I hereby call this special meeting of the Board of Trustees of Katy Independent School District to order. Today is Monday, May 10, 2021, and the time is 1 p.m. By law, for purpose of canvassing election results, only two board members are required to constitute a quorum. noting at least two board members are present the board will now convene an open meeting dr. Gagorski will you verify that we are in compliance with provisions of the Texas open meetings act in regard with the notice for this
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meeting yes madam president I confirm we are in compliance with the provisions of the Texas open meeting act for this meeting this afternoon begin with agenda
item for action items 3.1 the board approval of the canvas of the May 1st 2021 Katy independent school district Board of Trustees election mr. Graham
Madam President, Dr. Gorski, board members, we come here today, a fairly simple part of our elections process is the actual official canvassing of the election results. As you will note, on election night, we actually post our early voting totals when we get those shortly after seven, and then once we've counted all the votes on election day, we post unofficial election totals on our website. I will tell you that after the elections process happens and there are some additional steps we have to take which include collecting ballot by mails which were postmarked on or before May 1st which we would then receive on Monday May 3rd and we also have if we have any provisional ballots that are cast then our ballot board convenes to look at those. They actually did so on Friday the 7th. And so you can see that the votes by position which are posted on our on the website for this board meeting are just a little bit different than they would be for our unofficial totals and that discrepancy there is just the few ballot by mail votes that we get that come in on again Monday, May 3rd that were postmarked ahead of the election which were required by law to take as a valid vote and any provisional ballots of which we deem are good ballots to vote that being said a few notes from this year's election we had a very high turnout actually our turnout was a little low the first couple days of early voting but then it skyrocketed and on election day we had a very high turnout too so we had a record turnout number of voters for kdisd but that still that number still puts us at about four percent of the total registered voters for KDISD. So we have a little over 200,000 registered voters in KDISD. Again, when I say record turnout, record turnout for a May trustee and or bond election in KDISD. I've got, you know, our election, we have five early voting locations throughout the district where anybody can vote. And then we've got 13 precincts, which each have their own voting location on election day. So a lot of moving parts in this election. I do have some folks that I want to recognize in this room. Of course, I've got everybody knows Ms. Ellen Hebert. She's my right hand person. And I can tell you without her, the elections in KDISD would not happen. She does a fantastic job. I've also got Larry Jones. He's sitting next to her. He's one of our independent contractors that we use. He's been my deputy elections administrator for several years. He makes sure that everything is where it needs to be and assists the judges at the polling locations. I've also, I think Daniel's here. Everybody knows Daniel from technology. He also helps us with our elections. We've got a robust technology team that helps us. And then I've got my ballot board, which notably the judge on that ballot board is Bill Haskett. So Bill and Cindy Haskett help us with that. So a lot of folks that make this election happen. I'm gonna read some numbers and then I'll take a motion, or the board can make a motion for and we're gonna do this in two separate parts right because we had trustee board positions to open and then we had four bond propositions so we'll take the trustees first then we'll certify an order and then we'll do the bond election totals so for position six we had Bonnie Anderson with sixteen hundred and three votes William branch with 82 votes, Karima Dasgupta with 732 votes, Rebecca Fox with 3,011 votes and she was the winner, Susan Gesoff with 2,759 votes, and Joseph Wojcik with 166 votes. Then for position seven you got Walter Butler with 2,137 votes and Dawn Champagne with 5,777 votes and those are broken down by precinct you have in your board packet and are also available to be seen online happy to take any questions our motion
mr keller
and kd independent school district board of trustees election as reported by the central counting station committee and declares the winner of each position as follows position six Rebecca Fox with 3,011 votes in position seven dawn champagne with 5,000 777 votes we have a motion by mr. Keller and a second by miss Wilson
that we have a motion by mr. Keller and a second by miss Wilson will now proceed to vote all those in favor please raise your right hand and say aye motion Motion passes 3-0. Moving on to action item 3.2. Consider board certification of the May 1st, 2021 Katy Independent School District Board of Trustees election for position 6 and 7.
Yes, Madam President. We just need a motion.
Okay.
Madam President, I move that the Board of Trustees certifies the May 1st, 2021 Katy Independent School District Board of Trustees election for position 6, whereby Rebecca Fox was duly elected in position 7 whereby dawn champagne was duly elected a motion by mr. Keller and
a second by miss Wilson will now proceed to vote all those in favor please raise your right hand and say aye motion passes 3 to 0 action item 3.3 consider board approval the order canvassing returns and declaring results in May 1st 2021 Katie Independent School District build school building bond election
Madam President, Dr. Grygorski and trustees, again, you have this information in your packet and it's also available for anybody that wants to go online and look. We've got the final results for the 2021 May KDISD bond election. You will recall, and for members of the public watching, this is the first year that we have been under new, that we have put forward a bond package under new legislation. That legislation requires that your bond package be broken down into various propositions depending on what you're seeking voter approval for. Proposition A, which was our proposition for new schools and renovation schools, passed with 6,161 votes for, 2,423 votes against. Proposition B, which would have been your technology package for technology in the district, that passed with a total of 6,205 votes for and 2,326 votes against. Proposition C, which is the natatorium that will go into high school number 10 up on the north side of the district. And I will remind everybody that every one of our comprehensive high schools has a natatorium. and I think that your administration will tell you they're excited to be able to continue that tradition and standard in KDISD. That Proposition C passed with 5,439 votes for and 3,097 votes against. And then Proposition D, which would have been some renovations, repairing tracks, fixing a roof at one of our at Rhodes Stadium, which was over 40 years old. That proposition had to be a standalone proposition. It passed with 5,450 votes for and 3,089 votes against. Again, these are the numbers that were brought forth by the Central Counting Committee. After the ballot board convened last Friday, I'm happy to take a motion or any questions you may have.
Board, do we have any questions? Madam President. Yes, Wilson. I move that the Board of Trustees approves the order canvassing returns and declaring results of the May 1, 2021, KD Independent School District building bond election as reported by the Central Counting Committee.
Motion by Ms. Wilson and second by Mr. Keller. We will now proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand and say aye. Motion passes three to zero. This completes the canvassing of the election. There being no further business before the board, this board meeting is adjourned. The time is 1.09 p.m.
Thank you.
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MOTION 001 · AGENDA 3.1
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees canvasses the results of the May 1, 2021 Katy Independent School District Board of Trustees Election as reported by the Central Counting Station Committee and declares the winners of each position as follows: Position 6, Rebecca Fox with 3,011 votes; and Position 7, Dawn Champagne with 5,777 votes.
3 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
MOTION 002 · AGENDA 3.2
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees certifies the May 1, 2021 Katy Independent School District Board of Trustees Election for: Position 6, whereby Rebecca Fox was duly elected; and Position 7, whereby Dawn Champagne was duly elected.
3 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |
MOTION 003 · AGENDA 3.3
PassedIt is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the Order Canvassing Returns and Declaring Results of the May 1, 2021 Katy Independent School District School Building Bond Election as reported by the Central Counting Committee.
3 Yes · 0 No
| Trustee | Vote |
|---|---|
| ashley-vann | Yes |
| duke-keller | Yes |
| leah-wilson | Yes |