August 25, 2015 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Announcement by the Board President calling this meeting of the Taft Independent School District to order. Let the record show that a quorum of Board Members is present, that this meeting has been duly called, and that notice of this meeting has been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551.

2. Invocation

3. Taft ISD Credo and Taft ISD Goals

4. Public Comments: Comments are limited to five minutes per speaker. The Board Secretary will be the timekeeper and will inform the speaker when they have one (1) remaining minute. Should there be more than five (5) people who wish to speak on a particular issue they need to select one (1) representative to speak for them. The presiding officer or designee shall determine whether a person who wishes to address the Board has attempted to solve the matter administratively. If not, the person shall be directed to the appropriate policy, as noted in BED (Local), to seek resolution before bringing the matter to the Board at a subsequent meeting. Pursuant to 551.042 of the Texas Government Code, no Board Member or Administrator may respond to a member of the public, unless such response is a recitation of District policy or a statement of specific factual information.

5. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed Budget and Tax Rate in Accordance with Section 44.004, Texas Education Code. Public Participation in the discussion is invited. The Board will provide time for Citizens to present their views, opinions, suggestions, etc. regarding the proposed 2015-2016 General School District Budget and Tax Rate.

6. Presentation of Taft High School Diploma to April Nanez.

7. Superintendent Updates

7.A. Introduction of New Administrators: Patsy Alvarado, Assistant Principal at Woodroe Petty Elementary

7.B. First Day of School

7.C. Recognize recently accepted into Leadership TASB, Board of Trustee Leslie Pullin.

8. Board Social Contract

9. Consent Agenda

9.A. Approve Minutes of: 

9.A.1. Regular Meeting July 20, 2015

9.A.2. Special Meeting August 4, 2015

9.A.3. Special Meeting Minutes August 18, 2015

9.B. Approve Investment Report for July, 2015

9.C. Total Expenditures by Function Ending July, 2015

9.D. Summary of Taxes Paid to Taft ISD

10. Discussion

10.A. Principal's Report: Back to School & Student Enrollment

10.A.1. High School

10.A.2. Junior High

10.A.3. Petty Elementary

11. Items for Individual Consideration

11.A. Discuss and/or Approve Year End Budget Amendment for Fiscal Year 2014-2015.

11.B. Discuss and/or Approve an Order Setting the Tax Rate for the 2015-2016 Tax Year. Proposed Tax Rate: $1.503837 with $1.137437 for Maintenance & Operations (M&O) and $0.3664 for Bonded Indebtedness (Interest and Sinking Fund (I&S)

11.C. Discuss and/or Approve Official Budget for Fiscal Year 2015-2016. 

11.D. Discuss and/or Approve Certification of 2015 Appraisal Roll.

11.E. Discuss and/or Approve Resolution of the 4-H Club Extracurricular Activity.

11.F. Discuss and/or Approve Adjunct Faculty Agreement with the 4H Club.

11.G. Discuss and/or Approve Facilities Request and/or Rental Costs.

12. Closed Session: Board will adjourn into closed session pursuant to the following sections of the Texas Open Meetings Act

12.A. The Board will convene in closed session as authorized by the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. et. seq. TGC 551.071, 551.072, 551.074, and 551.087.

13. Reconvened from Closed Session: The Board will take appropriate action on items, if necessary, as discussed in Closed Session

14. Future Board Agenda Items from Board Members

15. Important Dates to Remember

15.A. Regular Board Meeting Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.

16. Adjourn