Mr. Noman, they spend hours, countless hours, pouring over reports and data and options, and they do it all with the employees in mind. What can we offer them that's the best, most affordable? I also want to applaud the board. If you recall, in 2012-13, you picked up 100% of the premium increase that was projected. And last year, you picked up 50% of the premium increase, along with 3.5% pay raise for staff. And that's a true investment in our staff. And I want to thank the board for that and you guys for your work. And to our third party guys back there, thank you, and we appreciate all you've done over the years. And good luck to you.
Consent Agenda
Okay, we're moving to our consent agenda. Ms. Stevenson, looks like you have three items for us tonight, right?
Good evening, President Mahalski, Board Member Superintendent Fraley. I do have three contracts for your consideration this evening. The first contract is for bank courier services. This particular contract will provide transport for district transactions from both the schools and some of our special events to the bank as needed. We do have a regular schedule for these types of pickups. This is a very specialized service and we had trouble finding any providers because the district has chosen to reduce its cost by not requiring an armed transport carrier an armored car to do this so we can only find one carrier that will still provide the service at the type of well the way that we wish for it to be provided and that was Dunbar armored however they have been providing the service to us for the last three years very successfully and they are offering it to us again under our new contract at no rate increase. So the recommendation is to award to Dunbar Armored. This awarded contract period will be for one year with an option for two additional one-year renewals. The total estimated cost for the year based on our past experience is $69,813 and the contract expenditures will be funded from the general operating funds and our special revenue funds as approved by the board.
Any questions? Okay. We'll move on.
The second contract I'm bringing forward for your consideration is for plumbing materials and related supplies. Again, this contract will provide our maintenance department with suppliers for these types of items. The proposals received were reviewed by representatives of our maintenance department as well as the purchasing department. Because these are often critical, we needed very reliable suppliers, suppliers and the recommendation is to award the city supply company as the primary supplier with two secondary suppliers, TMS and Ferguson Enterprises. We do not have experience with city supply company directly, but they come very highly recommended and we anticipate it's a very successful contract. For the last section, which is the discount section for all items not specifically listed, We're recommending that you award to all three companies and any purchase over $250 will require competitive quotes and will be purchased based on best value. The contract period is for one year. It's an option to renew for four additional years. Estimated expenditures are $250,000 per year and will be funded from the General Operating Fund and our special revenue funds.
Thank you. Any discussion?
Okay. Move on. The last contract I have for your consideration this evening is for electrical, plumbing, and mechanical services. Again, this will provide contractors for our maintenance department to use where our needs for these types of services exceed the capacity of our current maintenance and operations department. For electrical service work, both under 600 volts and over 600 volts, the recommendation is to award to Lindsay Electrical as a primary provider with a secondary provider of LES Limited. Both companies have performed this type of service for the district previously very successfully and we know that they will be able to service us as needed. For plumbing services the recommendation is to award to Raven Mechanical. Raven Mechanical has also provided this type of service for the district for more than 10 years and has been very successful in that and they do have the necessary resources to respond to our needs for mechanical services again the recommendation is to award to Raven mechanical and Raven mechanical again has performed these services for over 10 years for the district this will be a one-year contract with an option for four additional one-year renewals anticipated expenditures will be about a hundred thousand dollars per year and it will be funded from the general operating funds and our special revenue funds okay any discussion thank you miss stevenson
always our next agenda is to consider approval for a modified schedule waiver for assessment days dr creech i think will be presenting to us welcome
good evening president mahowski superintendent friley on the board What I come to you with tonight is the same thing we've come to you with for years, and it's the modified schedule for testing. Although testing from the state has changed, what hasn't changed are the PSAT and some of the other tests that we incur. The state realizes that you need a good testing environment, so what they've allowed us to do is to present the state with a waiver, present you with a waiver that gets approved that we excuse me then send to the board i mean send to the state with this what this will allow us to do especially for this october for psat all of our 10th and 11th graders will be testing ninth grades will have something to do and they're called dlas they'll be testing also just not on psat what what what we do have are 12th graders who will be coming and we're asking for a modified waiver to allow them to for late arrival um as long as we have the waiver then we still get the ada for them as long as they're in there by a certain time frame and so we schedule that so that they come in just as the ninth graders are finishing it takes almost every staff member to run testing now so anytime we can we can allow for that as a flexibility this way if a campus needs the flexibility we have the waiver if they don't if they can handle it themselves then they won't use the waiver but either way we'll have it in place to go
any discussion thank you very much dr creech and our final item tonight on the consent agenda looks like we uh mr mcelwain is going to talk to us about an electrical easement to center point energy um associated with that proposed new high school that mr carmichael was talking to us about
earlier that's correct president Mahulski board members of mr. Fraley this particular item is associated with future high school number eight junior high number 15 site which is located at the southwest corner of peak school road if you can recall in January I brought to you a request from Centerpoint for an electrical easement up peak road this is a continuation it's a it's a 10-foot electrical easement adjacent to Stockdeck school road and and by by granting this easement, it will not only provide service for the residential developments within the area, but also will provide flexibility for us with respect to connecting to electrical service when needed for the development of that particular site.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but we do need power to build a new school, right?
No, no, you're right.
Any discussion? Okay, thank you. And that gets us to the discussion action portion, and I believe Mr. McElwain you have the first item here as well.
Item 6
That's correct. I'm pleased to bring to you this evening the construction proposal associated with the second driveway at South Transportation. If you can recall back in in March we brought a budget amendment to the board associated with this second driveway which will assist with the traffic flow at South transportation. Mr. Anders is here this evening with regards to this particular item. The budget amendment in March that was approved by the board totaled $350,000 and I'm pleased to present the the total anticipated project cost being $350,000 with the contract being recommended to be awarded to Bass Construction. Bass was the construction firm that constructed the actual the first phase of South Transportation a few years back and there were four seal proposals received on this project and bass ranked highest overall okay thank
you mr. McElwain is there any questions is there any objections to moving this item to consent. Okay, thank you Mr. McAvoy.
Next on our agenda is the future board
approval of revised West 10 regional day school program for the death shared service arrangement. Dr. Malachuk and Ms. Robertson. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you
Mr. President Mahulski, Mr. Fraley and board members. Today we're here to to discuss the KDISD DeafBeds Shared Service Arrangement. KDISD is the fiscal agent for this program, and the following districts are members of the cooperative, including Seeley ISD, Brazos ISD, Royal ISD, Belleville ISD, and Hempstead ISD. Ms. Elaine Robinson oversees the Shared Service Arrangement project, and she's going to give you a little more detail about the routine contract.
Hi, good evening. The Shared Service Arrangement, it's a routine agreement for students with auditory impairments, and it's been updated and reviewed by our attorneys to ensure we are in compliance with TEA's requirements for SSAs. This summer, all six districts are signing the updated agreement. If you all have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them.
Any questions? Okay. Any objections to moving this item to consent? Okay. Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Our next item this evening is Mrs. Bonnie Holland. Welcome Mrs. Holland. Oh, policy update.
Good evening Mr. President, members of the board, Mr. Fraley. The policy that we will be asking you to approve next Monday night is the generic policy regarding the requirements requirements and the different graduation options that are now available to students as a result of House Bill 5. The details that are associated with these various options are being provided to parents through student handbooks and a variety of publications the teaching and learning department has developed. I think most of those details have been discussed with the board over the last few months. I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have.
thank you any questions any objection to moving this item to consent okay thank you miss our next item is kind of for our own discussion this is regarding a potential endorsement of a nominated individual for the Texas Association of School Boards director we have a vacancy in region 4 position B which I believe you received some materials that had a list of nominated individuals about eight of them and I think we also received a few recommendations as well now my understanding is we are not required to make an endorsement however if I've certain level of endorsements within the districts in region 4 are are given to that I guess automatically puts these individuals on the ballot, which will be voted on at the Tassie-Tasby Convention in September.
Actually, I'm going to ask Mr. Adams to kind of give us a little more information on this because he's familiar with this process.
As you know, there's 44 board of directors on the Texas Association of School Boards, and there are some that are at large, and this is one of those positions that's at large. And what you were referring to correctly was the fact that if one of these candidates seeks endorsements and he's able to get a majority of the districts in his region to endorse him or her, in this case it would be 27, they would be automatically elected to the board. If they get at least 25% of the endorsements, then they will be placed on the ballot automatically in the upcoming TASA-TASB convention that will be held in September.
And that's basically it. All of these folks that have submitted have done so and completed the information to be this. this is a four like you said was 4b and uh they're they're all good people i mean i i know every one of them and uh they're all good people so uh i i would envision as eight people trying to seek for one position it's going to be very hard to get 50 and it's going to be very hard to get 25 of this and i think it's probably going to be a where they will each get an opportunity at the state convention to talk in front of all the delegates and to to be able to do that. However, I mean if anybody has a recommendation, you know, we can certainly consider that but I, but I, they're all good people so I don't have any any particular bias anyway.
What is the alternative method to get on the ballot if you do not receive 25% of the endorsements? You can actually be, you
You can actually get elected by the delegate assembly can elect you at the state convention and put your name forward if you get, you know, someone can nominate you there at that time.
Okay.
What is the pleasure of the board?
Mr. President.
Ms. Fox.
I agree with Mr. Adams. I know many of these people on this list, and they're all excellent people. Worked with them in some on leadership TASB and some at CRSS. and they're they're incredible people and it would be i wouldn't be able to choose just one so i think letting the delegate assembly look at them and talk to them there is a great idea and they'll represent as well you know region four represents is this right mr adams 25 percent of texas children the children all the children in texas region four represents a quarter of them so it's a large 53 districts and they're the big ones you know Houston, Cy Fair, Katy, Fort Bend,
Spring Branch, all those a leaf so so it's a it's a it's a daunting task and Mr. Adams you were one of these at large before we became a district once you become a district of size I don't know what
that I can't remember the numbers uh once you once you your population or your ADA of your district reaches 1.25% of the total state population, then you're eligible to become a large district. And you have to maintain that for a period of two years.
And we did that a few years ago, and Mr. Adams is our representative on the state board, and we appreciate your service there. So you were once one of the at-large, and now you're an appointed one. I mean, you have our own place. So all of these people would represent as well. I don't have a recommendation. I wouldn't be able to choose.
Any other comments? I tend to concur. Now we will obviously be have a vote I guess at the convention. We will be in next month's agenda electing our own delegate at the Tassel Tassby convention. and so that being said I think the consensus is we will not seek to endorse anyone there were therefore we do not need to move this to consent agenda nor does it need to be an action item for the regular work meeting or regular meeting next week okay thank you our next agenda item is oh Oh, Mr. Snyder, we're going to talk about salaries. We're non-teacher pay groups. You have two items for us tonight, right?
Yes, sir. Okay. Actually, there may be three, I think, but we'll review that here in a minute. Looking ahead. Good evening, President Moholsky, Mr. Fraley, and board members. Thank you for having us this evening. We are, as last month you approved some of the raises that we mentioned regarding teacher salary schedule and now tonight we're presenting before you a proposed 3% raise for the non-teacher pay group. These are the TC's and P's according to our salary schedule. The estimated cost of this, the GOF is just under 3.2. It has been projected in the budget as well. And we worked with Mr. Smith and his department closely to know what fits in the category. If you have any questions regarding that, Yolanda can answer them.
All right. Any questions? Are there any objections to moving this item to consent? OK. Move on to 6.6. Kind of the same, but it talks about the minimum, midpoint,
and maximum yes sir okay again this is just follows along with the previous action that we want to make sure we keep our salary schedule in line with with the actions that you take with raises so as recommended by tasby we increase all those values by 1.5 half half of the percent or half of the raise to keep it in line with our new hires there's no cost related to approving this because it's just for the new hires the cost was with related to the raise that was mentioned before. So this just keeps it all on schedule.
Okay. Any questions? Any objections to moving this item to consent? Okay. Our next item is a
substitute pay schedule. Yes. As you see on the page before you, it has all the different substitute areas that we hire in the district. We are recommending just to keep all those salary schedules the same with regard except for to the the substitute bus driver pay an increase of 25 cents per hour to them. That's the only recommended change that we're proposing to you tonight.
The other costs, we do have comparisons with other districts. We are very competitive on all our other substitute pay, if not ahead or above.
Mr. Griffin. Mr. Snyder, do we have any problems with our substitute pool of teachers with this pay scale that we have here?
Not currently. You know, we, substitutes are going to get, as the economy is better and better, and more opportunity for people to employ, it's hard to know, or gainfully be employed, it's hard to know what the impact will have on this area. area. This year was no different than any other and we've managed it very well so we project that it would be the same next year. We have no trend or anything to base any reason for change. Our salaries for substitute pay are very, very competitive with neighboring districts. Thank you. Mr. President. Mr. President. There is a trend and that's when the nutcracker
market opens up you can't find enough subs with the emphasis and would that be when you need them the most as well yes sir are there any other questions related to substitute pay unheard any objections to moving this item to consent all right thank you yeah mr. Snyder and the seven and finally our final discussion action item is butterfield is going to talk to us about
budget amendments welcome superintendent Fraley and trustees we have five budget amendments tonight very few let's look at the expenditure amendments first if you don't mind the construction fund is repurposing $700,000 from project savings to waterproof and reroof at Taylor High School the GOF has a couple of expenditure amendments but they are direct offsets between different functions the two large amendments are related to revenue items this represents a significant increase in fund balance for the debt service fund we are recognizing a million nine hundred twenty two thousand five hundred eighty three dollars in revenue in the general operating fund budget we are recognizing 8,379,516 dollars in revenue.
Do you have any questions?
Okay, thank you. Any questions on the budget? Well, we actually like it going that direction, where we're finding more revenue and increasing the fund balance as opposed to the way. so are there any objections to moving this item to consent not heard okay thank you for the spoke okay other items our future meeting our we will have a regular board meeting next Monday July 28th 2014 and there being no further business this evening we are adjourned at 8 54 p.m.
Items 7 & 8
Official documents
Agenda
The district's own agenda for this meeting, as published on BoardDocs.
Board packet · 29 documents
The district's own backup material for this agenda, retrieved from BoardDocs. Each file was checked against the size BoardDocs states for it.
- SSA FINAL 2014 96 KB
- 1 - Proposal TAB - Bank Courier Services 80 KB
- 2 - Proposal EVAL - Bank Courier Services 7 KB
- 1 - Proposal TAB - Plumbing Materials and Related Supplies 20 KB
- 2 - Proposal EVAL - Plumbing Materials and Related Supplies 11 KB
- 1 - Proposal TAB - Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Services 139 KB
- 2 - Proposal EVAL - Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical Services 143 KB
- Atty Ltr (Ventana Lakes electrical easement with CenterPoint) 121 KB
- Easement 4148 KB
- Letter of Instruction from TASB 128 KB
- List of Nominated Individuals 79 KB
- Nominated Individuals 601 KB
- Nomination Q&A 346 KB
- Bylaws - Excerpt 314 KB
- Director Expectations 69 KB
- Form E 341 KB
- EIF (LOCAL) 126 KB
- Recommendation Letter 129 KB
- Proposal Ranking Sheet - South Transportation Driveway 24 KB
- Atty Ltr (South Transportation Driveway) 105 KB
- Contract - AIA Document 7272 KB
- 072114 Health Care Plan Update 2014 986 KB
- 072114 Health Care Plan Update Handout 140 KB
- 3_KISD_2013-14 Budget 0714 22 KB
- 4_Function and Object Code Descriptions 12 KB
- BudgetAmendmentDetail 80 KB
- 2_ REV EXPN 0714 36 KB
- Bond Committee Scroll PowerPoint_July 21 3493 KB
- Bond Recommendation 6172 KB
Motions and votes
Recorded actions
MOTION 001 · AGENDA 3.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees enter into an agreement to purchase from RH of Texas Limited Partnership, M/I Homes of Houston, LLC, and Beazer Homes Texas, L.P., an approximate 14.6 acre parcel of property within Land Use Zone 50 on Kingsland Boulevard west of Pederson Road for a total acquisition cost estimated not to exceed $1,535,882.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bryan-michalsky | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| henry-dibrell | Yes |
| joe-adams | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |
MOTION 002 · AGENDA 3.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the Personnel Report as recommended by the Superintendent.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bryan-michalsky | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| henry-dibrell | Yes |
| joe-adams | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |