December 13, 2021 at 5:00 PM - Lawton Public Schools Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance - Kevin Hime

3. Roll Call to Establish Quorum

4. Special Guests/Special Recognitions - Kevin Hime and Patty Neuwirth 

5. Report of the Superintendent

5.a. Consider and take action with respect to approving a professional service agreement with BOK Financial Securities, INC., as financial advisor relative to the sale of the district’s 2022 General Obligation Bonds
 

5.b. Consider and take action with respect to a resolution fixing the amount of general obligation bonds, series 2022A (The “Bonds”) to Mature each year; fixing the time and place bonds are to be sold; designating a registrar/paying agent for the bonds; approving the preliminary official statement and distribution thereof; authorizing the clerk to give notice of said sale as required by law and approving other matters related to the issuance of said bonds

5.c. Consider and take action with respect to a resolution fixing the amount of general obligation bonds, taxable series 2022B (The “Bonds”) to mature each year; fixing the time and place the bonds are to be sold; designating a registrar/paying agent for the bonds; approving the preliminary official statement and distribution thereof; authorizing the clerk to give notice of said sale as required by law and approving other matters related to the issuance of said bonds.

5.d. Information Item:  Business Operations and Educational Services Departmental Updates 

5.e. Discussion and possible action on 2022-2023 Instructional Calendar

5.f. Discussion and possible action on updating board policy:

5.g. Superintendent's Announcement(s)

6. Consent Agenda
(The following matters may be approved in their entirety by the Board upon motion made, seconded and passed by a majority vote of the Board members.  However, upon request of any Board member, any one or more matters will be removed from the consent agenda and acted upon separately.  Contracts are approved subject to review by the District’s legal counsel. Any or all of the public record items included within the consent agenda, i.e. minutes to be submitted for approval; purchase orders to be submitted for acceptance; financial report; proposed transfer of funds between activity accounts; and fund-raising event listings, may be examined at the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Education at the Shoemaker Center, 753 Fort Sill Blvd., Lawton, OK. An appointment to review records is requested.)

6.a. Report of the Purchasing Agent/Encumbrance Clerk - Sheila Relf

6.a.1. Approve Purchase Orders
     General Fund (11) PO Numbers 1951-2098
     Building Fund (21) 
     Municipal Fund (26) 
     Bond Fund (32) PO Numbers 27-36
     Bond Fund (33) PO Numbers 90-106
     Gift fund 81 PO Numbers 1-2
     Contract Information for PO Number 2079

 

6.a.2. Change Order Listing

6.a.3. Payroll Encumbrance Purchase Order Numbers 50000-52626

6.b. Report of the Chief Financial Officer - Lance Gibbs

6.b.1. Treasurer's Report for the Month of October 2021

6.b.2. Monthly Authorization to Invest

6.c. Report of the Activity Fund Custodian - LaQuinta Chambers

6.c.1. Activity Fund Transfers, Expenditures, Establishments, and Amendments

6.d. Report of the Clerk - Carla Dewberry-Fulner

6.d.1. Applications for Sanctioning

6.e. Approval of the Minutes of the November 18, 2021 Regular Board Meeting

6.f. Item(s) Removed from the Consent Agenda for Separate Action

6.g. Approval of the Balance of the Consent Agenda

6.h. Approval of Item that was Previously Pulled for Separate Action

7. Proposed Executive Session to Discuss:

7.a. The employing, promoting, or receiving resignation(s) of individual certified and support salaried personnel as listed on the Personnel Reports, Exhibit A and Exhibit B.  (Exhibit B includes new potential hires and presented to the board under separate cover).  
[Authorized by 25 OKLA.STAT. Section 307 (B)(1) of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act]
 

8. Vote to Convene into Executive Session

9. Acknowledge Board's Return to Open Session

10. Executive Session Minutes Compliance Announcement

11. Superintendent's Personnel Report / Items Discussed in Executive Session

11.a. Approval of Superintendent's Personnel Reports, Exhibit A (and Exhibit B that was presented under separate cover)

12. New Business - This refers to any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting of the agenda.  Okla. Stat. tit. 25 Sec. 311(A)(9)

13. The next regular board meeting date is Thursday, January 20, 2022, at 5:15 p.m., in the Shoemaker Center Auditorium.

14. Setting New Board Meeting Dates

15. Board Announcements

16. Adjournment