July 28, 2016 at 8:30 AM - Board of Trustees Meeting

1. Call to Order

1.A. Roll Call

1.B. Establishment of a Quorum

1.C. Vision, Mission, Beliefs and Goals

2. Consider the minutes of the regular meeting of the Region 8 ESC Board of Directors of Thursday, June 23, 2016

3. Administrative Reports

3.A. Chief Financial Officer Report

3.A.1.  Report from Accounting Department

3.B. Academic Services Report

3.B.1. Special Services Report

3.B.2. State and Federal Programs Report

3.B.3. Curriculum Report

3.C. Operations and Leadership Report

3.C.1. Report from Leadership Support and Development

3.C.2. Information Services Report

3.C.3. Technology Report

3.D. TIPS Cooperative Report

3.E. Executive Director Report

4. Public Forum

5. Matters Requiring Board Approval

5.A. Consider the Financial Reports for June 2016.

5.B. Consider the Budget Amendments for June 2016.

5.C. Consider approval of TRS Active Care employee only Level 2 Insurance Premium for 2016-2017 school year.

5.D. Discuss the 2016-2017 projected budget and process for the upcoming year.

5.E. Consider changing the time of the August Board Meeting to 10:30 a.m., Thursday, August 25th.  The Beginning of the Year Employee Appreciation Breakfast will begin at 8 a.m., and the Board meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m.

5.F. Consider approval of Region 8 Food Purchasing Cooperative Contracts.

5.G. Consider approval of TIPS Vendor Contracts.

6. Executive Session

6.A. Personnel

7. Reconvene

8. Personnel

8.A. Confirm the employment / resignation / retirement of the following staff:
Employment –      
Ronda Weatherford, Student/PEIMS Consultant, effective August 1, 2016
Jody Leeds, Special Education Consultant, effective July 14, 2016     
Justin Mabe, Network Services Specialist, effective September 1, 2016     
Karyn Buckner, Food Cooperative Manager, effective August 1, 2016
Retirement –
Jenny Nash, Accounts Receivable, effective August 31, 2016

9. Adjourn