Minutes of Special Meeting

The Board of Trustees
Dalhart ISD

A Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Dalhart ISD was held Monday, August 29, 2011, beginning at 7:00 PM in the Dalhart ISD Central Office 701 East 10th Street.

Present: Jeff Lloyd – President, Rick Dunham – Vice-President, Gary Schniederjan – Secretary,
Janet Banks – Board Member, Doug Claborn – Board Member, Randy Sherrill – Board Member, David Foote – Superintendent, and Delbert Dodds – Business Manager
Absent: Peter Baumert
Visitors: Zelda Beth Lang – KXIT radio and Tammi Ledford – Dalhart Texan

12361.	Call to Order – President Lloyd called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. and stated that a quorum was present: the meeting had been duly called: and the notice had been posted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act Texas Government Code Chapter 551.
		
12362.	Prayer – Mr. Foote offered the prayer.
		
12363.	Consider and discuss Local Policies EIA and EIC – It was moved by Gary Schniederjan and seconded by Janet Banks to approve EIA and EIC(LOCAL) with one change to EIC (LOCAL) on page 2 of 4 on EIC(LOCAL) to include transferred grades as amended.
Yeas: Banks, Claborn, Dunham, Lloyd, Schniederjan and Sherrill
Nays: None		
12364.	Consider and discuss settlement agreement with TAPS and Lexington insurance regarding roofing claims for Dalhart ISD – It was moved by Gary Schniederjan and seconded by Randy Sherrill to approve the settlement agreement with TAPS and Lexington insurance regarding roofing claims in the amount of $370,000.00 for the roofing project for 2011.
Yeas: Banks, Claborn, Dunham, Lloyd, Schniederjan and Sherrill 
Nays: None		
12365.	Consider and discuss the designation of Fund Balance for current fund balance – It was moved by Randy Sherrill and seconded by Gary Schniederjan to adopt the Post-GASB 54 for committed fund balance in the amount of $1,126,624.00.
Yeas: Banks, Claborn, Dunham, Lloyd, Schniederjan and Sherrill
Nays: None

It was moved by Randy Sherrill and seconded by Gary Schniederjan to adopt the same fund balance policy for the XIT Secondary School.
Yeas: Banks, Claborn, Dunham, Lloyd, Schniederjan and Sherrill
Nays: None		
12366.	Consider budget amendments for the 2010 – 2011 budget – It was moved by Gary Schniederjan and seconded by Rick Dunham to approve the budget amendment as presented.
Yeas: Banks, Claborn, Dunham, Lloyd, Schniederjan and Sherrill
Nays: None		
12367.	Conduct 2011 – 2012 Budget and Proposed Tax Rate Hearing – President Lloyd opened the Public Hearing for the 2011 – 2012 budget and proposed tax rate at 7:26 p.m. There were no comments from the board of trustees or from the public on the budget or tax rate at this time.

President Lloyd closed the Public Hearing for the 2011 – 2012 budget and proposed tax rate at 7:27 p.m.		
12368.	Adopt the 2011 – 2012 budget – It was moved by Randy Sherrill and Rick Dunham to adopt the 2011 – 2012 budget as presented.
Yeas: Banks, Claborn, Dunham, Lloyd, Schniederjan and Sherrill
Nays: None		
12369.	Adopt Maintenance and Operation tax rate for 2011 – 2012 – It was moved by Gary Schniederjan and seconded by Randy Sherrill to adopt the Maintenance and Operations tax rate for the 2011 – 2012 school year at $1.02.
Yeas: Banks, Claborn, Dunham, Lloyd, Schniederjan and Sherrill
Nays: None		
12370.	Adopt Interest and Sinking tax rate for 2011 – 2012 – It was moved by Gary Schniederjan and seconded by Janet Banks to adopt the Interest and Sinking tax rate for 2011 – 2012 at $.1880.
Yeas: Banks, Claborn, Dunham, Lloyd, Schniederjan and Sherrill
Nays: None		
12371. 	President Lloyd adjourned the meeting at 7:56 p.m.