The Littlefield Independent School Disctrict’s Board of Trustees met in regular session on Tuesday Aug. 9th in the Board Room of the Jerry Blakely Administration Building.
Will Williams gave the invocation and no one spoke during public forum.
The minutes from the previous meeting were approved by general consent and Amber Hays, Adam Solis and Staci Sumners gave reports on their respective campuses during the administrative reports.
Superintendent Mike Read went over LISD’s Safe Return to In-Person Instruction Plan for the 21-22 school year, recommending the approval of the plan. The motion to approve the plan was made by Adrian Solis and seconded by Hervey Valdez. The motion carried.
The Board listened to consideration for approval of ESC Region 10 as Littlefield Independent School District’s Third-Party Administrator for 403 (b), and 457 plans, and adopt the 403 (b) Third Party Administration Services Board Resolution, and the 457 Master Plan Board Resolution Recommendation.
The motion was made by Williams and seconded by Solis to approve the Interlocal Agreement with ESC Region 10 as presented by Supt. Read. The motion carried.
Supt. Read provided the Board an update on the Pressbox Renovation, Bus Update and Bus Barn Discussion as part of the Facilities Maintenance Priorities Plan. The motion was made by Pat Demel and seconded by Valdez to approve the Facilities Maintenance Priorities Plan. The motion carried.
Supt. Read reported that our current substitute pay has not been adjusted since 2013. Supt. Read recommended we increase our regular sub pay to $85 per day and our long term sub pay to $100 per day.
The motion was made by Solis and seconded by Williams to approve the Substitute Compensation Plan as recommended by Supt. Read. The motion carried.
Supt. Read reported the catastrophic leave committee met and made a recommendation that sick leave days will now accumulate days each school year.
The motion was made by Solis and seconded by Valdez to approve the new catastrophic leave policy as presented by Supt. Read. The motion carried.
The lone fuel bid with historical data was Centergas Fuels, Inc. and Supt. Read recommended its approval. The motion to approve the 2021-22 Centergas Fuels, Inc. Fuel Bid as recommended by Supt. Read was made by Williams and seconded by Solis. The motion carried.
Supt. Read reported to the Board that LISD received the Notice of Grant Award (NOGA) regarding ESSER III.
Bev Boldes presented an update regarding our updated revenue/expenditure sheet for the current year and the 21-22 school year. The motion to approve the budget preview was made by Valdez and seconded by Solis. The motion carried.
The Board discussed the proposed tax rate for the 2021-22 school year with Supt. Read recommending we adopt the maximum tax rate allowed by tax compression legislation of $.9189 per one hundred dollars of value at our Aug. 26th meeting.
Supt. Read discussed the budget and necessary amendments that will be upcoming in the Aug. 26th meeting.
Supt. Read reviewed the committed fund balance and explained the requirements enacted through School FIRST (Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas).
Supt. Read reported that the budget remained on target and presented detailed Financial and Investment information including projections for revenue and expenditures for the remainder of 2020-21 school year.
The motion to approve the Financial and Investment Review and Report as presented by Supt. Read was made by Williams and seconded by Solis. The motion carried.
A motion was made by Valdez and seconded by Solis to approve the Probationary Contract Certified Staff members Jackilynn Salinas (School Nurse), D’Erica Smith (Chemistry), and Jayde Elliott (Elementary PE/JH Girls Coach). The motion carried.
A resignation letter was presented on Sonia Balderas.
Supt. Read presented board training information to the Board and the meeting was adjourned by President Lance Broadhurst at 8:07 p.m.