August 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Special Meeting
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1. Announcement by the Board President calling this meeting of the Taft Independent School District to order.
Description:
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.
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2. Invocation
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3. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed Budget and Tax Rate in Accordance with Section 44.004 Texas Education Code. Public Participation in the discussion is invited. The Board will provide time for Citizens to present their views, opinions, suggestions, etc. regarding the proposed 2025-2026 General School District Budget and Tax Rate.
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4. Public Comments
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5. Consent Agenda
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5.A. Approve Minutes of Board Meetings
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5.A.1. Board Workshop, Monday, August 18, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.
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5.A.2. Regular Meeting Monday, August 18, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
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5.B. Approve Total Expenditures by Function Ending July 2025.
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5.C. Approve Summary of Taxes Ending July 2025
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5.D. Approve 2024-2025 Near Final Budget Amendment.
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6. Discussion and/or Individual Consideration
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6.A. Information Item: Certified and supplemental appraisal roll for tax year 2025 for the Taft Independent School.
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6.B. Action Item: Discuss and Consider Approval of designating the Director of Business as the approved officer to calculate the no-new-revenue and voter-approval tax rate.
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6.C. Action Item: Discuss and Approve accepting the no-new-revenue tax rate and the voter approval tax rate for tax year 2025 for the Taft Independent School District is recommended.
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6.D. Action Item: Consider and Approval of a Resolution authorizing the Defeasance of certain portions of the District's currently outstanding obligations, and other matters related thereto.
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6.E. Action Item: Discuss and Consider Approval to Adopt Budget for 2025-2026 school year.
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6.F. Action Item: Discuss and Consider Approval of Tax Rate total $1.2416. Maintenance & Operations $0.7416 and Interest & Sinking $0.5000.
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6.G. Action Item: Discuss and Consider Approval of TASB Risk Management Insurance Renewal for General Liability including-Educators Legal, Law Enforcement, Crime, and Auto.
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6.H. Action Item: Discuss and Consider Approval of the Taft ISD Compensation Handbook for 2025-2026 and Compensation Package for TISD Employees.
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6.I. Information Item: Discuss the changes of the 2025-2026 Taft ISD Employee Handbook.
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6.J. Action Item: Consider and Approve the Execution of a Contract for Material Testing Services to be Awarded to "Tolunay-Wong Engineers, Inc (TWE)" in an Amount Not to Exceed $22,000.00
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6.K. Action Item: Discuss and Consider Approval of the ESC-2 Programs & Services Contract for Taft ISD and ESC3 School Health Contract for the 2025-2026 school year.
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6.L. Action Item: Consider and Approve the purchase of a Kawasaki Mule Utility Side by Side Vehicle with a QTAC rescue skid attachment.
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6.M. Action Item: Consider and Approve the purchase of a new transit vehicle for the Child Nutrition department from AutoNation Ford Corpus Christi at a cost of $52,990.33
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7. Closed Session
Description:
Board will adjourn into Closed Session pursuant to the following sections of the Texas Open Meetings Act. The Board will convene in Closed Session as authorized by the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. et. seq TGC 551.071 and 551.074.
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8. Reconvened from Closed Session
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The Board will take appropriate action on items, if necessary, as discussed in Closed Session.
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9. Important Dates to Remember
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9.A. Taft ISD Food Pantry Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
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9.B. Team of Eight Training, Saturday, September 6, 2025, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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9.C. Regular Board Meeting, Monday, September 22, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.
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9.D. Regular Board Meeting, Monday, October 20, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.
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10. Future Board Agenda Items from Board Members
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11. Adjourn
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