July 15, 2014 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

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

2. Invocation

3. Taft ISD Credo and Taft ISD Goals

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

5. Construction Update

5.A. Taft High School

6. Budget Workshop

7. Consent Agenda

7.A. Approve Minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 24, 2014

7.B. Approve Investment Report for June, 2014

7.C. Total Expenditures by Function Ending June, 2014

7.D. Summary of Taxes Paid to Taft ISD

7.E. Budget Amendments

8. Information Only

8.A. Boys & Girls Club

8.B. Recognition of Pedro Rodriguez Leadership TASB

8.C. NEU-No Excuses University

8.D. Taft ISD Police Yearly and Safety Report       

8.E. 2014-2015 Health Insurance Update

8.F. 2014-2015 Staff Development Plan

9. Items for Individual Consideration

9.A. Discuss and/or Approve Adopting the Organizational Chart for 2014-2015 School Year.

9.B. Discuss and/or Approve a Pay Increase in Staff Salaries for the 2014-2015 School Year.

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

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