June 24, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting
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1. CALL TO ORDER: Mr. Dusty Wiley
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2. INVOCATION: Mr. Phillip Hamilton
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3. Action Item: Consideration of Consent Agenda
Description:
A consent agenda is an item listed on the regular agenda that groups routine items under one agenda heading. This allows the Board to take a unified motion and action on all routine items listed under the consent agenda instead of taking separate votes on each item.
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4. Comment: Public Comment
Description:
Audience participation at a Board meeting is limited to the portion
of the meeting designated to receive public comment in accordance with this policy. At all other times during a Board meeting, the audience shall not enter into discussion or debate on matters being considered by the Board, unless requested by the presiding officer. At regular Board meetings, the Board shall permit public comment, regardless of whether the topic is an item on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. Individuals who wish to participate during the portion of the meeting designated for public comment shall sign up with the presiding officer or designee before the meeting begins as specified in the Board’s procedures on public comment and shall indicate the agenda item or topic on which they wish to address the Board. Public comment shall occur at the beginning of the meeting. Except as permitted by this policy and the Board’s procedures on public comment, an individual’s comments to the Board shall not exceed two(2) minutes per meeting. Specific factual information or recitation of existing policy may be furnished in response to inquiries, but the Board shall not deliberate or decide regarding any subject that is not included on the agenda posted with notice of the meeting. |
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5. Report: Campus and Administrative Reports
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6. Discussion: Snapshot of Finances
Presenter:
Yolanda Hawkins
Description:
This will be a general update regarding 23-24 finances as well a brief update on 24-25.
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7. Discussion Item: Update on Electric Buses and Possibility of Purchasing Additional
Presenter:
Darrian Dover
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8. Discussion Item: Superintendents Update on State of the District
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9. Action Item: Policy Update 123
Description:
TASB recommends that the district address this update on the agenda as follows:
Policy Update 123:
(LOCAL) policies: Board action on the (LOCAL) policies included in the update must occur within a properly posted, open meeting of the board. The (LOCAL) policy changes — each addition, deletion, or replacement — should be listed in alphabetical order by policy code, title, and subtitle. The list on the following page is our compilation of that information, which may be copied and pasted into your meeting notice, staff communications of board action, and board meeting minutes. |
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10. Action Item: Authorize change in bank signatures.
Presenter:
Yolanda Hawkins
Description:
We need to make the following changes/additions to the bank signatures:
1. Delete Jennifer Stringer/add Laini Simmons 2. Change Amanda Sumpter to Middle School 3. Add LIsa Willbanks to High School |
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11. Action Item: Consideration of a $1,000 Retention Bonus and a $250 recruitment bonus.
Presenter:
Yolanda Hawkins
Description:
As budgeted, it is recommended that the Board approve a $1,000 retention bonus to all returning employees and a $250 recruitment bonus to all new employees.
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12. Action Item: Consideration of Increase of District Contribution for Health Care from $325/per month to $355/month.
Presenter:
Yolanda Hawkins
Description:
Premiums for TRS Insurance have increased again. The average increase is $63/month. In order to ensure we comply with the Affordable Care Act in every class of employees, we need to increase our contribution by $30 which will cost the district approximately $36,720/year.
I discovered this year that some districts are using other ways to ensure that ACA is met and a lot of districts are willing to take the risk of being assessed a penalty and ignore ACA. I attached the three different options and the corresponding cost.
Since there are no adjustments by TEA to the minimum pay scale to offset the rising cost of insurance, the recommendation is to raise it to be "affordable" for all employees. We plan to use this as a selling point in the media postings since our contribution will be larger than neighboring schools.
I have attached the 3 options if the board would like to discuss those instead. |
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13. Action Item: Consideration of a 3% increase for non-scale employees.
Presenter:
Yolanda Hawkins
Description:
For the staff not on a pay scale, we recommend a 3% increase. The cost to the District will be approximately $18K.
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14. Action Item: Consider an increase for Administrators of 3%.
Presenter:
Yolanda Hawkins
Description:
Due to the increased complexity of Public Education, we recommend a 3% increase for the Administrators. This will cost the district approximately $25K.
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15. Executive Session as provided for by the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Open Meetings
et seq. to discuss Personnel, 551.074 |
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16. Action item: Consideration of equity adjustments.
Presenter:
Yolanda Hawkins
Description:
A review of five support positions reflected that they were compensated below the average for districts our size. Mrs. Hawkins created a range based on TASB survey averages plus 3% because the survey is one year old. The total Equity adjustments for these 4 positions would be $5719. The information will be provided to support this recommendation at the board meeting.
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17. Action Item: Personnel
A. Resignations/Leave B. Hiring/Reassignment |
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18. Discuss and agree upon a date for the next regular board meeting
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19. Action Item: Adjournment
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