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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 Page Two 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