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[CALL TO ORDER]
THIS MEETING IS NOW CONVENED.BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT IN THE BOARD AUDITORIUM ARE TRUSTEE CRUZ.
TRUSTEE ALLEN. TRUSTEE GUIDRY.
TRUSTEE HERNANDEZ. TRUSTEE WADE.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS TO THE AGENDA ITEMS. HOWEVER, NO ONE HAS REGISTERED TO SPEAK TODAY.
[BOARD MEMBER TRAINING ON ILEGISLATE]
PUT INTO EFFECT NEXT MONTH.WE WON'T PRACTICE EVERY SECTION THAT WE USUALLY DO IN MEETINGS, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE'LL SKIP EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE PLEDGES RECOGNITIONS.
WE WANT TO PRACTICE THE PARTS OF A MEETING THAT WILL CHANGE UNDER LEDGE STAR AND ILEGISLATE.
AS FAR AS ACTIONS THAT WE NEED AS A BOARD MEMBER.
AS FAR AS ACTIONS THAT WE AS BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO TAKE.
BRIAN [INAUDIBLE] MANAGER POLICY MANAGEMENT IS LEADING TODAY'S BOARD MEETING.
TRAINING. BRIAN, DO YOU WANT TO GET US STARTED? YES. SO AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE THIS MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO USE A COPY OF THE JANUARY REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.
SO YOU'VE SEEN ALL THESE ITEMS BEFORE.
AND SO TRUSTEE DEIGAARD HAS ALSO JOINED US.
AND JUST BECAUSE I JUST SAW I HAVE NOT CLOSED OUT ALL THE OTHER TABS ON MY IPAD.
SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS. IT IS NOW TIME TO HEAR FROM SPEAKER TO SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS REGISTERED THIS EVENING WHO SHALL BE LIMITED TO 2 MINUTES EACH.
OUR FIRST ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM TWO.
WILL JANET CONROY PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? I'M OVER HERE. HELLO AND THANKS FOR COMING.
OUR NEXT ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS ITEM 12.
WILL BRIAN KINCAID, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
HELLO. OUR NEXT ITEM HELD FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS IS PERSONNEL B AND LEGAL D.
WELL, VERONICA [INAUDIBLE] PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
THANK YOU. AND I'M WAITING FOR A VISUAL CUE FOR MISS AGUILAR.
CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS HELD FOR ABSTENTION AND OR DISCUSSION.
OUR FIRST ITEM HELD FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA IS AGENDA ITEM TWO.
CONSIDERATION OF REDISTRICTING PLANS AND PUBLIC INPUT RECEIVED AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING A REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR SINGLE MEMBER TRUSTEE DISTRICTS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO DISCUSS THE PRESENTATION? CAN SOMEBODY ACT LIKE TRUSTEE SANTOS.
SO MOVED. I GUESS THERE'S A QUESTION FROM THE TRUSTEES.
SHOULD THERE BE A BUTTON ON OUR IPADS? YEAH. I JUST.
THEN YOU MADE THE MOTION? YEAH. GOT IT.
[INAUDIBLE] AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING ON MY IPAD WHEN SHE DOES THAT? [INAUDIBLE]
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HAS THERE BEEN A SECOND YET? [INAUDIBLE] I DON'T.LOOK, WHAT PRESIDENT SHOULD I NOT KNOW THAT THEY ARE MOTIONING AND SECONDING.
YEAH. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ANNOUNCING WHEN THEY MAKE A MOTION.
BUT I DON'T ACTUALLY SEE ANYTHING ON MY IPAD.
THEY PUT THAT IN AS A FEATURE REQUEST.
PLEASE VOTE ON THE MOTION TO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS REDISTRICTING PLANS.
THERE'S ANOTHER CHAIR OVER THERE IN THE CORNER.
HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? OKAY. WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE TECHNOLOGY PROBLEM.
GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON, LISA.
ALL RIGHT, NOW I'M WAITING FOR A VISUAL CUE FOR MS. AGUILAR TO CLOSE THE VOTE.
WE HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED AND ZERO ABSTENTIONS.
MR. [INAUDIBLE] WE ARE NOW READY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
TRUSTEE CRUZ HAS REQUESTED TO SPEAK TRUSTEE CRUZ.
CAN SOMEBODY PRETEND TO BE BLUEFORD-DANIELS? OH. TRUSTEE WADE HAS REQUESTED TO SPEAK.
I'LL BE TRUSTEE BLUEFORD-DANIELS FOR THE MOMENT.
THANK YOU. DO I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION? NOW I'M MAKING A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT EITHER PLAN A OR PLAN D RATHER THAN REVISIT IT.
MIC] SO SO BASICALLY I'M CONFUSED NOW.
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SO THIS ITEM ANTICIPATES TWO ACTIONS.SO THE FIRST MOTION WAS JUST A CONSIDERATION.
BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, TO HAVE A SESSION.
AND THEN THE SECOND POSSIBLE ONE.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE IDEAL SEQUENCE OF EVENTS BASED ON THIS THIS TWO FACTOR AGENDA ITEM.
SO I HAVE THE MOTION, BUT I PUT [INAUDIBLE] AS THE MOVER.
THERE IS NO [INAUDIBLE] CANCEL THE MOTION AT THIS POINT? WELL, SO TWO OPTIONS.
YEAH. IT DEPENDS ON WHEN WE FIGURE OUT THAT A MISTAKE HAS BEEN MADE.
IF A MISTAKE HAS BEEN MADE JUST WHEN THE MOTION WAS MADE, BUT NOT WHEN IT'S BEEN SECONDED AND NOT WHEN IT'S BEEN REPEATED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT, THEN THAT PERSON CAN WITHDRAW IT BECAUSE THAT MOTION DOESN'T IT DOESN'T BELONG TO THE BODY YET, AND WE CAN UNDO IT IF A SECOND HAS BEEN MADE AND IT'S BEEN RULED AS AN INAPPROPRIATE MOTION, THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO A MOTION TO WITHDRAW BECAUSE IT BELONGS TO THE BODY.
THE MAKER JUST CAN'T WITHDRAW IT ON ITS OWN.
OKAY. THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MEETING, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
I THINK THAT'S TECHNICALLY THAT'S TECHNICALLY UNDER ROBERT'S RULES.
IF THERE IF THERE HAS BEEN A SECOND, IT DOES NOT BELONG TO THE MAKER ANYMORE.
OR IF YOU WANT IF YOU ESSENTIALLY WANT TO DISPEL OF ROBERT'S RULES, THE BOARD PRESIDENT COULD SAY, WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'M GOING TO ALLOW THE MAKER TO WITHDRAW. BUT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT ACTUALLY BELONGS TO THE BODY AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN THEN IF LEGAL ADVICE WAS THIS ISN'T THE TIME, IT WOULD BE TOO LATE TO WITHDRAW UNLESS YOU ALLOWED THEM TO OR ELSE YOU WOULD CANCEL.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T JUST CANCEL IT IN THE SYSTEM, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AFTER IT'S BEEN ENTERED.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER MOTION TO WITHDRAW.
AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY ROBERT'S RULES LIGHT.
OKAY. YEAH. AND ACTUALLY TAKE A VOTE ON IT.
DO YOU WANT TO CALL IT PROSPER, MR. PROSPER? OKAY, SO YOU'VE YOU'VE UNDONE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND [INAUDIBLE] . VERIFICATION. I HOPE EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD WHAT LISA JUST EXPLAINED.
YES. SO WE ARE NOW GOING WITHOUT OBJECTION.
WE'LL COMPLETE THE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW [INAUDIBLE].
YES. MR. FAULK, I HAVE A QUESTION.
[INAUDIBLE] I MEAN, TRUSTEE BAKER.
[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU. THIS ITEM IS ALSO POSTED TO TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT A REDISTRICTING PLAN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT A REDISTRICTING PLAN? TRUSTEE WAY BLUEFORD-DANIELS
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PLAN. SECOND DEIGAARD.WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? TRUSTEE DEIGAARD. OOPS.
[INAUDIBLE] I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE THIS VOTE FOR 60 DAYS PENDING THE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT I HEAR MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO DO.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE GIVING ME A THUMBS UP THAT YOU'RE READY FOR OUR SECOND WADE SANTOS GOT IT.
NOW WHEN YOU POSTPONE FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS, LIKE 30 OR 60.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT.
DO YOU LITERALLY MEAN I DON'T WANT THIS TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD BEFORE 30 DAYS OR BEFORE 60 DAYS? OR DO YOU MEAN I DON'T WANT IT TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING OR TWO BOARD MEETINGS FROM NOW? BECAUSE 30 OR 60 DAYS IS NOT THE SAME THING AS THE NEXT BOARD MEETING OR THE BOARD MEETING TWO BOARD MEETINGS AWAY.
YOU MIGHT BE SAYING, I DON'T WANT I WANT THIS TO COME BACK ON A SATURDAY IF YOU SAY 30 DAYS.
SO JUST THINK ABOUT IS THAT WHAT YOU LITERALLY MEAN? OR DO YOU MEAN THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING IN FEBRUARY OR THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING IN MARCH, THE NEXT, WHATEVER THAT IS, AND JUST BE CLEAR.
[INAUDIBLE] SO IF YOU WANT IT NOT TO BE, IT'S ON THERE NOW. BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TONIGHT, BECAUSE YOUR MOTION WAS FOR 30 DAYS.
AND 30 DAYS TECHNICALLY IS TWO DAYS AFTER NEXT THURSDAY.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT.
YOU DIDN'T MEAN YOU WANTED TO COME BACK ON A SATURDAY.
YOU REALLY MEANT YOUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN PUBLIC.
AND IT'S IN IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK.
YEAH. READY FOR THE VOTE? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND DO I HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE FOR 60 ISH DAYS.
I MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION AND GIVE US SUCH AS THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AT THE MOST.
IT WASN'T VERY CLEAR, BUT NOW I SEE IT.
OKAY. SO, [INAUDIBLE], YOU GIVE A THUMBS UP WHEN YOU'RE READY WITH THE NEW MOTION AND AMENDMENT.
WHO'S OUR SECOND? SANTOS IS NOT HERE.
TRUSTEE CRUZ. WE READY FOR VOTES.
YES. NO WE NEED TO HAVE HER READ WHAT TRUSTEE SANTOS SAID FOR THE SECOND.
MY SECOND TRUSTEE WADE'S AMENDMENT TO TRUSTEE DEIGAARDS ORIGINAL AMENDMENT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT ON THE TABLE BY TRUSTEE WADE TO POSTPONE FOR 30 DAYS.
[INAUDIBLE] MOTION [INAUDIBLE] YOU MAY HAVE TO CLOSE IT DOWN AGAIN.
SO DO YOU WANT TO REDO IT? NO, YOU CAN'T REDO IT. OF COURSE WE CAN.
IT WILL SHOW HER IF THERE'S A VOTE MISSING.
AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO VOTES MISSING.
BUT SHE WASN'T ANTICIPATING THAT CRUZ WAS NOT IN THE SYSTEM ANYMORE.
THAT'S WHAT I DO. I COUNT THE LITTLE ARROWS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS IN.
WERE SIX NOW. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT SIX.
LIKE. I PROMISE I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.
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MR. PROSPER, CAN YOU JOIN US, PLEASE? JUST DON'T LEAVE. OKAY.GOT IT. SEE YOU CAN'T LEAVE THE ROOM.
OKAY. SO NOW IS IT GOING TO COME UP AGAIN FOR THE REST OF US OR SHE JUST ADD IT ON THERE? IT WAS ALREADY A YEAH, ON HERS.
SO ACCORDING TO ROBERT'S RULES, I MEAN, WE'RE.
IF WE'RE PRACTICING, YES, WE CAN TECHNICALLY REDO IT.
YES. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
OKAY. SO DOES LISA SAY WE CAN REDO IT IN A REAL MEETING IF THAT HAPPENS? WHAT DOES SHE SAY? UNDOING THAT IS QUITE CUMBERSOME BECAUSE THE VOTE HAS TECHNICALLY CLOSED AT THAT POINT.
IT'S NOT BEFORE THE BOARD IN ANYMORE.
SO EITHER THAT PERSON NEEDS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH NOT HAVING THEIR POSITION ON THAT ISSUE STATED ON THE RECORD, OR WE HAVE TO HAVE A MEMBER ON THE PREVAILING SIDE TO SAY, LET'S DO A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION, WHICH IS A VERY FORMAL PROCESS THAT REQUIRES SIX PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO VOTE YES.
AND SO WE'VE GOT TWO MORE VOTES NOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO UNDO WHAT WE DID.
US TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY HAVEN'T VOTED? I GUESS IT'S BETTER IF I ASK, BECAUSE I JUST IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LAG IN THE SYSTEM.
YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT'S MAKING THIS CONFLICT AND A LOT OF THINGS.
OKAY. I THINK WHAT WE JUST NEED TO ADD TO THE SCRIPT, WHEN THE BOARD PRESIDENT SAYS, PLEASE VOTE, THEN, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE ANNOUNCE WHAT THE VOTE IS, WE'VE GOT TO HEAR THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO CLOSE THE VOTE.
HAVE ALL MEMBERS, HAVE ALL MEMBERS VOTED.
THE SCREEN CHANGES SO THE BOARD PRESIDENT CAN ANNOUNCE WHAT THE VOTE IS.
SO YOU WANT ME TO SAY WE ARE HAVE ALL VOTES BEEN ENTERED? WOULD THAT BE THE CORRECT PHRASING? HAVE ALL HAVE ALL VOTES BEEN? YOU CAN EITHER YOU CAN EITHER SAY WHOEVER IS RUNNING THE SYSTEM CAN SAY IT.
SO IT CAN EITHER BE THE BOARD PRESIDENT CAN SAY IT, OR WHO WHO'S RUNNING THE SYSTEM.
I FEEL LIKE HAVE ALL VOTES BEEN ENTERED? IT'S KIND OF LIKE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE TALKING AT THE SAME TIME.
THEN I WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAR THE PERSON THAT HASN'T VOTED.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BECAUSE IF EVERYBODY SAYS YES AND THEN ONE PERSON SAYS NO, THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] THE LANGUAGE ON IT, JUST LIKE I JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PERSON THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THE WORDING WOULD BE, BUT JUST HEAR FROM THE PERSON WHO IS HAVING DIFFICULTY OR HAS NOT VOTED.
HAS ANYONE NOT HAS ANYONE NOT VOTED? YEAH. NO.
DO YOU WANT HER TO SAY THAT OR ME? IT CAN BE EITHER.
I THINK I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE GETTING READY TO CLOSE THE VOTE BECAUSE THERE'S A BOARD PRESIDENT KNOW THAT YOU THAT YOU'RE THAT EXACT TIME THAT YOU'RE GETTING READY TO CLOSE THE VOTE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PREVENT THE THE SYSTEM FROM FROM CLOSING AND NOT ALLOWING SOMEONE TO GET IN OR TO PROMPT SOMEONE THAT'S HAVING DIFFICULTY TO SAY, WAIT ON ME.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO CLOSING THE VOTE?
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THEN YOU JUST THE PERSON WHO HASN'T VOTED.I LIKE THAT BETTER BECAUSE THEN IF I'M LOOKING AT IT WHEN YOU SAY IT, I CAN SIGNAL YOU LIKE RIGHT NOW HERE'S ONE PERSON MISSING. AND JUST AS A COMMENT, I'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PRESIDENT RETAINING CONTROL OF THE MEETING ANYWAY.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO CLOSING THE VOTE? AND AND IT'S NOT A MATTER OF CONTROL.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO CLOSING THE VOTE? NOT IF YOU HAVE SIX VOTES.
ONE OPPOSED. ZERO ABSTENTIONS.
NOW THE MOTION IS TO POSTPONE THE REDISTRICTING VOTING ITEM FOR CERTAIN FOR A TIME.
PLEASE VOTE. AND WE'RE TURNING TO PAGE NUMBER SIX.
SO AT THIS TIME, AS LISA, THIS IS WHEN WE'RE GOING BACK UP THE CHAIN RIGHT FROM THE MOTIONS.
SO WAS THE ORIGINAL MOTION JUST TO POSTPONE? AND NOW YOU'VE AMENDED SO YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED ON TO ADD 30 DAYS.
AND SO NOW YOU'RE VOTING ON THE MOTION, THE UNDERLYING MOTION TO POSTPONE.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO CLOSING THE VOTE? THERE'S TWO PEOPLE MISSING FROM VOTING.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON MISSING FROM VOTING.
OKAY. WE HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND ONE ABSTENTION.
OUR LAST ITEM HELD FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA IS I 1 APPROVAL APPROVAL OF VENTURE AWARDS FOR PURCHASES OVER $100,000 AND RATIFICATION OF VENDOR AWARDS FOR PURCHASES UNDER $100,000.
THIS ITEM IS BEING HELD AT THE REQUEST OF TRUSTEE BLUEFORD-DANIELS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. DEIGAARD SANTOS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND GUIDRY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? REFRESH. ARE YOU GOING TO GO BACK TO THE REGULAR? TRUSTEE GUIDRY.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO CLOSING THE VOTE? WE HAVE FOUR IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED AND ONE ABSTENTION.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD IS ADJOURNED.
ON FEBRUARY 2ND, BUENAS TARDES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.