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