BOARD OF TRUSTEES WORKSHOP MEETING
Administrative Conference Room
July 18, 2006
A.
CALL TO ORDER
President Tim Jones called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. with
a quorum present.
B. DECLARATION OF QUORUM
President Tim Jones, Vice
President Mary Broussard, Secretary Randall Pitcock, Trustees Charlotte Slack and
Garland Watson were present. Trustee Steve
Aldrich arrived at 5:33 p.m. Trustee
Marc Chaloupka was absent. Trustee
Garland Watson left the room at 6:35 p.m. and returned at 6:38 p.m.
C. WORKSHOP SESSION
C-1. Discuss 2006-2007 Budget and Salary
Schedules
Acting Superintendent Eddie Coulson welcomed the trustees and
discussed House Bill 1 and the new provisions it places on public school systems. Dr. Coulson and Deputy Superintendent Mike
Ball attended a HB1 briefing at Moak Casey in Austin, Texas on July 14th
to gain insight to the uncertainty surrounding the budget process for the 06-07
year. The Comptroller is seeking the
Governorship and is reluctant to interpret the Effective Rate Computation for
next year and/or beyond.
Dr. Coulson recognized Mr. Ball who reviewed an Analysis of
Payroll Cost Increases for CSISD for the 2006-2007 Budget Year. The proposed budget is based on the assumption
that the trustees levy an additional 4 cent enrichment tax.
C-2.
Presentation by CSEA
2006-2007 CSEA President Bobby Slovak and CSEA President Elect
Mary Howell reviewed presentation material with trustees regarding alternative
salary proposals to those offered by CSISD administration. The first option would be to continue with a
local 3% raise over last year’s salary for teachers, librarians, counselors,
and nurses. (This should be in addition to the state raise of $2,000.) The second option would give every certified
employee a local raise of $1,500.
Additionally, CSEA proposed an alternative salary increase for
educational support personnel. The
proposal would set the beginning wage for paraprofessional and manual trade
employees to at least minimum hourly Living
Wage for our community to $9.76 per hour.
For those who were employed by the district last year, a proposal of at
least $1.00 per hour increase was presented.
C-3. Discuss potential calendar for Public
Hearing on Budget Adoption and Tax Rate for the 2006-2007 fiscal year
Dr. Coulson recognized Deputy Superintendent for Business and
Operations Mike Ball who discussed the requirement to publicize the public
meeting date and the proposed tax rate for the CSISD 2006-2007 budget. The board will be polled for available dates
the week of August 7th.
C-4. Discuss matters relating to the
Superintendent Search and Selection Process
Board President Tim Jones led a brief discussion regarding a
technical question restricting the trustees on naming a lone finalist for the
CSISD’s Superintendent of School position.
C-5. Discuss matters related to the following
Board Policies:
a. DEE (Local),
Compensation and Benefits: Expense Reimbursement
b. DEE (Legal),
Compensation and Benefits: Expense Reimbursement
c. BBG (Local),
Board Members: Compensation and Expenses
d. BBG (Legal),
Board Members: Compensation and Expenses
There were no questions or discussion regarding board policies
that deal with Expense Reimbursement.
Placement of policies on the August 2006 Board Agenda for approval is
expected.
C-6. Discuss Property and Casualty Insurance
for 2006-2007
Deputy Superintendent Mike Ball reported regarding respondents for
Requests for Competitive Sealed Proposals for the District’s property and
casualty insurance coverage.
C-7. Discuss Conducting a Board Effectiveness
Audit
President Tim Jones led discussion among trustees regarding
scheduling a Board Effectiveness Audit.
Mr. Jones referred to a TASB document and process that is available
online. He will send that information to
trustees via email.
D. ADJOURNMENT
By consent, President
Jones adjourned the meeting at 6:55 p.m.
TIM
JONES RANDALL PITCOCK
PRESIDENT SECRETARY