August 9, 2016 at 6:15 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 17, 2016 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. Adopt Official Budget for the 2016-2017 Fiscal Year

I.A.4. Resolution to Adopt 2016 Tax Rate

I.A.5. Discussion and Possible action to provide, for school year 2016-2017 and in accordance with Texas Education Code Section 42.101 (a), (a-1) and (a-2) which takes effect September 1, 2016, notice to the Commissioner of Education of the United Independent School District’s intent to modify the compressed tax rate for the 2016-2017 school year where the School District’s adopted maintenance and operations tax rate for the 2016-2017 will be $1.04

I.A.6. Submission of Appraisal Roll to the Governing Body

I.A.7. Approval of Property Tax Refunds for the Month of July 2016

I.A.8. Approval of Self Insurance Health Resolution

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

I.A.10. Approval of Requests from Board Members in re: Use of Board of Trustees Discretionary Funds for Various Projects/Campuses

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

I.A.12. Action to Endorse Ricardo X. Ramirez to Represent Region 1, Position B on the TASB Board of Directors

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

I.B.1. Finance Division Monthly Financial Report

I.B.2. Adopted 2016-2017 Budget for Accelerated Instruction under TEC Section 29.081

I.B.3. New Teacher Hires, Administrative New Hires/Promotions & Resignations of Professional Employees

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