February 12, 2024 at 5:15 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 Zeldon Rice

5. Report of the Superintendent

5.a. RECEIVE BIDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF $10,210,000 GENERAL
OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2024A OF THE DISTRICT AND
VOTE TO AWARD SAID BONDS TO THE LOWEST BIDDER
COMPLYING WITH THE NOTICE OF SALE AND INSTRUCTIONS
TO BIDDERS OR TO REJECT ALL BIDS.

5.b. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION WITH RESPECT TO A
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL
OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2024A IN THE SUM OF $10,210,000
BY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 8 OF
COMANCHE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, AUTHORIZED AT AN
ELECTION DULY CALLED AND HELD FOR SUCH PURPOSE;
PRESCRIBING FORM OF BONDS; PROVIDING FOR
REGISTRATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR LEVY OF AN
ANNUAL TAX FOR THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND
INTEREST ON THE SAME AND FIXING OTHER DETAILS OF THE
ISSUE; APPROVING THE FORMS OF A CONTINUING
DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT AND AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT;
AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTIONS AND ACTIONS NECESSARY
FOR THE ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF THE BONDS.

5.c. RECEIVE BIDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF $790,000 GENERAL
OBLIGATION BONDS, TAXABLE SERIES 2024B OF THE DISTRICT
AND VOTE TO AWARD SAID BONDS TO THE LOWEST BIDDER
COMPLYING WITH THE NOTICE OF SALE AND INSTRUCTIONS
TO BIDDERS OR TO REJECT ALL BIDS.

5.d. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION WITH RESPECT TO A
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL
OBLIGATION BONDS, TAXABLE SERIES 2024B IN THE SUM OF
$790,000 BY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 8 OF
COMANCHE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, AUTHORIZED AT AN
ELECTION DULY CALLED AND HELD FOR SUCH PURPOSE;
PRESCRIBING FORM OF BONDS; PROVIDING FOR

REGISTRATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR LEVY OF AN
ANNUAL TAX FOR THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND
INTEREST ON THE SAME AND FIXING OTHER DETAILS OF THE
ISSUE; APPROVING THE FORMS OF A CONTINUING
DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT AND AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT;
AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTIONS AND ACTIONS NECESSARY
FOR THE ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF THE BONDS.

5.e. Sanctioning Applications 

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

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 #  1801-1900
     Building Fund (21) PO #  71-78
     Bond Fund (33) PO # 193-208
 

6.a.2. Change Order Listing 

6.a.3. Payroll Encumbrance Purchase Order Numbers

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

6.b.1. Treasurer's Report for the Month of January, 2024.

6.c. Report of the Activity Fund Custodian - Kim Wander

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

6.d. Approval of the Minutes of the January 22, 2024, Regular Board Meeting

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

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

6.g. 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 Monday, March 4, 2024, at 5:15 p.m., in the Shoemaker Center Auditorium.

14. Setting New Board Meeting Dates

15. Board Announcements

16. Adjournment