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Dr. Hint, will you verify that we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meeting Act with regards to the notice of this meeting?
Madam President, we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act with regards to the notice for this meeting tonight.
Do we have any scouts in the audience with us tonight?
Oh is he with school all right well look to agenda item number four public
hearing with 4.1 presentation of the 2017-2018 proposed budget and tax rate
mr. Smith good evening mrs. span dr. Hinton trustees it's good to be here
tonight to kind of talk about the culmination of what y'all been having to hear since october
and then every month since uh since january i know you're getting tired of hearing me talk about this
1718 budget but we're going to we're going to talk about it for one last time and then we'll start
amending it probably next month a lot of work's gone on into this again we started this in october
of 2016. i've been presenting to the board and working very hard with of course dr hint and staff
throughout the district both principals and budget managers district-wide sherry
butterfield's been instrumental as always of being the glued it holds it
together and we are presenting the budget for you tonight with with the
hopes that you'll adopt it next week and as required by August 31st which is our
fiscal year end date of the 1617 school year again this budget was built on 2%
enrollment growth or about 77,233 students it's my understanding that
we're at that already and very pleased that that we are there that's one of the
assumptions that you kind of always kind of hold your breath on when you get
closer to the opening of school whether that was a good assumption or not and it
appears as though we we are doing a good job at meeting that new campuses of
course we've staffed and have the expense of opening Bryan Elementary
Stockdick Junior High and Payto High School and glad to report from everything
I've heard we've had successful opening of those schools. Our tax base of 6.2%
growth of about $38,650,000,000. I did get some information from
Harris County today. Unlike the other county appraisal districts in the state,
Harris County doesn't need to certify their values as early as them. We did get
some information about them today and we talked last month about porridge it does
appear the the 38 650 may be a little warm probably looking at those numbers
in detail these next couple weeks but extremely close like within 99.9 point
four percent five percent of that number so we're pleased that our tax base
estimate that we've been using and we'll either punt and work on that later in
the year is because these numbers always will move or we'll change it between now and next week if
we feel we need to but right now i'm guessing that we will not need to we're that close
our assumptions are the salary increases those aren't assumptions any longer this board graciously
approved a 3.16 average teacher pay increase to all our teachers and staff back in april
from everything that i've heard on that that's been much appreciated and of the board of trustees
for doing that and then the non teacher pay grades of 3% of their midpoint
again a lot of positive feedback at least from what is told to me on those
increases maintenance operations tax rate this budget as is 99.99%
of all school districts in the state that that tax rate cannot change
it's at a dollar twelve six six and the debt service tax rate is at 39 cents is
is what this budget was built on.
OK, the general fund, local tax revenues, $426.5 million.
Again, that is up about 6%.
Other local revenue of $11 million.
State funding is down, as we've talked in the past.
That's those rotten apples.
Although we did get some help from the Austin yield increase
that was written into law 11 years ago,
We did get some help from that. We got no other help from the state, whether it be from debt service or general fund operations whatsoever.
TRS contributions at $34.8 million. Again, that's a wash.
And federal revenue is up $20 million, is budgeted at $20 million or 2%, 3% of the total revenue.
So this is what our revenues look like.
and that one slide just a saw a minute ago but but a picture of it 65% of our
revenue is local 32% from the state and 3% from federal in this budget our
expenditures going to go through those quickly again 80% 8% is in salary and
benefits or payroll cost the remaining is 12% is in non salary again the
majority of that 12% would be in our utilities so salaries of 472 million
nine hundred forty four thousand dollars other compensation thirty million
dollars and benefits total ninety two point seven million dollars I will say
that the benefits do include TRS care increase from 0.55 percent to point
seven five percent it's the part of the 85th regular session that increased
school districts contributions toward retirees and their health insurance so
this is retirees and health insurance cost us about nine hundred eighty
thousand dollars that we're going to send to TRS it's really not going to
affect local public education in Katy ISD with our students but it does
support our retirees statewide non payroll cost departments and other
allocations again and campuses campuses as the well departments would be the
utilities and then obviously the the campuses is the big user of the
utilities but then the second part of that would be just the campus operating
budgets like supplies co-curricular travel etc non allocations of 14 million
dollars in our tourist contribution again that's what funds the Merrill
center is at $3.5 million. So 81% 81 million or 12% is in non-payroll cost. This is what our
payroll looks like delineated from a non-payroll perspective. So there's the 88%, the big piece.
Again, the second big piece is the biggest piece is the 5.5%, the purple section, which is mostly
utilities. And then that's followed by supplies and materials, which kind of makes sense when you
you look when you think about public education where we're supply heavy we
have a lot of buildings that have utilities and we have lots of staff
teachers that take care of our students this is kind of where the the money is
being spent four hundred forty five point nine million dollars is in the
classroom by far the vast majority and where it should be is in the classroom
we've historically had a very low administrative cost ratio and I see that
continuing in fact i believe our administrative costs are probably down even with the three
percent uh a salary increase our administrative costs are down the administration cabinet dr hent
have done a done a good job of looking at uh ways to tighten the belt throughout the budget and uh
that was one area where we were able to try to work more efficiently and tighten the belt
so our general fund we anticipate the final amended budget which you'll see later tonight
being at 194.9 million dollars that's just over three months operating supply
as we all know three months is what we would like to have in our savings
accounts in our households and in any business would like a three months
operating supply and we have just over three months or 194.9 million total
revenues of six hundred seventy four point seven million dollars expenditures
expenditures of $663.8 million and transfers out. Those are inter-fund transfers. What
those will be is $3 million. As you've heard before, $3 million will be going over to our
health insurance fund. You're going to hear a little bit more about the health insurance
fund tonight. We moved that over and we have done that the last few years to make sure
that the health insurance fund remains solvent and it is in healthy shape. We're trying to
to continue that because as you've heard me say many many times this year we are
very blessed to have our own health insurance fund and that it is operating
in a healthy condition compared to our alternative which would be TRS active
care. The other just over three million dollars is transferred out to the debt
service fund that's our Babs revenue it's part of that federal revenue we saw
that money goes out to our debt service fund to help us manage our tax rate
Y'all heard me talk about that before and then there's five hundred thousand dollars that goes towards the
TERS fund for the operational cost of the Merrill Center. So
We're looking right now about a five point three million dollar surplus
Which does not have the one percent that we've talked about right now if we decide to do that will amend the budget
at a future date
If we did that that would cost just just under four million dollars
So there's a surplus that's very, gives us the ability to look at that.
And we would project to end the year with a fund balance of just over $200 million.
Food service fund, starting out at $4 million, $29 million in revenue.
This is more of a 50-50 share when it comes to the revenues for food service.
A little over 50% of that comes from local families.
So Sherry calls it sticky money.
It's cash and payments made through My Payments Plus to fund meals.
The other large portion is not from the state.
It's from the federal portion, and that's for free and reduced lunch reimbursements
at $14.2 million.
So we're looking at $27.8 million in revenue in the food service fund, expenditures of
$31.6 million.
That does include a hefty percentage of capital outlay.
As you know one of the things we've done to manage our 2014 bond authorization is to use food service surplus
or fund balance excess
unbalance
To again help make those projects in the 2014 authorization work
And this this is in line with that our larger largest portion of this expenditure is
17.7 million dollars for supplies and materials
That's the cost of goods sold, which makes sense when you're talking about food.
Unlike our other budget, the general fund budget, most of this is in supplies, and less than half is in payroll costs.
So we're looking at using some fund balance.
I don't think we'll use that much.
That's probably very conservative, but it does include the capital outlay program to fund some of those kitchen renovations that we're doing.
And we would be looking at still a healthy fund balance if we did do all that at $2.2 million.
dollars. As far as our debt service fund, we're looking at ending the year at about
fifty four million dollar fund balance. To that we would have 150
million dollars in revenues. Obviously the very very vast majority of that is
in local tax revenue with a little bit of interest in our earnings on those
funds of about six hundred thousand dollars. We do get some state revenue
that's not EDA and IFA. We are no longer going to receive EDA and IFA. The state
in the special session that just completed last week did fund some money
to the EDA program to increase the yield from $35 to 40. We still will not be able
to perceive any funds for that. What state revenues we do get make up for the
increase in the homestead exemption from $15,000 to $25,000 a couple of years ago.
Expenditures of $71 million in principal, interest payments of $79 million,
million dollars, bank fees, et cetera, $300,000 or just over $300,000 for a total of $151
million.
Again, there's that money coming in from the BABs program or from the general fund that
they transfer in.
That's the majority of that.
That's about $3.1 million of that $3.4 million.
The rest is when we sell bonds, we invest those monies and those investments until they're
spent that we do earn interest on that we keep that in the debt service fund so we would look
at increasing a 2.5 million dollar increase to our fund balance there and in debt 56.5 million
dollars our debt service fund so this is it uh all funds together 854 million dollars in revenue 846
$46 million in expenses.
And this is the TEA format in which we are required to submit this to TEA.
And this shows what instructional expenditure we're going to have as far as instruction.
You can see the largest percentage going to instruction, and that delineates all the various
areas that you're going to spend.
I want to thank you.
You all have had to hear from me every month now for the last nine months, and I know you're
tired of it but we've talked a lot about rotten apples and apples and and and a
lot of the specifics of the numbers that you saw so kind of summarize tonight but
I appreciate your patience with with me allowing me and the administration to
present these numbers to you and at this point I would be glad to answer any
questions if you have any and a president mr. Griffin mr. Smith in the
food services the federal government's 14.2 million for the free and reduced
lunch is it how do they come up with that figure that's based on free and
reduced lunch applications students across the district apply for free and
reduced lunch if someone applies and the sibling does not apply the federal law
now does allow us to go ahead and give offer free and reduced lunch services to
that sibling that does not apply that's increased our numbers we have right now
about 30% of our students on free and reduced lunch are socio-economically
disadvantaged about 30% maybe a little maybe a tick higher than that those
students who qualify do come to school and get either free or reduced lunch and
their income has to be a certain amount or lower based on the size of their
household thank you
anybody else okay Thank You mr. Smith move on to item 4.2 receive public input
put regarding the 2017-2018 proposed budget and tax rate.
Those individuals requesting to speak regarding the 2017-2018 proposed budget and tax rate
signed up prior to the start of this meeting.
There will be an open forum later this evening at which time other topics may be presented.
Thirty minutes has been allotted for this public forum.
The time allowed will be divided equally among those requesting to speak, but no presentation
may exceed three minutes.
A time clock is visible at the podium so each speaker may see the time remaining.
As I announce your name, please come to the podium and state your first and last name
for the record.
And we have no one who has signed up.
So that is the end of the public hearing.
All right.
So we'll move to agenda number five, reports.
First being 5.1, East Transportation Center Naming Committee Recommendations.
Dr. Hint.
Yes, ma'am. Thank you, Madam President. In accordance with CW Local, the Transportation Center Naming Advisory Committee met on August 15th to review all submitted names and supporting documentation for our three transportation centers.
The committee is now recommending the selected names to the board.
The committee per Board Policy CW Local will hold a public forum on August 23 to solicit
input on the selected names and reconvene afterwards to consider the information received.
The board may choose to take action on the name or names for the transportation centers
at the regular board meeting on August 28.
I've combined item 1, 2, and 3 in one.
I'm going to go ahead and read all three of the bios on the individuals that were selected
and list the site that they were selected for.
First, we have Lester Floyd Reinacher II for East Transportation Center.
Lester Reinacher began his teaching and coaching career in 1970 at Katy Junior High
under Principal Garland McMeans and head football coach Kenneth D. Welch.
He coached eighth grade football, basketball, and track and taught Texas and American history in the classroom.
In 1974, he moved to Katy High School where he taught American history and coached football, basketball, and track under head football coach Jack Rhodes.
In 1975, Reinacher organized the first baseball program at Katy High School, became the first head coach, and had a very successful team.
In 1979, Taylor High School opened under Garland McMeans, who appointed Reiniker as head football
coach and campus athletic coordinator.
He did an outstanding job setting a strong leadership role that all of his coaches could
follow and made the Taylor Mustangs a program in which to be proud.
Reiniker would also meet with various civic groups to discuss coaching and transportation
issues.
Reiniker left coaching in 1985 when he was accepted the position of assistant director
for transportation for Katy ISD under Bill Kaiser. He continued to be a strong
leader and became very knowledgeable about all aspects of the bus
transportation business. Reiniker remained in this position until he
retired in 2002 with 32 years as a teacher coach and administrator. After
retirement his love for school students and history continued when he would make
appearances as the historical character Davy Crockett. Reiniker belonged to the
The Cane Island Volunteers, a local Texas history reenactment group, formed in 1986
and was a member of the Katie Elks Lodge and served as an officer on several occasions.
He attended folk festivals and visited schools all over Texas, teaching young people about Texas history.
Reinacher helped organize the first Katie Folklife Festival, now held each spring at the Kenneth D. Welch Outdoor Learning Center.
Coach Reinacher is now deceased.
East. Again, Lester Floyd Reinacher II, and that was for East Transportation Center.
For South Transportation Center, we have Cindy Self. Cindy Self was employed by KDISD for 27
years. She began her career at the East Transportation Center and eventually moved to West
Transportation. She started as a substitute driver with the district and eventually became the special
needs coordinator for the transportation department. Likewise, she enjoyed driving
the cosmetology students to Austin for the state board exams and would even
participate as a model for them when needed. Self and her husband Robert Self
regularly coordinated a team at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo World
Championship Cook-Off where she would entertain the special needs students of
Katy ISD every year. This tradition still continues and has been kept alive by her
family and friends in her memory. Kids Friday at the cook-off includes music,
clowns, lunch, visits from the Houston Texans cheerleaders, and local news
stations and entertainers. It now takes multiple cook-off teams to accommodate
the number of students who attend this event each year. She left a mark not only
on the special needs community who entrusted their children to her, but to
the countless friends in Katy ISD who knew and loved her. Following her death
in February of 2007 a memorial tree was planted in her memory by district
employees at the East Transportation Center and was eventually moved to the
West Transportation due to renovation and then we have for the West
Transportation Center Anna Baker Anna Baker became the first woman school bus
driver for Katy ISD in 1955 handling a large motor vehicle was not new to her
She drove a dump truck for her late husband's iron ore business.
In 1959, she would be the one who drove the school bus that transported local fans to see the Katy Tigers win their first state championship.
Baker also worked in the Addicks Elementary School, now Wolf Elementary Cafeteria, where she later became manager.
She would make her own menus, and many parents and administrators would come to the school to enjoy her meals.
In fact, former superintendent James E. Taylor would come by almost weekly because he liked her cooking so much.
After 18 years of managing the cafeteria and 22 years as a bus driver, she became head custodian at Katy High School,
a responsibility she successfully performed for eight years.
During her tenure, she was available for most extracurricular activities.
She enjoyed working the banquets and especially the football games.
She was not one to stay idle.
Baker would paint for Katy ISD during the summers and hang wallpaper and sheetrock.
She retired from Katy ISD in August 1985 after 30 years of dedicated service to the school district.
Baker was the honorary grand marshal of the Katy FFA Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade in 1999
and an honorary chapter farmer of both the Katy and Taylor High School's Future Farmers of America chapter.
She was also a member of the Czech Heritage Society, KD AARP chapter, Half Century Club,
Black member of the Bark Heritage Society, and associate member of the 2nd Marine Division Association National and State chapters.
Baker passed away September 20, 2015, at 99 years of age.
Those are the three selected names for the East, the West, and the South Transportation Center.
Again, we will hold a community forum this Wednesday, at which time the committee will reconvene,
and then we'll bring the names back to the board at our regularly scheduled board meeting Monday.
President Vann?
Mr. Gifford.
I would like to thank you for going above and beyond with Dr. Hint.
You know, I've had one of the sons of one of the people in there that asked the question on getting a naming of a facility, and I'm so happy that we went above and beyond.
Thank you for doing what you did and bringing us some outstanding names.
Thank you.
All right, we will move to agenda item number six, starting with 6.1, consent agenda.
Consider future board approval of the district performance objectives.
Dr. Matney.
Good evening President Vann, Board Members and Superintendent Hint. Texas Education Code
requires that school districts annually develop, review and revise district improvement plans.
There are multiple areas that are also required to be included in these plans. Texas Education
Code also requires the Board approves the district performance objectives. We are in
the transition year as we work to merge the strategic plan goals approved last month with
our current improvement planning process. This year's performance objectives begin
to incorporate that work and will continue to transition the strategic
plan goals and specific results into our district improvement plan process this
coming year. A copy of these performance objectives have been provided and this
evening we are here to seek your approval. These performance objectives
were developed using a thorough process involving KDISD administration. I'd like
like to thank all those who assisted. Many of them are here this evening and
including Nikia Coy who is instrumental in assisting with the process of helping
develop these campus, this district performance objectives. Thank you for
your consideration on behalf of the administration.
I'd like to reinforce what Dr. Matney said. Of course we went through a strategic planning process in which we now have goals that we're working towards but because of the overlap on this and this being a requirement by the state and allowing our campuses to get a head start on
it when they should have in the district you do see some overlap I see next year
where we'll have those goals from the strategic plan driving these decisions
in the future any questions for dr. Matney thank you very much thank you
item 6.2 consider future board approval the method of purchase replacement of
doors and hardwares at six campuses mr. T
Good evening, President Vann, Dr. Hint, Board members.
I've brought Nathan Fuchs with me this evening, our Director of Maintenance and Special Projects,
to assist with these.
First, I'm bringing a recommendation that the Board of Trustees approves a job order
contracting method of purchase for the replacement of doors and hardware at six campuses.
The job order contracting method will provide the best value to the district for the doors and hardware replacement at six campuses.
The identified doors are located at West Memorial Junior High School, McMeans Junior High, Katie Junior High, Beck Junior High, McDonald Junior High, and Katie High School.
Board approval for this recommendation for method of purchase is consistent with board policies CH Legal, CH Local, and CV Local.
I'm president Scott what are the doors I'm sorry what doors are they I'm just
out of morbid curiosity there are exterior doors okay that are around the
gyms front entrance and I guess the bus drive side of the campuses at these
junior high schools we're doing an access control project and as part of
that access as part of that yes sir just curious yes sir yes sir these I've been
at a couple of those campuses I can I show you which ones need to be replaced
yes sir madam president mr. mr. T thank you for this presentation so they've
most of these have undergone some renovations over the summer right with
With the LGIs and things, not all.
They're not exactly the same ones.
So is that part of the same process?
Did you identify that need because of things you found?
I suspect in Katie and McDonald, right?
They have some renovations with the LGIs.
Correct.
These actually were identified during our access control assessment.
When we were going around on that project,
we determined that these doors really needed to be replaced,
that they were not able to be upgraded and operate correctly with the access control.
And meanwhile, the other project had already gone through,
so we're bringing this kind of after the fact.
Okay.
And how long will this take?
Like is this a weekend kind of project so it won't disrupt the learning?
They will factor in overtime or on weekends.
It will not affect the instruction on the campus.
And we're actually, I'm hoping to bring the contract to you all for approval next month
so that the doors can be ordered and then ideally we're going to try to
schedule it over Thanksgiving break. Thank you very much. Just to give you a
look when we say access control we're talking keyless entry and I've sent some
information to you guys in your Friday info that shows you the staged approach
that we're doing. It's likely we were not going to be finished district-wide until
January or February but we'll keep you guys up to date. Thanks. Thank you. 6.3 Mr. T.
It's recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the interlocal agreement for the
recreational facilities by and between Municipal Utility District 346 and the Katy Independent
School District for the repair and replacement of the walking track at Hazel S. Pattison
Elementary School.
Municipal Utility District 346 has approved an agreement to fund the repair and replacement
to the walking track at Pattison Elementary. The interlocal agreement
submitted for approval by the board outlines a commitment on behalf of Katy
Independent School District to fund $7,000 towards the cost. This is to be
paid by the Campus Parent Teacher Association and the remaining cost to be
funded by the Municipal Utility District 346 up to $50,000. Proposals for the
the specified repair work were taken and the approved proposed
for repairs totals $44,174.86. The proposal is attached for your review.
This agreement has been reviewed by District Legal Counsel and approved as
to form. Board approval of this interlocal agreement is consistent with
board policy CH legal, CH local, and CV local. Any questions? Madam President,
what is the timeline on this one Mr. T? We will start immediately upon board
approval anyone else okay thank you very much item 6.4 we've got you for a while
it's recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the job order
contracting method of purchase for the replacement of carpet flooring at the
education support complex the job order contracting method will provide the best
value to the district for the replacement of carpet flooring at the
the education support complex. The replacement of carpet flooring at the education support
complex is a project of the 2014 bond. Board approval of the recommendation for method
of purchase is consistent with board policies CH legal, CH local, and CV local.
Any questions?
Yes.
A job that will be done in stages.
Yes.
Thank you very much. Item 6.5.
It's recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the competitive seal proposal method
of purchase for the installation of concrete paving at the Central Maintenance Annex and
concrete repair and replacement at the Support Services Complex.
The competitive seal proposal method will provide the best value to the district for
the installation of concrete paving at the Central Maintenance Annex and concrete repair
and replacement at the Support Services Complex.
complex. The fund source is the 2010 bond savings. Board approval of this recommendation
for method of purchase is consistent with Board policies CH Legal, CH Local, and CV
Local. Any questions? All right, your last one, item 6.6. It's recommended that the Board
of Trustees awards the contract for renovations to the baseball complex at Maid Creek High
school to Anzlo Bryant Construction in the amount of $1,973,000.
The renovation of the Maid Creek Baseball Complex is being funded from savings previously
earmarked and reserved for this purpose within the 2014 bond authorization.
The budget for this project was approved at the June 2017 board meeting.
meeting.
Renovation plans were developed by PBK Architects in conjunction with campus staff, athletics
department and maintenance and operations staff with the goal of bringing the facility
up to current district standards.
On August the 10th, 2017, six proposals were received for this project.
A tabulation of the proposal rankings is attached.
The recommendation to award the contract to Anzal O'Brien Construction is based on their
highest composite ranking and their ability to provide the best value to the district.
Renovation work is scheduled to be substantially complete prior to the start of the 2018 baseball
season.
Just an FYI, I actually give some kudos to the department.
They originally came in with an amended budget of 2.5 and through the process they got a
total project cost of 2.2, savings of about $300,000.
Yes, sir.
The recap of the total cost is Ansel O'Brien construction costs, if approved, of $1,973,000.
The soft costs shall include the architectural and engineering design,
builders' risk insurance, and materials testing at $196,500,
furniture, fixture, and equipment, as well as technology costs of $35,000,
for a total project budget cost of $2.204 million, $500,000.
This contract has been reviewed by the District Council and approved as to form.
Board approval of this recommendation for method of purchase
is consistent with Board policies CH Legal, CH Local, and CV Local.
Any questions?
Madam President, as a reminder for me,
I've gotten old and I forgot I know that you addressed this in the June meeting what school will this
What other complex will this very closely resemble?
This is based on our current design at Pato high school and as well as Katy high school
Thank you
Be very nice. Thank you. All right any more questions
All right, you're all done. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Fuchs. Thank you
All right, 6.7, Ms. Decker.
Good evening, President Vann, Board of Trustees, and Superintendent Hint.
Board policy CI local allows the district to dispose of surplus material without specific board approval.
However, it includes a provision that such material must be disposed of for fair market value.
A process is in place for the campus athletic coordinator to evaluate athletic uniforms and make a determination if the uniform meets the standards for disposal.
After the campus evaluation, the executive director of athletics must certify that the uniforms are to be disposed.
Due to factors such as age, condition, or changes in UIL governing body rules for uniforms, there is a very limited market for used uniforms and little, if any, residual value is expected.
It is recommended that the district have the option of donating uniforms that have exceeded
their life cycle to campus athletic booster clubs or the athletic hall of honor to be
used for fundraising.
These groups are 501c3 nonprofit organizations that exist with the purpose of providing support
to our school district.
Because a donation is recommended instead of auctioning these items, board approval
is necessary.
Board Policy CI Legal and the Texas Education Code 11.15 further allows for the disposal of surplus property in a manner deemed appropriate by the Board of Trustees.
It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the Superintendent's recommendation of the disposal of surplus uniforms in compliance with Board Policy CI Local and CI Legal.
Madam President, I just want to know Dr. Hinn, is this the way that you're trying to get
back your high school uniform?
They disposed of that uniform a long time ago.
But this is a way to help our booster clubs in the Hall of Honor.
These are traditionally uniforms that are 10, 15 years old that sit in a closet and
then they're thrown away.
If we can provide a little resource to our folks, I think it's a good gesture on the
board's part.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Madam President?
Mr. Scott?
I've waited an entire lifetime to be able to vote to support 1115C.
Madam President?
Ms. Fox?
Ms. Decker?
Thank you for your report.
Are uniforms on a replacement cycle?
A lot like drill teams, everybody gets a new uniform, but are these just ones that are
damaged?
Does it have a life cycle or is it individual determination on uniforms?
Right.
So it's kind of all over the map. One change in uniforms has actually come down from the NCAA and UIL
concerning football uniforms this year.
So there may be a few that were probably five or six, maybe even older than that, that may be caught up in that in this
new rule. But prior to that, I would tell you that typically
uniforms are not disposed of until we can't
purchase a replacement for the ones that are damaged or lost.
or we've already sent them down the chain.
So the varsity had them, then the JV played with them,
and then the freshmen played with them, and so on.
So I can't say there's an exact science to a schedule
because some of our teams play more games in their season,
and so therefore their uniforms maybe don't last as long as some other ones.
And, I mean, like I said, that's one factor.
There are so many factors concerning that, but I will tell you that we get the most use
out of every uniform that we purchase.
We're very mindful of the taxpayers' money in terms of those uniforms, and we make sure
that they're put to full use before they're able to fill out the form for that disposal.
so even though we are okay
okay very good thank you
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I'm here for a few moments.
All right, good evening, President Vann, Board of Trustees, Dr. Hemp.
First item I want to talk to you about this evening is the workers' comp excess.
Board policy CR legal indicates that a district may purchase reinsurance for risk covered through
a self-insured fund to protect against very large specific workers compensation claim occurrences.
Katy Independent School District currently purchases reinsurance for its self-funded
workers compensation program. There's a very limited number of carriers that provide this
coverage. Recently, Katy ISD Risk Management Department sought the competitive pricing
through an RFP in the marketplace. As a result, five carriers were approached
with two submitting pricing options. Midwest Casualty, an AM Best rated A15
company, has proposed a renewal quote of $78,409
compared to the estimated expiring premium of $73,431.
The policy has a rate guarantee for two years, however actual premium increases
as payroll volume increases. This policy is audited at expiration. The plan
carries a retention of $550,000 per occurrence. The policy term is September
1, 2017 to August 31, 2018. Expenditures for this insurance will be paid from the
Workers Compensation Fund, a budgeted internal service fund approved by the
Board of Trustees. It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the
the excess workers' compensation reinsurance policy
offered by Midwest Casualty Company
from Wells Fargo Insurance Services
with a $550,000 specific retention
for an estimated deposit premium of $78,409.
It works.
Any questions?
Mr. Scott.
Are these numbers embedded in the overall health plan budget?
This does not relate to health care. This is for our workers compensation.
I'm so stupid. You're right. Workman's comp. I apologize.
I would disagree. You are not stupid.
I was in that case. I was very stupid.
If I can't admit to being stupid, who can?
Madam President.
Mr. Lacey.
I noticed that this is a two-year period is is this going to be a rolling continual thing is to normally be a two-year renewal
At the end of the second year we will go out to bid again, okay?
Any questions, okay item six point nine
Board Policy CR Legal states the district shall extend workers compensation benefits to its
employees by choosing one of the following options entering into local interlocal agreements with
other political subdivisions providing for self-insurance administrative services for
for the Katy Independent School District self-funded workers' compensation program have been performed
by the TASB Risk Management Fund through an interlocal agreement since 2006.
The scope of services to this agreement have not changed for the renewal period starting
September 1, 2017.
Pricing considerations have changed only for medical-only claims from $110 to $125 for
the renewal period.
These claim fees represent life of claim pricing and are not subject to change based on any claim status changes.
Expenditures for the services are based on claim frequency with an estimated cost of $135,000 for 2017-2018.
The cost is budgeted and paid for from an internal service fund for workers' compensation as authorized through CRE Legal.
legal. It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the interlocal participation
agreement for workers' compensation claims administration with TASB Risk Management Fund
for the period September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018.
Any questions? Okay. Thank you. Item 6.10.
When the district moved to a self-funded health care plan in 2004, the main objective was
to reduce the effect of long-term medical inflation while providing quality health care
options to employees.
Since inception, the annual rate of annualized increase of the district's health plan has
has been 2.7%, while the national average
currently continues to climb at an annualized rate
approaching 10%.
Over the past three years, the average premium increase
for participants has been 2%.
The Katy Independent School District Health Care Plan
is structured under the umbrella
of the Total Health Care Partnership, THCP,
through which Katy ISD participates
via an interlocal agreement with Houston ISD.
Consulting services are provided through THCP and Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
Following preliminary projections to the Board in July 2017, various options were considered
for the 2018 health care plan year. The options considered were to 1 maintain the status quo
in premium and plan design, 2 increase premiums by 1 to 2 percent by tiers with no plan design
design changes, evaluate TRS active care plan options. Maintain the status quo.
After consideration of various options to increase premiums or consider TRS, the
most advantageous option for the employees is for the district to stay
with the current premium levels and not make design changes to the health plan.
To fund all health fund deficits would require additional funding by the
district to keep premiums at their current level across all tiers. The
attached final report summarizes the indicated premium recommendations,
impact upon salary increases, and efforts to reduce administrative expenses to the
plan. These recommendations do not consider migration of employees among
the different offerings presented to employees. The estimated share of the
deficit to be funded by the district is approximately $1.89 million.
This amount will be covered from the general operating fund designated
for the 2017-2018 budget which represents an increase from the 2016-2017 budget.
It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the 2018 health care
plan design. And I think it's important to mention the reason why the district
is recommending the maintain the status quo.
If you recall, in the 16-17 school year,
the board approved a 1% pay increase for employees,
but we also had an increase on the employee health care plan,
which in all actuality, employees got a raise,
but their benefits took their raise.
This year, we wanted to leave things alone
as the board has already approved a 3% pay increase for the board,
but we will have to come back at a later date
and have a conversation about the health care plan.
Again, the General Operating Fund already has designated funds to cover the costs,
but this will be a discussion piece for us in the future.
Any questions?
I'm present.
Mr. Mahalsky.
Mr. Nauman, so I see that you are projecting a deficit in this year's plan,
but you did the same a year ago to us and now we're coming in with a bit of surplus.
Can you talk to that? Are you just a little conservative on your estimates?
Are we just experiencing better than expected? And I do know that it's a self-funded plan, so it's not a
there is a science, but it's, yeah.
There's a science, but there's also
as I've stated before, if I had a crystal ball and I could project the future, I really would, but we can't predict
how sick employees are going to get.
And what we do is try to be very conservative in our approach over the last two and three years, based on frequency, based on trend of what medical expenses are happening.
We're also seeing people respond to making good consumer choices in the health plan, being able to shop for things such as MRIs or primary care doctors.
So those factors by us consistently marketing our plans to our employees and informing them and giving them the tools through our website so they can make informed decisions helps bring those dollars in.
But we always try to err on the side of caution so that we can do the right thing.
One follow-up, if I might.
This may be for you and Mr. Smith, because you had talked about a transfer to that fund for that potential deficit.
Is that going to be in arrears based on actual experience or is that funded on the front end?
inflationary
thank you
hey man okay your last one six point eleven
Board policy CR legal states a district may procure insurance companies authorized to do business in Texas to insure its employees.
Voluntary benefits made available to district employees through payroll deductions are offered to provide access to services that promote and enhance the health of employees and their dependents.
The benefits are presented to the Board of Trustees for an approval on an annual basis.
The products are provided through an interlocal agreement with Region 4
Education Service Center. The interlocal agreement satisfies the bid
requirement and is evergreen unless cancelled by either party. The
recommended product offerings for 2018 are as follows. Disability Income
Protection, Unum, a 0% change. Vision, which is offered by Davis Vision, a 0%
change. The dental HMO, which is offered by United Health, a 2% increase. Dental
indemnity, which is offered by MetLife, a 0% in change. Term life offered via Aetna,
a 0% and legal offered through Legal Ease, a 0% change. The incumbent vendors
are recommended as they represent the best value and ensure no interruption in
provider services. The renewal option for dental HMO through United Health saw an
expansion of coverage for all plan participants. All other products have
saw no change from the expiring term relating to coverage options. The
voluntary benefits are offered to employees at competitive group rates.
These benefits, if elected, are 100% funded by employees. It is recommended
that the Board of Trustees approves the voluntary benefits products for two
2018. Madam President. Ms. Halsky. So I noticed all but the dental HMO was basically a
rate pass. Did we go to market for these particular programs or was? No we
did not. Well the interlocal does do that on our behalf but we're in multi-year
deals with these and have some rate commitments through I believe another
another year so we've this is a an opportunity for us to impact employees
protect their earnings and keep those premiums at a base level okay thank you
mr. Norman okay move to item 6.12 consider future board approval of the
contract for purchase of books and media for instructional and reference use mr.
Mr. Young. Good evening President Vann, Board of Trustees and Superintendent Hint. I have
one contract being recommended for award for the purchase of books and media for
both instructional and reference use. This contract will provide the KDSD
these schools and departments with a list of pre-qualified vendors from which to purchase
these materials.
The contract does not include books or media for library use, which would be purchased
under a separate contract.
The purchasing department issued a request for competitive sealed proposals and received
a total of 90 vendor responses.
Upon evaluation of all vendor responses, it was determined that all vendors met the minimum
criteria in order to be recommended for award under this contract. By awarding to
all suppliers that were that responded to this bid, the district staff will have
access to a large selection of pre-qualified vendors that can provide
the materials needed to support the district's academic and administrative
objectives. Purchases from these vendors will be made on an as-needed
basis in accordance with the district's purchasing procedures and
and district staff will make their vendor selections based on the basis of best value,
taking into account the category of materials offered by each supplier,
the availability of such materials at the time of the order,
and the vendor's proposed pricing discounts and shipping fees.
The proposed contract term is for one year, with an option for three additional one-year renewals.
Based on the previous 12 months' expenditures,
the total estimated cost for the next 12 months is $3.5 million.
Contract expenditures will be funded from the general operating fund or
special revenue funds or student activity funds as appropriate.
The Board of Trustees approval for this contract would be consistent with Board
policies CH legal and CH local.
Any questions?
Ms. Fox?
I'm mrs. Fox that's mrs. Doyle he gets us confused mr. young it says general
operating fund this is not a part of the IMA allotment we don't fund these
instructional materials from the instructional materials allotment that
we get from the so that's part of the general operating fund from the IMA
additional resources for our classrooms got it thank you thank you anyone else mr. young wants
to bring mr. Smith to answer all his questions when a school board member stumps in sorry history
thank you mr. young now I'm going to item 613 consider a future board approval contract renewal
and extension for the collection of delinquent taxes.
Well, hello, and I apologize.
I'm used to yelling here in the last couple of minutes with no mic,
so pardon me if I speak too loud.
But our current contract with delinquent for the collection of delinquent taxes
expires September the 30th of this year.
The administration is requesting your approval of a final one-year extension.
Extension is the final of three extensions. We will be going out for a request for qualifications for this service
Sometime next spring. KDISD continues to have one of the highest collection rates in the area. I've been with the district for
Sometime and to my knowledge we've had no problems with our current firm. We've been completely satisfied with the performance thus far
David Pawanka is kind of an icing on the cake our former tax assessor collector here in KDISD
also
works for now works for linebarger the recommended firm and he continues to
file and work on our behalf
in fact he's just filed 2015 and a 2013 audit with the with the Comptroller
property tax division that earned the KDISD just over four million dollars,
which is included in the budgets that we saw tonight. I expect him to be kicking
off the 2016 audit in the next couple of months and if successful, and I have a
feeling that he will be, will be amending the budget positively sometime in the
next two or three months. With this said, the district administration recommends
that the Board of Trustees approve the renewal and one-year extension, final
final extension of our contract with collection of delinquent taxes between
Katie ISD and the firm Limeberger Blair but Bob Goggin Blair and Samson LLP
madam president I'm going to request that this be moved off of the consent
agenda but I'd like to make my brief comment tonight rather than next week I
will have cast two symbolic votes since being on the board and they're both on
this contract in no way is it designed to show up other board members because
they won't join me in a protest but this is just one of those issues for me that
goes back more than 30 years in fact it would be financially insane for the
school board to not renew this contract at our next regular meeting it would
jeopardize a vital portion of the district's cash flow thus harm the
district thus harm our taxpayers. If you all strategize a 3-3 vote then I will
vote to renew the contract. Over three decades ago as a senior researcher and
then president of a public policy organization I watched the fledgling
delinquent tax industry form and politically solidify itself. For over
30 years I've watched an entire industry that made some limited sense in the
the early 1980s morph into a massive politically protected corporate welfare scheme that prompted
my boss, even in those earliest days of this issue, to coin the phrase, quote, privatization
on this scale is what we used to call corruption, end quote.
The bigger issue here is a playing field beyond the reach of a school board or a city council.
The Texas legislature is wholly responsible.
I hope and am confident the board will pass this contract a year from now. We will have a better contract under dr
Hintz superior negotiating skills and the Texas legislature will keep doing what it does best
Help its powerful friends and political sugar daddies make a lot of money. I don't like this form of privatization
So it is a symbolic vote. Please don't make me cast the for three
Well, thank you very much. We'll go ahead and move 6.13 as an action item at our next board meeting.
Item 6.14, Mr. Smith.
All right. The Government Accounting Standards Board, or GASB Statement No. 54,
and the Texas Education Agency require the district to adopt a resolution to commit portions of its general fund assigned
unassigned fund balance and to delegate the responsibility of assigning fund
balances to the superintendent or his designee. The designations serve to
document the board and management's intention to utilize fund balance for
specified purposes. GASB 54 is an accounting change that happened
about in 2010 that replaces former designation and reservation of fund
balances. The attached resolution commits a portion of the fund balance to the
district's health insurance plan and the local campus special revenue funds. So
for example, in this we're requesting that five million dollars be set aside
or assigned by the by the Board of Trustees to be set aside for the whole
purpose of funding the health fund in case we have a claim or several claims
that would deteriorate that health fund. It's basically the board's acknowledging
that that's an important fund and we want to make sure that it stays healthy.
The other is the it's about five million dollars of various campus or students
monies that we hold as custodian that obviously we we want to set aside and
make sure that we hold that appropriately for those kids use.
Any questions?
Thank you very much. Item 6.15, Mr. Smith.
6.15. We're presenting this as a requirement to comply with Section 29.081 of the Texas Education
Code. That requires us to present this to the Board before the annual budget is adopted.
Although more is spent, we have identified $100,000 in student interventions budget.
Targeted tutorial groups based on students need to master specific objectives on the end of course.
As area superintendent or assistant superintendents have special project budgets,
again, earmarked about $100,000 in student interventions.
This budget is distributed to the spring to campuses based on need.
be our recommendation that you adopt this item as well before we adopt the budget.
Questions? Okay. Item 6.16, again Mr. Smith. Okay, the final amended budget for the 16-17
school year is presented before you. It contains a near final estimate of revenue and expenses
that should adhere to historic underspending.
We have underspending and fund balances shown
presented before you.
Ending fund balances that you see
show a general ending fund balance of $194.9 million.
That is a current decrease of $2.7 million.
However, it will be higher than that.
We probably will not have a decrease in our fund balance
because we have underspending.
The Administrator, the Financial Services Department probably can do a pretty good
job of predicting how much we're going to underspend our budget, but to do so would
be foolish because our budget's too big to just project and we're not supposed to blow
a function.
So right now, again, you show a deficit of $2.7 million, but it will not be, it'll most
likely be a surplus.
plus. Food service fund shows a four million dollar ending fund balance or a
decrease of nine hundred twenty four thousand dollars. I spoke spoke to you
earlier about this as partly in part due to the capital campaign that we're doing
using this these funds to pay for capital improvements in cafeterias
across the district. Even though that's a conservative number we'll probably be
closer to break-even. The debt service fund shows a 1.9 million dollar increase
or an ending fund balance of $54 million.
I would request, we did get some information,
I mentioned it earlier, the 2013 audit that Mr. Provanca performed on our behalf.
We did get numbers from the comptroller's office.
We signed those immediately.
TEA actually has those numbers now.
We expect that to generate about $400,000 to the district.
and so what I would like to do is kind of massage this and increase the revenue
and take one more look after we run the August 31st payroll to make sure that
everything looks good but I don't expect any increases in expenditures just the
increase of revenue because because I know about it because we know about it
so I would like to this not to be on the consent agenda thank you miss Smith I
I really appreciate the color around the fund balance
and all of that as we go into the new fiscal year
because it's never really that comforting
to see a final amended budget
that's got a little bit of a deficit balance
or a general fund balance that's lower than it was
the same period of the year before.
So I just want you to briefly, if you could,
just explain the high level,
kind of the process and timing of reconciling
that final fund balance and the final results, I guess,
from this fiscal year which ends at the end of this month?
Well the revenue that you have before you, with the exception of the the 400,000 that I mentioned
earlier that we got as a result of 2013 audits should be pretty accurate. I mean there'll be
some changes because tax collections are still coming in as we speak and they will through the
end of August so we don't know exactly what those are. There's athletic gates that affect the
revenue because we will have some games on August 31st and that will affect the
revenue some although we we feel we have a good idea what that will be we're not
we're not certain but your revenue is going to be very close expenditures
again we will not spend it the campuses will are using as we speak their 1617
budgets and they're spending that money as we speak and we'll be paying bills
through the end of September out of the 1617 budget I don't expect that we won't
spend it all and I expect when we you were presented the audit in January that
we will probably have a surplus or an add to fund balance somewhere between
four and seven million dollars as my guess understood one further question if
I could because I know by electing to do the district innovation and starting
this calendar year a little bit earlier I'm assuming there were some additional
payroll costs that weren't anticipated when we did this budget a year ago as
well. Can you speak to that or do you have any any fears on what the
incremental increase was related to that? We did amend the budget to reflect those
additional six days of instruction in this in this year. That's one of the
reasons why we're showing a little negative right now, but again and we hope
to run a couple more payrolls. The bi-weekly payroll be running this
this Friday and the semi-monthly, the August 31st payroll will be running one day next week.
We hope to have those run and looked at in these numbers just to make sure that we're not blowing a function,
and we won't.
We just like to be extra cautious and conservative.
Absolutely.
One final.
Those six days extra that we got in this year will actually come off of the 17-18 budget as well, correct?
It's a one-time hit to our expenses that should be evened out this moving forward in the 17-18 budget unless we move back for some reason or unless we could even start earlier.
here. And just so everybody knows also, Mr. Smith is recommending that we go ahead and move along
with 6.13, 6.16 to action item so we can squeeze out one more week of underspending to bring a
more concrete number to the board next Monday. All right. Thank you.
Okay. Thank you. All right. Any other questions for Mr. Smith?
Okay. Item 6.17. Your last one, Mr. Smith. All right. Well, the official budget
has been presented to you tonight, and at this point, we posted on our KDISD website. It's been
posted in the meeting tonight, and the information on it was posted in the local newspaper.
paper. We're not done yet. We'll be submitting a file, a legal file, through
through PEIMS, the Public Education Information Management System, in October
of this budget. So we're not done just yet and then we'll probably be amending
it. Any any expenditures that we get that we hoped to pay before August 31st
that we just didn't pay because the service wasn't done or delivered, etc.,
we will be paying out of next year's budget. If those items are material,
we'll amend the budget for those expenditures. But I want to just say I
appreciate y'all listening to me for these last eight months or so, nine
months on this. We've talked a lot about rotten apples and without changes to the
funding formulas, primarily increases to the basic allotment, we continue to find
ways that we, because we have to, to tighten our belt without hurting
instruction. And I think the budget that you have before you is evidence of that.
It's been ways with that through Dr. Hintz leadership. We've we found ways to tighten the budget and not hurt
Instruction which is obviously what we're all about and other than my appreciation of the many district staff principals budget managers
financial clerks
Financial services staff and in particular Sherry Butterfield for being the glue that holds the budget together
I'd also like to thank Dr. Hint
his cabinet and the Board of Trustees. There's not much more to say about the
budget other than thank you all for all the hard work that's been going on since
these last nine months. And I think we have a very good budget especially in
the times and the games in which we play now and the environment we're in. We do
think it does support the instructional cornerstones of the district, our mission
of KDISD as well as it's a good foundation to create legacies. It's the
the district administration's recommendation to the board that next week when you see the
final of the budget that we approve it as presented.
Chair Greg Musil And like item 6.16, this one will move as
an action item for 6.17.
And Mr. Smith, I have to apologize to you.
Don't apologize too soon to the board because you're going to be back up in October doing
it all over again, right?
Mr. That's true.
That's true.
But you get the September off.
You don't have to hear from me.
Madam President.
Mr. Scott.
Mr. Smith, a couple of questions.
Will you help me get my eyes focused on something?
Sure.
I'm looking at the 2016-17 final budget, and it shows $230,965,000.
$965,005.
Is that right?
Yes, sir.
Does that sound right?
230 million plus.
$230 million in state revenue, yes, sir.
Okay, and in 1718, am I reading this right, $217,048,559?
Yes, sir.
So much for the hallucinations that there are Texas Republicans who are conservative
that don't impose a de facto state property tax and steal our tax money so
much for that notion thank you very much I will conclude our consent agenda
portion of the evening draw attention to item the agenda number seven except I
I cannot say numbers tonight for some reason.
Agenda number seven, action item 7.1, consider and approve an order calling a school bond election to be held in the district,
making provisions for the conduct of the election and resolving other matters incident and related to such election.
Madam President.
Wait, wait. I'm going to go ahead and give you guys a little information.
Okay, I'm sorry. I apologize. That was, for the record, this thing is not working tonight.
Go ahead.
No, neither are these.
Well, I'm going to go ahead and present it.
Real quick, I'm just going to provide the information before the Board considers a motion on this.
As you recall, on January 23, 2017, at a regularly scheduled Board meeting, the Board of Trustees, by unanimous 5-0 vote,
Mr. Griffin, Mr. Malachowski were absent at that meeting, approved the Community Bond Advisory Committee, or CBAC, charter to review the needs for capital projects, timelines, and costs.
The objective of the CBAC was to develop a school facility referendum recommendation for presentation to the KDISD Board of Trustees and ultimately to the KDISD community.
community. After forming the CBAC and holding 10 meetings beginning in April of 2017 and
ending in July of 2017, about 114 community members, a $609,204,553 bond proposal was
developed. On July 17, 2017, at a board work study meeting, Bond Committee Chair, Mr. Keith
Keith Carmichael and I, so I'm sneaking in there in the back,
presented the CBAC recommended bond referendum to the board.
In addition, the board received a comprehensive list of all the projects
as well as a copy of the district's long-term facilities plan.
Therefore, the administration is asking the board to consider
and approve an order calling a school bond election to be held in the district,
making provision for the conduct of the election,
and resolving other matters incident related to such election.
KDISD intends to hold a school building bond election along with the general election held
on November 7, 2017.
The district has contracted each of the three counties, contacted, I apologize, each of
the three counties within the district's boundaries, Fort Bend, Harris, and Waller counties, and
notified them of our intent to conduct joint elections in the fall.
Upon approval of the order calling a school building bond election, the
administration will obtain agreements contracts with each of these counties.
Now just real quick I wanted to review some of the information that Mr.
Carmichael, you know, eloquently presented to the board a month ago. In this bond
election, six new schools, one high school, two junior highs, three elementary
schools. You also have a comprehensive renovation of Fielder Elementary. You've
got component replacements, kitchen renovations, career and technical
education, sports space, foundation repairs, chillers, HVAC controls, roof
replacements, flooring replacements, lighting retrofits, athletic surface
replacement, competition gym components, as well as an auditorium components and
all of those will touch 61 of our campuses district-wide. You also have
school expansions, Raines High School Behavior Transition Program, as well as
additional classroom space for Katy High School's growing CTE area. You've got
safety and security improvements which includes access control hardware
upgrades, security camera retrofit, elevator refurbishments, fencing updates,
renovations to fire alarms and sprinkler systems at 40 campuses and facilities
district-wide. There is technology refresh and upgrades for 27 campuses and
facilities and district network infrastructure upgrade for all campuses.
I would assume a new sound system might be in order for the podium here as well
under that category. And then you've got another category which includes
replacement buses, some new buses for the growing population. You have portable
replacements for some of our aging replacement and fuel storage tank
replacements. If you take a look at the total number, new schools and equity in
our older schools renovations and those items that I mentioned 91% of that six
hundred and nine million dollars is found in those two single categories
again new schools for the growth as well as the equity parity in our older
schools the renovations there just to close before I turn it over to board
president and board you know one of the things that we talked about with that
that bond committee was in order to continue to do the things we do in Katy
and at the levels we do them and we're very proud of those levels I think by
multiple stats that have recently come out Katy is the destination school
district in this area not much as well as the state of Texas but in order to do
those things and continue to do them at the levels we do them we need this bond
and I will close with this this bond was built for kids with kids at the focus of
the forefront of all discussions so I turn it over to the board
madam president mr. Scott I move that the Board of Trustees approved the order
calling the school bond election is recommended by the administration a
second a motion has been made by mr scott to approve the order calling a school building
bond election as recommended oh sorry in a second by mr griffin and calling a school building bond
election as recommended by the administration discussions mr griffin i hope that this community
continues to support our students. I don't know if I'm fortunate or
misfortunate, but my kids got to go to a heavily overstaffed school and it was
miserable. I'm sorry, not overstaffed, overcrowded and my wife got to work in
the same type of school where there were too many kids in the school and it's
tough for the kids. And with all the numbers presented, Dr. Hint, thank you for
showing us that we're approaching the point where schools are getting too
crowded again and i hope that the community continues to support the district like they have
and passes this bond
madam president miss fox so i've lived here a long time and watched lots of growth happen in
kd we came here for the school district our children through the school district and we too
experienced crowded schools and lots of growth i just want to make perfectly clear as most people
know me I work for the community they put each of us here and we serve them
and so my vote on this action item tonight is to give them the power to
tell us what kind of community they want what kind of school district they care
about what kind of facilities they want for their children what kind of
community they want to live in and that's what this vote does tonight I
have one vote when I go to the voter box and I know how I will cast my vote and
so my vote on this action item is to ask our community what kind of community do
you want to ask our teachers what kind of facilities do you want to teach our
children what kind of facilities do you want to work in and what kind of
opportunities do you want for students that's what we care about here and I am
grateful to the bond committee who built this our community told us what they
believed was important and I'm grateful to them and now I am very honored to be
able to give it back to the community and say what do you want us to do next
and so I'm trusting them with this next action that will be theirs Thank You
Mrs. Fox? Madam President. Mr. Lacey. Being the new guy on the board it's been very
interesting especially the first day of school to be able to go to all the
different schools that I was able to attend and go and visit. I visited
several elementary schools, several junior highs and of course a high school.
It's very evident that we are overcrowded at several different levels
and it is it's very evident that there's that several junior highs and elementary
that the junior highs and elementary schools are needed and you can see the
numbers in that's needed in the community also for the high school I do
have a question though for dr. hen if you could answer this I've noticed in
the in the projection numbers that we had that we've been supplied they seem
to be going along with what we are seeing in enrollment but there's a
little bit of a difference. It looks like a lot of the enrollment numbers are
starting to creep up to what we were projected to have next year, but we're
not quite there. How much are you anticipating between now and the end of
the year? Do you think that we're going to be ahead of schedule in what our
numbers were projected from the bond committee was given from PASA?
I do believe so and I can speak in just the one year that I was here. PASA
projected a very conservative and in the report they say this is a conservative
number. They anticipated the oil and gas industry would slow down our enrollment
last year. It didn't. We had projected 2,100 student growth and we ended up
with 27, I think 360 growth last year. So looking at our current numbers and let's
also remember we start at school almost eight days earlier than we did in years
years past and we are now looking at, Katy High School has already reached its projected
enrollment for opening day numbers and it's not even Labor Day yet. Taylor High School
has surpassed its opening day enrollment. Cinco Ranch High School has surpassed, or
actually I'm sorry, Cinco Ranch is minus 18 kids of what their projection is. Right now
Now, Morton Ranch High School is already over 33.
Seven Lakes High School is over 13.
OD Thompson High School, Tompkins High School, he was my coach.
I should say that.
He's probably getting the board out right now.
Coach T.
600 Club.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, he had the paddle back in the day.
But Tompkins High School is already over 142.
And I only mention those numbers because I want to read out what those actual numbers are now for our high schools.
Katie High School, 3,392 kids.
Taylor High School, 2,935 kids.
Maid Creek High School, 2,742.
You've got Cinco Ranch High School, 3,142.
Morton Ranch High School, 3,054.
Seven Lakes High School, 3,535.
and Tompkins High School 3,380. Also two numbers I'd like to point out to this
board. Katy High School at 3,392, they really got no relief from Pinto High
School opening up. They've almost opened up with the same number and the same
applies for Morton Ranch High School. They actually are opening up higher at
3,054. So I think that you have to take a look at the total numbers, look at where
we're at today knowing that we're going to see kids coming into KDISD up until almost
two weeks before the end of the school year.
So I do believe, to answer your question, that PASA's numbers have been spot on, very
conservative, but I anticipate seeing the same growth that we saw last year at close
to 2,800 kids.
kids.
I have been one to oppose bond issues in this community.
There's no secret about that.
I've opposed two, helped beat two.
There is nothing in this bond issue that if I were not on this board that I would not
be endorsing and supporting.
I have supported massively more bond issues than I've ever opposed.
But this one, I look at it as this.
I think that our numbers at the high school level are understating the magnitude of the problem
if we don't build the next high school.
Because I think you have to look at functional capacity.
capacity. Only on architectural plans does design capacity exist. Design capacity does
not exist where principals and teachers work and cafeteria workers and librarians. Design
capacity doesn't live there. Design capacity does not live in theory. It is functional
educational capacity and the notion that we would sit here and wait four years to build another
high school, I think would create a horrible educational environment for the vast majority
of our high schools. I think it would be intolerable. I fully support this bond issue.
I'm going to do it without an ounce of reservation or whatever that's worth from people who might
have expected something else. And I apologize but when I was reading the
numbers and gave you those higher numbers I think it's important I think
those that were on the bond committee and those of us sitting here we
understand what a design number is and a functional number. Our high schools
were designed for 3,000 kids.
That was a choice by the board and passed
approvals of architectures.
The vast majority, matter of fact, all of our high schools
have a design capacity of 3,000 kids.
So as it stands today, we already
have multiple schools over design capacity.
And a functional capacity, as Mr. Scott was articulating,
is typically 10% less than a design capacity.
So 2,700, 2,800 kids is a good functional capacity number on a high school.
And that's what I talked to the bond committee about and that's what the
discussions led to part of this decision.
Madam President.
Ms. Doyle.
I'm not going to be redundant. We've asked all the questions that we needed to ask the last time that Mr. Carmichael presented to us.
And I think that we've been given all the answers. Again, I want to thank the bond
committee for the work that they did in presenting and bringing this bond package to us and and thank
you for all the questions we hit you with the last time mr carmichael we kind of gave you a hard time
i agree with miss fox and what you said that this is one vote for us to say that yes we want to now
give it back to the community the bond committee was the community putting this package together
and now we want to bring it back to the community and we want to hear from you
And what this bond package is doing is not just asking for let's build the schools, let's renovate the schools, let's bring them up to par if they need the renovations or the technology, whatever it may be, if we need a new facility to house the kids because of the extra growth.
operating a school at that functional capacity, we're not just here to educate
kids at the academic level, but we're also need to make sure that we're
providing kids with all the other aspects of what comes into their
learning experience, the other opportunities that need to be provided
to them, and those begin to suffer when we're operating schools at 37, 3800,
possibly 4,000. You can't have a band, you can't have an orchestra, you can't have a
football team, a basketball team, a baseball team with those kind of numbers.
The opportunities then begin to dwindle for kids when you have numbers that
large and so we want to make sure that we if we're going to build schools with
a functional capacity at 27, 2800 because the design capacity is 3,000 then we
We need to make sure that the opportunity not only academically, but in other areas that serve these students during the years that they are in our schools.
We need to make sure that those areas are serviced as well because we know that this is a whole package.
We're serving an entire child on every level because sometimes it's that kid.
That kid does well in school because they love to go to band, and that's why they do well academically.
or maybe it's because they do they love football and that's why they keep their
grades up and they do well in that math class because they want to make those
grades because they want to be on that football team so I think it's very
important that we look at the student as a whole and so I like I said I agree
with what miss Fox said I appreciate the bond committee and the work that they
did and this is one vote that we want to give it back to the community and I
I want to hear from you. So I'm all in.
Mr. Moholsky.
So I'm just going to say let's vote because I'm ready to get this campaign started.
No, but really, I mean, what, and a lot of it's been said here, but what better way to really get
the energy of the community behind what we are doing here than to have these bond elections,
because we really get the opportunity to get out there and inform about our mission and about our
be the legacy, our vision statement, and everything that it takes to make that mission. So I'm excited
to get this process started, get out there, a lot of information. We want a very well-informed
community that's showing up to the polls to vote on what we are putting out there. So it's time.
Let's get it done. And let me just close with this one last comment. It is a zero tax rate
increase bond that we are proposing here and I think that's important for our
community to hear. All right before I call the votes thank you to all my
fellow trustees I think all of your points and questions were very valid. 35
years ago this month my parents chose to move me to Katy ISD for the education
they knew that that I would be getting here and in 17 years ago my husband and
and I chose to move our children back here for the same opportunities.
And I think when you look at this bond and what's being offered
and you look at the numbers at our schools,
my graduate graduated with over 1,100 kids in his class.
And that creates not a safe or secure learning environment to start.
But I think that having overcrowded schools takes away from the excellent education
and the excellent opportunities that we in Katy ISD are very proud of.
and those who graduated from KDISD like myself are very proud of and it's part
of our legacy so as Miss Fox said and Mr. Doyle collaborated on it is time to
give this vote to the community and we are here to listen to you as a body of
seven so I'll entertain a vote everybody ready okay all in favor please
please raise your right hand and say aye.
Aye.
Any opposed?
Motion passes 7-0.
Now I move to Agenda Item 8, Open Forum.
At this time, the Board of Trustees will hear from patrons,
as established by Board policy,
The first 20 speakers who signed up at least 15 minutes before this meeting
began and that provided their first and last name will be allowed to speak. A
maximum of 30 minutes has been allocated with the time divided equally among
those who've signed up. However, the maximum amount of time for any one speaker is
three minutes. A time clock is visible on the podium so each speaker may see the
time remaining. If speakers wish to share non-confidential written material with
With the Board, 10 copies should be provided to the Secretary of the Board Services or
Chief Communications Officer.
Due to posting requirements of the OPENS Meeting Act, the Board is able to respond only to
a statement related to a posted agenda item.
Specific student issues, discipline and or personnel matters shall be addressed through
appropriate channels established by policy and the Presiding Officer shall determine
determine whether a speaker has attempted to solve a matter through those proper channels.
As I announce your name, please come to the podium and state your first and last name
for the record.
Our first speaker for this evening is, the last name is Braden.
I believe the first name is Ken.
I can't, awesome.
Okay, Mr. Ken Braden.
Thank you.
my name is Ken Braden and my topic is rather trivial compared to a bond issue
but I want to talk to you all about this bridge or not bridge but it's the gate
that's behind Cinco Ranch High School I understand that this gate was put there
many years ago by Katy Independent School District and recently the
Willow Fork drainage district built the sidewalk underneath the gate which goes
on to the new park that's there. It's been several months and that gate still
is closed. I have been in contact with Willow Fork and been to their meetings.
The board and their legal advisors have, well they told me they weren't actually
a hundred percent sure who owns that property that the gates on. They're not
sure if it belongs to Katy Independent School District or it is part of the top
of the ditch. I'm sorry? They're not sure we're gonna claim it. Well that comes to my point.
They were nice enough to to build the pathway which has become really critical
with the cut back on busing. I mean these these paths that they're building for us
are just absolutely critical. So if y'all do own this, I would ask y'all to open that gate.
It's just a padlock on it, and I don't know what the purpose of it is, but I understand it was
built there a long time ago. And like I said, I don't see any purpose for it now. I'd like to
request that the gate be either removed or at least permanently opened. Thank you, Mr. Brayden.
And we'll be in contact with you within 24 hours to get some clarity to this.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you very much.
It's my understanding that the Willow Fork Drainage District Board was to be in contact with you all also.
And I don't know if they've done that yet or not.
But their intentions are they're saying if it is their property, they're just going to cut the lock.
They want it open.
They're on the assumption that it was open already, but they weren't aware that it was closed.
Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Brayden. Our next speaker is Stuart. Is it Maypur?
Did I say it wrong? I'm sorry.
Good evening. Thank you folks for letting me speak tonight. My name is Stuart Maypur. I do
business development for C&G for America. We are located right here in Katy and currently have five
compressed natural gas fueling stations in Texas including one here in Katy on
I-10 and Katy-Fort Bend Road back of this Texaco station. C&G is being more
widely used across the country as an economical burning fuel for school buses.
As a result of the VW settlement, Texas will have a share of over 206 million
dollars of the settlement funds. Funds may be used to pay for 25% of cost of a
CNG bus which conventional is about $37,000 which may go a long way if you
folks produce $22 million in your bond issue so I'm telling you folks be a hero
to your school district drive clean burning CNG buses through your
neighborhoods and let Volkswagen pay for part of the buses also no need for
expensive upfront capital costs of building a compressor station we can
can deliver CNG to your transfer center and fill multiple buses at one time.
Benefits of having CNG delivered, no need for purchase expensive
compressors or equipment, no moving porch, no electricity necessary, no training
personnel to become compressor experts, multiple buses are being filled at one
time, completely scalable start with a few buses and add as budget dictates. CNG
can be delivered at night or between morning and afternoon shifts, still
maintain the option to build your own compressor facility later. Benefits of
of CNG for school buses, residents truly less emissions
in their neighborhoods.
And it mentions other here as a handout of the particulars
of why CNG is better.
In our legislature, they're going to do this matter now
since our session is over.
Two states are going to be solely, I'm told,
on this VW settlement for school buses.
So this is an opportunity to use Texas's fuel,
as I said at the end here, use natural gas from Texas
that generates tax revenue for a school so take a look at cng for your buses that's cleaner for the
environment than uh consider it thank you very much thank you any questions we can't ask questions
because it wasn't an agenda item but thank you all right next we have katie rust
good evening I'm Katie rust we're here representing the Cimarron neighborhood and I'm sure you love
transportation if situations but we don't have a bus for our part of the neighborhood and we are
all over a mile to there and if you look at a map versus where our homes are our kids are having to
cross Kingsland which years ago Kingsland probably wasn't a major street
but 99 is now open. Kingsland is a crazy street. The police are on that street all
the time clearly because everybody is speeding so right now it's daylight in
the morning but come November I think it is our kids are gonna have to cross
Kingsland in the dark. There's also a bayou that everyone says oh it's okay
for them to cross this bayou however we've drove to the bayou there is no
no crossing, there's no bridge, there's nothing.
There's literally a bayou of water and then Kingsland.
And that's how they're supposed to get to and from school.
I made a few notes.
Oh, by the way, because they say if it's less than a mile,
they should have bus transportation.
If they go the safe route without jumping
over a puddle of water, everyone's home south of Kingsland
is over a mile to the school.
So it's taken our children over 30 minutes
to walk to the school which is a really long time in the morning especially
considering they start so early that's pretty much it that's our our situation
we really need to have a bus I understand the neighborhood in by the
school they're close enough but anyone south of Kingsland at this point
Queensland is an insane road to have our 11 year olds why they have to walk it
it's a 40 minute walk just I mean my kids fit you mean I walk cuz he's slow
But that's a long time for them have to walk to school in the morning most of us work
I don't have another way to get our kids to school
I'm a single parent and he has no way to get home. I take him to school, but not home
So it's just a very long walk. That's for us. We'll look at this for you
We'll be in contact with you within 24 hours. I know Cimarron very well
I grew up there and I did cross that ditch going to West Memorial Junior High and it is an unsafe passage
I can tell you that and that was 35 years ago when you came to the district
So again, we'll take a look at this. We'll get in touch with you
We do have policy and procedure that we are obligated to follow its board policy board approved policy
We're going to take a look at that
But we will be in contact with you and make sure that we are addressing your needs as policy and procedure dictates. Thank you
Thank you
Our next speaker is why limb?
Good evening. My name is Wei Lim and I'm the proud father of four children here enrolled in
elementary, junior high, and senior high school in Katy ISD. Although I attended the HISD from K
through 12 and my wife attended ALEAF ISD K through 12, I thank Katy ISD for their graciousness in
accepting renegades like us who come to a superior school district such as Katy ISD.
And all joking aside, let me just say that my wife and I do appreciate the education
that Katy ISD provides and as a faith leader in the community, I know I speak for many
who also appreciate.
And we also appreciate the quality of the fine arts here in the Katy ISD.
I have two children in orchestra, one in band, one in marimba, due to the diligence of Katy
ISD.
My own son, proud father I am, number one, region 23 trumpet.
it. Okay so thankful for that. Thank you KDISD. But I am here because I have some
concerns related to the time demands of band. Okay during the first week in
August my son invested almost 47 hours in band practice. Last week during the
first week of school he devoted approximately 30 hours to band. By the
way was there some stadium that was dedicated last week? That's okay.
Okay, yawed. All right, many schools, many schools including Seven Lakes and other schools
have even more hours on their scheduled practice times, some up to 60 hours in that first week of
August. Now let me just say the students themselves, they look like they're having a great time.
Parents, well that's a different story. I'm, my family drove five times to Taylor back and forth
last week for different reasons. Again I want to reiterate I greatly appreciate
all that band promotes. My own son had a wonderful junior high experience. Thank
you Mr. Liverman of McMeans. I just asked the board to consider two items. One, just
an awareness of promoting moderation in band activities. In light of everything
else our student musicians must commit to. We almost had World War III in our
our house last week when my son came home after practicing three hours in
band and the first homework he got to was related to band instead of biology.
So, and second, perhaps there can be a UIL rule initiative which limits the start
of band practice during the summer until after a certain date such as August the
1st. Volleyball and football currently have rules which limit the start of
their practices to August 1st or the first Monday in August. I would also ask
your support toward a UIL rule initiative which limits the amount of
band practice before school starts something to 20 hours similar to what
football has. Thank you for taking time to consider how to improve the quality
of the fine art experience for our children. Thank you Mr. Lim. Madam
President. Mr. Scott. Would it be against the rules for me to congratulate him for
getting through that in three minutes to the second just did all right our final
speaker of the night is Jeannie Griffith
okay I'm Jeannie Griffith your KDISD Council of PTs president and because we
value our partnership with dr hint and with all of you school board members i'm here to give you an
update on the state of the council your first sheet that you have is just our general report
and i wanted to touch on a couple of things we now have 57 local ptas here in katie isd council
we added four at the end of last year so we welcomed stock tick payto bryant elementary and
Morton Ranch High School. The number that you see scratched out is because when I
initially started this, I had printed out, I don't know, like a couple
hours before here that we had 4,816 and by the time I was ready to do this our
numbers were already up to 5,322 and those are memberships only reported for
13 of our 57 schools and it's only three days into the school year. So we're very
optimistic that we can reach high goals this year. Your second sheet is your
council board membership and from or your council board members information
that's just a list of your council board members and their contact information.
They are available to you to answer questions or be a resource at any time.
And the third and fourth sheet are our is our calendar. So we invite you to
attend the general board meetings and you're also welcome at our president's
meetings. Founders Day is in February and we'd like to invite you all to that.
Under goals and efforts we have the first one listed is to promote the
accomplishments of our local PTA units. That's become a really large task
because they are so wonderful and they do so many great things. So if you could
like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter and then retweet and comment and
share what the locals are doing it would mean the world to them they would really
enjoy that and the second think under goals is to provide required training we
provide six district-wide trainings throughout the year and then we also
provide individualized trainings if you guys are interested in a PTA training I
would be happy to provide that for you I wanted to give a couple of shout outs
Memorial Parkway junior high reached their Golden Apple Award which means
that all of their staff teachers and administrators have signed up to be PTA
members and that actually happened the very first day of school for them
Bethke elementary reached 100% of last year's membership and they include 50
gentlemen as part of their PTA membership and Davidson elementary last
Friday received word that they are a national school of excellence that is
one of 18 schools in the entire nation and it's I'm so proud that I didn't do
anything. It was all them. So if you want to give them a shout out or let them
know how proud we are of them. But that's the, that's the state of the council for
now. Well you've got seven seconds but let me just break. Am I correct to say,
and I know the board can't ask questions, but I got clarity. I can, I can prompt
answers. 35,000 strong membership, is that right? We're the largest council in the
state of Texas. That's what I wanted to hear the largest council in the state of
Texas and solely to benefit our schools and most importantly our kids. Thank you
so much. Yes absolutely whatever you would we have them we have a system
where you can join all of the PTAs in the district if I have just a minute
There's a council. There's a golden apple for council award. So if all of you join and all of dr
Hens direct reports join then we get the golden apple for council, which would be a huge
thing for us
But if you want one of the forms for all of them in the district
We will make sure that I get that to you and that's that would be lovely that
And I'm not sure that that system still exists
There was one where you could do feeder patterns and that sort of thing at one time, and it just got to be way too complicated and our locals didn't really like it anymore.
Okay.
But just joining one would be wonderful.
If you joined the ones that you wanted to, that would be great.
We really appreciate it.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you.
All right.
Thanks, guys.
Thank you, Ms. Griffith.
I would really appreciate it tonight.
You have three former PTA presidents up here so PTA runs pretty true in our hearts. I'll turn your
attention to item 9.1 board member report, Texas Association of School Boards, Mr. George Scott.
I attended my first board meeting at TASB. The highlight was listening to the new Commissioner
Commissioner of Education tell school districts in the state of Texas that you can have your
own accountability system, but it's not going to count.
That's not his exact words, but that's basically what the TEA says.
It flies in the face of what the community has asked us to try to accomplish during the
strategic plan and Goal 6.
I can't wait for that process to get started in a serious way.
it's something that I have already not the substance of it but the issues of it
I was actually able to address with the nominating committee who unfortunately
didn't have the ability to block my membership on TASB actually it was a
very good meeting very productive meeting and I communicated on behalf of
the board what we were looking at in terms of strategic plan accountability
accountability assessment and school finance. So it was a good experience. I told them what I
have said here. I think it's important to have this kind of report, even if it's perfunctory
at times, because this seat is owned by the school board. I don't own that seat.
It's owned by the school district and the school board, and I think it's a good practice to have a
regular report the I'll be there in October in Dallas and we'll get to see
mr. Moran again incidentally he's a very brilliant human being he's a very smart
man and that makes it a more interesting challenge going forward he is he is a
former school board member in the highly acclaimed Dallas ISD.
Mr. Scott, I have a question. What kinds of things did you learn in your annual meeting?
Well, I found out that the frustrations that we all feel on finance and accountability we all share.
What is missing is the commitment to actually try to do something. Actually, I was asked,
the first question I was asked, I gave the answer, and it took them by surprise a little bit,
but we had good discussions on that, and my answer to their question was,
the Texas Education Agency is not your friend.
It's not our friend.
And I know you have personal relationships that you do through your lobbying and through all of that,
but if you don't focus on the institution and what the institution is doing to public education
and you let personal relationships interfere with this,
then you get distracted.
And what I hope our board does is not focus on personal relationships.
Hell, I wouldn't be on the board if it was about personality.
But we've got to focus on the institution
that what the Texas Education Agency is doing.
And I'm really looking forward to our goal six
and getting started on this soon.
Thank you Mr. Scott. You know you're on this board because of my sunny personality?
Mine? Mine. You have a great personality. His personality. Oh, your personality. Me, my personality.
Okay, thank you very much for your report and thank you I can speak for myself and
I think also for this board I really appreciate your dedication to this
position. It's a it's many more hours besides what he already gives to the
time for this school district, his commitment to TASB so I really
appreciate your reports and I look forward to your one in October okay
then I am 10.1 regular board meeting Monday August 28th 2017 same time same
place see y'all then and there'd be no further business before this board this
meeting is adjourned the time is 829
Official documents
Motions and votes
Recorded actions
MOTION 001 · AGENDA 7.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Order Calling a School Building Bond Election as recommended by the administration.
7 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| bill-lacy | Yes |
| bryan-michalsky | Yes |
| charles-griffin | Yes |
| courtney-doyle | Yes |
| george-scott | Yes |
| rebecca-fox | Yes |