The Joaquin ISD School Board met tonight in regular session at 6:00 p.m. in the Joaquin Boardroom with the following members

    present: Jay Dee Cockrell, Ronnie Belrose, Thomas Harvey, and Tam Hearnsberger

 

Board members absent:  Chrisco Bragg, Charles Leflett, Jimmy Hamilton

 

Guest(s) Present:  A. J. Goff, Goff & Herrington, P.C.

 

Joaquin ISD Employee(s) Present:  Phil Worsham, Superintendent; Joel Bumback, Director of Finance;  Sherry Scruggs, Elementary Principal; Bert Coan, Assistant Elementary Principal; Jimmy Jackson, High School Principal; Kathy Carrington, Special Education Director; Donna Vergo, Human Resources

  

Jay Dee Cockrell, President, called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

 

2  The invocation was led by Phil Worsham, and the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America by Tam Hearnsberger, and the

    Pledge of Allegiance to the Texas Flag was led by Ronnie Belrose.

 

3  Audience Participation – Those signed up and participating were:  None

 

4  Report and Information items:

 

4.1       Review Monthly Financial Report – Joel Bumback, Director of Finance

4.2       FIRST Hearing (Public Comments welcome during this item) – Joel Bumback, Director of Finance

4.3       Highly Qualified Report – Donna Vergo, Human Resources

4.4       TASB Legal Seminar – Nacogdoches, November 19, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. SFASU-Twilight Ballroom

4.5       Hand out Board Operating Procedures – Phil Worsham, Superintendent

4.6       Correspondence

 

5  Agenda Items for discussion, consideration, and possible action:

 

5.1       It was moved by Ronnie Belrose, and seconded by Tam Hearnsberger, to approve minutes

(with corrections to item 6 Ronnie Belrose not Jay Dee Cockrell) from previous meeting. 

            Following discussion, a vote was taken on the motion.  It carried unanimously.

 

5.2       It was moved by Tam Hearnsberger, and seconded by Ronnie Belrose, to approve TASB Update 103 in accordance with the instruction sheet.  Following discussion, a vote was taken on the motion.  It carried unanimously.

 

5.3       It was moved Tam Hearnsberger, and seconded by Ronnie Belrose, to approve the 2015 Joaquin ISD Annual Financial

Report by A.J. Goff, CPA from Goff & Herrington, P.C.  Following discussion, a vote was taken on the motion. It

carried unanimously.

 

5.4       It was moved by Tam Hearnsberger, and seconded by Ronnie Belrose, to approve moving the regular board meeting in January from the 18^th to the 19^th.  Following discussion, a vote was taken on the motion.  It carried unanimously.

 

6    Jay Dee Cockrell, Board President, ask for items to be placed on the next board agenda. 

Discuss bus lane cover and plumbing in old gym

 

7   Designation of date and time of next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Joaquin ISD –

Monday, December 14, 2015, at 6:00 p.m.

 

8   With no further business on the agenda the meeting was adjourn at 6:51 p.m.