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IT IS 10:10AM, AND THIS IS THE DALLAS COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL MEETING.
IT IS SEPTEMBER 8TH AND WE HAVE FOUR TRUSTEES ON SITE.
I WILL BEGIN WITH A QUORUM, THE ROLL CALL TO CONFIRM A QUORUM.
[1. Roll Call - Announcement of a Quorum]
CHAIR FLORES ARE YOU PRESENT? PRESENT.TRUSTEE RITTER, ARE YOU PRESENT? PRESENT.
TRUSTEE ZIMMERMANN, ARE YOU PRESENT? PRESENT? TRUSTEE BRAVO ARE YOU PRESENT? PRESENT.
DR. MAY ARE YOU PRESENT? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
OK, SO THIS CONFIRMS THAT WE HAVE A FULL QUORUM ON SITE AND AND MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ON SITE AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT HAVE TRUSTEE WILLIAMS, COMPTON OR JAMESON PRESENT, BUT WE DO NEED MEET THE QUORUM.
CHAIR FLORES YOU MAY BEGIN THE MEETING.
[2. Certification of Notice Posted for the Meeting]
TO CERTIFY AS TO NOTICE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUSPENDED RULES CERTIFIED THAT NOTICE HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS FOR THIS SPECIAL HYBRID MEETING FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE GATHERED IN A CENTRAL PHYSICAL LOCATION TO MEET A QUORUM.WE ARE MEETING BY USE OF CISCO WEBEX SOFTWARE APPLICATION, WHICH ALLOWS TWO WAY COMMUNICATION FOR INVITING PARTICIPANTS AND THE SWAGIT PLATFORM, WHICH ALLOWS FOR A PUBLIC VIEWING THROUGH A POST ON WEBLINK.
AS WE WOULD IN A IN-PERSON MEETING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE DALLAS COLLEGE WEBSITE FOR REGISTERING TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION WILL BE UNMUTED FOR FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
IF THE SPEAKERS SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS IN ADVANCE THE BOARD LIAISON WILL READ THE COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD BEFORE OR DURING THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION OF THAT ITEM.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENT AT A FUTURE MEETING CONDUCTED BY VIDEOCONFERENCE AND TELEPHONE CALL, PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ON THE BOARD'S WEBSITE.
ALL OTHER MEETING PROCEDURES WILL ADHERE TO BOARD ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. THIS MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST OVER THE INTERNET AND AN AUDIO RECORDING AND A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS MEETING ARE BEING MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT A LATER DATE ON THE BOARD'S WEBSITE.
THIS SOFTWARE APPLICATION ALLOWS FOR 1000 PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VIRTUAL MEETING AND OVER TEN THOUSAND TO VIEW IT OVER STREAMING.
WE APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR ANY UNFORESEEABLE DIFFICULTIES.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE, CHANCELLOR.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED? MADAM CHAIR, I CERTIFY THAT THIS MEETING, THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD, WAS POSTED ACCORDING TO SECTION 551.054 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
THANK YOU. MISS MOLINA CAN YOU LET US KNOW IF THERE ARE CITIZENS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? MA'AM, I CAN CONFIRM THAT NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THIS MEETING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE FINANCIAL ITEMS, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION,
[4.A.1) Adoption of Resolution Levying the Interest and Sinking (I&S) Component of the Ad Valorem Tax Rate for Tax Year 2020 whereas the Interest and Sinking Fund (I&S) Tax Rate will remain the same for Tax Year 2020 compared to Tax Year 2019]
LEVYING THE I&S COMPONENT OF THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR TAX YEAR 2020.DO I HAVE A MOTION? THIS IS THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE I&S TAX RATE, CORRECT, MADAM CHAIR? OK, I, PHILLIP RITTER, MOVE TO ADOPT THE PROPERTY TAX INTEREST AND SINKING FUND RATE OF .
02000 PER 100 ASSESSED VALUATION, WHICH IS THE SAME RATE AS LAST YEAR'S INTEREST AND SINKING FUND TAX RATE.
ROLL CALL VOTE IS REQUIRED MS. MOLINA. DO I HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? I SECOND THAT MOTION.
THANK YOU, MS. BRAVO. MS. MOLINA, ROLL CALL. AND YOUR VOTING OPTIONS ARE FOR, AGAINST PRESENT AND NOT VOTING [INAUDIBLE] CHAIR FLORES, CAN WE HAVE YOUR VOTE.
TRUSTEE ZIMMERMANN MAY WE HAVE YOUR VOTE.
TRUSTEE RITTER, MAY WE HAVE YOUR VOTE.
FOR TRUSTEE BRAVO, MAY WE HAVE YOUR VOTE? FOR. AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT TRUSTEE COMPTON, WILLIAMS AND JAMESON ARE NOT PRESENT AT THIS MEETING. THANK YOU.
[4.A.2) Adoption of Resolution Levying the Maintenance and Operation (M&O) Component of the Ad Valorem Tax Rate for Tax Year 2020]
I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION, LEVYING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COMPONENT OF THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE PROTECTION 2020.[00:05:04]
DO I HAVE A MOTION. I MONICA LIRA BRAVO MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE 2020 TAX YEAR ESTABLISHED BY THE ADOPTION OF THE SAME MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE OF 0 .104000 ZERO PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF ASSETS VALUATION, THIS TAX RATE IS NOT HIGHER THAN THE KNOWN NEW REVENUE OR THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.IT MEANS THAT DALLAS COLLEGE IS NOT PROPOSING TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2020 TAX YEAR. AND AGAIN, AS MS. BRAVO SAID IT CALLS FOR NO INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION.
AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS NOT PRESENT, TRUSTEES WILLIAMS, COMPTON AND JAMESON ARE NOT PRESENT.
THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WITH THAT, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU FOR TRUSTEE'S FOR BEING HERE, FOR MAKING AN EXTRA EFFORT TO COME HERE PHYSICALLY AS REQUIRED BY THE LAW AND AGAIN WITH THAT, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.