April 16, 2015 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order and Opening Ceremony

2. Consent Agenda Items - Materials relating to the items to be acted upon in the Consent Agenda are provided to the Board Members for study and review prior to the meeting. The items contained in the bid portion of the Agenda have been endorsed by the Board Members during the budget process.

2.A. Minutes of the Workshop Meeting and Regular Meeting held on March 31, 2015

2.B. Monthly financial and investment reports

2.C. Consider donations -   None

2.D. Monthly support services report

2.E. Monthly absence reports YTD

2.F. Personnel actions delegated to the Superintendent

2.F.1. Resignations and retirements

2.G. Community and governmental relations

2.H. Service contract extensions

2.H.1. National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) cooperative renewal to provide for contract and vendor relationships to purchase supplies, materials, equipment or services through a bidding agency on behalf of the district

2.I. Tax Refund

3. Items to be Withdrawn from the Consent Agenda

4. Communications Not on the Agenda - a thirty (30) minute time period is set aside to allow citizens to address the Board on any subject. Five speakers will be chosen on a first-come, first serve basis. No action may be taken place in response, but the Board may consider future action.

4.A. Address the Board - Policy BED (LOCAL)

5.  Superintendent's Report

5.A. Capital Improvement Advisory Committee (CIAC) update on activities

5.B. Outstanding performance by district staff and students  

5.B.1. Eleven BMS students advancing eight projects to National History Day state competition

5.B.2. Paula Perkins, BISD's occupational therapist, recognized with feature article in TRN's Velocity - North Texas Business Journal

5.B.3. BMS AP Teacher, Travis Copus, accepted to the National Endowment for the Humanities summer, week-long training academy in Rochester, NY

5.C. Initiation or status of new programs, renovation and/or construction projects, academic initiatives and/or special activities

5.D. E:21: Educate, Excite, Engage (digital conversion initiative) campaign media coverage, events and other activities

6. Board of Trustee's Report

6.A. Board member attendance at various school and community events

6.A.1. CIAC meeting attended by Andrajack and Klipp

6.B. Board member visits to various campuses

6.C. Board member announcements, awards, resignations, election of officers and/or appointments

6.D. Board member recognition of outstanding performance of district staff and/or students receiving an accolade or award

7. Financial Reports and Action Items

7.A. Contract for the Collection of Delinquent Taxes between BISD and Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott

7.B. Revenue and Expenditure M & O Budget amendments

7.C. Extend Direct Energy/TASB Energy Cooperative contract by two years, from June 2018 to June 2020,  to lock in a lower energy contract rate that will save the district an annual estimated savings of $56,578.33 per year for a total estimated savings of $113,156.66.

8. New Business

8.A. Call special meeting the week of May 11- 14  to award contract for renovation/expansion projects: (1)  Bulldog Stadium's visiting team locker room, (2) BMS football field house, (3) cold storage addition to district warehouse, and (4) BHS signage/marque

8.B. Bad weather waiver submission approval

8.C. Textbook adoption recommendations for Proclamation 215 implementation 2015-16

9. Unfinished Business

9.A. Option to purchase land north of Burkburnett High School (Closed meeting pursuant to  Sec. 551.072 Texas Open Meetings Act)

9.B. Citi Bank property acquisition status

9.C. TASB Salary Study findings and recommendations

9.D. Projected cost of compensation and benefits package increases based on current salary/pay structure and staffing for budget FY 2016

10. Personnel Reports and Action Items

10.A. Dismissal, Terminations, Non-Renewals, and Non-Extensions

10.B. Executive Session/CLOSED MEETING: Consultation with attorney (TX Gov't Code 551.071) and or PERSONNEL MATTERS (TX Govt. Code 551.074 )

11. Closed Meeting - Adjournment to closed meeting pursuant to Sections 551.071 (consultation with Board's attorney), 551.072 (discuss purchase, exchange, lease, sale, value of real property) and 551.074 (deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee) of the Texas Gov't Code

12. Open Session, Action on Item 10 A - B

13. Closing Meeting

13.A. Adjourn