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Meeting Agenda
I. Roll Call, Establish Quorum, Call to Order
II. Announcement by the Board President calling this meeting of the United 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
III. Pledge of Allegiance
III.A. Honor the Texas Flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
IV. Public Comments:
Comments shall be limited to current Board agenda items, student recognitions, or charitable causes.  Comments are limited to three minutes per speaker, except that non-English speakers requiring a translator are limited to six minutes. The presiding Board officer may modify or waive these time limits as appropriate. Public comment shall not be used for personal attacks by the speaker against District employees or students. Speakers who engage in personal attacks or use insulting, profane, threatening or abusive language during any Board meeting shall be ruled out of order by the presiding Board officer and may be escorted from the Board meeting room by District peace officers or security staff. Any concerns or complaints regarding individual District employees, students, or parents must be resolved via the appropriate complaint process, as stated in Board Policy BED (Local). Pursuant to section 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.
V. Recognitions
V.A. United ISD's School Psychologists - Region One 2021 Recipients of Outstanding Delivery of Psychological Services 
V.B. Lyndon B. Johnson High School Cross Country Varsity Team - District Champs 30-6A
V.C. Alexander High School - Texas Association of Bilingual Educators (TABE) Top 3 High School ESL Teacher
V.D. A. Gonzalez Middle School - U.S. News & World Report "Best Schools Report" Recipient
VI. Items for Information Only
VI.A. Report of Emergency purchase of Disposable Food Trays from an Unapproved Vendor, Performance Food Service in Accordance with CH (LOCAL)
VI.B. Presentation from Texas Department of Public Safety Regarding Border Fence Proposal
VII. Consent Agenda Items
VII.A. Approval of Monthly Disbursements
VII.B. Approval of Updated Tabulation for RFP 2020-002 Armored Car Services that Includes Additional Costs Due to Financial Institution Vault Relocation.This RFP was Approved for Renewal at the April 20, 2021, Regular Board Meeting 
VII.C. Approval of Awarding Bids, Proposals and Qualifications
VII.D. Approval of a Resolution for the Election of Board of Directors for the Webb County Appraisal District 
VII.E. Approval of Low Attendance Day Waiver for John B. Alexander High School for the following day: October 19, 2021
VII.F. Approval of Low Attendance Day Waiver for thirteen District Campuses for August 30, 2021
VII.G. Approval of 2022-2023 Academic Calendar
VII.H. Approval of First Reading of LOCAL Policies in Update 118
VIII. Items for Individual Consideration
VIII.A. Approval of Donations
VIII.B. Approval of Budget Amendment
VIII.C. Approval of RFP 072-2021 Global Positioning and Telematics System Services for School Buses & Service Vehicles
VIII.D. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Interlocal Agreement and MOU Between Webb County Juvenile Board and UISD for 2021-2022 School Year
VIII.E. Senate Bill 11 - Texas Education Code 37.115 (2)(d)(e)-Safe and Supportive School Program (SSSP) / Behavioral Threat Assessment (BTA) Revision
VIII.F. Approval of Board Minutes for the Month of June 2021
VIII.G. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding District's Community Service Hours Program
VIII.H. Approval of Resolution of the Board of Trustees Regarding Reallocation of Bond Proceeds for Certain School Facilities
VIII.I. Discussion and Possible Action on the Roles and Responsibilities for Board Committee Assignments
VIII.J. Approval of Board Travel for the Month of November 2021 to attend the TASB Fall Legal Seminar in South Padre Island
VIII.K. Approval of Requests from Board Members in re: Use of Board of Trustees Discretionary Funds for Various Campuses and Departments
IX. Closed Session: Board will adjourn into closed session pursuant to the following sections of the Texas Open Meetings Act
IX.A. TGC 551.071  Consultation with Board's Attorney; Closed Meeting
IX.A.1. Superintendent's Duties and Responsibilities
IX.A.2. Consultation with Legal Counsel Regarding Proposed Revisions to Board Policy DC Local
IX.B. TGC 551.071 Consultation with Board's Attorney; Closed Meeting
TGC 551.072 Deliberation Regarding Real Property; Closed Meeting
IX.B.1. Legal Consultation and consideration of possible action with respect to final negotiations of and execution of the Purchase and Sale Agreement regarding the purchase of a tract of land of approximately 10.77 acres out of a 53.40 acre tract of land, which itself is out of a tract of land, described in the deed recorded in Volume 1089, Pages 586-587, Deed Records, Webb County, Texas. The tract is situated in Porcion 28, E. Martinez, Abstract 241, Webb County, Texas, such property being in the vicinity of the intersection of Saunders Blvd. and Loop 20 in Laredo, Webb County, Texas. The purchase of said acres will be from L91 BC Properties, LLC.
IX.C. TGC 551.071 Consultation with Legal Counsel; Closed Meeting
TGC 551.076 Deliberation Regarding Security Devices or Security Audits; Closed Meeting
 
IX.C.1. Student Activity Fund Audits: Elementary Schools - Borchers, Ruiz, Malakoff, Freedom, Gutierrez, Kennedy-Zapata, Killam, Fasken, Nye and Cuellar
IX.C.2. Student Activity Fund Audits: Middle Schools - Los Obispos MS, Herrera MS, United South MS, United 6th Grade, Gonzalez MS, Trautmann MS, S. Garcia MS, Washington MS, Perales MS and Clark MS
IX.C.3. Student Activity Fund Audits: High Schools - United HS, United HS 9th Grade, Alexander HS, Alexander 9th Grade, United South HS, United South 9th Grade, LB Johnson HS, LB Johnson HS 9th Grade and Cherish Center
IX.C.4. Attendance Accounting - Secondary Campuses
IX.C.5. UCAN Program
IX.C.6. Employee Health Insurance Benefits
IX.C.7. Transportation Fuel Consumption
IX.C.8. Accounts Payable Cycle
IX.C.9. Bilingual Program Eligibility
IX.C.10. Kronos System (Upgraded Workforce Ready 12/2020)
IX.C.11. Region One GEAR UP Partnership Grant
IX.C.12. Title II, Part A Grant
IX.C.13. Title IV, Part A Grant
IX.C.14. Health Services - CPR Training Compliance
IX.C.15. Status of Ongoing Audits
IX.D. TGC 551.071 Consultation with Board's Attorney; Closed Meeting
TGC 551.087 Deliberation Regarding Economic Development; Closed Meeting
IX.D.1. Deliberation regarding Economic Development to discuss and deliberate commercial and financial information received from renewable energy project developers related to the construction of one or more renewable energy project(s) and possible offer of financial incentives related to one or more applications for an Appraised Value Limitation on Qualified Property under the Texas Economic Development Act, Chapter 313 of the Texas Tax Code
X. Reconvened from Closed Session, the Board will take appropriate action on items, if necessary, as discussed in Closed Session
X.A. Consideration and Possible Action Regarding First and Final Reading of Board Policy DC Local
X.B. Possible action with respect to the execution of a Purchase and Sale Agreement regarding the purchase of a tract of land of approximately 10.77 acres out of a 53.40 acre tract of land, which itself is out of a tract of land, described in the deed recorded in Volume 1089, Pages 586-587, Deed Records, Webb County, Texas. The tract is situated in Porcion 28, E. Martinez, Abstract 241, Webb County, Texas, such property being in the vicinity of the intersection of Saunders Blvd. and Loop 20 in Laredo, Webb County, Texas. The purchase of said acres will be from L91 BC Properties, LLC.
X.C. Consideration and Possible Action to Accept for Consideration Pradera Solar, LLC's Application for an Appraised Value Limitation on Qualified Property under the Texas Economic Development Act, Texas Tax Code, Chapter 313 assess an Application fee, and authorize the Superintendent to review the Application for completeness and submit such Application to the Comptroller
X.D. Consideration and possible action to retain school finance consultants Moak, Casey & Associates to assist the District in processing and evaluating the financial impact of Pradera Solar, LLC's Application for Appraised Values Limitation on Qualified Property
X.E. Consideration and possible action to accept for consideration Hecate Energy Outpost Solar LLC's Application for an Appraised Value Limitation on Qualified Property under the Texas Economic Development Act, Texas Tax Code, Chapter 313, assess an Application fee, and authorize the Superintendent to review the Application for completeness and submit such Application to the Comptroller
X.F. Consideration and possible action to retain school finance consultants Moak, Casey & Associates to assist the District in processing and evaluating the financial impact of Hecate Outpost Solar LLC's Application for Appraised Value Limitation on Qualified Property 
XI. Adjournment
Agenda Item Details Reload Your Meeting
Meeting: November 17, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting
Subject:
I. Roll Call, Establish Quorum, Call to Order
Subject:
II. Announcement by the Board President calling this meeting of the United 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
Subject:
III. Pledge of Allegiance
Subject:
III.A. Honor the Texas Flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
Subject:
IV. Public Comments:
Comments shall be limited to current Board agenda items, student recognitions, or charitable causes.  Comments are limited to three minutes per speaker, except that non-English speakers requiring a translator are limited to six minutes. The presiding Board officer may modify or waive these time limits as appropriate. Public comment shall not be used for personal attacks by the speaker against District employees or students. Speakers who engage in personal attacks or use insulting, profane, threatening or abusive language during any Board meeting shall be ruled out of order by the presiding Board officer and may be escorted from the Board meeting room by District peace officers or security staff. Any concerns or complaints regarding individual District employees, students, or parents must be resolved via the appropriate complaint process, as stated in Board Policy BED (Local). Pursuant to section 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.
Subject:
V. Recognitions
Subject:
V.A. United ISD's School Psychologists - Region One 2021 Recipients of Outstanding Delivery of Psychological Services 
Subject:
V.B. Lyndon B. Johnson High School Cross Country Varsity Team - District Champs 30-6A
Subject:
V.C. Alexander High School - Texas Association of Bilingual Educators (TABE) Top 3 High School ESL Teacher
Subject:
V.D. A. Gonzalez Middle School - U.S. News & World Report "Best Schools Report" Recipient
Subject:
VI. Items for Information Only
Subject:
VI.A. Report of Emergency purchase of Disposable Food Trays from an Unapproved Vendor, Performance Food Service in Accordance with CH (LOCAL)
Attachments:
Subject:
VI.B. Presentation from Texas Department of Public Safety Regarding Border Fence Proposal
Attachments:
Subject:
VII. Consent Agenda Items
Subject:
VII.A. Approval of Monthly Disbursements
Attachments:
Subject:
VII.B. Approval of Updated Tabulation for RFP 2020-002 Armored Car Services that Includes Additional Costs Due to Financial Institution Vault Relocation.This RFP was Approved for Renewal at the April 20, 2021, Regular Board Meeting 
Attachments:
Subject:
VII.C. Approval of Awarding Bids, Proposals and Qualifications
Attachments:
Subject:
VII.D. Approval of a Resolution for the Election of Board of Directors for the Webb County Appraisal District 
Attachments:
Subject:
VII.E. Approval of Low Attendance Day Waiver for John B. Alexander High School for the following day: October 19, 2021
Attachments:
Subject:
VII.F. Approval of Low Attendance Day Waiver for thirteen District Campuses for August 30, 2021
Attachments:
Subject:
VII.G. Approval of 2022-2023 Academic Calendar
Subject:
VII.H. Approval of First Reading of LOCAL Policies in Update 118
Attachments:
Subject:
VIII. Items for Individual Consideration
Subject:
VIII.A. Approval of Donations
Attachments:
Subject:
VIII.B. Approval of Budget Amendment
Attachments:
Subject:
VIII.C. Approval of RFP 072-2021 Global Positioning and Telematics System Services for School Buses & Service Vehicles
Attachments:
Subject:
VIII.D. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Interlocal Agreement and MOU Between Webb County Juvenile Board and UISD for 2021-2022 School Year
Attachments:
Subject:
VIII.E. Senate Bill 11 - Texas Education Code 37.115 (2)(d)(e)-Safe and Supportive School Program (SSSP) / Behavioral Threat Assessment (BTA) Revision
Attachments:
Subject:
VIII.F. Approval of Board Minutes for the Month of June 2021
Attachments:
Subject:
VIII.G. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding District's Community Service Hours Program
Attachments:
Subject:
VIII.H. Approval of Resolution of the Board of Trustees Regarding Reallocation of Bond Proceeds for Certain School Facilities
Attachments:
Subject:
VIII.I. Discussion and Possible Action on the Roles and Responsibilities for Board Committee Assignments
Attachments:
Subject:
VIII.J. Approval of Board Travel for the Month of November 2021 to attend the TASB Fall Legal Seminar in South Padre Island
Attachments:
Subject:
VIII.K. Approval of Requests from Board Members in re: Use of Board of Trustees Discretionary Funds for Various Campuses and Departments
Attachments:
Subject:
IX. Closed Session: Board will adjourn into closed session pursuant to the following sections of the Texas Open Meetings Act
Subject:
IX.A. TGC 551.071  Consultation with Board's Attorney; Closed Meeting
Subject:
IX.A.1. Superintendent's Duties and Responsibilities
Subject:
IX.A.2. Consultation with Legal Counsel Regarding Proposed Revisions to Board Policy DC Local
Subject:
IX.B. TGC 551.071 Consultation with Board's Attorney; Closed Meeting
TGC 551.072 Deliberation Regarding Real Property; Closed Meeting
Subject:
IX.B.1. Legal Consultation and consideration of possible action with respect to final negotiations of and execution of the Purchase and Sale Agreement regarding the purchase of a tract of land of approximately 10.77 acres out of a 53.40 acre tract of land, which itself is out of a tract of land, described in the deed recorded in Volume 1089, Pages 586-587, Deed Records, Webb County, Texas. The tract is situated in Porcion 28, E. Martinez, Abstract 241, Webb County, Texas, such property being in the vicinity of the intersection of Saunders Blvd. and Loop 20 in Laredo, Webb County, Texas. The purchase of said acres will be from L91 BC Properties, LLC.
Subject:
IX.C. TGC 551.071 Consultation with Legal Counsel; Closed Meeting
TGC 551.076 Deliberation Regarding Security Devices or Security Audits; Closed Meeting
 
Subject:
IX.C.1. Student Activity Fund Audits: Elementary Schools - Borchers, Ruiz, Malakoff, Freedom, Gutierrez, Kennedy-Zapata, Killam, Fasken, Nye and Cuellar
Subject:
IX.C.2. Student Activity Fund Audits: Middle Schools - Los Obispos MS, Herrera MS, United South MS, United 6th Grade, Gonzalez MS, Trautmann MS, S. Garcia MS, Washington MS, Perales MS and Clark MS
Subject:
IX.C.3. Student Activity Fund Audits: High Schools - United HS, United HS 9th Grade, Alexander HS, Alexander 9th Grade, United South HS, United South 9th Grade, LB Johnson HS, LB Johnson HS 9th Grade and Cherish Center
Subject:
IX.C.4. Attendance Accounting - Secondary Campuses
Subject:
IX.C.5. UCAN Program
Subject:
IX.C.6. Employee Health Insurance Benefits
Subject:
IX.C.7. Transportation Fuel Consumption
Subject:
IX.C.8. Accounts Payable Cycle
Subject:
IX.C.9. Bilingual Program Eligibility
Subject:
IX.C.10. Kronos System (Upgraded Workforce Ready 12/2020)
Subject:
IX.C.11. Region One GEAR UP Partnership Grant
Subject:
IX.C.12. Title II, Part A Grant
Subject:
IX.C.13. Title IV, Part A Grant
Subject:
IX.C.14. Health Services - CPR Training Compliance
Subject:
IX.C.15. Status of Ongoing Audits
Subject:
IX.D. TGC 551.071 Consultation with Board's Attorney; Closed Meeting
TGC 551.087 Deliberation Regarding Economic Development; Closed Meeting
Subject:
IX.D.1. Deliberation regarding Economic Development to discuss and deliberate commercial and financial information received from renewable energy project developers related to the construction of one or more renewable energy project(s) and possible offer of financial incentives related to one or more applications for an Appraised Value Limitation on Qualified Property under the Texas Economic Development Act, Chapter 313 of the Texas Tax Code
Subject:
X. Reconvened from Closed Session, the Board will take appropriate action on items, if necessary, as discussed in Closed Session
Subject:
X.A. Consideration and Possible Action Regarding First and Final Reading of Board Policy DC Local
Attachments:
Subject:
X.B. Possible action with respect to the execution of a Purchase and Sale Agreement regarding the purchase of a tract of land of approximately 10.77 acres out of a 53.40 acre tract of land, which itself is out of a tract of land, described in the deed recorded in Volume 1089, Pages 586-587, Deed Records, Webb County, Texas. The tract is situated in Porcion 28, E. Martinez, Abstract 241, Webb County, Texas, such property being in the vicinity of the intersection of Saunders Blvd. and Loop 20 in Laredo, Webb County, Texas. The purchase of said acres will be from L91 BC Properties, LLC.
Attachments:
Subject:
X.C. Consideration and Possible Action to Accept for Consideration Pradera Solar, LLC's Application for an Appraised Value Limitation on Qualified Property under the Texas Economic Development Act, Texas Tax Code, Chapter 313 assess an Application fee, and authorize the Superintendent to review the Application for completeness and submit such Application to the Comptroller
Attachments:
Subject:
X.D. Consideration and possible action to retain school finance consultants Moak, Casey & Associates to assist the District in processing and evaluating the financial impact of Pradera Solar, LLC's Application for Appraised Values Limitation on Qualified Property
Attachments:
Subject:
X.E. Consideration and possible action to accept for consideration Hecate Energy Outpost Solar LLC's Application for an Appraised Value Limitation on Qualified Property under the Texas Economic Development Act, Texas Tax Code, Chapter 313, assess an Application fee, and authorize the Superintendent to review the Application for completeness and submit such Application to the Comptroller
Attachments:
Subject:
X.F. Consideration and possible action to retain school finance consultants Moak, Casey & Associates to assist the District in processing and evaluating the financial impact of Hecate Outpost Solar LLC's Application for Appraised Value Limitation on Qualified Property 
Attachments:
Subject:
XI. Adjournment

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