Empower College Prep

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Monday January 2, 2017 at 6:00 PM

Location

Empower College Prep-High School, 2411 W. Colter Street, Phoenix, AZ 85015

Board members are invited to participate by attending the meeting in person or calling in. Please review the attached materials prior to the meeting.
Call in number: 712-770-4700, access code 558890#

Trustees Present

A. Collins, J. Van Arsdale, K. Erickson (remote), P. Welborn

Trustees Absent

G. Perez, J. Godel, S. Leyvas

Ex Officio Members Present

B. Holman

Non Voting Members Present

B. Holman

Guests Present

H. Larios (remote), P. Martin (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance and Guests

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

P. Welborn called a meeting of the board of trustees of Empower College Prep to order on Monday Jan 2, 2017 at 6:04 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

A. Collins made a motion to approve minutes from the Board Meeting on 11-28-16 revising who called the meeting to order to read P. Welborn Board Meeting on 11-28-16.
J. Van Arsdale seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Reports

A.

Executive Director Report

B. Holman fielded questions regarding the School Director's report from board members. 

B.

Academic Committee

A.Collins shared a framework for understanding progress on Empower's academic goals highlighting the student's current performance after the first semester. 

C.

Finance Committee Report

J.VanArsdale summarized the finance committee report. No questions were asked. 

D.

Facilities Task Force Committee

No report was made.  

E.

Answer questions related to progress of Governance Committee

This item was tabled for next month.

III. Action Items

A.

Facilities Committee: Vote for recommendation to proceed w/ Years 2 and 3,

Item was taken out of order and discussed and voted upon following the approval of the board minutes. 
P. Welborn made a motion to approve project construction plan for phase 2 and phase 3 to build out two more buildings on the Colter property during the 2016-17 fiscal year.
K. Erickson seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

Facilities committee: Vote to approve higher project budget

Item was taken out of order and discussed and voted upon following Action Item A. 
P. Welborn made a motion to approve a construction budget up to 1.9 million dollars for phases 2 and 3 build out on Colter campus.
J. Van Arsdale seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

C.

Marketing Committee: Present vote on committee recommendation for the Empower brand

This item was tabled for next month. 

D.

Vote on approval of charter for governance committee

No vote was taken. 

IV. Other Business

A.

Summary of Current Events

No additional announcements were made. 

V. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 7:14 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
A. Collins