Skip to main content

Katy ISD · Regular Board Meeting Agenda

Katy ISD Regular Board Meeting, July 24, 2017

0:00 of 34:06

Find something in this meeting

Search every word of the automated transcript. A result moves the recording to the moment the words were spoken.

In this meeting

The district published this meeting as one video file per agenda item and timestamped none of them. Each section is one of those files: the title is the district's own, and the start is that file's measured position in the recording.

  1. 0:00 to 0:42 Item 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.
  2. 0:42 to 2:14 Additional Item Additional Item
  3. 2:14 to 2:53 Item 4 Pledges of Allegiance
  4. 2:53 to 30:32 Item 5 Report 2018 Budget Update
  5. 30:32 to 31:15 Consent Agenda 6.1 Consider Board approval of the minutes of the June Board meetings. 6.2 Consider Board approval of the July 2017 budget amendments. 6.3 Consider Board approval of the June 2017 financial statements and the May 2017 construction report. 6.4 Consider Board approval of the June 2017 check registers. 6.5 Consider Board approval of the May 2017 tax report. 6.6 Consider Board approval of the Memorandum of Understanding for Operation of a Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) with Harris County. 6.7 Consider Board approval of the Memorandum of Understanding for Operation of a Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) with Fort Bend County. 6.8 Consider Board approval of the Discipline Management Plan and Student Code of Conduct for the 2017 - 2018 school year. 6.9 Consider Board approval of an amendment of the 2016 - 2017 contract with the Harris County Department of Education for therapy services. 6.10 Consider Board approval of the interlocal agreement with Harris County Department of Education for therapy services for the 2017 - 2018 school year. 6.11 Consider Board approval of the Notice of Public Meeting to Discuss the Budget and Proposed Tax Rate. 6.12 Consider Board approval of the proposal for the District-Wide Security Upgrade Package #6. 6.13 Consider Board approval of the method of purchase for the renovation of the Mayde Creek High School baseball field complex. 6.14 Consider Board approval of a proposal for a Construction Manager at Risk contract for the comprehensive renovations at Golbow and Pattison Elementary Schools. 6.15 Consider Board approval of the Katy Independent School District Katy Junior High School plat. 6.16 Consider Board approval of Amendment Two to the Stewart Builders, Inc. Construction Manager at Risk contract for the Guaranteed Maximum Price related to the Agricultural Sciences Center Expansion. 6.17 Consider Board endorsement of a nominated individual for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Director position for Region 4, Position B. 6.18 Consider Board approval of a delegate and alternate delegate to the 2017 Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Delegate Assembly.
  6. 31:15 to 33:22 Item 7 Action Item Consider Board approval of the Strategic Design framework and the Strategic Plan.
  7. 33:22 to 33:59 Items 8 & 9 8. Information Items 8.1 Quarterly Investment Report 8.2 Donated Items to Katy Independent School District 9. Future Meetings 9.1 Board Work Study Meeting - Monday, August 21, 2017 9.2 Regular Board Meeting - Monday, August 28, 2017
  8. 33:59 to 34:06 Item 10 The Board will adjourn Open Meeting and begin Closed Meeting after a brief recess.

Full transcript

Automated transcript, not human verified. It is a way to find a passage, not a quotation.

Item 3

Unknown speaker not human verified

The board will now reconvene in open meeting. Today is Monday, July 24th, 2017, and the time is 638 p.m.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Dr. Hint, will you verify that we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act with regard to the notice for this meeting?

Unknown speaker not human verified

We are in compliance with the provisions of the Open Meetings Act with regards to this meeting tonight, Madam President.

Unknown speaker not human verified

The KDIC Board of Trustees met last week in a work study meeting to receive information

Unknown speaker not human verified

and recommendations from the staff, administration and the superintendent.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Board members were able to ask questions and receive answers and should be prepared with

Unknown speaker not human verified

responses and action tonight.

Unknown speaker not human verified

If you don't mind, Madam President, I would like to, as the Board is fully aware, they

Additional Item

Unknown speaker not human verified

gave me the authority through action at a previous Board meeting to make summer hires.

Unknown speaker not human verified

that way it would not wouldn't put the district at risk of losing some really

Unknown speaker not human verified

dynamite talent with that said we made three hires of course you are aware of

Unknown speaker not human verified

them but I'd like to recognize them tonight so you can see them in person

Unknown speaker not human verified

first of all we have our new director of counseling and that is Christy maker

Unknown speaker not human verified

where's Christy there she is welcome and we have our new principal at McRoberts

Unknown speaker not human verified

elementary school and that's for son Smith and we have new to make Creek I'm

Unknown speaker not human verified

sorry Doreen Martinez that's Memorial Parkway yes and that not new to Katie

Unknown speaker not human verified

she's been here before she's come back home welcome back dr. Martinez hello my

Unknown speaker not human verified

name is Craig malarkey and I'm from true 584 I'm working on my communication

Unknown speaker not human verified

education merit badge for my Eagle rank.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Thank you, Craig.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Appreciate you being here tonight.

Unknown speaker not human verified

All right, now we will say the Pledge of Allegiance.

Item 4

Unknown speaker not human verified

You will please join us.

Unknown speaker not human verified

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States

Unknown speaker not human verified

of America, and to the republic for which it stands,

Unknown speaker not human verified

one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Unknown speaker not human verified

I honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the city of Texas, one state under God, one community, indivisible.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Now I'll move to item 5 on our agenda, report 5.1 2017-2018 budget report. Mr. Smith.

Item 5

Unknown speaker not human verified

Good evening, President Vann, Dr. Hinton, members of the board.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Ms. Butterfield, our Director of Budget and Treasury, and Ann Feiting, our business manager, and myself are going to spend the next 15 to 20 minutes giving you an update of where we stand with the budget that you will be asked to approve next month.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Again, we've been working on this budget now since October officially and are coming to an end.

Unknown speaker not human verified

So tonight I'm going to talk about the assumptions that we use in the budget and the impact of what's

Unknown speaker not human verified

happened in Austin thus far. Ms. Butterfield is going to talk to you about the general fund and

Unknown speaker not human verified

the components of the general fund. Then Ms. Feitinger is going to talk to you about the

Unknown speaker not human verified

food service fund and the debt service fund. Ms. Butterfield will come back and give you a

Unknown speaker not human verified

quick summary of all the funds and then I'm going to speak about future considerations and our

Unknown speaker not human verified

calendar moving forward. So initial budget projections. As you know in public

Unknown speaker not human verified

education we are driven by students. This is our property values and their growth

Unknown speaker not human verified

since 2003. Those have gone up. Why? Because our number of houses and number

Unknown speaker not human verified

of businesses that are supported by people in houses have gone up and that's

Unknown speaker not human verified

evidence through what you see on that line is enrollment continues to go up at

Unknown speaker not human verified

at a clip of about 2% to 3% per year.

Unknown speaker not human verified

For this budget, we looked at an increase in enrollment.

Unknown speaker not human verified

These expenditures and revenue are based on a 2% increase

Unknown speaker not human verified

in enrollment.

Unknown speaker not human verified

We think that's a conservative.

Unknown speaker not human verified

I think the enrollment numbers will come in a little bit

Unknown speaker not human verified

higher.

Unknown speaker not human verified

But we used a 2% increase in enrollment.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Our taxable value increase is currently 6.2%.

Unknown speaker not human verified

I put three bowls of porridge out there.

Unknown speaker not human verified

And of course, we're tied to three appraisal districts,

Unknown speaker not human verified

Waller County Appraisal District, Fort Bend County Appraisal District, and

Unknown speaker not human verified

Harris County Appraisal District. And so those were certified estimates that they

Unknown speaker not human verified

gave us the first week in May. They were certified estimates. We used them and

Unknown speaker not human verified

took them at face value. Ann and myself and Sherry probably could have spent

Unknown speaker not human verified

days and tried to psychoanalyze this based on historic trend and we would

Unknown speaker not human verified

have not come any closer than what we think is the estimate. And if we would, we

Unknown speaker not human verified

we would have been conservative and you'd been looking at 5% appraisal growth.

Unknown speaker not human verified

But those are at face value, and so we don't know what those are.

Unknown speaker not human verified

But I wanted to stress that with the porridge to say that we're pretty close.

Unknown speaker not human verified

In fact, earlier today we received an email from Waller County Appraisal District,

Unknown speaker not human verified

and the porridge on that was a little cool,

Unknown speaker not human verified

meaning the numbers came in a little warmer than we expected

Unknown speaker not human verified

and our values were a little higher.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Now, again, Waller County is a very small percentage,

Unknown speaker not human verified

But that came in today and I expect Fort Bend County to be coming in.

Unknown speaker not human verified

I haven't read my emails this afternoon, but either they're there or they'll come in sometime

Unknown speaker not human verified

tomorrow.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Staff growth, of course this is mostly teachers.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Staff growth for the new campuses and enrollment growth district-wide is 396 people.

Unknown speaker not human verified

New facilities, of course we're opening Bryan Elementary, Stockdick Junior High and Paytoe

Unknown speaker not human verified

High School.

Unknown speaker not human verified

So when you open schools like that, you have some non-instructional staff growth such as

Unknown speaker not human verified

custodians, cafeteria workers, principal, athletic coordinators, etc. that are

Unknown speaker not human verified

fixed costs that are adding to those schools. And then of course in April you

Unknown speaker not human verified

approved a 3.16 percent salary increase for teaching staff or the

Unknown speaker not human verified

average of 3.16 percent for teaching staff and 3 percent for non-teaching

Unknown speaker not human verified

staff. The average new hire salary that we used in estimating this budget, again

Unknown speaker not human verified

they're not all hired and we sure didn't know what kind of experience we'd be

Unknown speaker not human verified

hiring when we estimated this so we're using about just under fifty four

Unknown speaker not human verified

thousand dollars so additional money I spoke on this last month about the

Unknown speaker not human verified

Austin yield increase from seventy seven dollars and fifty three cents to ninety

Unknown speaker not human verified

nine dollars and forty one cents that was a star and that really helped this

Unknown speaker not human verified

budget out we we've known since February that there was a good chance of it

Unknown speaker not human verified

because it was in both his sentence in the house budget that's not new money

Unknown speaker not human verified

that they're just deciding to give that's tied to Austin's wealth and

Unknown speaker not human verified

Austin's wealth actually is increased per student and that's was ten years ago

Unknown speaker not human verified

that was the plan but that ended up being a real a real savior to this to

Unknown speaker not human verified

this budget and you'll see that a little later but that costs for Austin to do

Unknown speaker not human verified

that for the state to do that was about 1.5 billion for the biennium or about

Unknown speaker not human verified

$750,000 each year. And just so you know, KDISD's portion of that, instead of $750 million

Unknown speaker not human verified

for statewide, ours, that affected us about $8.5 million. So that was an $8.5 million

Unknown speaker not human verified

benefit to our budget. So when you see our bottom line, $8.5 million of it came from that.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Enrollment growth, the state funded the $2.7 billion statewide. Just so you know,

Unknown speaker not human verified

that enrollment growth for KDISD, and you'll see that on a slide, that based on

Unknown speaker not human verified

that 2% assumption was $14.6 million. Of that $2.7 billion, that's $1.3 billion

Unknown speaker not human verified

dollars each year and of that 14.6 million was KTISD. So that totals, those

Unknown speaker not human verified

two increases total 4.2 billion dollars. And remember that like we did last month

Unknown speaker not human verified

because local taxpayers saved the budget again, the method of finance to savings

Unknown speaker not human verified

for the for the state came from local stack taxpayers and I'll show you how

Unknown speaker not human verified

that actually works here in a second but local value growth statewide saved the district 3.6

Unknown speaker not human verified

billion dollars over the biennium or 1.8 billion a year in kdisd that amount was 34.6 million

Unknown speaker not human verified

for just this year that it saved the state so our portion of half of that or 1.8 billion dollars

Unknown speaker not human verified

was 34.6 million dollars recapture increase this isn't from value it's from

Unknown speaker not human verified

value growth but the amount of the checks that recapture districts are

Unknown speaker not human verified

sending back to Austin grew over a billion dollars or 500 million plus a

Unknown speaker not human verified

year or a total of 4.6 billion dollars so new money to Austin based on because

Unknown speaker not human verified

of tax pay growth value growth statewide was 4.6 billion dollars remember the new

Unknown speaker not human verified

new increases were 3.8. So that goes back to the rotten apples that I've been talking

Unknown speaker not human verified

about since January. So when we talk about the apples, let's get into the mechanics of

Unknown speaker not human verified

it, and I want to show you all how this works. And so if you look back at the 13-14 school

Unknown speaker not human verified

year, we had a 10% increase in our property values. That 10% increase, there's a lag,

Unknown speaker not human verified

a year lag is used in the 14-15 budget year from a state funding perspective so

Unknown speaker not human verified

you can see that that increased 10% so the next year we had a 17.8% increase

Unknown speaker not human verified

and you can see the 17.8% increase 16 16 10.6 10.6 so and you're going to see

Unknown speaker not human verified

10.6 on the next slide so remember that 10.6 and then 6.2 again that's the value

Unknown speaker not human verified

growth that we are estimating so far we're gonna know a little a whole lot

Unknown speaker not human verified

more about in the next 48 hours so to give you some some landscape some idea

Unknown speaker not human verified

of the landscape of where we are these columns are the 1617 school year that's

Unknown speaker not human verified

highlighted and the 1718 school year right there beside it and of course the

Unknown speaker not human verified

difference column so just give you some orientation and as you know tier one it

Unknown speaker not human verified

It comes from the type of students that are in a district.

Unknown speaker not human verified

So the more students you get, the more Tier 1 you earn.

Unknown speaker not human verified

And it's all based on that basic allotment

Unknown speaker not human verified

that I've talked to you all about in the past at $5,140

Unknown speaker not human verified

per student.

Unknown speaker not human verified

So if you funnel $5,140 a student through all

Unknown speaker not human verified

these formulas based on the different types of students

Unknown speaker not human verified

that we have, special education students,

Unknown speaker not human verified

career and technology, et cetera, and you add all that up,

Unknown speaker not human verified

you'll come up with a total Tier 1 cost.

Unknown speaker not human verified

in this case last year at 498 million dollars or 499 million dollars and this

Unknown speaker not human verified

year at 513 million dollars or a 14.6 million dollar increase that's why

Unknown speaker not human verified

because we have new students new to the district enrollment growth so it costs

Unknown speaker not human verified

more money the state recognizes that in tier one but however the local fund

Unknown speaker not human verified

assignment is the amount that is the is the is the what would they call the our

Unknown speaker not human verified

portion it's how much does the district need to kick in on that basic amount and

Unknown speaker not human verified

in this case it went from 323 million dollars there's that ten point six

Unknown speaker not human verified

percent increase from remember that we saw in the prior slide up to three

Unknown speaker not human verified

hundred fifty seven million dollars or a thirty five million dollar increase of

Unknown speaker not human verified

thirty four point six million dollar increase that's those rotten apples okay

Unknown speaker not human verified

So the state share of Tier 1 actually declined by almost $20 million.

Unknown speaker not human verified

So I won't go into all the details of this.

Unknown speaker not human verified

It's just a reiteration that as property value growth grows, state funding goes down.

Unknown speaker not human verified

NIFA changes, the new instructional facilities allotment.

Unknown speaker not human verified

I called the star last month, and I put this information out there.

Unknown speaker not human verified

It's the amount of money that we got from the state for students, new students in our schools,

Unknown speaker not human verified

went from $250 to $1,000 per ADA.

Unknown speaker not human verified

And I got pretty excited about that last month, but I said that they only appropriated $23.75 million per year,

Unknown speaker not human verified

or a total of about $47.5 million for each of the next two years of the biennium.

Unknown speaker not human verified

And that it may be prorated, so I gave you a warning sign that said it could be prorated.

Unknown speaker not human verified

I spoke to TEA a couple of weeks ago on the phone and they were able to tell me that the

Unknown speaker not human verified

ask is already $65 million for the current year.

Unknown speaker not human verified

So if you do the math on that, instead of $1,000, which really looked good, it's more

Unknown speaker not human verified

like going to be like $365 per ADA.

Unknown speaker not human verified

So that star you see up there has kind of faded and gone away.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Still better than $250, but it is not the full $1,000 which we hoped.

Unknown speaker not human verified

The numbers that you'll see tonight, the bottom line number that Ms. Butterfield will go over,

Unknown speaker not human verified

has declined $1.8 million because of that.

Unknown speaker not human verified

So a star has dwindled.

Unknown speaker not human verified

I'm going to turn it over to Ms. Butterfield.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Ms. Thank you.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Ms. Good evening.

Unknown speaker not human verified

First we'll go over revenues and general operating fund and you can see there the

Unknown speaker not human verified

porridges again to reiterate the fact that we are still working off of

Unknown speaker not human verified

estimated certified values at 6.2 percent value growth. We have local revenues at

Unknown speaker not human verified

11 million dollars there and the local revenues are primarily composed of

Unknown speaker not human verified

tuitions we charge for things like a virtual schools and summer school but

Unknown speaker not human verified

but also athletics and summer school, summer rec, excuse me,

Unknown speaker not human verified

the interest income that we earn on our bank accounts,

Unknown speaker not human verified

some facility rentals and the such.

Unknown speaker not human verified

You see the state funding number there at $182 million.

Unknown speaker not human verified

And then, again, from the state TRS contributions at $34.8 million.

Unknown speaker not human verified

That's a pass-through amount.

Unknown speaker not human verified

You'll see an offsetting expenditure in the same amount when we get to expenditures.

Unknown speaker not human verified

expenditures. Federal revenue you see a substantial increase and this is because we are planning

Unknown speaker not human verified

to record two years of the SHARS revenue in the 17-18 year. Once again, salary and benefits

Unknown speaker not human verified

is a primary component of the General Operating Fund budget and just to give you a little

Unknown speaker not human verified

more depth on the payroll budget we consider the current salaries for all

Unknown speaker not human verified

employees the new positions that have been approved this year both in March

Unknown speaker not human verified

and in June as well as the salary increase for both both pay grade groups

Unknown speaker not human verified

and this is again the estimated 3.16 percent on the teacher pay scale and 3

Unknown speaker not human verified

3% of midpoint on the non-teacher pay scale.

Unknown speaker not human verified

The other components of the payroll budget are called other compensation and benefits.

Unknown speaker not human verified

And other compensations, primarily largest components are things like stipends, substitutes,

Unknown speaker not human verified

overtime, tutorials, whereas the benefits number contains our health insurance and Medicare

Unknown speaker not human verified

and some things like that.

Unknown speaker not human verified

so non payroll components of the general operating fund have the baseline budget

Unknown speaker not human verified

where it's just per pupil allotment to the campuses and a matriculating

Unknown speaker not human verified

baseline balance for the departments that includes our primary budget for

Unknown speaker not human verified

utilities fuel software and the appraisal district fees there's no

Unknown speaker not human verified

no budget this year for capital outlay for white fleet replacement that such

Unknown speaker not human verified

the 33,000 is obviously not what it takes to stock a new campus that is only

Unknown speaker not human verified

the consumables portion that gets charged to the general operating fund 14

Unknown speaker not human verified

million in non-allocation so those are the special project budgets and then 3.5

Unknown speaker not human verified

million for the TERS contribution as you look at it as a total picture revenues

Unknown speaker not human verified

total 670 million expenditures totaling 662 million transfers out transfers in

Unknown speaker not human verified

and a net change to fund balance with a modest surplus at 1.9 million

Unknown speaker not human verified

Okay. The 2017-18 Food Service Fund is the only budgeted special revenue fund that we have.

Unknown speaker not human verified

And we'll start off with local revenue that's made up primarily of student payments.

Unknown speaker not human verified

There's a little bit of vending and interest earnings, but for the most part, most of that is student meal payments.

Unknown speaker not human verified

The state program revenues are a small amount of matching that we get from the state for that program.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Federal program revenues include the free and reduced lunch reimbursements and the federal

Unknown speaker not human verified

commodities we receive.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Expenditures, unlike the general fund, you'll see that supplies and materials are actually the

Unknown speaker not human verified

largest category for the food service fund.

Unknown speaker not human verified

That's because it's primarily food.

Unknown speaker not human verified

We also have all of the components just like Sherri just went over in the payroll cost of $13

Unknown speaker not human verified

million.

Unknown speaker not human verified

We have a little bit for purchase and contracted services for things like repairs, some other

Unknown speaker not human verified

operating expenses for mileage and that kind of thing. Capital outlay of $730,000

Unknown speaker not human verified

is the May Creek High School renovation kitchen. That will be actually happening

Unknown speaker not human verified

in the 17-18 school year so that's being budgeted in that year. So that fund will

Unknown speaker not human verified

end the year with a use of fund balance of $1.9 million. The debt

Unknown speaker not human verified

service fund, if you look at the debt service fund it almost exclusively

Unknown speaker not human verified

relies on taxable value and tax revenue that comes in.

Unknown speaker not human verified

This is a history of the taxable values, and just as the taxable value grows, so do the

Unknown speaker not human verified

students grow.

Unknown speaker not human verified

And as the student grows, comes more need for facilities.

Unknown speaker not human verified

And as we issue debt for that facility, this is layering on the bonded debt that we've

Unknown speaker not human verified

issued over those years as well.

Unknown speaker not human verified

well. So taking a look at the debt service fund, property taxes are budgeted at $147.7

Unknown speaker not human verified

million. Again, this is based on those estimated assessed values that we're using right now.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Interest earnings are budgeted at $600,000. This is interest that's earned on the debt

Unknown speaker not human verified

service monies that come in. You'll see two big fat zeros there for instructional facilities

Unknown speaker not human verified

allotment and existing debt allotment. Just a few short years ago, we were receiving up

Unknown speaker not human verified

to 23% of our revenue from the state, we now no longer receive anything on those.

Unknown speaker not human verified

So that's that rotten apple over there to the right that you see.

Unknown speaker not human verified

The additional state aid for homestead exemption is a couple years ago when the state increased

Unknown speaker not human verified

the homestead exemption from $15,000 to $25,000.

Unknown speaker not human verified

This was the whole harmless amount that the state has kicked in to try to make us whole.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Expenditures are budgeted per the bond plan that you've seen a couple of times over the last few months.

Unknown speaker not human verified

It includes principal payments of $71.3 million, and that will include $20 million for identified defeasance opportunities within the budget.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Interest payments are budgeted at $79.4 million and bank fees of $300,000.

Unknown speaker not human verified

The transfers in last week, you heard Mr. Smith indicate that we're one of the few area

Unknown speaker not human verified

districts that actually takes our interest earnings on the capital projects funds and

Unknown speaker not human verified

transfers them back into the debt service fund to pay debt.

Unknown speaker not human verified

This is the interest earnings that we're anticipating coming back into the debt service fund.

Unknown speaker not human verified

And then we have $3 million that comes into the general fund and then gets transferred

Unknown speaker not human verified

for BAP subsidy.

Unknown speaker not human verified

So we're budgeting that we will have an ending surplus in this fund of $2.5 million.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Just to draw your attention to all funds in the budget, all budgeted funds totaling revenues

Unknown speaker not human verified

of $850 million, expenditures of $845 million, net transfers out $2.1 million, and the total

Unknown speaker not human verified

for another modest surplus of $2.6 million.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Some of the things that we're considering when we work at the budget and we're in the

Unknown speaker not human verified

final, we always consider out into the future, but that we're looking at, again, enrollment

Unknown speaker not human verified

growth.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Enrollment growth we'll know a little bit better here in a month or six weeks as we

Unknown speaker not human verified

open schools, what our enrollment growth is looking like.

Unknown speaker not human verified

economic uncertainty both local state and federal and global actually is is

Unknown speaker not human verified

also some of the things that that will affect our budgetary processes property

Unknown speaker not human verified

value growth again I've made made a lot of talking about that porridge tonight

Unknown speaker not human verified

and the reason I guess I'm sensitive to it is because we're gonna find out did

Unknown speaker not human verified

not tomorrow on two-thirds of it from Waller and Fort Bend County we will not

Unknown speaker not human verified

know until the middle of August what's going to happen with Harris County

Unknown speaker not human verified

County values but we're just imminently away from knowing a large piece of our

Unknown speaker not human verified

budget puzzle and enrollment growth yes that may be different good or bad but we

Unknown speaker not human verified

won't but that's not tomorrow and we'll know about that sometime in school opens

Unknown speaker not human verified

school finance there's a special session going on we know who knows what's going

Unknown speaker not human verified

to end up happening good or bad in Austin property value impact the funding

Unknown speaker not human verified

cliff you know we showed you that one slide we always have to be sensitive to

Unknown speaker not human verified

the funding cliff. The good news is we kind of hit a little cliff this year and

Unknown speaker not human verified

we're able, two years in a row, we were able to come through that by casting a

Unknown speaker not human verified

chip in and then by really working hard from a management perspective through

Unknown speaker not human verified

Dr. Hintz's leadership to find ways to really manage our budget to try to get a

Unknown speaker not human verified

break-even budget which was a goal. Future considerations, closely monitor

Unknown speaker not human verified

all expenditures. There have been things done in this budget that does not affect

Unknown speaker not human verified

our classrooms but are things that are from a management trying to be a little

Unknown speaker not human verified

leaner and meaner and didn't you know through through reorganization dr.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Hintz reorganization and things that we hope will will help help as we move

Unknown speaker not human verified

forward in tough economic times especially with what's happening in

Unknown speaker not human verified

Austin we're preparing for staffing and operating expenditures associated with

Unknown speaker not human verified

with growth and with our new campus, Elementary 41.

Unknown speaker not human verified

You saw some supplies that are in the budget.

Unknown speaker not human verified

We're already thinking about opening that thing a year ago

Unknown speaker not human verified

and having some expenditures hit next summer

Unknown speaker not human verified

in this budget for Elementary 41.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Of course, we don't just, excuse me,

Unknown speaker not human verified

look where we are right now.

Unknown speaker not human verified

We're also looking out into the future.

Unknown speaker not human verified

So the two right columns are the 18-19

Unknown speaker not human verified

and the 19-20 projections using current law

Unknown speaker not human verified

and modest assumptions. You know, if the basic allotment doesn't increase in

Unknown speaker not human verified

Austin, could yield for some tough times. You can see the change in fund balance

Unknown speaker not human verified

we could be using. Now that does include three percent salary increases as

Unknown speaker not human verified

we project out, and again I think modest assumptions, but we are going to

Unknown speaker not human verified

be, we do need the basic allotment increases because everything else is, as

Unknown speaker not human verified

you know is offset from where we are tonight we're at monday july the 24th we're uh y'all are

Unknown speaker not human verified

presumably going to approve the uh the notice that we're going to publish there on august the 3rd

Unknown speaker not human verified

we'll be working on that primarily on the large part of this week to get that published on time

Unknown speaker not human verified

in our local newspaper. We'll publish it also on our KDISD website. And then of course,

Unknown speaker not human verified

Monday, August the 21st, we'll have our public meeting on budget and proposed tax rate,

Unknown speaker not human verified

which will be, y'all will be presented in September. This is what the notice, the primary

Unknown speaker not human verified

part of the notice in the paper will say, that we're meeting on August the 21st in this room

Unknown speaker not human verified

to discuss the budget and proposed tax rate on August the 21st.

Unknown speaker not human verified

And that's all we have for you tonight.

Charles Griffin not human verified

Mr. President.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Mr. Griffin.

Charles Griffin not human verified

Mr. Smith, I want to thank you.

Charles Griffin not human verified

I think in 14-15 you warned us about the funding cliff.

Charles Griffin not human verified

You talked about it, and we've been able to watch you

Charles Griffin not human verified

and your staff do a phenomenal job of handling the decrease in funds

Charles Griffin not human verified

that arrive at the district with the growth.

Charles Griffin not human verified

I think so far you've lost 11%.

Charles Griffin not human verified

You've done a phenomenal job.

Charles Griffin not human verified

Thank you very much.

Charles Griffin not human verified

Thank you.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Scott.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Mr. Smith, on the fund balances that are shown, $186 million, $89 million,

Unknown speaker not human verified

how much of that is encumbered?

Unknown speaker not human verified

At the end of the year, none.

Unknown speaker not human verified

None?

Unknown speaker not human verified

At the end of the year, actually in August,

Unknown speaker not human verified

we will bring to you a proposal to assign fund balances,

Unknown speaker not human verified

at which time you usually assign some monies for health insurance fund in case

Unknown speaker not human verified

we had a catastrophic loss we're setting some fund balances away and I believe

Unknown speaker not human verified

it's 11 million dollars that's ringing a bell for me and 17 maybe 11 or 17 most

Unknown speaker not human verified

of that's real money most of that is real money I mean cash yes sir the

Unknown speaker not human verified

rating agencies want it to be above 25% and we're above 25% next questions for

Unknown speaker not human verified

Dr. Hinn. I, I, we're not seeing a line item obviously, but I want to make sure from my

Unknown speaker not human verified

perspective that if we get into the one particular goal from Engage to Learn, that there'll either

Unknown speaker not human verified

be money that will be allocated as a line item set aside or that a budget amendment will not be a

Unknown speaker not human verified

shocking development no it was it would have been premature for me to put a line

Unknown speaker not human verified

item in the budget now for strategic planning until the board approves

Unknown speaker not human verified

TJ plan tonight after tonight's approval if the board does take action on that

Unknown speaker not human verified

will then visit with mr. Smith and his staff as to how we can allocate funds

Unknown speaker not human verified

for that and as we've had a discussion that I can reach out to those folks that

Unknown speaker not human verified

we need to reach out to try and recapture 19 pennies on the dollar i noticed that the road

Unknown speaker not human verified

to damascus towards austin they haven't changed anything they haven't found they haven't found

Unknown speaker not human verified

righteousness yet so i presume it's not getting any better they just put a bunch of stickers on it

Unknown speaker not human verified

i'm present mr muskie uh mr smith if you would could you go back to the slide uh similar to what

Unknown speaker not human verified

Mr. Scott was talking about what the fund balance is with the multi-year projections on it.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Yeah, right there.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Yes, sir.

Unknown speaker not human verified

So, and you stole a little bit of my thunder because I was going to state that, yeah,

Unknown speaker not human verified

I think we probably want to maintain at least a 25% fund balance to total expenditures, right?

Unknown speaker not human verified

And as you see, and I know when we forecast further out, a lot of uncertainty, a lot of things,

Unknown speaker not human verified

you guys have obviously managed it very well, especially in recent history since I've really been paying attention.

Unknown speaker not human verified

But at the same time, I want to point out to that that, you know, that does show in the couple of years out a little bit deficit budgets actually are what it would look based on the assumptions that you're using right now.

Unknown speaker not human verified

and how much of that is I mean this to me is just another reason why we we need

Unknown speaker not human verified

our legislature to step up and kind of fix this whole education financing

Unknown speaker not human verified

because it doesn't it's it's not going to get better without them taking some

Unknown speaker not human verified

action in this and we're going to continue to run through these gyrations

Unknown speaker not human verified

just to just to meet it each year and to stay up with our growth what's your

Unknown speaker not human verified

your overall view on the longer term outlook as we continue to grow but also

Unknown speaker not human verified

build out and and just the fluctuations within our own tax base with our current

Unknown speaker not human verified

growth if you are looking out three four or five years if we could just stop

Unknown speaker not human verified

anything inflationary health insurance expenses increases salary increases

Unknown speaker not human verified

commodity increases if all that would freeze we could probably manage into the

Unknown speaker not human verified

future many years even with enrollment growth we would be able to manage that

Unknown speaker not human verified

it's inflationary things and until the basic allotment which is our key funding

Unknown speaker not human verified

form it part of our funding until that increases or is tied to some

Unknown speaker not human verified

inflationary factor then any projections that you look like this are going to

Unknown speaker not human verified

to look bleak and are not optimistic. I don't want to say bleak. But it makes it a very large

Unknown speaker not human verified

struggle to consider anything inflationary related.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Anyone else?

Unknown speaker not human verified

Thank you very much.

Consent Agenda

Charles Griffin not human verified

Madam President.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Mr. Griffin.

Charles Griffin not human verified

I move that the Board of Trustees approves a consent agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Second.

Unknown speaker not human verified

The motion has been made by Mr. Griffin and seconded by Mr. Lacey.

Unknown speaker not human verified

The Board of Trustees approves a consent agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Take a vote.

Unknown speaker not human verified

All in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Aye.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Aye.

Unknown speaker not human verified

MS.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Motion passes 6-0.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Mrs. Doyle is not with us this evening.

Unknown speaker not human verified

MS.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Move to action item 7.

Item 7

Unknown speaker not human verified

7.1, consider board approval of the strategic design framework and the strategic plan.

Unknown speaker not human verified

MR.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Madam President, I move that the Board of Trustees approves the strategic design

Unknown speaker not human verified

framework and the strategic plan.

Unknown speaker not human verified

The motion has been made by Mr. Scott, seconded by Mr. Moholsky.

Unknown speaker not human verified

The Board of Trustees approves the strategic design framework and the strategic plan.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Do we have any comments or discussion?

Unknown speaker not human verified

Seeing none, we'll take a vote.

Unknown speaker not human verified

All those in favor, raise your right hand and say aye.

Unknown speaker not human verified

Aye.

Unknown speaker not human verified

The motion passes 6-0.

Unknown speaker not human verified

I'll draw your attention to...

Unknown speaker not human verified

I don't president I

Unknown speaker not human verified

My apology that went pretty fast. I missed it. I had mr.

Unknown speaker not human verified

I just want to I just want to give an appreciation to well our two board members that participated on the design committee along with

Unknown speaker not human verified

Everyone that participated that and engaged to learn and we heard from them last week about that and very excited about this moving forward

Unknown speaker not human verified

Thank you

Unknown speaker not human verified

Thank you, and I'd also like to add to since we're

Unknown speaker not human verified

going backwards a little bit and that truly this strategic design and the

Unknown speaker not human verified

student plan our roadmaps to our future and they are setting our district into

Unknown speaker not human verified

the right direction and it's an outline that can be amended as we go forward as

Unknown speaker not human verified

we look to a five-year window and I think it's really setting the district

Unknown speaker not human verified

of Katy and the right plan right path setting us apart from many districts in

Unknown speaker not human verified

this state whether it be large or be small so hopefully with each legislative

Unknown speaker not human verified

session we'll be able to to look back at the strategic design and see what it

Unknown speaker not human verified

looks like going forward but I really appreciate mr. Scott and mrs. Fox your

Unknown speaker not human verified

time you put into this and and all the community members and staff that they

Unknown speaker not human verified

gave their time to this design and this plan and I think that it's going to be

Unknown speaker not human verified

an amazing an amazing framework for our students our staff and our community

Unknown speaker not human verified

going forward so thank you for having us add stuff thank mr. Malski all right so

Items 8 & 9

Unknown speaker not human verified

now we can go to agenda item number eight information items and item 8.1

Unknown speaker not human verified

quarterly investment report I'll call your attention to that and item 8.2

Unknown speaker not human verified

donated items to Katy independent school district and then agenda item number

Unknown speaker not human verified

nine future meetings where work-study meeting will be held on Monday August

Unknown speaker not human verified

21st 2017 after school has started on August 16 2017 and our regular board

Unknown speaker not human verified

work regular board meeting will be Monday August 28 2017 the board will now

Item 10

Unknown speaker not human verified

adjourn open meeting and begin a closed meeting after a brief recess thank you

Unknown speaker not human verified

all of you for coming

Official documents

Agenda

The district's own agenda file, as published on its video page. 4 pages.

Official agenda, Regular Board Meeting, 24 July 2017 →

Board packet · 38 documents

The district's own backup material for this agenda, retrieved from BoardDocs. Each file was checked against the size BoardDocs states for it.

This speaker is named from the district’s own record of who was present and from the presiding officer naming them on the recording. The question mark means the block of speech may not be only theirs: the recording was divided by machine, and a long stretch can run two voices together.

If this is wrong, please tell us and it will be corrected on the record. Contact us.

Motions and votes

Recorded actions

Each motion has a permanent anchor. Copy the URL to cite a specific motion.

MOTION 001 · AGENDA 6.1

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 002 · AGENDA 6.1

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 003 · AGENDA 6.2

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 004 · AGENDA 6.2

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 005 · AGENDA 6.3

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 006 · AGENDA 6.3

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 007 · AGENDA 6.4

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 008 · AGENDA 6.4

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 009 · AGENDA 6.5

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 010 · AGENDA 6.5

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 011 · AGENDA 6.6

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 012 · AGENDA 6.6

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 013 · AGENDA 6.7

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 014 · AGENDA 6.7

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 015 · AGENDA 6.8

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 016 · AGENDA 6.8

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 017 · AGENDA 6.9

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 018 · AGENDA 6.9

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 019 · AGENDA 6.10

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 020 · AGENDA 6.10

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 021 · AGENDA 6.11

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 022 · AGENDA 6.11

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 023 · AGENDA 6.12

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 024 · AGENDA 6.12

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 025 · AGENDA 6.13

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 026 · AGENDA 6.13

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 027 · AGENDA 6.14

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 028 · AGENDA 6.14

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 029 · AGENDA 6.15

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 030 · AGENDA 6.15

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 031 · AGENDA 6.16

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 032 · AGENDA 6.16

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 033 · AGENDA 6.17

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 034 · AGENDA 6.17

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 035 · AGENDA 6.18

Unknown

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the minutes of the Board meetings held in June 2017.

MOTION 036 · AGENDA 6.18

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Consent Agenda as recommended in items 6.1 through 6.18.

Moved by
charles-griffin
Seconded by
bill-lacy

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 037 · AGENDA 7.1

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Strategic Design framework and the Strategic Plan.

Moved by
george-scott
Seconded by
bryan-michalsky

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes

MOTION 038 · AGENDA 12.1

Passed

It is recommended that the Board of Trustees denies the Level Three DGBA grievance in DGBA 17-004, thereby upholding the decision of the Level One and Level Two hearing officers.

Moved by
bryan-michalsky
Seconded by
charles-griffin

6 Yes · 0 No

TrusteeVote
ashley-vann Yes
bill-lacy Yes
bryan-michalsky Yes
charles-griffin Yes
george-scott Yes
rebecca-fox Yes