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BM 2004-06-09 CEDCCOPPELL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION June 9, 2004 MINUTES The Coppell Education Development Corporation met at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at Coppell Town Center, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas 75019. In attendance: Betty Carter, President Margaret Lucyk, Vice President Antonio Altemus, Director Brianna Hinojosa-Flores, Director David Love, Director Also present: Jim Witt, City Manager Absent Tony Dickensheets, Director Valerie Strong, Secretary Item 1. Call to Order. President Betty Carter called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Item 2. Approval of Minutes: March 10, 2004 Antonio Altemus made a motion to accept the minutes, and Margaret Lucyk seconded. The vote was unanimous. Brianna Hinojosa-Flores joined the meeting at this time. Item 3. Citizens Forum. No citizens appeared. Item 4. Review and consider approval of a grant application from Coppell Independent School District. Antonio Altemus made a motion to approve the grant application, and David Love seconded. Discussion followed regarding the Gale Services Outline and the thoroughness of the grant proposal. The vote was unanimous to approve the application and the CEDC granted the full amount requested of $127,000.00. Item 5. Review and consider approval of a grant application from North Hills School. David Love made a motion to approve the grant application, and Brianna Hinojosa-Flores seconded. The Directors discussed the grant and pointed out that the application while adequate, was not up to the standards of applications previously submitted by North Hills. There was further discussion regarding the availability of funds, and the number of sixth and seventh graders at The North Hills School. The vote was unanimous to approve the application and the CEDC granted the full amount of $17,756.26. Item 6: Proposed Sales Tax Audit Review. City Manager Jim Witt reported on sales tax collections and the availability of funds. After some discussion it was decided that President Canner would sign a letter to CISD, C-FB lSD and LISD regarding the total remaining funds available. Item 7: Review Grant Application. Antonio Altemus reviewed the grant application and had a variety of questions regarding verbiage. President Canner will contact Kathy Bowling with some suggested verbiage changes regarding the grant application, which will be reviewed by the directors at their next meeting. Item 8. General Discussion. There was no further business to discuss. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Katherine Bowling Recording Secretary