June 14, 2001

The Board of Trustees of the Crane Independent School District met on the 14^th day of June 2001 in regular session with the following members present:

Sid Frymire, President Manuel Cadena, Sr.

Ray North, Vice-President Jerry Smith

Sandy Hubbard, Secretary Tommy Bishop

Mary Jo Heard, Assistant Secretary

Also present were:

Ryder Warren, Superintendent Joe Westmoreland, HS Principal

Peggy Dickson, CISD Tax Assessor

1. Mr. Frymire, Board President, called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.

2. Ray North led the invocation.

3. Visitors were recognized.

4. No public comment.

5. Bishop moved, seconded by Cadena to approve the consent agenda as presented.

Adopted unanimously.

6. Cadena moved, seconded by North to approve a varsity-level summer volleyball camp. Adopted unanimously.

7. Heard moved, seconded by Cadena to approve endorsement of Price Robinson, chairman of the Greenwood ISD Board, for the TASB Board of Trustees. Adopted unanimously.

8. North moved, seconded by Heard to table the district property/casualty insurance renewal in order for the insurance representatives to research better options. Adopted unanimously.

9. North moved, seconded by Cadena to award Security State Bank of Crane, Texas the depository bid for the time period September 1, 2001 – August 31, 2003. Adopted unanimously.

10. Heard moved, seconded by Cadena to approve the specifications as presented by Superintendent Warren for the 2001-2002 leased personnel services. Adopted unanimously.

11. Cadena moved, seconded by Heard to approve a resolution amending authorized representatives with TexPool aka Texas Local Government Investment Pool to be Ken Eudy and Ryder Warren. Adopted unanimously.

13. Hubbard moved, seconded by Heard to approve the 2001-2002 TEA Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credits Option 3 with an additional option to participate in Option 4 which is the Technology Consortium. Adopted unanimously.

14. Cadena moved, seconded by Bishop to appoint CISD Tax Assessor Peggy Dickson to calculate the 2001 effective and rollback property tax rate. Adopted unanimously.

15. President Frymire ordered the board to adjourn into executive session pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code chapter 551 subchapters D and E in order to discuss personnel issues. Time: 7:50 p.m.

16. President Frymire ordered the executive session closed and the regular session be resumed at 8:50 p.m. He also stated that no items of business were conducted in the executive session. Cadena moved, seconded by Bishop to accept with regrets the resignation of teacher/coach Tom Slagle. Adopted unanimously.

Bishop moved, seconded by Heard to accept Superintendent Warren’s recommendation to employ Ronald Casey for the 2001-2002 school year as a professional employee subject to assignment. Adopted unanimously.

Bishop moved, seconded by Cadena to accept Superintendent Warren’s recommendation to employ Patricia Fuentes-Woods for the 2001-2002 school year as a professional employee subject to assignment. Adopted unanimously.

12. Heard moved, seconded by Hubbard to approve the 2001-2002 salary schedule as presented by Superintendent Warren. Adopted unanimously.

17. The Board then recessed to the CISD Technology Center to hear a report from Superintendent Ryder Warren. The report covered the following items: (1) information pertaining to the on-going issue with the Xerox Corporation pertaining to service for the district’s copy machines; (2) a discussion concerning the retaining fee charge by the district’s law firm; (3) planning upcoming “Team of 8” training; and (4) a discussion of the financial issues the district is facing in the coming years.

President Frymire ordered the board to adjourn into executive session pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code chapter 551 subchapters D and E in order to discuss personnel issues. Time: 10:00 p.m.

President Frymire ordered the executive session closed and the regular session be resumed at 10:20 p.m. He also stated that no items of business were conducted in the executive session.

18. Bishop moved, seconded by Smith to adjourn the meeting. Adopted unanimously.

Time: 10:25 p.m.