January 22, 2013 at 6:00 PM - Regular

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

2. Invocation

3. Taft ISD Credo and Taft ISD Goals

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

5. Junior High Construction Project

6. Consent Agenda

6.A. Approve Minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 18, 2012

6.B. Approve Investment Report for December, 2012

6.C. Total Expenditures by Function Ending December, 2012

7. Items for Individual Consideration

7.A. Discuss and/or Approve 2011-2012 Audit

7.B. Discuss and/or Approve Optimum Fund Balance Amount

7.C. Discuss and/or Approve Possible Changes to the Application and Certification for Payment Process

7.D. Discuss and/or Approve Delinquent Tax Sale of Property Located at 421 Ash; Legal Description 0.2 acre, more or less, Lot 6 Block 14, 2nd Roosevelt Addition, City of Taft, San Patricio County, Texas to Steven Rivera and Sandra Castillo in the amount of $800.00.

7.E. Discuss and/or Approve Delinquent Tax Sale of Property Located at 133 W. Elm, Legal Description, Lot 4, Block 13, Third Hidalgo Addition, San Patricio County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 3, Page 38, Map Records of San Patricio County, Texas to Steven Rivera in the amount of $500.00.

8. Information Only

8.A. Taft High School Construction Project

8.B. Taft ISD Athletic Field Project

8.C. Taft Junior High Furniture

8.D. P.R.I.D.E. Committee Update

8.E. Taft ISD Logo and Taft Website

8.F. Principals Report

8.G. Status of Food Service Department

8.H. Child Nutrition Report

8.I. Summary of Taxes Paid

9. Superintendent Report

9.A. Special Meeting February 5, 2013

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

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

10.A.1. Superintendent Evaluation

10.A.2. Modification to Superintendent Contract

10.A.3. Employee Resignation

10.A.3.a. Wendy Foster

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

12. Future Board Agenda Items from Board Members

13. Adjourn