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[1. Call to Order]
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I THIS PREME BRIEFING OF THE CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER AT SIX O'CLOCK PM ON APRIL 4TH 2024. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRE MEETING BRIEFING IS TO CONDUCT A BRIEFING SESSION WITH ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF REGARDING THE POSTAGE AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS SCHEDULED AT 7 P.M. ON APRIL 4TH 2024 FOR THE RECORD BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT ARE TARA HBK, SALLY DEREK KIM BRADY, LEANA, GARZA, ROJAS, RANDY SACKMAN AND MYSELF.
HATFIELD WE DO HAVE A BOARD MEMBER THAT IS STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND WILL BE JOINING US SOON. THE NEXT ITEM IS AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS . PERSONS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING AUDIENCE FOR GUESTS MAY HAVE COMPLETED THIS FORM FOR THE THIS PURPOSE PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE MEETING, MISS CAN
[3. Administrative Reports]
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ALL RIGHT WITH NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS. DOCTOR ELDRIDGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM ADMINISTRATION? UM YES, SPORT AND THE FIRST ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS MR GUERRA. ITEM FIVE C, UM, FINANCIAL REPORTS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. ELDRIDGE. GOOD EVENING, MISS SAPPELT AND THE REST OF OUR BOARD. UM. OKAY, SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS JUST OUR MONTHLY, UH, FINANCIAL UPDATE AND TO SAY WHERE WE ARE AS A DISTRICT, UM THE FINANCIALS YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING ARE FOR THE MONTH ENDING FEBRUARY, WHICH COMPLETES A SIX MONTH OF THE OF THE 12 MONTH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE DISTRICT, AND YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE COLLECTIONS HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 8% TO 29 TO 65 TO. THEY'RE A LITTLE OVER 77% NOW SO WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD ON OUR, UM, COLLECTIONS AND REVENUES FOR THE DISTRICT. ON PAGE TWO OF YOUR REPORT. YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENSES AND THEY SHOW ABOUT 46% WHICH IS GOOD BEING US AGAIN SIX MONTHS THROUGH THE YEAR. SO WE'RE KEEPING OUR EXPENSES DOWN. WE'RE WATCHING ALL OUR EXPENDITURES AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE THROUGH THE YEAR, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIALS, I'LL TAKE THEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MR GARRETT. BOARD MEMBERS. I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER. AND THEN SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, WITH NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. OK THE NEXT ITEMS, UH, FOR DISCUSSION IN REPORTING, UH, MR BLACKBURN HAS THE NEXT FEW, WHICH IS, UM, ITEM J FIVE J, WHICH IS BALLISTIC WINDOW FILM. FIVE MC, MA R AND FIVE N, WHICH IS SECURITY FENCING. SO UM, MR BLACKBURN, IF YOU'LL JUST DISTINGUISH BETWEEN EACH NUMBER AND LETTER THANK YOU. MR BLACKBURN, YOUR MIKE. SORRY. GOOD EVENING. DR ELDRIDGE, PRESIDENT HATFIELD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY UM IN REGARDS TO THE FIRST ITEM. I THINK IT'S ITEM J AND THE WINDOW FILM. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OR ANYTHING TO SHOW YOU, UM THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER REGARDING THAT. IT'S A WE HAVE A LOT OF WINDOW FILM IN PLACE. WE HAD A DISTRICT WIDE ASSESSMENT DONE BY AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM TO ESTABLISH THE WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO BRING OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT UP TO THE CURRENT TE, A STANDARD FOR MAKING OUR FACILITIES MORE SECURE. AND SO, UH, THE FILM WILL BE, UM WAS FOR THE FILM IS MISSING TO ADD FILM ON THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE PARTICULAR OPENING AND AS WELL AS PERIMETER ADHESIVE AROUND THE EDGE AS PART OF THE SYSTEM. AND IF THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE SOME PLACES WHERE WE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE PERIMETER ADHESIVE, SO THAT'S ALSO ADDRESSED. UM AND WE GOT THREE DIFFERENT, UH, PROPOSALS AND THE PROPOSAL BEFORE HE WAS THE LEAST COST PROPOSAL TO ADDRESS THE SCOPE THAT WE DEFINED. THANK YOU, MR BLACKBURN BOARD MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND JUST TO CLARIFY THIS IS TO BRING US UP INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS TO OK. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM. REFERS TO, UH SOME INITIAL GMP S FOR SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS. AND JUST AS A REMINDER, UM Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE BUT IN THE 2023 BOND CYCLE. THERE WAS ABOUT $17 BILLION WORTH OF WORK PASSED, SO IT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S IN THE PIPELINE. WE DO? I DO FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'VE SIGNED UP OUR, UH, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAMS. THOSE ARE SECURED. WELL, WE HAVE NOT SECURED UNTIL WE CAN ACTUALLY[00:05:05]
BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCONTRACTS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO START THOSE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, WHERE IT'S PRUDENT. WHERE WE'RE NOT STILL MAKING SOME DECISIONS. SO IN A FEW CASES WHERE THE SCOPE IS WELL DEFINED, AND IT STANDS ALONE, WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THAT WORK TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THAT UNDERWAY. UM AND AS YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, AS WELL, THIS IS THE THIRD STEP OF THE PROCESS. WE'VE ALREADY SELECTED THE DELIVERY METHOD AND WE SELECTED THE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS AND THIS IS FOR ONE UH, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PACKAGES, AND IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE PACKAGE. IT'S PART OF IT. IT'S JUST THE SCOPE THAT STANDS ALONE AND IS WELL DEFINED. AND IS NOT IMPACTED BY SOME OF THE LARGER DECISIONS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING. UM SO WE'RE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THAT. AND. UH TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE PLAYGROUNDS. AND ALTHOUGH THIS ONE DOES NOT SHOW A SHADE CANOPY STRUCTURE BECAUSE WE DID NOT THAT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED BY THE 2018 BOND PLANNING COMMITTEE . AS PART OF THE SCOPE THEY WANTED TO PROCEED WITH IT WAS INCLUDED SHADE STRUCTURES WERE INCLUDED. AS AN ITEM BY THE 2023 BOND PLANNING COMMITTEE. SO GOING FORWARD WHERE WE DO PLAYGROUNDS, WE WILL BE DOING A SHADE STRUCTURE SO TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT? UH YOUR, UH, CONSIDERING TONIGHT IT WILL BE A PLAYGROUND SIMILAR TO THIS WHERE YOU'VE GOT MULTIPLE PLACE STRUCTURES AND MULTIPLE AREAS IN A FIELD OF SYNTHETIC TURF. AS WELL AS A SHADE STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO WHAT'S INSTALLED CURRENTLY AT GOOD. AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER PART OF THIS WAS A COUPLE OF COOLER FREEZERS AT A COUPLE OF, UM ELEMENTARIES. I DIDN'T THINK YOU NEEDED ANY PICTURES OF COOLER FREEZERS. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON COOLER FREEZERS OR PLAYGROUNDS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE THANK YOU, MR BLACKBURN QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BOARD MEMBERS. MISTER BUT, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY OR FOR, UM, MY BOARD COLLEAGUES THAT, UM , ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE. UM OF COURSE , THE FOCUS WAS ON SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THE DESIRE FOR ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS, UM, AT OUR SCHOOLS, AND SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS GREAT PROGRESS. UM TO DO THAT, UM, JUST A GENERAL, UM, COMMENT, UM, FOR YOU, UM, MISS HATFIELD. I UM THINK WE NEED TO, UM UM, HAVING A, UM, A MEETING TO RECLARIFY, UM, THE ROLE OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SO THAT THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. WHAT THEIR ROLE IS, THERE SEEMS TO BE A DISCONNECT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT PRIOR TO THE NEXT BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING. UM SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE EVERYBODY IS OPERATING ON THE SAME AGE. OK? DR. ER. DOES SHE HAVE THAT NOTE? DO WE KNOW WHEN THE NEXT MEETING IS BY CHANCE? TWO WEEKS IN TWO WEEKS, OK? BOARD MEMBERS. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YES, MR SHAMAN. IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE START OF ANY OF THE 2023 BOND PROJECTS. THIS IS A THIS IS JUST A SMALL, ISOLATED PORTION OF SOME OF THE 2023 WORK. THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THE SPIN OF THANK YOU. I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING OUR WHEELCHAIR CHILDREN. IT'S VERY, VERY NICE. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. DR ELLERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS? UM THAT CONCLUDES THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS. ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE[4. Briefing Session with Administrative Staff Regarding the Posted Agenda for the Regular Board Meeting Scheduled for 7:00 PM on April 4, 2024]
TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR BOARD MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? ALL RIGHT. SEE, MISS BRADY, YOU'RE FLIPPING, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OKAY? I DON'T WANNA MOVE ON. ALRIGHT SO WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA FOR THE PREME BRIEFING AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:10 P.M.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.