REGULAR MEETING
Board of Trustees
Crane
Independent School District
The
Board of Trustees of the Crane Independent School District met on the 11th
day of October 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
Administrators present were:
Ryder
Warren, Superintendent Ken
Eudy, Business Manager
Jess
McWhorter, MS Principal Alan
Swinford, Maintenance Director
Others present were:
1. Mr. Frymire, Board President, called
the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
2. Ray North led the invocation.
3. Visitors were recognized.
4. MS Principal Jess McWhorter introduced MS Student Council Sponsors Georgia Kelly and Eva Perrin. They in turn introduced MS Student Council Members Emily Parker, Esther Arana, Andrew Murguia, Celestina Gutierrez and Lisa Watson. Each member then explained various functions and qualifications of Student Council membership.
5. No public comment.
6.
Bishop moved, seconded by Cadena to approve the consent agenda as presented. Adopted unanimously.
7. Superintendent Warren informed the board
that the 2001 District Improvement Plan is close to completion but needs some
final adjustments. He then presented
the Plan as it stands at this time. Smith
moved, seconded by North to table any action on the 2001 District Improvement
Plan. Adopted unanimously.
8. North moved, seconded by Bishop to accept Superintendent Warren’s recommendation for approval of TASB’s Policy Update 66. Adopted unanimously.
10. Frymire moved, seconded by Hubbard to nominate Inez Dossett, Shelby Hook and Morris Strand for the Board of Directors of the Crane County Appraisal District. Adopted unanimously.
11A. The Quarterly Investment Report was presented by Business Manager Eudy.
11B. Superintendent Warren reported that Architect Monte Hunter met last week with Administration Office employees and is now working up preliminary plans for the upcoming Administration Building renovation.
11C. Superintendent Warren reported that our board had 100% attendance at the recently held TASA/TASB Annual Convention in Dallas. He also discussed credit they received for board member training there.
11D. Superintendent Warren made note of a special board meeting to be held at 6:00 p.m. on November 1, 2001 with Kathy Lunden of TASB who will be performing a board policy audit. He also stated that he will be attending the funeral of Florence Sanders (mother of our speech therapist Wes Sanders) on October 12 in Abilene and the first meeting of the newly formed State Finance Committee in Austin on October 25 & 26. He also read thank-you notes from the State Volleyball Championship teams of 1974 & ’75 for the honor reception given them on September 25 and from Alonna & Barry Knott of Dallas (daughter & son-in-law of board member Jerry Smith) for allowing them to spend time with her parents during the recently held TASA/TASB convention.
12. President Frymire ordered the board to adjourn into executive session pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code chapter 551.074 for the purpose of discussing personnel issues and deliberating over superintendent goals. Time: 7:40 p.m.
President Frymire ordered the executive session closed and the regular session be resumed at 8:40 p.m. He also stated that no items of business were conducted in the executive session.
13. Bishop moved, seconded by North to accept with regret the resignation of Technology Director Joe Lane effective September 17, 2001. Adopted unanimously.
9. The board heard presentations about electrical deregulation and electric services offered from Kenzel May of Helms & May Aggregation and Lawrence Downing of TXU Energy Services. Frymire moved, seconded by Cadena to accept Helms & May Aggregation’s one year proposal for electric service beginning January 1, 2002 at an average rate of $ .06719 / KwH to be purchased from AES NewEnergy. Adopted unanimously.
14. Bishop moved, seconded by Hubbard to adjourn the meeting. Adopted unanimously.
Time: 9:15 p.m.