BOARD OF TRUSTEES WORKSHOP MEETING
Administrative Conference Room
August 10, 2006
A.
CALL TO ORDER
President Tim Jones called the meeting to order at 5:34 p.m. with
a quorum present.
B. DECLARATION OF QUORUM
President Tim Jones, Vice
President Mary Broussard, Secretary Randall Pitcock, Trustees Charlotte Slack,
Marc Chaloupka, Garland Watson and Steve Aldrich were present.
Acting Superintendent
Eddie Coulson welcomed trustees and announced that the TASB/TASA Convention is
scheduled for October 6-8, 2006 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in
Houston, Texas. President Tim Jones
commented that he would like to see CSISD keep their record of 100 percent
attendance.
Dr. Coulson reported that
the CSISD staff is grieving over the death of AMC High School students earlier
in the week in a tragic car accident.
Memorial services have been set for the students.
C. WORKSHOP SESSION
C-1. Consideration, discussion, and possible
action regarding the 2006-2007 CSISD Budget
Acting Superintendent Dr. Eddie Coulson reviewed budget
projections with a 4 cent enrichment tax collected and projections without the
4 cent enrichment tax being collected.
Dr. Coulson stated that the goal with adopting a budget is to approve a
2006-2007 budget that helps us plan for the future beyond the 2006-2007 school
year. The administration believes that
the legislative intent is that the Board have discretion over levying a 4 cent
enrichment tax and/or 2 cent tax increases with voter approval in the
future. After much review and discussion
and legal counsel, the administration is recommending that the budget without
the 4 cent enrichment tax be approved for the 2006-2007 school year. Discussion occurred regarding the 4 cent
enrichment tax. A Public Hearing and
Special Meeting to adopt a tax rate and approve the budget will be scheduled
for 8/28/06. The notice will be
published in The Eagle ten days prior to and will publish a tax rate of $1.37
per $100 valuation.
Dr. Coulson recognized Deputy Superintendent for Business and
Operations Mike Ball who reviewed the “Hold Harmless Calculation”.
Discussion occurred regarding the need and use of portable
buildings to accommodate growth. Trustee
Marc Chaloupka asked for two double classroom portables to be added to the
2006-2007 budget for purchase. Dr.
Coulson and Mr. Ball will revise the proposed budget to include this item prior
to August 15, 2006.
C-2.
Consideration, discussion and possible action regarding PFG II
Acting Superintendent Eddie Coulson updated the trustees regarding
PFG II. The administration has received
a very rough draft of the Facilities Study and has a meeting scheduled for
8/17/06 with Steve Aloway, VLK Architects, for review, questions, and
explanation.
A Board Workshop will be scheduled for September 5, 2006 at 6:00
p.m. regarding PFG II.
C-3. Consideration, discussion, and possible
action regarding item related to the CSISD’s Superintendent Contract
President Tim Jones clarified a timeline technical question for
naming the new Superintendent of Schools for College Station ISD. The next regular board meeting is scheduled
for 8/15/06, just one day shy of being able to address the Superintendent issue
as it pertains to the 21-day waiting period.
The Special Meeting to be scheduled for 8/28/06 for approval of the tax
rate and 2006-2007 budget can also be used to address the Superintendent issue.
Trustee Randall Pitcock asked for the trustees to go into
Executive Session and they did at 7:00 p.m. in accordance with Section 551.074
of the Texas Government Code to discuss personnel in accordance with the Texas
Open Meetings Act.
All seven trustees were present during Executive Session at the
beginning of the session. Trustee
Charlotte Slack left at 7:25 p.m.
D. ADJOURNMENT
The trustees returned to Open Session at 7:51 p.m. and, by
consent, adjourned at 7:51 p.m.
TIM
JONES RANDALL PITCOCK
PRESIDENT SECRETARY