REGULAR MEETING

  Board of Trustees

         Crane Independent School District

    Tuesday, May 10, 2005

 

The Board of Trustees of the Crane Independent School District met on

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 in regular session with the following members present:

Tommy Bishop, President	Manuel Cadena
Sid Frymire, Vice President	Denise Shetter
Sandy Hubbard, Secretary	Helen Romeiser, Assistant Secretary
Jerry Smith
Administrators Present were:
Larry Lee, Superintendent	Ken Eudy, Business Manager
Alan Swinford, Director of Physical Services	Jimmy Heath, Technology Director

Item 1    Mr. Bishop, Board President, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  Manuel Cadena led the invocation.  The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all.

 

Item     2    Recognition of visitors.

No visitors present.

 

Item     3    Public Forum.

No public comment.

 

Item 4    Consider/Approve Lease Agreement with West Texas Opportunities, Inc.

Superintendent Lee reported that the 5-year lease agreement with West Texas

Opportunities for the property used  to operate the Crane Headstart Program has

expired.   His recommendation was to offer them another similar 5-year lease.

Helen Romeiser moved, seconded by Manuel Cadena, to accept Superintendent Lee's

recommendation offering another similar 5-year lease for the operation of the Crane

Headstart Program on school property located in Block 7 of the Park Addition in the

city of Crane  to  West Texas Opportunities, Inc.    Adopted unanimously.

 

Item 5    Consider/Approve appointing Crane ISD Tax Assessor to calculate 2005

effective rate.

Sid Frymire moved, seconded by Manuel Cadena, to appoint Crane ISD Tax Assessor

Janet Wilson to calculate the 2005 effective and rollback property tax rate.    Adopted unanimously.

 

Item 6    Consider/Approve budget amendments.

Superintendent Lee reported that he would like to transfer $12,000 of excess funds in

Function 41 General Administration to Function 13 Curriculum/Staff Development to

be used for summer training of administrators and staff in-service training in August.

Sandy Hubbard moved, seconded by Manuel Cadena, to approve the budget amendment as presented.    Adopted unanimously.

 

Item     7    Administrative Reports.

Superintendent Lee informed the Board of the following upcoming events:

·        HS Graduation on May 21,

·        Board Meeting on May 16 to canvass election,

·        Athletic Banquet on May 16,

·        Board Leadership Conference June 23-25 in San Antonio,

·        MS Gifted/Talented presentation on May 17,

·        Crane all-school reunion August 5-7,

·        Baseball playoffs vs. Jim Ned in Snyder this Thursday-Friday.

He then informed the Board that Jason Brents and Jay Kyffin have resigned effective

at the end of this school year.  Finally, he reported that the estimated appraisal values

for next school year are at $1,312,605,210.

 

Item     8    Executive Session.

     A.  Personnel

None.

 

Item     9    Consider/Approve hiring of professional staff.

No action taken.

 

Item 10    Consider/approve Consent Agenda to include:

      a.      Minutes of previous meeting(s)

      b.      Finance report and current bills

Sid Frymire moved, seconded by Helen Romeiser, to approve the consent agenda as

presented.    Adopted unanimously.

 

Item 11    Adjournment.

Sandy Hubbard moved, seconded by Tommy Bishop, to adjourn the meeting.

Adopted unanimously.    Time:  7:15 p.m.