EPISD agenda trick

June 30, 2019

EPISD held a special board meeting Monday, June 24, 2019.

From the agenda:

Subject of Meeting
1. Call to Order
2. Meeting to be Closed under Sections 551.071 and 551.072 of the Texas Government Code as follows:
A. Consultation with Legal Counsel Concerning Legal Issues Relating To:
1. Sale of Surplus Properties IFB 19-008 and Contract of Sale Between EPISD and MIMCO, Inc. for the Property Known as NE Tennis Center, Described as a Portion of Tract 5, Block 6, Castner Range Subdivision No 1, City of El Paso, El Paso County, Texas; Pursuant to Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 and 551.072
Closed Session Verbiage
Any final action as a result of this discussion will be taken at the re-opening of this meeting, later during the Open Session or at a subsequent meeting.
3. Discuss and Take Appropriate Action Regarding the Sale of Surplus Properties IFB 19-008 and Contract of Sale Between EPISD and MIMCO, Inc. for the Property Known as NE Tennis Center, Described as a Portion of Tract 5, Block 6, Castner Range Subdivision No 1, City of El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
(To allow the Board to take action if needed)
4. Order Canvassing Returns/Votes and Declaring Results of June 15, 2019, Board of Trustees Runoff Election
(To comply with Texas Election Code Sections 67.002, 67.003, 67.004, and 67.016)
5. Oath of Office to Members of the Board of Trustees
(To administer the Oath of Office to newly elected Trustees in Districts 3 and 6)
6. Election of Board Officers
(To comply with requirements in Board Policy BDAA [Legal and Local])
7. Selection of Delegate and Alternate to 2019 TASA/TASB Conference
(The assembly is the foundation of TASB’s governance structure and provides critical direction as TASB represents members’ interest before state and national policymakers)
8. Adjournment

Notice that they planned to hold a closed meeting and then come out into open session and vote on what to do.

What is really significant is that they scheduled doing this before items 4 and 5 which would recognize new board members.

Evidently the old group did not want the new guys to mess things up.

We deserve better

Brutus


Open line Saturday

June 29, 2019

Its Saturday so the readers set the agenda today.

We deserve better

Brutus


EPISD pay raise

June 28, 2019

This came in from Dan Wever:

Media people are saying that EPISD teachers to get a 6% raise.  I doubt this but the Superintendents salary is tied to teacher raises and here are his annual increase with 4,5 and 6%.
4% $14,511
5% $18,139
6% $21,766.80
If they get the 6% that will make his base salary $384,546.80 with the $30,000 cash benefits stipend in his contract makes it $414,546.80.  He also gets 35 vacation days which he can and must sell back to the district at his daily rate if not used by end of July.  This makes his vacation days worth $56,182.74which he usually cashes in.  Of course, then you have an $18,000 car allowance and a $14,400 home office annual allowance.  Then you add his retirement (TRS) benefits, Medical and Dental care, 1,000,000 life insurance policy a 20,000 dollar annuity and various other perks.
I had said that he was the highest paid superintendent in the State and someone challenged me on the statement showing me the Cypress-Fairbanks Supers salary and then I showed them that that superintendent works 250 days while ours only works 226, however, Cypress guy does have twice as many students.
And do not even try to compare what Cabrera spends on social functions, dues, etc…………………………………You cannot! If he sticks around about 10 more years all the students will be gone and the budget will be his salary!  😦

Can this be true?

June 27, 2019

David K over at Refuse the Juice wrote this in a recent blog post:

“Streetcar” update… A friend reached out to tell me they were in El Paso last week and road the trolley.  She mentioned something about a baseball derailing a care recently, but was otherwise happy with her ride.  She had to take an Uber back to her hotel, though.  The whole thing struck me as funny.

We deserve better

Brutus


Ballpark lease

June 26, 2019

There were some questions last week about the contract between the city and the group that owns the Chihuahuas.

This post from some time back will provide some details

We deserve better

Brutus