August 11, 2015 at 6:30 PM - Business Committee

I. Listed below are the financial and operational items to be reviewed by Business Committee Members with recommendations for action to be made at the next Regular Board Meeting:

I.A. Action Items to be Reviewed at the Regular Board Meeting on August 19, 2015 with recommendations to be made by the Business Committee.

I.A.1. Approval of Monthly Disbursements

I.A.2. Approval of Budget Amendments

I.A.3. Approval of Property Tax Refunds for the month of July 2015

I.A.4. Submission of Appraisal Roll to the Governing Body

I.A.5. Approval to Adopt Official Budget for the 2015-2016 Fiscal Year

I.A.6. Resolution to Adopt 2015 Tax Rate

I.A.7. Discussion and Possible Action to provide, for school year 2015-2016 and in accordance with Texas Education Code Section 42.101 (a), (a-1) and (a-2) which takes effect September 1, 2015, notice to the Commissioner of Education of the United Independent School District’s intent to modify the compressed tax rate for the 2015-2016 school year where the School District’s adopted maintenance and operations tax rate for the 2015-2016 will be $1.04

I.A.8. Approval of Additional PDAS Appraisers for the 2015-2016 School Year

I.A.9. Approval of Awarding Bids, Proposals and Qualifications

I.A.10. Approval of CSP-051-2015 New UISD Facilities & Support Center Project

I.A.11. Approval of Interlocal Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding between the Webb County Juvenile Board and United Independent School District for the 2015-2016 School Year

I.A.12. Approval of Board Travel for the Month of October 2015

I.A.13. Select Board Member(s) as Delegate and Alternate Delegate to attend the TASB 2015 Delegate Assembly in Austin, Texas, on October 3, 2015

I.A.14. Discussion and Possible Action to Approve the Naming of the North, East and South Transportation Compounds

I.A.15. Discussion and Possible Action to Approve a Perfect Attendance Exception Program for District Bus Drivers

I.A.16. First and Final Reading of Policy DEC (LOCAL):  Compensation and Benefits - Leaves and Absences

I.A.17. First and Final Reading of Policy DH (LOCAL):  Employee Standards of Conduct

I.A.18. First and Final Reading of GKA (LOCAL) - Community Relations - Conduct on School Premises

I.A.19. Second Reading of Revisions to Board Policy CFC (LOCAL) - Accounting - Audits

I.B. Informational Items to be presented to the Business Committee.

I.B.1. Finance Division Monthly Financial Report

I.B.2. Adopted 2015-2016 Budget for Accelerated Instruction under TEC Section 29.081

I.B.3. Discussion of Bond Pricing Terms for United Independent School District Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2015 and related Bond Purchases Agreement

I.B.4. New Teacher Hires, Administrative New Hires/Promotions & Resignations of Professional Employees

I.B.5. JOC (Job Order Contract) 007-2015 Gutierrez Elementary School HVAC Fire Alarm Upgrades – Bond Project

I.B.6. Change Order #2 for Finley Elementary ADA Hardware Project JOC No. 2014-007

I.B.7. RFP 052-2015 Retail Electric Service Provider -  Awarded to MP2 Energy for 60 months

II. Public Comments: Comments are limited to three minutes per speaker. The Board Parliamentarian will be the timekeeper and will inform the speaker when they have one (1) remaining minute. No more than three (3) persons will be allowed to speak on any side of an issue. Should there be more than three (3) people who wish to speak on a particular issue they need to select not more than three (3) representatives to speak for them. Comments must address items listed on the agenda. The presiding officer or designee shall determine whether a person who wishes to address the Board has attempted to solve a matter administratively. If not, the person shall be directed to the appropriate policy, as noted in BED (LOCAL), to seek resolution before bringing the matter to the Board at a subsequent meeting. Pursuant to 551.042 of the Texas Government Code, no Board Member or Administrator may respond to a member of the public, unless such response is a recitation of District policy or a statement of specific factual information. When a speaker comes to the podium, please indicate what agenda item you will be addressing. Furthermore, please refrain from mentioning any employee's name and any complaint about any employee's duties or responsibilities should be channeled through the appropriate grievance policy.

III. Adjournment