4. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE

[A. Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Stand Up for Texas Public Schools Business Recognitions Presenter: Sara Bonser, Superintendent Time: 10 minutes]

US SOME VERY SPECIAL TASB BUSINESS RECOGNITIONS.

>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT RICHARDS AND THANK YOU VICE PRESIDENT CHAMBERS FOR YOUR INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE.

LAST MONTH, WE CAME TO YOU TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL OUTSTANDING PARTNERS FROM OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

I RETURN TONIGHT FOR PART 2 OF OUR FINAL THREE SPECIAL FRIENDS AND PARTNERS OF THE DISTRICT.

PLANOISD HAS BENEFITED TREMENDOUSLY FROM THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY WHETHER THEY'RE UNDERWRITING SPECIAL PROGRAMS, VOLUNTEERING ON OUR CAMPUSES, OR HELPING TO CHAMPION IMPORTANT INITIATIVES THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR STUDENTS.

THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE VITALLY

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IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.

THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS ENCOURAGES MEMBERS TO NOMINATE BUSINESSES EACH YEAR TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL DISTRICTS.

I'M EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THREE KEY PARTNERS THIS EVENING.

THESE ORGANIZATIONS WORKING HAND IN HAND, SUPPORTING OUR VISION TO BE COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE, DEDICATED TO CARING, POWERED BY LEARNING, AND INDEED, PLANOISD PROUD.

I'M SORRY THAT WE COULDN'T BE TOGETHER IN PERSON, BUT I KNOW THAT EACH ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAS THEIR LEADERS WATCHING THE EVENT ON TV THIS EVENING OR ARE STREAMING THIS EVENING.

I CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF PLANOISD.

OUR FIRST RECOGNITION GOES TO ABERNATHY, ROEDER, BOYD & HULLETT PC.

NOT ONLY HAS THIS ORGANIZATION BEEN A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTOR TO THE PLANOISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION SINCE IT'S INCEPTION IN 1993, BUT THEY'VE ALSO BEEN A GREAT LEGAL PARTNER TO OUR DISTRICT.

THE ABERNATHY TEAM SUPPORTS PROGRAMS SUCH AS AVID, GRANTS TO EDUCATORS, THE EMPLOYEE CRISIS FUND, AND THE PLANOISD TEACHER OF THE YEAR PROGRAM.

THROUGH THEIR SUPPORT OF THE EMPLOYEE CRISIS FUND, THE FOUNDATION IS ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO TEACHERS AND DISTRICT STAFF WHO ARE FACING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, AND ARE UNABLE TO MEET THEIR IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS.

WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO OUR STAFF, AND WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN ALL THINGS PLANOISD.

TO OUR COLLEAGUES AND ABERNATHY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

SECOND, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE CAPITAL ONE.

FROM SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN OUR PLANO FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM, TO UNDERWRITING MAJOR PROGRAMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, CAPITAL ONE HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

FOR THREE YEARS NOW, CAPITAL ONE HAS PARTNERED WITH PLANOISD TO SUPPORT THE TEACHER EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

THIS UNIQUE PROGRAM PROVIDES PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE TEACHERS WITH A UNIQUE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

FOR 2-3 WEEKS EACH SUMMER, PARTICIPATING TEACHERS WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES TO FORM A PARTNERSHIP OF SHARED EXPERTISE.

THEY BUILD MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, AND MAKE CLASSROOM AND WORKPLACE APPLICATIONS THAT OUR TEACHERS BRING BACK TO THE CLASSROOMS. WE HOPE THIS PROGRAM WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE NEXT SUMMER, BUT DURING COVID PANDEMIC, CAPITAL ONE DID ALLOW US TO REPURPOSE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO PROGRAMS THAT COULD NOT BE CARRIED OUT DUE TO CAMPUS CLOSURES.

CAPITAL ONE UNDERSTANDS THAT IN OUR WORLD, SOMETIMES WE MUST PIVOT AND CHANGE DIRECTIONS.

THEY HAVE BEEN BY OUR SIDE HELPING US DO JUST THAT.

IN 1920, CAPITAL ONE STEPPED UP TO FUND THE PLANOISD ROBOTICS PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED RAPIDLY SINCE IT'S IMPLEMENTATION IN 2016.

WITH THE HELP OF CAPITAL ONE, WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM, AND SUPPORT ANY STUDENT WHO WISHES TO PARTICIPATE IN ROBOTICS.

THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY TIMES THAT CAPITAL ONE HAS PROACTIVELY REACHED OUT TO SAY, "HOW CAN WE HELP?" YOUR WILLINGNESS AND EAGERNESS TO SERVE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN A MEANINGFUL AND IMPACTFUL WAY IS DEEPLY INGRAINED IN YOUR COMPANY'S CULTURE, AND A PASSION THAT IS SHARED BY YOUR ASSOCIATES AND PLANOISD, THANKS TO YOU FOR SHARING THAT PASSION AND DEDICATION WITH OUR DISTRICT.

FINALLY, TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL PLANO.

OUR LAST PARTNER RECOGNITION GOES TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO STEP UP WHEN THE DISTRICT CREATED THE HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY.

TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL PLANO HAS PARTNERED WITH PLANOISD AND THE PLANOISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION SINCE 1991.

MOST RECENTLY, TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN PLANO, PARTNERED TO HELP FUND THE PLANOISD HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY.

THIS ACADEMY EXPANDS THE EXISTING HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM BY OFFERING UNIQUE HEALTH SCIENCE FOCUSED ELECTIVES.

ALL FIRST DUAL CREDIT PROGRAMS ARE APPLIED TOWARDS EARNING A HEALTHCARE CERTIFICATE.

WHEN STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL FROM OUR HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY PROGRAM, THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY BEGIN WORKING AS CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS IN SEVERAL MEDICAL FIELDS.

IF A STUDENT CHOOSES TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY, THESE DUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES HAVE MANY ADVANTAGES AS WELL.

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THE PROGRAM IS TAUGHT BY PROFESSORS FROM COLLIN COLLEGE AND FUNDS PROVIDED BY TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL PLANO AND OTHER PARTNERS HELP COVER THE EXPENSES FOR TRAINING, TEXTBOOKS, AND CERTIFICATIONS.

MARY JO DEAN, THE HOSPITAL'S DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS, HAS GIVEN COUNTLESS HOURS AS A BOARD MEMBER AND BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE PLANOISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

SHE HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT CHAMPION FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOLS.

SHE HELPED GROW THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INTO THE STRONG ORGANIZATION IT IS TODAY AND HELPED INTRODUCE NUMEROUS BUSINESSES TO THE WORK OF THE FOUNDATION.

THANK YOU TO MARY JO DEAN, JOSH FLORIAN, AND THE ENTIRE TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN PLANO TEAM.

IN PLANOISD, WE KNOW THE VALUE OF THE HELP THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM EACH OF THESE HONOREES AND THOSE RECOGNIZED LAST MONTH, AND WE ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF EACH PARTNERSHIP.

WE'RE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE GENEROSITY THAT YOU HAVE DISPLAYED IS NOW RECOGNIZED AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS JOINS WITH US IN HONORING YOUR VALUABLE SUPPORT FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

WE WILL PRESENT EACH OF YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE THAT WE HOPE YOU WILL DISPLAY, ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO FOLLOW YOUR LEAD, AND STAND UP FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS YOU HAVE STOOD UP FOR PLANOISD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[NOISE]

>> I WANT TO ADD MY THANKS AS WELL TO THESE OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATIONS.

THE WORK THEY DO BENEFITS ALL OUR STUDENTS AND THE FUTURES OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

I THANK THEM VERY MUCH FOR THIS CONTRIBUTION.

WE NOW MOVE TO A VERY SPECIAL ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

[A. Naming the Fine Arts Facility Presenter: Sara Bonser, Superintendent Time: 10 minutes]

BEFORE WE BEGIN THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS ITEM, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT REQUIRES FOR THE BOARD TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO DESIRE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR AN OPEN MEETING TO ADDRESS IT BEFORE OR DURING THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM.

SECRETARY WANG, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING SPECIFICALLY THE NAMING OF THE FINE ARTS FACILITY?

>> NO. NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL.

NOW I'LL TURN THIS AGENDA ITEM OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT BONSER.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

I'M GOING TO ASK MR. ARMSTRONG TO LOAD UP A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION SO YOU CAN ALL FOLLOW ALONG AS WE GO THROUGH THIS EXCITING EVENT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND A RECOMMENDATION TO NAME THE NEW FINE ARTS FACILITY TO OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

FOR OUR VIEWERS THIS EVENING, IN A TYPICAL YEAR WE WOULD HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING OR A ROOF RAISING WHERE WE COULD ALL BE TOGETHER ON-SITE TO COMMEMORATE THE NAMING OF OUR EXCITING ADDITION TO THE PLANO ISD FACILITIES.

HOWEVER DUE TO THE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND SCHOOL CLOSURE WE WERE UNABLE TO PLAN SUCH AN EVENT AT THIS TIME.

NONETHELESS WE ARE SO EXCITED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION NOW AND THEN COME BACK LATER WHEN IT IS SAFE FOR US TO DO SO IN LARGE GROUPS TO GATHER AND CELEBRATE IN PERSON THE NAMING OF THIS EXCITING, AMAZING FACILITY FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY.

DAN. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, PLANO ISD HAS A PREMIER FINE ARTS PROGRAM,\ INCLUDING ALL OF OUR MUSIC, DANCE, THEATER, SPEECH, AND ART PROGRAMS. THIS IS A FINE ARTS FACILITY SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO SHOWCASE ALL OF THE ARTS.

WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF IN THIS AREA.

IN PLANO ISD WE KNOW THAT THE ARTS ENHANCE ALL ASPECTS OF A CHILD'S EDUCATION, AND WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO PROVIDING TOP-NOTCH PROGRAMS IN FINE ARTS TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SUPPORTED BY THE BEST TEACHERS AND DIRECTORS IN THE STATE AND IN THE NATION.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE AND THE SLIDES THAT CAME BEFORE, ALL OF THESE PICTURES ARE FILLED WITH STUDENTS FACES, AND ART, AND AWARDS, AND ALL OF THE AMAZING OUTCOMES THAT COME FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT PUTS A PRIORITY OF IMPORTANCE ON THE ARTS.

ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUTSTANDING MUSIC AND ARTS PROGRAMS. AND MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF PLANO ISD MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. THAT IS AMAZING.

AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THE WAY THAT THIS CAME TO BE IS THAT THE FINE ARTS CENTER WAS APPROVED BY

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THE PLANO ISD COMMUNITY AS PART OF THE 2016 BOND INITIATIVE.

THE BOND PROGRAM PASSED WITH A 79 PERCENT PASS RATE IN 2016.

WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED THAT WE ARE NOW NAMING THIS FACILITY IN 2020.

ON THE SCREEN YOU'LL SEE A RENDERING OF THE FINE ARTS FACILITY THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THIS BUILDING FOR ALL OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE OF ALMA DRIVE, NORTH OF 15TH AND SOUTH OF PARK.

THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE GRAND ENTRANCE THAT WILL FACE ALMA DRIVE.

DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A VENUE TO SHOWCASE MUSIC, DANCE, THEATER, AND VISUAL ARTS, THE FACILITY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 82,200 SQUARE FEET SPREAD ACROSS TWO LEVELS.

THE ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THIS SLIDE AND A FEW OTHERS CONSISTS OF A MAIN THEATER ON THE MAIN FLOOR WITH ONE BALCONY.

THE BUILDING WILL ALSO HAVE A FLEXIBLE 200 SEAT STUDIO THEATER, A LARGE REHEARSAL ROOM, AND GALLERY COMPONENT FOR EXHIBITIONS.

DESIGNED TO HOST ART CONTESTS INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE COMPETITIONS WITH SCHOOLS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, THIS FACILITY ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HOST PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS, BRINGING ART AND CULTURE FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY INTO THIS FACILITY.

THIS RENDERING SHOWS THE IMAGE OF THE MAIN THEATER WHICH WILL HAVE 1,500 SEATS IN COMBINATION OF THE MAIN FLOOR AND BALCONY SEATING.

AS YOU DRIVE BY THE ALMA SITE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BUILDING IS IN CONSTRUCTION.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHEN YOU BUILD THIS FACILITY THEY'D GO BELOW THE GROUND UP, AND SO THERE IS NOT YET A ROOF ON IT.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN THIS YEAR WHICH HAS CAUSED US A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY.

BUT OUR CONSTRUCTION IS NOW CURRENTLY 65 PERCENT COMPLETE.

THE CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS LEADING THE WAY ARE MCCARTHY CONSTRUCTION, AND PERKINS & WILL ARCHITECTS, AND BORA ARCHITECTS.

THIS BUILDING IS AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX STRUCTURE, NOT ONLY OF THE SPACE ITSELF, BUT OF THE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS REQUIRED IN A FACILITY OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND QUALITY.

WITH SOME RAIN DELAYS THE CENTER WILL BE OPEN FOR STUDENTS, CROSS YOUR FINGERS, MARCH OF 2021.

HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT NAMING A FACILITY LIKE THIS? IN OUR POLICY WE HAVE A DISTRICT NAMING COMMITTEE PROCESS THAT WAS FOLLOWED, AND THE DISTRICT SOUGHT NOMINATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, AND AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION MADE A FINAL RECOMMENDATION THAT IS BEING PRESENTED TO OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES THIS EVENING.

THE NAMESAKE OF THIS NEW FACILITY HAS HAD A SUBSTANTIAL ASSOCIATION AND ACHIEVEMENT OF EXTRAORDINARY AND LASTING DISTINCTION IN THE PLANO AND COLLIN COUNTY ARTS COMMUNITY.

I DON'T HAVE A DRUM ROLL, BUT IF I DID YOU SHOULD BE HEARING ONE RIGHT ABOUT NOW.

WITH NO FURTHER ADO I AM PRIVILEGED AND PROUD ON BEHALF OF PLANO ISD TO RECOMMEND AND NOMINATE TO OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT THE FACILITIES NAMING COMMITTEE IS PROPOSING THE FINE ARTS FACILITY BE NAMED THE "ROBBIE & LYNORE ROBINSON FINE ARTS CENTER - PLANO ISD".

ROBBIE AND LYNORE ROBINSON AS THE NAMESAKE FOR OUR CENTER, YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH A PICTURE OF DR. ROBINSON AND HIS LATE WIFE LYNORE.

UNFORTUNATELY DR. ROBINSON IS UNABLE TO BE WITH US FOR THE PRESENTATION VIRTUALLY THIS EVENING, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT HE IS PROVIDED WITH AN IMAGE OF OUR FACILITY WITH HIS NAME ON IT AND WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH HIS CARETAKERS REGARDING THIS HONOR.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE ROBINSON FAMILY AND THEIR CONNECTION TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND COLLIN COUNTY AND PLANO, AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND CAREER CIVIC LEADERSHIP.

ROBBIE AND LYNORE WERE CHAIRMAN OF THE COLLIN COUNTY CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT COMMITTEE, BOARD MEMBERS OF THE PLANO ARTS & CULTURAL ENDOWMENT, PRESIDENT OF THE ARTS OF COLLIN COUNTY COMMISSION.

THEY WERE STEWARDS OF ART APPRECIATION AND VISIONARY IN ARTS EDUCATION IN COLLIN COUNTY.

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THEIR ADVOCACY IN THE ARTS IS KNOWN FAR AND WIDE.

I COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLED AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO ASK THE BOARD FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION OF THE NAMING OF THE FINE ARTS FACILITY TO BE NAMED THE ROBBIE AND LYNORE ROBINSON FINE ARTS CENTER, OPENING IN MARCH OF 2021.

IF YOU'LL GO TO THE LAST SLIDE.

AT THIS TIME I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION OF THE NAMING COMMITTEE.

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>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT BONSER AND MEMBERS OF THE FINE ARTS FACILITY NAMING COMMITTEE.

BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> [OVERLAPPING] GO AHEAD NANCY

>>I'M SO SORRY.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES NAMES THE FINE ARTS FACILITY THE ROBBIE AND LYNORE ROBINSON FINE ARTS CENTER AS RECOMMENDED BY THE NAMING ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD POLICY, CW LOCAL.

>>AND I SECOND ENTHUSIASTICALLY.

>>I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES NAMES THE FINE ARTS FACILITY THE ROBBIE AND LYNORE ROBINSON FINE ART CENTER AS RECOMMENDED BY THE NAMING ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD POLICY, CW LOCAL.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'VE LED AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE NAMING COMMITTEE, I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT PROCESS.

WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VERY WORTHY NOMINEES, AND I DO APPRECIATE SARA AND HER TEAM WORKING EVERYONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I THINK WE'VE COME TO JUST A REALLY WONDERFUL RESOLUTION.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AT THIS TIME?

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD HOW THRILLED I AM ABOUT THIS CHOICE AND HAVING WATCHED DR. ROBINSON AND SEEING LYNORE IN THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT ELSE THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE ART, EVEN FOR ALL COLLIN COUNTY.

THIS IS A FITTING AND APPROPRIATE AND WONDERFUL RECOGNITION FOR THEM.

>>THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.

VICE-PRESIDENT CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>>IN FAVOR.

>>THANK YOU, SECRETARY WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>>IN FAVOR.

>>THAN YOU. TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>>IN FAVOR.

>>THANK YOU. TRUSTEE POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>>IN FAVOR.

>>THANK YOU. TRUSTEE STOLLE ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>>IN FAVOR.

>>THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED.

>>IN FAVOR.

>>THANK YOU. I'M IN FAVOR.

THE MOTION PASSES 7-0.

THANK YOU. WE NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION OF OUR AGENDA.

[8. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION]

SECRETARY WANG, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD?

>>YES, SIX COMMENTS, FIVE AGENDA RELATED, AND ONE NON AGENDA RELATED.

>>ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE WILL READ THE COMMENTS WITHIN THE 30 MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

ANY THAT REMAIN AFTER THE 30 MINUTES, WE WILL THEN READ AFTER THE MEETING.

>>CAN I START?

>>I NEED TO READ A SMALL STATEMENT FIRST.

SO [INAUDIBLE] IS PROVIDED TO HEAR PERSONS WHO DESIRE TO MAKE COMMENTS, BRING AGENDA OR NON-AGENDA ITEMS. DUE TO THE UNIQUE FORMAT OF THIS VIRTUAL MEETING, PATRONS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT WERE ASKED TO SUBMIT THEIR NAME AND COMMENTS TO THE BOARD IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING, AS INSTRUCTED ON THE MEETING NOTICE.

COMMENTS ADDRESSING THE AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE HEARD DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION, OR PRIOR TO THE AGENDAS ITEMS CONSIDERATION AS DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER IN ORDER OF THE CORRESPONDING AGENDA ITEM UNTIL ALL AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS HAVE BEEN HEARD.

IF TIME REMAINS, COMMENTS ADDRESSING NON-AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE HEARD.

IN COMPLIANCE WITH BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL, NO PRESENTATIONS SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES.

DUE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS A SUBJECT THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND MAY ONLY MAKE A STATEMENT OF FACTUAL INFORMATION OR ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CORRECT ANY MISINFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED AS FACT, RECITE EXISTING POLICY, OR REFER THE PATRON TO A STAFF MEMBER AND AUTHORITY OVER THE ISSUE.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE COMMENTS READ IN THIS PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION DO NOT REFLECT THE OPINION OF THE DISTRICT.

SECRETARY WANG WILL NOW READ THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

COMMENT NUMBER 1, FROM [INAUDIBLE].

HOW WILL THE FEEDBACK YOU GET FROM PARENTS BE INCORPORATED INTO YOUR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS?

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WHY CAN'T YOU REQUIRE EVERYONE TO WEAR A MASK? WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS? WOULD YOU CONSIDER LOCATING STUDENTS ONE WEEK ON CAMPUS, TWO WEEKS AT HOME? THANK YOU.

COMMENT NUMBER 2, FROM [INAUDIBLE].

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF, WHAT WERE THE DISTRICT HAVE IN PLACE? TEMPERATURE CHECKS, SCREENINGS, MASKS, SHIELDS, DISTANCING, LUNCH PROTOCOLS, HAND SANITIZERS IN EVERY CLASSROOM, BATHROOM MONITORING, SANITIZATION, MANIPULATION FILTERS, PROTOCOLS FOR QUARANTINING SUSPECT CASES, PROCEDURE FOR RETURN TO SCHOOL, THAT IS, MUST WAIT TILL X NUMBER NEGATIVE TESTS OR CANNOT BE AT SCHOOL WHILE WAITING FOR A TEST RESULT.

HOW WILL ALL THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS ENSURE THAT THESE PRECAUTIONS ARE ADHERED TO CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT? HOW WILL THE DISTRICT HANDLE SPECIAL EDUCATION NEED STUDENTS? HOW WELL THE DISTRICT HANDLE BUS TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL, AND/OR ATHLETICS AND PASSING PERIODS? ALSO HOW WELL THEY MAINTAIN CLASSROOM HEALTH INTEGRITY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WHERE SO MANY GRID LEVELS HAVE OPEN CONCEPT CLASSES AND NO WINDOWS OR DOORS.

COMMENT NUMBER 3, FROM [INAUDIBLE].

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE BEST TIME OF THIS TO ASK, BUT SINCE THE OPTION WAS PRESENTED ON THE WEBSITE, I THOUGHT I WOULD POSE THE QUESTION AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE.

THE CDC RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING ON BUSES: CREATE DISTANCE BETWEEN CHILDREN ON SCHOOL BUSES, FOR EXAMPLE, SIT CHILDREN ONE CHILD PER ROW, SKIP ROWS WHEN POSSIBLE.

THE WEBSITE IS HTTPS://WWW.CDC.GMV/CORONAVIRUS/2019-NCOV/COMMUNITIES/SCHOOLS-CHILDCARE/SCHOOLS.HTML GIVEN THAT THERE ARE MANY USES FOR BUSING, FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, AND OUR FINITE NUMBER OF BUSES.

IS THE DISTRICT PREPARED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACING FOR ATHLETICS, MARCHING BANDS, FIELD TRIPS, OTHER UIL SPONSORED EVENTS OR COMPETITIONS? I UNDERSTAND THIS MAY BE A LITTLE EARLY TO UNDERSTAND THE SPECIFIC LOGISTICS OF HAVING ADEQUATE BUSES TO SHADOW STUDENTS HOME, AND THEN DISINFECTING THOSE BUSES TO THEN BE USED FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT THINKING WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT ADDITIONAL DIRECTION FROM THE STATE, TEA, UIL, OR OTHER AGENCIES MAY INFORM ADDITIONAL CHANGE, THANK YOU.

PS, MANY OF US PARENTS REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THE DISTRICT IS POURING INTO MAKING THE FALL A SUCCESS.

IT IS NOT EASY AND THERE ARE LOTS OF CRITICS OUT THERE, BUT PLEASE KNOW WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK.

COLUMN NUMBER 4, FROM [INAUDIBLE].

HI, I AM THE PARENT OF TWO FEMALE IC STUDENTS, AND SAW A FRIEND POSTED THAT I COULD SUBMIT A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD MEETING TODAY.

I'M 100 PERCENT FOR THE KIDS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, BUT WANTED TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN WITH EXCESSIVE HAND SANITIZER USAGE.

I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT'S THE PLAN, BUT WANTED TO RAISE MY CONCERN.

THERE ARE GOOD AND BAD SIDES TO TRYING TO KEEP HANDS CLEAN.

IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH LONG STORY SHORT, IS THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSE MICROBIOME ON OUR SKIN THAT CONTAINS GOOD AND NOT-SO-GOOD BACTERIA, VIRUSES AND SUCH.

WHEN YOU WIPE OUT THE GOOD BACTERIA, YOU LEAVE ROOM FOR BAD BACTERIA TO TAKE OVER.

MOST OF THE TIME THE BACTERIA AND VIRUSES WE CARRY ON OUR HANDS REMAINS INNOCUOUS, BUT WHEN EXCESSIVE HAND SANITIZING IS ENCOURAGED,

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THE MEANS BY WHICH OUR BODIES NATURALLY DEFEND US IS COMPROMISED.

THE SECOND PART, AND FRANKLY, MY MOST PRESSING CONCERN IS THE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND RISK ASSOCIATED WITH WHICHEVER HAND SANITIZER, ANTIBACTERIAL SOAPS, AND CLEANING PRODUCTS YOU CHOOSE TO USE IN SCHOOLS.

YOUNG, PUBESCENT CHILDREN ARE MOST AT RISK TO CHEMICAL TOXINS.

MANY CHEMICALS CAN DISRUPT THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM HORMONES, DISRUPTING THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM CAN LEAD TO THINGS LIKE EARLY PUBERTY, HORMONE IRREGULARITIES, TESTICULAR CANCER, CANCEROUS TUMORS, ALLERGIES, ASTHMA, FERTILITY ISSUES, ETC.

I WON'T GO IN DEPTH AS TO WHICH CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS WILL LEAD TO THIS BUT SOME BIG ONES TO AVOID ARE TRICLOSAN, [INAUDIBLE] , FRAGRANCES, PARABENS, AND DISODIUM SULFATE.

HONESTLY, THE LIST IS REALLY LONG BUT I TRUST THIS INTELLIGENT BOARD WITH RESEARCH-BASED IN RISKY THINGS BEFORE PURCHASING AND INSTALLING THEM IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE VERY SEVERE TO OUR CHILDREN IF THIS BALL IS DROPPED.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A GOOD HAND WASHING PROCEDURES ENFORCED WITH REGULAR SOAP NOT ANTIBACTERIAL, ENCOURAGE HANDS OFF FACE.

TEACH THE KIDS WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT, NOT JUST TELL THEM TO STOP.

ENCOURAGE DRINKING WARM WATER WHEN THE BODY IS DEHYDRATED, IT WORKS LESS EFFICIENTLY, AND GRADUALLY IMPROVES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.

TEACH NUTRITION EMPHASIZED, THIS IS THE BEST BET FOR KEEPING KIDS AND PEOPLE'S IMMUNE SYSTEMS IN TIP TOP SHAPE.

I KNOW IT'S UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT EVERYONE TO GET GREAT FOOD EVERYDAY, BUT ENCOURAGING BETTER EATING HABITS OF REAL EMPHASIZE UNPROCESSED FOODS.

LEARNING ABOUT NUTRITION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS FOR A LONG, HEALTHY LIFE.

I KNOW EVERYONE WANTS THE BEST FOR THESE KIDS AND THAT YOU ARE UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE TO PICK THE RIGHT PATH.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY TWO CENTS IN THIS GREAT DEBATE. THANK YOU.

>> COLUMN NUMBER 5, AND SUMITA MISRA, PLANO WEST PTSA.

IN LIGHT OF THE RISING NUMBERS OF HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS CURRENTLY DUE TO POSITIVE CASES OF COVID-19 AND WITH LARGER PUBLIC [INAUDIBLE] ON THE RISE, LOCALLY AND WITHIN OUR GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS, THUS MAKING SOLDIER AND INCREASING VIRAL SPREAD, INEVITABLE.

WE ARE ALL UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE BACK ON THE RISE OF EXPOSURES AND PIECES ON AN EXPONENTIAL CURVE, WE SEEK AN UNDERSTANDING OF MULTIPLE SCENARIO PLANS TO ADDRESS LEARNING TO REOPEN SCHOOLS.

HOW THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR STUDENT AND STAFF POPULATION ARE PROTECTED.

WE HAVE CDC GUIDELINES WILL BE INSTATED TO REDUCE EXPOSURE IN SCHOOL SETTING.

HOW TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF VIRUS TO HOME SETTING, UPON RETURNING TO HOME DAILY, WHAT PLAN TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY HEALTH EXPERTS, WHAT PLAN TO HAVE PTSA AND LOCAL FUNDERS HELP BRIDGE THE INEQUITY GAP.

MAIN AGENDA-RELATED COMMENT.

COLUMN NUMBER 6 FROM STEVE LEONARD.

MY NAME IS STEVE LEONARD AND I AM A TEACHER AT PLANO SENIOR.

I SUBMIT FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION THE REQUEST THAT THE BASEBALL FIELD AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BE RENAMED TO ROBERTSON FIELD, IN HONOR OF RECENTLY RETIRED EDUCATOR AND LONGTIME PLANO BASEBALL COACH, RICK ROBERTSON.

BEING A COACH, ROBERTSON'S 38 YEARS AS AN EDUCATOR AND COACH, THE LAST 13 SPENT AT PLANO SENIOR, HIS TEAM'S RECORDED AN IMPRESSIVE 583 WINS, INCLUDING OUR TRIP TO THE STATE SEMIFINALS FOR THE 2014 [INAUDIBLE].

MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN WINS AND LOSSES, HE PRODUCE FINE YOUNG MEN WHO WERE AND CONTINUE TO BE GREAT TESTIMONIAL TO COACH ROBERTSON AND PISD.

I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO TEACH ALONGSIDE COACH ROBERTSON EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND CAN TESTIFY THAT THE CLASS, CARE, AND COMPASSION THAT HE SHOWED TO HIS BASEBALL TEAM WERE EQUAL IN HIS DEDICATION TO HIS CLASSROOM.

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HIS STUDENTS ALWAYS EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS AND ALWAYS KNEW THAT THEY HAD A TEACHER WHO CARED FOR THEM AS PEOPLE.

COACH RICK ROBERTSON'S EVERY ACTION WAS DETERMINED TO BRING CREDIT ONTO HIS PLAYERS, HIS SCHOOL, AND HIS DISTRICT.

HE IS ONE OF THE FINEST MEN I HAVE EVER KNOWN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THAT'S ALL. BACK TO YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

>> THANK YOU, DR. WANG, FOR READING THOSE COMMENTS.

SOME OF THAT INFORMATION WILL BE REFERENCED IN OUR PRESENTATION ON OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLANS.

OTHER COMMENTS THAT ARE GERMANE TO THE AGENDA THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED, WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE DO GET OUR REPLIES BACK TO THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND SO SARAH BONSER AND DR. WANG.

MS. GONSER, I KNOW THAT YOU TAKE COPIOUS NOTES AND SO BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THOSE.

>> WE WILL.

[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> WE WILL NOW ADDRESS THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL AS ONE ACTION ITEM UNLESS REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, THESE ITEMS WILL BE ACTED ON IT ONE TIME WITH NO DISCUSSION.

BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEE NONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> GO AHEAD.

>> A MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE APPROVE THIS CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

>> CODY WEAVER, SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.

VICE PRESIDENT CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. SECRETARY WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PASS AS 7-0.

[10. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2020 - 2021 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE Information and Public Hearing Presenter: Randy McDowell, Chief Financial Officer Time: 45 minutes]

THE BOARD WILL NOW CONVENE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2020-2021 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

RANDY MCDOWELL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION AND AFTERWARDS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING THIS TOPIC.

PLEASE REMEMBER AS STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING AND AS POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE, DUE TO THE UNIQUE FORMAT OF THIS VIRTUAL MEETING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO EMAIL COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TO SHARON.NOWAK@PISD.EDU.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY STILL EMAIL THEIR NAME AND COMMENTS AT ANY TIME DURING THIS PRESENTATION AND PRIOR TO THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE HEARD DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THE ORDER RECEIVED. MR. MCDOWELL?

>> YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

THIS IS THE PART OF THE AGENDA THAT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2020-2021 BUDGET.

ALSO IT'S FOR PUBLIC INPUT IF WE'VE RECEIVED ANY AND THEN LATER IN THE AGENDA IS WHEN LAST THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THIS BUDGET.

BECAUSE THIS IS A VIRTUAL MEETING AND IN CASE WE HAVE ANYBODY AT HOME THAT WANTS TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE BUDGET BOOK, I'M GOING TO QUICKLY SHOW YOU WHERE YOU CAN FIND THIS.

[NOISE] YOU SHOULD BE SEEING OUR WEBSITE IF YOU GO UNDER ABOUT US AND THEN GO DOWN TO FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY, AND THEN OVER ON THE RIGHT THE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY REPORTS AND THEN UNDER 2020-2021 PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE NOTICE.

THEN RIGHT HERE 2020-2021 PROPOSED BUDGET.

THAT'S LENGTH THAT WOULD TAKE YOU TO THE FULL BUDGET BOOK.

ALSO, YOU CAN VIEW THAT WITHIN THE BOARD BOOK.

IT'S BEEN LINKED UP AND IT'S ATTACHED THERE AS WELL.

WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS THE MODIFIED VERSIONS SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE BOARD BOOK TONIGHT.

NOW LET ME SHARE THAT SCREEN.

[NOISE] I APOLOGIZE FOR ALL THE SCROLLING THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO, BUT WE TRIED TO MAKE IT AS LARGE AS WE COULD SO IT WOULD BE MORE VIEWABLE ON THE COMPUTER MONITORS.

JUST REALLY QUICK, OF COURSE, THIS IS THE FINAL STAGE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS OTHER THAN SETTING THE TAX RATE THAT WE'LL LIKELY DO IN SEPTEMBER, POSSIBLY AUGUST.

IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS BUDGET.

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THIS BUDGET IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT WE BROUGHT AT THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING BACK IN MAY.

THERE'S ONE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT I'LL POINT OUT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

OF COURSE, THIS BUDGET DOES FOLLOW OUR STRATEGIC PLAN VERY WELL.

IT FOLLOWS OUR VISION, IT FOLLOWS OUR MISSION AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THIS BUDGET IS BASED ON ENROLLMENT TO HIT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF 52,274 STUDENTS.

AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, THIS WAS THE EXPANSION OF A ZERO-BASED BUDGET PROCESS.

LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE DID A ZERO-BASED BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT DEPARTMENTS START WITH ZERO AND HAVE TO JUSTIFY EVERY EXPENDITURE.

THIS YEAR WE REALLY ENHANCED THAT.

WE GOT MORE DETAILED.

THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET AND THE ZERO-BASED BUDGET IS HERE.

OF COURSE, AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE LEGISLATURE WAS STILL IN SESSION AND SO THE BUDGET THAT WE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED DID NOT HAVE THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSE BILL 3 AND OTHER LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.

THIS BUDGET DOES IMPLEMENT THE FULL HOUSE BILL 3.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER VERBIAGE IN THERE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AT YOUR DISCRETION.

THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE FUNDS THAT WE ASK YOU TO ADOPT.

THESE WERE THE ONES THAT ARE THE LEGALLY ADOPTED BUDGETS.

THAT'S THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IN THE FOOD AND NUTRITION OR THE FOOD SERVICE FUND.

I'LL HIT THESE BRIEFLY HERE ON THE SUMMARY PAGE AND THEN LATER, THIS IS THE PAGE THAT WE'LL COME BACK TO ATTACH RECONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL.

SO WITHIN THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND, WE HAVE LOCAL REVENUES OF ALMOST 617 MILLION, STATE REVENUES OF ALMOST 45 MILLION AND FEDERAL REVENUES OF 7.2.

TOTAL REVENUE AT 669,091,422.

WE'VE GOT OUR EXPENDITURES BROKEN OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEA GUIDELINES IN THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL AREAS.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE LISTED HERE.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR RECAPTURE BUDGE AT CURRENTLY JUST UNDER 180 MILLION FOR THIS COMING YEAR AND SO THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.

TOTAL EXPENDITURE IS 680 MILLION.

THEN WE HAVE SOME TRANSFERS IN AND TRANSFERS OUT AND THE NET BOTTOM LINE AND AGAIN, WE'LL GO INTO THIS IN MORE DETAIL, BUT IT WOULD BE A DEFICIT BUDGET OF JUST OVER 10.4 MILLION.

THE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THIS BUDGET FROM THE PRELIMINARY IS THAT PRELIMINARY BUDGET WAS BASED ON A ONE PERCENT GENERAL PAY INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO LOOK AT THAT AND LOOK AT WHAT NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS ARE DOING, MANY OF THOSE WENT A LITTLE BIT STRONGER THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED AS WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE IN.

I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE GOING ONE TO ONE-AND-A-HALF PERCENT.

MANY ARE IMPLEMENTING A ONE TIME PAYMENT IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PLANO DID FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

LAST YEAR WE ELIMINATED THAT ONE TIME PAYMENT TO REDUCE OUR DEFICIT AT THAT TIME AND AT THAT TIME WE REALLY GOT THE STRONG FEELING THAT'S DIRECTION THAT WE WANTED TO GO AGAIN.

ONE OF THE REASONS IS THE EMPLOYEES DON'T GET ANY TRS BENEFIT FOR THAT.

THEN SECOND IS IT'S HARD TO TAKE THAT AWAY.

THOSE ONE TERMS ARE GOOD ON THE FRONT END BUT BASED ON OUR HISTORY, THEY'RE HARD TO REMOVE WHEN YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THAT.

WE'VE ADJUSTED THIS TO THE TWO PERCENT AND SO THAT'S TAKEN THAT DEFICIT FROM ABOUT 6.8 MILLION ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET TO ABOUT 10.4.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE.

ONE IS THAT'S ONE PERCENT OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET EXCLUDING RECAPTURE IS ABOUT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AND SO THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT TWO PERCENT OF THE BUDGET.

IT IS A VERY LARGE BUDGET.

AGAIN, THAT'S EXCLUDING RECAPTURE.

IN A BUDGET THIS SIZE WITH GOOD BUDGETING AND ALL AND ASSUMING THAT OUR ASSUMPTIONS WERE ACCURATE, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT AROUND A $10 MILLION DEFICIT WOULD COME OUT CLOSE TO BALANCED AT THE END OF THE YEAR JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T SPEND EVERY DOLLAR IN YOUR BUDGET AND YOU'RE TYPICALLY SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE ON YOUR REVENUE SIDE.

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THAT'S THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

ON DEBT SERVICE, THE TOTAL REVENUE IS 153,843,000.

OBVIOUSLY, THE PRIMARY REVENUE THERE IS PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BUDGETED PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST FOR A TOTAL OF 153.8 MILLION AND THAT'S A BALANCED BUDGET.

THEN UNDER FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES, WE HAVE LOCAL REVENUES.

THIS IS CHARGES FOR MEALS, FOR EMPLOYEES AND PRIMARILY STUDENTS.

SOME STATE REVENUES THAT WE RECEIVED 635,000 IN FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENTS FOR [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S ABOUT 12.2 MILLION, SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF 25.6.

WE'VE GOT OUR FOOD COST AND WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER CAPITALITY IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THIS BUDGET AS WELL.

IT HAS A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE, AND SO WE'RE BUDGETING ABOUT A $766,000 DEFICIT IN THAT FUND.

NOW, AS WE GO INTO MORE DETAIL, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE STOP ME AS WE GO.

WE'VE GOT THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S THE TRANSACTIONS AND REVENUES OF THE DISTRICTS.

IT'S OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET IS IN HERE.

THIS FIRST PART, WE HAVE A COMPARISON AGAINST THE 19-20 AMENDED BUDGET AS IT WAS AMENDED LAST MONTH IN MAY.

YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 16.1 MILLION IN TOTAL REVENUES.

EXPENDITURES ARE DOWN ALMOST TWO MILLION.

THEN WE'VE GOT RECAPTURE, WENT UP FROM A 158 MILLION PROJECTED TO 179 SO THAT'S A $21.6 MILLION INCREASE IN RECAPTURE.

THE TOTAL BOTTOM LINE IS IT CHANGED OUR AMENDED BUDGET IN THE CURRENT YEAR AS $7.4 MILLION DEFICIT.

THAT SAID, AGAIN, WE WOULD EXPECT THAT TO COME OUT NEAR BALANCED OR POSITIVE, BUT THIS IS ABOUT A THREE MILLION DOLLARS LARGER DEFICIT IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

I'VE GOT QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS, ONE OF THOSE WAS WHY ARE OUR EXPENDITURES GOING UP WHILE OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING? ACTUALLY, I COMPARED 1920-2020/2021, IN THIS BUDGET, WE DID REDUCE STAFF ABOUT $3.1 MILLION.

SO THROUGH ATTRITION, WE DIDN'T REFILL SOME POSITIONS AND WE SAVED ABOUT 3.1 MILLION.

AS YOU RECALL, WE ALSO REDUCED THE PARTNER BUDGET [INAUDIBLE] PROCESSED ABOUT 1.6 MILLION.

THAT'S FOLLOWING LAST YEAR'S REDUCTION IN DEPARTMENT BUDGETS THAT WAS AROUND 1.8 MILLION.

WE'VE CUT DEPARTMENT BUDGETS PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS [INAUDIBLE] PLEDGE TEAM.

AS YOU CAN SEE OUR REVENUES ARE UP, IF YOU TAKE EVEN OUR TRANSFERS IN AND ALL THEY'RE UP ABOUT 19.7 TOTAL REVENUES THAT ARE UP IN THE GENERAL FUND, AT THE SAME TIME RECAPTURE IS AT 21.7 MILLION.

IT'S ACTUALLY A DECREASE FROM PRIOR NET EXPENDITURES WERE ABOUT 2 MILLION, EVEN WITH ALMOST SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS INCLUDED FOR SALARY INCREASES.

WE'VE TAKEN SIGNIFICANT MEASURES TO REDUCE THE BUDGET TO TRY TO BETTER ALIGN IT WITH OUR STUDENT POPULATION, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS TWO-YEAR PERIOD, WE HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO REDUCE OUR BUDGET IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

>> RANDY, ON THAT POINT, I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPARISON OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND YOU TAKE AWAY THE SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS, IT'S GOING TO COST FOR THE PROPOSED TWO PERCENT INCREASE, WE'VE CUT NINE MILLION DOLLARS OFF OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, CORRECT?

>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT, YES.

>> YEAH. SO I THINK THAT THE COST INCREASE HERE IS 100 PERCENT OUR RECAPTURE, WHICH IS GROWING AT AN EXPONENTIAL RATE.

>> CORRECT. A GOOD POINT.

THANKS FOR STATING THAT BETTER THAN I DID.

>> RANDY, CAN YOU CLARIFY JUST IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE FORMULA WORKS, THAT AS PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE,

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EVEN AS WE GET AN INCREASE IN REVENUE, THE RECAPTURE WILL ALWAYS OUTPACE THAT INCREASE IN REVENUE?

>> YEAH, RECAPTURE IS GOING UP AT THIS CELL, OUR PRELIMINARY VALUES ARE AT 2.5 PERCENT INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE REVENUES HAVE BEEN BUILT ON, EVEN WITH OUR TAX RATE GOING DOWN SLIGHTLY.

AS THAT PROPERTY TAXES INCREASE, RECAPTURE IS INCREASING AS WELL.

THEN WITH STARTING DECLINING ENROLLMENT, IT'S ACTUALLY EVEN THEN MAKING RECAPTURE WORTH MORE THAN WHAT TAX COLLECTIONS WERE GOING UP.

>> GOT IT.

>> IT WAS REALLY THOSE TWO FACTORS THAT CONTINUE TO DRIVE UP RECAPTURE AT A FAIRLY RAPID RATE.

>> SO THE ENROLLMENT FACTOR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS IS GOING TO MAKE THE RECAPTURE THAT MUCH MORE SEVERE?

>> THAT'S RIGHT. EVEN IF PROPERTY VALUES WERE FLAT AND PROPERTY TAXES STAYED THE SAME, WE WOULD STILL SEE RECAPTURE CONTINUE TO GO UP AS LONG AS OUR ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING.

>> OKAY. THAT'S MORE OF THE DETAILED SUMMARY IN COMPARISON TO THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

A QUICK LOOK AT REVENUES HERE, AGAIN, WE'RE PROJECTED PROPERTY TAXES TO BE UP ABOUT 13.2 MILLION, THAT'S BASED ON IT'S BEEN THE 2.5 PERCENT VALUE INCREASE, AND WE WON'T GET CERTIFIED VALUES UNTIL LATE JULY BECAUSE THIS IS BASED ON THEIR PRELIMINARY.

WITH PROJECTED INTEREST EARNINGS TO GO DOWN AS WE KNOW, THE FEDERAL FUNDS RATE HAS NOW BEEN REDUCED TO ZERO THROUGH PROBABLY THE END OF 2022.

SO WE'RE TAKING A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT HIT THERE, WE'VE CUT ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT IS IN THE CURRENT BUDGET.

WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER CHANGES, BUT TOTAL, OUR LOCAL REVENUES GREW UP ABOUT 9.5 MILLION, OUR STATE REVENUES WERE UP ABOUT 5.4 MILLION.

AS YOU RECALL, THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM, WE RECEIVED MORE PER CAPITA, AND THAT'S ALSO DRIVING OUR RECAPTURE UP AS WELL BECAUSE AS OUR PER CAPITA GOES AND RECAPTURE GOES UP PROPORTIONALLY.

ONE BIG CHANGE HERE, EARLIER IN THE MEETING, YOU APPROVED FOR US TO CHANGE OUR COMPANY THAT HELPS US WITH CLAIMS ON SHARS, SCHOOL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES, WHICH IS PART OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, AND WE WENT TO ONWARD LEARNING.

ONE ENHANCEMENT TO THAT IS WITH THEM AND SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLAIM TRANSPORTATION AS A REIMBURSEMENT FOR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

WE'RE PROJECTING THAT TO BE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET AN ADDITIONAL MEDICAID INSURANCE MONEY IN.

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE PROJECTED HERE, GOING FROM ABOUT FOUR MILLION UP TO ABOUT FIVE MILLION.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO CAPITALIZE ON AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

>> RANDY, IS THAT GOING TO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION WITH THE SOLOMON CENTER?

>> YES, IT WILL.

>> GREAT.

>> WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.

THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT'S TRAVELING UP THE FEDERAL REVENUE.

OTHER SOURCES ARE DOWN SLIGHTLY, JUST MORE OF A TRUE UP TO ACTUAL.

SO TOTAL REVENUES FOR ALL SOURCES ARE UP ABOUT 16 MILLION.

WHEN WE DO A BREAKDOWN OF THAT, THE GENERAL FUND LOCAL TAX COLLECTIONS ARE ABOUT 90 PERCENT, STATE FUNDING SEVEN, THESE OTHERS ARE PRETTY INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS.

THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY ROUNDED DOWN THAT'S WHY IT SHOWS ZERO.

>> RANDY, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, THE GENERAL SOURCES OF REVENUE, SO OUR REVENUE SAYS THAT THEY'RE UP $16 MILLION, OUR RECAPTURE IS UP $23 MILLION.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A NET SUM NEGATIVE TO US.

THIS HAPPENED IN PRIOR YEARS AS WELL, CORRECT.

ARE THE GROWTH OF ABSTRACT ADDED FOR REVENUE GROWTH, CORRECT?

>> YES, AND THAT GOES BACK TO THAT A LOT OF THAT IS THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

BUT YES, THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN WHAT'S HAPPENED AS PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS HAVE GONE UP, RECAPTURE'S GONE UP AT EVEN A HIGHER RATE.

>> AT A HIGHER RATE MEANING THAT IT IS GROWING AT A FASTER RATE THAN OUR REVENUE GROWTH IS GROWING, WHICH AGAIN MEANS OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT IS OUTPACING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN, WHICH AGAIN, IS A NEGATIVE TO THE DISTRICT.

THIS TREND CAN'T CONTINUE OR IT'S GOING TO BE, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, DEATH BY 1,000 CUTS.

[BACKGROUND]

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>> WE GAVE YOU MORE OF A BREAKDOWN HERE, JUST AS FAR AS TAKING EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNCTIONS AND BREAKING IT OUT INTO THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, THE DIFFERENT CLASS OBJECT CODES: SO PAYROLL, CONTRACTED SERVICES, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, OTHER OPERATING, AND CAPITAL OUTLAY.

SOME OF THESE CHANGES THAT YOU SEE, OBVIOUSLY, THE ZERO-BASED BUDGET, THE CHANGES IN THE STAFF.

ALSO AS WE GOT MORE INTO IT, THERE'S SOME RE-CODING THAT'S HAPPENED HERE.

MAYBE WHERE, OVER TIME, WE'VE CODED SOMETHING, THE ONE FUNCTION, NOW, WE THINK IT'S BETTER CATEGORIZED IN ANOTHER FUNCTION, AS SOME RESTRUCTURING HAS GONE ON.

DIFFERENT BUDGET PEOPLE, WHEN THEY LOOK AT EXPENDITURES, THEY SEE ON A DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

SOME OF THESE LARGER SHIFTS THAT YOU SEE ARE RECLASSIFICATIONS AS WELL.

I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THOSE UNLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

I DID GET SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ON THOSE, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL INTEREST.

JUST SO YOU SEE A MORE DETAILED BUDGET, AS FAR AS THE EXPENDITURES GO.

THIS IS NET OF RECAPTURE AND SO INSTRUCTION IS ABOUT 67 PERCENT OF YOUR BUDGET.

BUT WHEN YOU TAKE THESE OTHERS THAT ARE ALSO STUDENT-RELATED BETWEEN STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH IS GOING TO BE MORE GUIDANCE COUNSELING, NURSES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, AND CAMPUS SUPPORT, THOSE TOP THINGS, TRANSPORTATION, CO-CURRICULAR, EXTRA CURRICULAR.

NOW YOU CAN SEE, WE GET A REALLY BIG PART OF THE PIE AND IT'S REALLY DIRECTLY STUDENT-BASED.

ADMINISTRATIONS, ABOUT TWO PERCENT OF THE TOTAL BUDGET.

MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, AND UTILITIES IS ABOUT SERVICES NON-STUDENT, AND THEN OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL CHARGES.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.

THEN ONE-WAY SLICE TO THE DIFFERENT WAY OF WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY PAYING FOR, 85 PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET IS PAYROLL.

THAT'S WHERE A PEOPLE ORIENTED BUSINESS, THAT TAKES PEOPLE TO EDUCATE AND RUN A SCHOOL.

CONTRACTED SERVICES IS ABOUT 10 PERCENT AND THIS INCLUDES ALL OF OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, UTILITIES, INSURANCE, THAT LIST GOES ON AND ON.

SUPPLIES, SOME MATERIALS ARE ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT.

OTHER TWO AND THE CAPITAL OUTLAY IS CLOSE TO ONE, BUT IT WOULD ACTUALLY ROUNDED DOWN SO I CHOSE A ZERO THERE.

I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE DEBT SERVICE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE TOTAL NUMBERS.

IT'S A BALANCED BUDGET.

THIS IS THE DEBT PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE COMING YEAR.

WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL BOND ISSUANCE ON THE 2016 LATER THIS YEAR, AND THEN $10-15 MILLION RANGE.

ALSO, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH INTEREST RATES LOW THAT WE CAN DO THAT FAIRLY LARGE REFUNDING.

WE'LL TRY TO STRUCTURE THAT TO PULL MORE DATA [INAUDIBLE] OFF EARLIER.

AS WE'RE ABLE TO ADJUST THAT, THAT'S BEEN OUR STRATEGY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

NANO WAS THE STRATEGY EVEN BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD.

BUT WE'LL CONTINUE THAT AND WE WANT TO STATE AS MUCH ON THE INTEREST AS WE CAN.

WE'RE GOING TO REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT.

HONESTLY, IF YOU COMPARE THIS TO OTHER DISTRICTS, OUR TOTAL OUTSTANDING DEBT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR IS 982 MILLION, 753 MILLION OF THAT IS PRINCIPAL, AND 229 IS INTEREST.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT THESE ARE PRETTY EVEN BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND INTERESTS, OR YOU'LL EVEN SEE SOME DISTRICTS THAT THEIR INTERESTS TOTAL IS GREATER THAN THE PRINCIPAL.

WE'D BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE HERE AND THAT'S BEEN MANAGED VERY WELL FOR A LONG TIME.

LET'S HAPPY WITH THE WAY THAT'S LEAKING, BUT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT WITH EVERY ISSUE AND IN EVERY REFUND.

THE FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND, AGAIN, WE'D LOOKED AT THAT IN SOME DETAIL.

THAT'S CURRENTLY RECOMMENDED, IT'S ABOUT A 2.1 MILLION DEFICITS.

WE'VE BEEN SPENDING SOME OF THAT FUND BALANCE ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO SPEND LESS OF THAT NEXT YEAR, BUT THAT'S A WELL-MANAGED BUDGET AS WELL.

IT WILL TAKE A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT HIT FOR 1920, JUST BECAUSE WE WERE PAYING THE STAFF AS WE WERE IN ALL AREAS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE REVENUES COMING IN AFTER SPRING BREAK.

WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT WHEN WE GET FINAL ADJUSTMENTS.

THE BUDGET CALENDAR, AND YOU'VE SEEN THIS FOR MONTHS.

TONIGHT WE'RE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED BUDGETS AND TAX RATE.

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THEN WE'LL RECEIVE CERTIFIED VALUES BY JULY 25TH OF 2020, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN EITHER AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER AND ADOPT THOSE TAX RATES.

WE'VE GOT A RECAPTURE HISTORY HERE.

WE KNOW THAT IT ACCELERATED QUICKLY AT A RAPID RATE.

IN '18-'19, WE'RE [INAUDIBLE] TO 211 MILLION.

IT WAS COMPRESSED DOWN THIS CURRENT YEAR, WITH HOUSE BILL 3 TO 158 MILLION.

THEN AS WE TALK ABOUT, GOING BACK TO ABOUT A 180 MILLION.

WE KNOW THAT TAX RATE COMPRESSION EXIST AS A RESULT OF HOUSE BILL 3.

SINCE WE'RE PROJECTING A TWO-AND-A-HALF PERCENT GROWTH RATE AND THE STATE PROJECTED A 4.01, THEN WE HAVE TO COMPRESS OUR RATE IN TIER 1 FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2.5 AND THE 4.01, SO JUST OVER ONE-AND-A-HALF PERCENT COMPRESSION OF THE TIER 1 RATE.

THAT'S WHAT'S COMPRESSING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, GENERAL FUND RATE FROM 1.06835-1.05485.

THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK OUT THERE THAT THE DISTRICT INCREASED MORE THAN THAT.

THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN INCREASE MORE THAN THAT, WOULD TO BE GO OUT FOR ANOTHER TRE.

WE HAD JUST OVER THREE PENNIES THAT WE CAN ACCESS TO GET THE TIER 2 BACK TO 17 CENTS, BUT THAT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT THE BOARD CAN DO WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL.

WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO NEXT YEAR.

BUT AS YOU'LL RECALL, TEA IS CALCULATING ALL DISTRICTS TIER 1 RATES, AND SO WE WON'T HAVE THAT INSTALLED EARLY AUGUST FROM TEA.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT TEA IS EVER CALCULATED OUR M&O RATES FOR US.

THAT'S THE NOTICE THAT WAS PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE IN THE PAPER.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.

ONE THING YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF IS THE CARES ACT FUNDING.

AS WE KNOW, THAT'S $4,033,410.

SO THAT'S THE MONEY THAT CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS RESULT OF COVID.

HOWEVER, OUR STATE AID WAS REDUCED BY 95 PERCENT OF THAT NUMBER, SO WE DID REDUCE THAT OUT OF THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

THE AMENDMENT THAT WE BROUGHT TO THE [INAUDIBLE] TO THE 7.4 MILLION [INAUDIBLE] BUDGET IN '19-'20 TO 11.243 MILLION, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE TOOK THAT REVENUE OUT OF '19-'20.

THAT WAS WHAT CAUSED THAT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

WHAT IS ALLOWING US TO DO THOUGH, IS CARRY OVER THIS 4,033,000 INTO THE 2020-2021 BUDGET.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUR DEFICIT OF 10.4 MILLION, IS WE HAVE 4,033,000 THAT'S GOING TO CARRY OVER, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPURPOSE.

IN EFFECT, IT'S GOING TO REDUCE THAT JUST OVER 10 MILLION DOWN TO JUST OVER SIX MILLION.

THAT'S THE BUDGET FOR 2020-2021.

BUT WE'LL DO THAT AT A LATER DATE AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH WHAT WE NEED TO CODE TO THAT FUND [OVERLAPPING].

>> RANDY?

>> YEAH. IS THERE A QUESTION?

>> IS IT SAFE FOR US TO ASSUME THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET THAT MONEY? I'M REALLY SKEPTICAL THAT WE EVER WILL.

THE STATES CAN UTILIZE THAT FOR THEIR OWN EDUCATION FUNDING NEEDS.

>> WELL, THEY DID.

THE STATE USE THAT MONEY TO OFFSET SOME OF THE STATE BUDGET.

THEY REDUCED IT OUT OF OUR STATE FUNDING IN '19-'20.

WE TOOK THAT HIT ALREADY.

THAT'S PART OF THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE BROUGHT YOU ON '19-'20.

BUT IT ALLOWS US NOW TO CARRY THOSE SAME DOLLAR OVER.

INITIALLY, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE SUPPLEMENTAL MONEY.

IT DIDN'T TURN OUT THAT WAY.

IT TURNED OUT THAT THE STATE USED IT AS REPLACEMENT FUNDS FOR WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE SENT US.

BUT THEN THE WAY WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR WORK, CARRYING IT OVER FROM ONE YEAR TO ANOTHER.

ACTUALLY, IT'S ALMOST THE SAME AS CARRYING OVER THE STATE FUNDS FROM '19-'20 TO 2020-2021.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT WE DIDN'T BUILD THAT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP IMPROVE OUR BOTTOM LINE.

>> YOU SAID YOU DID NOT BUILD THAT IN OR YOU DID? [OVERLAPPING]

>> WE DID NOT. THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF 10.4 MILLION, DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT REVENUE SOURCE OF FOUR MILLION.

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>> OKAY. WELL, I WILL. [OVERLAPPING]

>> I WILL HAVE TO GO IN LATER AND TAKE EXPENDITURES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND MOVE THEM INTO THIS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, BUT IT WILL IMPROVE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

>> LET'S JUST SAY I'D BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED IF WE GET TO A PRETTY BAD AMENDMENT.

[LAUGHTER]

>> THEN WE'VE GOT OUR OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND SO OUR TOTAL GRANT FUNDS INCLUDING THAT CARES FUNDING IS ABOUT $26.5 MILLION, AND THAT'S THE END OF WHAT I INCLUDED.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET ME SEE IF I'VE GOT ANY OTHER NOTES FOR YOU.

[NOISE] I DON'T THINK I COVERED THIS ONE I MEANT TO BUT, WE BUDGETED TAX COLLECTIONS TO BE UP ABOUT 2.5 PERCENT.

THE QUESTION FROM A BOARD MEMBER WAS, DO WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT [INAUDIBLE].

WE'VE TYPICALLY BUDGET AND SEEN ABOUT 98 PERCENT TAX COLLECTIONS, AND THEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR DELINQUENTS AND YOU'RE USUALLY AT ABOUT 100 PERCENT.

YES, WE DO HAVE CONCERNS THERE JUST DUE TO THE ECONOMY.

IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL, MOST OF THE 2020 TAXES WERE PAID BY THE TIME THE COVID HIT, AND THE ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, SO WE DO THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIGGER ISSUE FOR 2021 OR THIS BUDGET CYCLE.

IT'S HARD TO PREDICT AT THIS POINT.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HARD TO PREDICT RIGHT NOW FOR 2020-2021.

THIS BUDGET WAS REALLY BASED ON MORE OF A BUSINESS AS USUAL.

WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, PROBABLY THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES AS WE GO.

BUT IT'S OUR BEST.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ON ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE SEEING IS A LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE FILING BANKRUPTCIES.

THAT LIST HAS GOTTEN PRETTY LONG.

SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A LENGTHY PROCESS TO GET OUR MONEY OUT OF A BANKRUPTCY, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TO STAY TUNED TO THAT AS WELL.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF FACTORS, BUT WE DID BUDGET BASED ON ABOUT 98 PERCENT TAX COLLECTIONS.

WE DO EXPECT IT TO COME IN LOWER THAN THAT.

I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS THAT I HAVE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> THANK YOU, RANDY. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT. MS. [INAUDIBLE] , HAVE THERE BEEN ANY COMMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING VIA E-MAIL TO YOU?

>> NO, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS.

>> ALL RIGHT, SEEING THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMMENTS SUBMITTED, THIS IS THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW ADDRESS ITEMS REMAINING FOR DISCUSSION ACTION.

[A. Approval of the Employee Compensation Package for the 2020 - 2021 School Year Presenter: Dr. Beth Brockman, Assistant Superintendent for Employee Services Time: 15 minutes]

DR. BETH BROCKMAN, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES WILL PRESENT THE APPROVAL OF THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR. DR. BROCKMAN.

>> THANK YOU. THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING THE BOARD CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE FOLLOWING COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A GENERAL PAY INCREASE OF TWO PERCENT FROM THE CONTROL RATE.

THAT TRANSLATES TO APPROXIMATELY $1,175 FOR TEACHERS ANNUALLY.

AN INCREASE IN STARTING SALARY TO $55,000 FOR BACHELOR'S DEGREE TEACHERS WITH NO EXPERIENCE AND $57,000 FROM TEACHERS WITH NO EXPERIENCE WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE.

ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES THERE WOULD BE A TWO PERCENT GENERAL PAY INCREASE ON THE CONTROL RATE, INCLUDING THE SUPERINTENDENT.

AS IS THE CASE EVERY YEAR, WE'VE BUILT IN A SMALL PORTION OF FUNDS FOR STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE.

WE'VE INCLUDED THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE AT $300 A MONTH, THAT IS NOT A CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE.

>> IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION.

>> YES, HEATHER.

>> IS THIS BUDGETED IN THE BUDGET THAT WE JUST SAW?

>> YES.

>> IT'S ALREADY IN THERE, RIGHT?

>> YES, MA'AM

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>> FOR THAT $300 THAT WAS MENTIONED TOWARDS THE HEALTH CARE, MAYBE THEY HAVE A SPOUSE OR ANOTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER THAT THEY USE, IS THAT $300 THEN A SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT?

>> YES, IT IS.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS? HOW COMPETITIVE IS THIS INCREASE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD?

>> BETH, CAN I CHIME AND THEN I'LL IT BACK OVER TO YOU AS WELL?

>> PLEASE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS AS RANDY MENTIONED IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS DOING THIS YEAR, NOT ALL BUT THE ONES THAT WE HAVE MONITORED AS MUCH AS WE [INAUDIBLE] WILL TELL US, IN THE 1-1.5 RANGE AND SOME CONSIDERING SOME FORM OF ONETIME PAYMENT.

WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE ARE AT THE TOP OF THE RANGE.

I KNOW ONE DISTRICT THAT'S HIGHER THAN THIS, BUT WE'RE PUTTING ALL OF OUR MONEY INTO THE SALARY PIECE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES IS PUTTING US AT THE TOP OF THE DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE BEEN STUDYING AND BETH, YOU CAN CHIME IN FROM YOUR LENS IN HUMAN RESOURCES AS WELL.

>> WE SHARED A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AT A PRESENTATION IN MAY THAT WITH HOUSE BILL 3 WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO QUITE AS MUCH FOR OUR TEACHERS AS MANY OF THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS WERE EITHER REQUIRED TO DO OR WERE ABLE TO DO, SO THIS IS ALLOWING US ACTUALLY WITH A STARTING SALARY OF $55,000, WE THINK, AND AGAIN THAT'S LITTLE GROUND LOST LAST YEAR BY COMING IN A LITTLE STRONGER THAN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION PUT INTO THIS PLAN.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THE VERY BEST FOR OUR TEACHERS CONSIDERING THE RESTRICTIONS AND THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN THIS CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE THOUGHTFULNESS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?

>> I JUST ADD, GIVEN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH COVID, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO [INAUDIBLE] SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ATTRACT VERY INCOMPETENT PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO THE PROFESSION [INAUDIBLE]

>> ALL RIGHT, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR 2020-2021 AND THE COMPENSATION AMENDMENT TO SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.

>> I SECOND.

>> JERI WITH A SECOND.

>> A VERY QUICK SECOND.

>> YES. THE CREATURE YOU HEAR IN THE BACKGROUND IS MY CAT HENRY, MY APOLOGIES.

>> I'VE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE 2020-2021, AND THE COMPENSATION AMENDMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. THEN I PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.

VICE PRESIDENT CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. SECRETARY WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. I'M IN FAVOR, THE MOTION PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU.

[B. Adoption of the 2020 - 2021 General Fund, Debt Service Fund and Food and Nutritional Services Fund Budgets Presenter: Randy McDowell, Chief Financial Officer Time: 5 minutes]

>> THE NEXT ITEM IS ADOPTION OF THE 2020-2021 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND BUDGETS.

RANDY MCDOWELL WILL PRESENT, MR. MCDOWELL.

>> NOW YOU CAN HEAR ME TOO, CAN'T YOU? THIS IS THE ONE PAGE ON PAGE 10.

[01:20:01]

I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT, THIS IS THE PAGE THAT WE'LL ASK FOR YOU TO ADOPT.

THIS IS THE DETAIL THAT'S REQUIRED.

BUT FIRST, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS, I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS BUDGET EVERYDAY FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO, EVEN IN COVID-19 AND REMOTELY, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE.

COURTNEY REEVES, OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, AND SHERRA MCGAHA, OUR DIRECTOR OF BUDGETING COMPLIANCE, AND ALL THEIR STAFF.

I APPRECIATE ALL THEIR HARD WORK.

COURTNEY HAD TO COME IN AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ON THIS BUDGET, AND SO SHE PICKED RIGHT UP ON IT.

SECOND, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND CABINET MEMBERS WHO PUT SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS, GOING THROUGH EVERY LINE IN THEIR BUDGETS.

THEY WERE LOOKING FOR EFFICIENCIES AND THEY WERE MAKING SACRIFICES IN ADJUSTMENTS, IN THEIR AREAS.

I MEAN, THEY DID IT LIKE CHAMPS, IT WAS A LOT OF WORK.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK SARA AND THERESA FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL PROCESS, AND THEIR GUIDANCE IN THEM, PUSHING OR WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THIS BUDGET WHERE WE NEEDED IT.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR INPUT, YOUR VISION, YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR CONFIDENCE, YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED.

WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH THIS BUDGET, AND A LARGE PART OF IT HAS BEEN DONE REMOTELY, AS I SAID BEFORE, DURING SOME VERY UNIQUE AND CHALLENGING TIMES.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR THOUGHTS AND INPUT.

I KNOW THAT SARA AND THERESA DO AS WELL.

THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES THAT THIS BUDGET CARRIES OUT OUR DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN AND IT'S GOOD.

OUR STUDENTS CONTINUED STRONG EDUCATION IN PLANO ISD.

WE'RE HAPPY TO RECOMMEND THIS BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THE BUDGET, AGAIN, IS SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN.

GENERAL FUND REVENUES, 669,091,422 , EXPENDITURES 680,938,378, [BACKGROUND] OTHER FINANCES 1,418,647, FOR A TOTAL EBSA GENERAL FUND OF 10,428,309.

DEBT SERVICE TOTAL REVENUE IS 153,843,575 AND THE SAME ON EXPENDITURES.

FOOD SERVICE 25,603,946 IN REVENUE, EXPENDITURES OF 26,370,575, AND A NET DEFICIT BUDGET OF 766,629.

SO THAT IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF THOSE THREE FUNDS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE LEGALLY ADOPTED AS PRESENTED.

[NOISE]

>> THANK YOU, RANDY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?

>> JUST WANT TO COMMENT. RANDY, SEEING YOU LAST YEAR WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ZERO-BASED BUDGETING, AND THEN BREAKING IT OUT EVEN FURTHER INTO THE CATEGORY SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS AND WORKING WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, IT'S JUST BEEN AWESOME.

I THINK IT'S A MODEL FOR ALL OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

IT'S AMAZING, NOT ONLY HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO FIND COST-SAVING MEASURES IN ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT ALSO WORK THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS OF WHERE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES ARE WORKING OR NOT WORKING, AND WHERE THAT MONEY MIGHT BE ALLOCATED BETTER TO HELP OUR TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOMS AND PROMOTE EDUCATION IN OUR DISTRICTS.

I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO YEAR ROUND, AND WORKING WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

BECAUSE AS RECAPTURE GOES UP AND TIMES GET TOUGH AND ENROLLMENT GOES DOWN, EVERY DOLLAR IS GOING TO MATTER.

WHAT YOU DID LAST YEAR AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE THIS YEAR, REALLY REFLECTS A COMMITMENT TO EFFICIENCY WITHOUT REDUCING THE QUALITY OF THE EDUCATION WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE IN THE DISTRICT.

SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON THIS.

>> THANK YOU. IT'S A TEAM EFFORT, FOR SURE.

>> I HAVE TO ECHO THE SAME.

CODY, THOSE ARE GOOD OBSERVATIONS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, RANDY, THANK YOU.

BECAUSE ANYTIME I HAVE A QUESTION AND SOMETIMES IT'S THE DAY OF THE BOARD MEETING, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THINGS.

A LOT OF TIMES, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T SEE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE CFO ASKING QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE INPUT AND RESPONSE THAT YOU GIVE US. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE JUST A COMMENT AT THE RISK OF BEATING THE SAME HORSE THAT I'VE BEEN BEATING FOR 10 YEARS NOW.

THREE YEARS AGO, WE ADOPTED A FOUR MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT BUDGET, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'D EVER ADOPTED A DEFICIT BUDGET IN THIS DISTRICT.

LAST YEAR THAT WAS SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR, THIS YEAR,

[01:25:03]

IT'S $10 MILLION. THIS CANNOT CONTINUE.

WE CANNOT SUPPORT A RISING DEFICIT BUDGET YEAR AFTER YEAR.

WHOEVER OUR PLANO ISD CONTINGENT IS AT THE STATE, TO SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP HERE AND GET SOMETHING DONE FOR PLANO ISD, THIS IS GOING TO END.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START CUTTING, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE ADOPTING DEFICIT BUDGETS

>> I SHARE DAVID'S SENTIMENTS IN THIS.

OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE IS GOING DOWN ANOTHER FOUR POINTS.

HOW MANY PERCENT? 4.5 PERCENT ABOVE.

AT THIS SPEED, WE WON'T HAVE MUCH MONEY, EVEN TO [INAUDIBLE].

WE HAVE LESS THAN TWO MILLION, EVEN THOUGH WE COLLECTED A LOT MORE THAN LAST YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE RECAPTURE GOING UP.

LIKE DAVID SAID, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MECHANISM TO STOP THAT FROM EXPONENTIALLY GROWING, WE CANNOT SOLVE THE BUDGET PROBLEM.

IF THAT PART RECAPTURE DIDN'T GROW THIS MUCH, WE WOULD HAVE HAD A BALANCED BUDGET, AND PUT A NICE MONEY INTO OUR GENERAL FUND.

WELL, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.

SO I SHARE THAT SENTIMENTS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK, STARTING WITH ZERO-BASED BUDGETING OR WORKING THROUGH THE COVID.

I MEAN, I ALSO SHARE NANCY'S SENTIMENTS.

ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE CONDUCTING THE MEETING IN PUBLIC, BUT REALLY, WE WILL WORK IN PUBLIC.

YOU DO NOT SEE US ASKING QUESTIONS, EMAILING AND CALLING.

WE KNOW WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING, HE'S SITTING BY HIS PHONE, BY HIS COMPUTER, ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS.

WE DO WORK [LAUGHTER] BEHIND THE SCENES, BEHIND THE PUBLIC EYE, WE JUST CONDUCTING A MEETING IN HERE.

THANK YOU EVERY BOARD MEMBER FOR BEING THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU.

>> RANDY, CAN I ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION?

>> SURE.

>> IN TERMS OF RECAPTURE, I REMEMBER WHEN HOUSE BILL 3 PASSED THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT EITHER THERE BEING A REBATE OR A REDUCTION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS FOR RECAPTURE, AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT I'M UNCLEAR OF.

AM I REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY? CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT?

>> IT'S A CONTINUED CONCEPT UNDER HOUSE BILL 3 THAT AS VALUES GROW, THE TAX RATE GETS COMPRESSED.

PART OF THAT WAS THE STATE SHARE HAD JUST GONE DOWN AS PROPERTY VALUES HAD GONE UP.

THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF PRESSURE TO THE STATE, I GUESS, FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY NEEDED TO CARRY THEIR PART OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THIS IS ALL MY INTERPRETATION OF IT.

SO WHAT THEY PUT IN PLACE IN HOUSE BILL 3 WAS BENEFICIAL, AS FAR AS, WHEN PROPERTY VALUES GO UP THAT WE GET TO COMPRESS OUR TAX RATE AND SO THAT IN EFFECT, IT REDUCES RECAPTURE MORE THAN IT WOULD BE IF OUR TAX RATE STAYED THE SAME AS WELL.

SO IT WAS ONE MECHANISM, IT DOESN'T ELIMINATE GROWTH OF RECAPTURE THOUGH, SO IT WAS ONE TOOL THAT WAS USED TO AID WITH THAT.

BUT YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE RECAPTURE INCREASE AS LONG AS OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE GROWING AND I DEFINITELY HEAR, DAVID AND DR. WANG'S STRESS OVER, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER OUR REVENUES, ALL WE CAN DO IS TRY TO KEEP CUTTING EXPENDITURES.

SO THAT'S THE BOAT THAT WE'RE IN, WE'RE NOT LIKE OTHER ENTITIES WHERE WE CAN INCREASE OUR TAX RATE AND GO AFTER ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.

WHEN OUR VALUES GO UP, THE STATE GETS A LARGER SHARE OF IT, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING HARD, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING WITH LEGISLATORS, AND OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT OUR BOARD WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP BEING AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN

[01:30:02]

BE AND IN MEETING OUR STUDENT NEEDS AS WELL AS WE CAN.

>> WELL, LET'S HOPE ALL THE COVID BABIES HELP OUT WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT.

>> [LAUGHTER] AMEN.

>> ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO ABOUT THE COLLECTION RATE, EVERY ONE PERCENT, WE WILL GET SIX MILLION MORE, RIGHT? THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.

>> THAT'S VERY CLOSE, YES.

>> YEAH. CAN WE MAKE SOME EFFORTS TO INCREASE, I GUESS WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT EITHER, RIGHT?

>> AS FAR AS COLLECTING ON DELINQUENT TAXES?

>> THIS YEAR WE REACHED 100 PERCENT, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> YEAH, OUR TOTAL COLLECTIONS THIS YEAR WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR CURRENT YEAR COLLECTION RATE AND THEN YOU ADD IN DELINQUENT TAXES, WE'RE TYPICALLY NEAR 100 PERCENT THERE.

THE ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH COVID AND ALL, IT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE THAT MORE CHALLENGING.

WE HOPE THE ECONOMY REBOUNDS, BUT WHEN TAX STATEMENTS GO OUT LATER IN THE FALL AND IN THE SPRING, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, ONE OR TWO PERCENT, IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

>> WE WON'T FEEL THE DEFICIT, ACTUALLY, TWO PERCENT WOULD MEAN WE HAVE NO DEFICIT.

>> YEAH, IF WE COULD COLLECT AT 100 PERCENT, THAT'S RIGHT.

>> ALSO, ONE QUESTION, THAT CURRENT YEAR VALUE IS BASED ON THE ACCOUNTS COMING FROM LAST YEAR.

SO THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOOD BECAUSE WE ARE USING 2019 SALES, AS IT COMES, BUT YEAH, JUST PRAY WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECESSION, IF WE DO.

[LAUGHTER] NEXT YEAR'S CURRENT YEAR, WOULD MEAN WE WOULD COLLECT A LOT LESS, IF WE HAD RECESSION, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> YEAH. THAT IS A CONCERN, SO THE TAXES THAT THEY PAID LAST YEAR OR DURING THIS CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE'RE STILL IN, WERE BASED ON THEIR VALUES, AS OF JANUARY 1 OF 2019.

THE COMING YEAR WILL BE BASED ON THE VALUES AS OF JANUARY 1 OF 2020.

SO WE DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A BIG VALUE INCREASE, WE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT COLLECTIONS.

WHEN WE GO INTO THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THEN A RECESSION COULD CATCH UP AND VALUES COULD BE DOWN.

SO 2021 VALUES, WHICH WOULD BE WHAT WE COLLECT FOR 2122, SO ANOTHER YEAR AWAY, WE COULD SEE A DECREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES BY THAT TIME.

THAT'S A CONCERN AND THE STATE WOULD MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THAT UNDER HOUSE BILL 3 NOW, BUT THEN THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE STATE BUDGET AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT? SO THERE'S A LOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON AT THIS POINT.

>> WE'LL JUST HOPE FOR A QUICK RECOVERY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WELL, I THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND FOR THE REMINDERS FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT HOUSE BILL 3 DID NOT ELIMINATE RECAPTURE, IT SLOWED IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT DIDN'T END IT, AND SO OUR CITIZENS, OUR TAXPAYERS, NEED TO REALIZE THAT A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THEIR TAX DOLLARS, THEIR PROPERTY TAX, ACTUALLY GO TO AUSTIN, NOT TO PLANO.

>> YEAH.

>> ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GO AHEAD WITH MOTION.

>> NEWS THAT THE BOARD TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE 2020-2021 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND BUDGETS AS PRESENTED.

>> IS THERE A SECOND?

>> CODY WEAVER, SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE 2020-2021 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICE FUND BUDGETS AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL-CALL, VICE PRESIDENT CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. SECRETARY WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] [NOISE] THE MOTION PASSES 7-0, THANK YOU.

[C. Resolution of the Plano Independent School District Board of Trustees to Enhance and Nurture a Culture of Empathy, Caring, and Advocacy for our Diverse Learning Community Presenter: Tammy Richards, Board President; Sara Bonser, Superintendent Time: 30 minutes]

THE NEXT ITEM IS A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ENHANCE AND NURTURE A CULTURE OF EMPATHY,

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CARING, AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR DIVERSE LEARNING COMMUNITY.

SUPERINTENDENT BONSER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN THE PRESENTATION OF THIS AGENDA ITEM?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT RICHARDS, AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION OF THIS AGENDA ITEM. [NOISE] I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.

AS A BOARD IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT REPRESENTING A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY, IT IS PARAMOUNT THAT OUR DISTRICT LIVES UP TO THE CORE VALUES AND BELIEFS INTENDED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE MUST REALIZE THAT RACIAL AND SOCIAL DIFFERENCES IN OUR DISTRICT, PARTICULARLY WITHIN OUR BLACK COMMUNITY, EXIST.

WHILE WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS TO REALIZING THESE DIFFERENCES TODAY, WE MUST BEGIN TO TAKE THE STEPS NEEDED FROM BOTH THE GOVERNANCE AND THE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF OUR DISTRICT, TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGE FOR PLANO ISD.

THE ADMINISTRATION WELCOMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD IN AUGUST TO DISCUSS NEXT STEPS THAT WOULD BREATHE LIFE INTO THE RESOLUTION YOU ARE ABOUT TO HEAR, TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR DIVERSE LEARNING COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU, SARA. I NOW INVITE SECRETARY WANG TO READ THE RESOLUTION OUT LOUD TO THE PUBLIC AND INTO THE MINUTES.

>> RESOLUTION OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ENHANCE AND NURTURE A CULTURE OF EMPATHY, CARING, AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR DIVERSE LEARNING COMMUNITY.

WHEREAS, THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN SOCIETIES HOLDING OUR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND STAFF ARE HURTING, RACISM AND THE INJUSTICE IN SOCIETY TOWARDS AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE CAUSED HURT IN OUR NATION, STATE, AND COMMUNITY.

AS A FULL COMMUNITY, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE LISTENING TO OUR DIVERSE LEARNING COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THIS MOMENT IN TIME BECOMES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE THAT CREATES MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN OUR DISTRICT.

WE MUST HARNESS WHAT WE'RE LEARNING TODAY TO BETTER SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

TOGETHER OUR DEDICATION TO CARING AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND BRING UNITY AND HEALING.

FOUNDED ON THE BELIEFS HELD IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT ALL PLANO ISD STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES WILL STAY WELCOMED, VALUED AND RESPECTED.

WE MUST BE ROLE MODELS TO OUR STUDENTS AND ONE ANOTHER.

PLANO ISD REMAINS COMMITTED TO EQUITY AND EMBRACES THE DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE AND WORK.

DEVELOPING AND NURTURING A CULTURE OF EMPATHY, CARING, AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR DIVERSE LEARNING COMMUNITY WHERE INDIVIDUALS FEEL CONNECTED AND VALUED.

NOW THEREFORE, BE HERE TO RESOLVE, THE BOARD IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARENTS, STAFF, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY TO ENSURE AN EVEN BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR PLANO ISD STUDENTS.

THROUGH OUR WORDS AND OUR ACTIONS, OUR PLANO ISD LEARNING COMMUNITY WILL EDUCATE, INSPIRE, AND EMPOWER EVERY STUDENT TO ACTIVATE THEIR UNIQUE POTENTIAL IN A DYNAMIC WORLD AND REMAIN PLANO ISD PROUD.

ADOPTED THIS 23RD DAY OF JUNE, 2020 BY THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES; TAMMY RICHARDS, PRESIDENT, JERI CHAMBERS, VICE PRESIDENT, DR. HEATHER WANG, SECRETARY, NANCY HUMPHREY, BOARD MEMBER, ANGELA POWELL, BOARD MEMBER, DAVID STOLLE, BOARD MEMBER, AND CODY WEAVER, BOARD MEMBER.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HEATHER, MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES AND ADOPTS THE RESOLUTION OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ENHANCE AND NURTURE A CULTURE OF EMPATHY, CARING, AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR DIVERSE LEARNING COMMUNITY.

>> I GUESS. [OVERLAPPING]

>> SORRY, JERI. YOU GO AHEAD, JERI.

>> DOUBLE SECONDS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ENHANCE AND NURTURE A CULTURE OF EMPATHY, CARING, AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR DIVERSE LEARNING COMMUNITY.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

[01:40:02]

>> I'VE GOT JUST ONE THING. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD INITIAL BABY STEP FOR US AS A BOARD AND AS A DISTRICT, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN.

HOWEVER, I THINK THAT IN TALKING WITH SUPERINTENDENT BONSER, I THINK WE REALIZE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THAT WORK IN SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION, BUT THIS IS A GOOD STATEMENT OF WHERE WE ARE OR WHERE WE WANT TO GO.

DR. WANG AND I ARE THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WE'VE STARTED DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD IN AUGUST AS WE START PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR'S OUR COMMITTEE'S ASSIGNMENTS AND WE'D LIKE FOR OUR DIVERSITY COMMITTEE TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

WE THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT AVENUE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS AND THIS ANALYSIS AS WELL.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD IN AUGUST, ALONG WITH THE DISTRICT'S PLANS GOING FORWARD AS WELL.

I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE AS A BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE DISTRICT HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

>> I AGREE, DAVID, AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND DR. WANG WILL BE STARTING IN TERMS OF TASKING OUR VARIOUS COMMITTEES, INCLUDING THE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE, IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ACTIONS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.

VICE PRESIDENT CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. SECRETARY WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>>THANK YOU. TRUSTEE POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?

>> IN FAVOR.

>> THANK YOU. I'M IN FAVOR.

THE MOTION PASSES, 7-0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR REPORTS BEGINNING WITH AN UPDATE ON DECISIONS MADE PURSUANT TO

[A. Update on Decisions Made Pursuant to the Delegation of Specific Authority to the Superintendent Resolution Addendum Presenter: Sara Bonser, Superintendent Time: 10 minutes]

THE DELEGATION OF SPECIFIC AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT RESOLUTION ADDENDUM, SUPERINTENDENT BONSER.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

EARLIER IN THE SPRING, WE HAD THE BOARD ADOPTED A RESOLUTION DELEGATING SOME VERY SPECIFIC AND NARROW AUTHORITIES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT DURING THE SCHOOL CLOSURE AND COVID CRISIS.

AT THAT TIME OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION IN MARCH, I CONTINUED TO BRING UPDATES TO THE BOARD ABOUT TIMES WHEN I HAVE EXERCISED ANY OF THE AUTHORITY GRANTED TO ME, AND SO IF YOU'LL FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE FOUR AREAS THAT WERE VERY SPECIFICALLY NAMED IN THIS RESOLUTION WERE ABOUT WAIVERS, PURCHASING, PPES OR PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND EMPLOYEE PAY.

SO I WANT TO GIVE JUST A VERY QUICK UPDATE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO TELL, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AS FAR AS WAIVERS GO, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR SEVERAL WAIVERS DUE TO THE COVID CRISIS THAT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY AND RECOMMENDED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY FOR ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THOSE THINGS ARE ALL OUT ON THE TEA WEBSITE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW ALL OF OUR NORMAL TIMELINES FOR WAIVERS, SO WE HAVE NOT NEEDED TO APPROVE ANY WAIVERS PRIOR TO THE BOARD'S FOR APPROVAL OF WAIVERS.

SO ALL WAIVERS SINCE THE LAST REPORT HAVE GONE THROUGH NORMAL BOARD PROCESSES AND NO AUTHORITY HAS NEEDED TO BE EXERCISED IN THIS REGARD.

ON PURCHASING, WE TOOK ONE ACTION WITH THE AUTHORITY AND THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING TO REPORT TONIGHT, IS THAT FOR OUR GRADUATION CEREMONIES THAT WE DID FOR THE PERSONAL GRADUATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE CAMPUSES, WE NEEDED TO CONTRACT WITH THE VIDEO PRODUCTION COMPANY AND SO WE DID EXERCISE PURCHASING AUTHORITY ON THAT ONE ITEM.

SO THAT WAS THE PURCHASING AUTHORITY.

ON PPES, NO AUTHORITY HAS BEEN NEEDED, WE'VE NOT NEEDED TO DONATE ANY ADDITIONAL PPES TO THE CITY, THE SUPPLY CHAIN THERE IS MOVING PRETTY WELL, AND THEN ON EMPLOYEE PAY, AGAIN, NO ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY HAS BEEN NEEDED TO BE EXERCISED AT THIS TIME.

[01:45:03]

SO THAT IS MY VERY QUICK REPORT ON THE UPDATE ON THE SUPERINTENDENT RESOLUTION FOR AUTHORITIES GRANTED DURING TIME OF CLOSURE.