March 20, 2023 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

1.A. Establish Quorum

1.B. Announcement that this meeting of the Alice Independent School District has been duly called and that notice of this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.043 of the Texas Government Code.

1.C. Pledge to the United States Flag and Texas Flag. Moment of Silence.

2. Alice ISD Spotlight

2.A. Recognition of Alice High School Girls and Boys Basketball All-District 

2.B. Recognition of Region and/or Area Band Members

3. Public Participation: Audience participation at a Board meeting is limited to the portion of the meeting designated to receive public comment in accordance with board policy BED(Local). 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.  If the speaker is seeking Board resolution of a specific complaint, that concern should be addressed through the District’s grievance policy. 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. Public comment shall occur at the beginning 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. Except as permitted by Board policy BED(Local) and the Board’s procedures on public comment, an individual’s comments to the Board shall not exceed five minutes per meeting. When necessary for effective meeting management or to accommodate large numbers of individuals wishing to address the Board, the presiding officer may adjust public comment procedures in accordance with BED(Local), including establishing an overall time limit for public comment and adjusting the time allotted to each speaker. However, no individual shall be given less than one minute to make comments.

4. Informational Items

4.A. Athletic Update

4.B. Fine Arts Update

4.C. Alice ISD Business Report

4.C.1. Budget Revenue and Expenses

4.C.2. Quarterly Investment Report - 2nd QTR 2022-2023

4.C.3. Grant Applications

4.D. Alice ISD Maintenance & Operations Report

4.D.1. Construction Update

4.D.2. Safety

4.E. Academic Update

4.E.1. Benchmark Results

4.E.2. Flournoy Park Presentation

5. Consent Agenda:All items under the Consent Agenda are acted upon by one motion. Upon a Board Member's request, any item on the Consent Agenda shall be moved to the Action portion of the regular agenda.

5.A. Board Minutes

5.A.1. Regular Meeting February 20, 2023

5.A.2. Special Meeting March 3, 2023

5.A.3. Special Meeting March 6, 2023

5.B. Donations to Alice ISD for February 2023

5.C. Bond 2019 Capital Project Requisitions

5.C.1. Owners Building Resource, LLC $10,205.00

5.D. Non-Bond Capital Project Requisitions

5.D.1. DLF Two Inc. $84,873.10

5.D.2. Enprotec / Hibbs & Todd $6,095.00

5.D.3. Rock Engineering $812.50

5.D.4. Turner Roofing Company LTD $62,543.73

5.E. Requisitions over 30K

5.E.1. DELL Technologies $48,000.00

5.E.2. SCW $185,160.00

5.F. Tax Refunds

5.F.1. Ramiro & Delia A. Tagle $1,145.54

5.F.2. Guadalupe Carlos Rodriguez Jr $523.57

5.F.3. Maria G. Ramirez $531.83

6. Action Items

6.A. Consideration and Possible Action on District of Innovation Renewal 2023-2028

6.B. Consideration and Possible Action on the 2023-2024 School Calendar

6.C. Consideration and Possible Action on Extension of Agreement with District External Auditor

6.D. Consideration and Possible Action on Budget Amendment 2023-2

6.E. Consideration and Possible Action on Purchase of Bullet Resistant Security Window Film for Alice ISD Campuses to meet Texas Education Agency Requirements

6.F. Consideration and Possible Action on Additional Wireless Access Points 

6.G. Consideration and Possible Action of Competitive Sealed Proposals (CSP) as the preferred delivery method for the William Adams Middle School Improvement Upgrades

6.H. Consideration and Possible Action of Election of ESC-2 Board Members Place #2 Candidate Kamlesh Bhikha (Incumbent) and Alexander Garcia

7. Closed or executive meeting or session called in accordance with the following provisions set forth in the Texas Government Code:

7.A. Texas Gov't Code Section 551.074 - Personnel

7.A.1. to include New Hires

7.A.2. to include Administrator Contracts 

7.B. Texas Gov't Code Section 551.071-Legal Matters/Advice

7.B.1. to include consultation with legal counsel regarding District construction and repair projects and property insurance related matters

8. Board to reconvene in open meeting or session to consider and take action as necessary on items discussed in closed or executive session.

9. Action

9.A. Consideration and Possible Action of New Hires

9.B. Consideration and Possible Action on Administrator Contracts

10. Adjourn