BM 2006-02-08 EdDev
COPPELL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
February 8, 2006
MINUTES
The Coppell Education Development Corporation met at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at
nd
Coppell Town Center, 2 Floor Conference Room, 255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas 75019.
In attendance:Also present:
Antonio Altemus, PresidentJim Witt, Staff Liaison
Ron Carpenter, Vice President
Brian Letzkus, Board Member
Gregory Frnka, Board Member
JoAnn Schauf, Board Member
Absent:
Meme Collins-Tabuena, Secretary
Darrell Michiels, Board Member
Item 1.Call to Order.
President Antonio Altemus called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
Item 2.Approval of Minutes: October 12, 2005
Brian Letzkus made a motion to approve the minutes, and Ron Carpenter seconded the motion. The
vote was unanimous.
Item 3.Citizens’ Appearance.
No citizens appeared.
Item 4.Consider approval of an Agreement with Kasner & Associates to provide
Investigative and Recovery Services related to the 4B one-half cent sales tax, and
authorizing the President to sign.
A motion to approve the Agreement was made by Ron Carpenter and seconded by Gregory Frnka.
Discussion followed with City Manager Jim Witt providing further details regarding the Agreement
and the impact it would have on the City. Recoveries for Fiscal Year 2005 to date totaled nearly
$175,000 for the CEDC. Chairman Altemus called for a vote, and the motion passed unanimously.
Item 5.Open Meetings Act Training Video.
A motion was made by Brian Letzkus and seconded by Gregory Frnka to table the Open Meetings
video until October, 2006. The vote was unanimous.
Minutes
February 8, 2006
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Item 6.Discussion regarding Grant Applications.
JoAnn Schauf made some general comments regarding her concerns where a number of items were
contained in one grant application. The Board was asked to give some thought to this in regard to
redefining the application process to ensure that they become single purpose applications, and not
multipurpose applications. JoAnn Schauf made a motion, and Brian Letzkus seconded that this would
be placed on the agenda again for further discussion and possible action. The motion passed
unanimously.
Item 7.Report on Enrollment Figures.
City Manager Jim Witt distributed new figures and gave a short report on enrollment and the districts
affected by the tax, as well as a fiscal year update.
Item 8.General Discussion.
There was no further discussion.
Adjournment
President Altemus adjourned the meeting at 8:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Katherine Bowling
Recording Secretary