April Board Meeting Minutes

April 25, 2022, 4:30-6:00 PM

Minutes Approved

Empower College Prep

Minutes

April Board Meeting

Date and Time

Monday April 25, 2022 at 4:30 PM

Location

2411 W. Colter St. Conference Room

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Notice of Public Meeting can be found at:
2411 West Colter Street

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Trustees Present

A. Brooks, B. Adams Bressler (remote), C. Daniels (remote), K. Erickson, P. Welborn (remote)

Trustees Absent

None

Trustees who arrived after the meeting opened

A. Brooks, K. Erickson

Ex Officio Members Present

B. Holman (remote)

Non Voting Members Present

B. Holman (remote)

Guests Present

A. Eich (remote), A. Weathersby (remote), B. Jones (remote), Kendy walker (remote), Kristina Fuentes (remote)

I. Opening Items

A. Call the Meeting to Order

P. Welborn called a meeting of the board of trustees of Empower College Prep to order on Monday Apr 25, 2022 at 4:32 PM.

B. Record Attendance and Guests

C. Approve March Minutes

C. Daniels made a motion to approve the minutes from March Board Meeting on 03-28-22.

B. Adams Bressler seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
C. Daniels	Aye
B. Adams Bressler	Aye
P. Welborn	Aye
K. Erickson	Absent
A. Brooks	Absent

K. Erickson arrived at 4:36 PM.

II. Reports

A. Senior Management Team Reports

A. Brooks arrived at 5:00 PM.

III. Voting Items

A. Vote to Authorize Capital Expenditure for General Contractor, not to exceed $170K

K. Erickson made a motion to Whereas: The Empower College Prep Governing Board has authorized capital expenditures to purchase the land immediately south of the school to build a preschool, and Whereas: The Empower College Prep Governing Board has authorized capital expenditures to contract with an architect to design the preschool, and Whereas: The next step in constructing a preschool is contacting with a General Contractor to engage with the Architect in value engineering to finalize construction documents and reach a Guaranteed Maximum Price. Therefore, let it be resolved that the Empower College Prep Governing Board authorize capital expenditures, not to exceed $170,000, to contract with a general contractor in order to engage with the architect to value engineer and finalize construction documents and reach a Guaranteed Maximum Price.

P. Welborn seconded the motion.

The board VOTED to approve the motion.

Roll Call
K. Erickson	Aye
C. Daniels	Aye
B. Adams Bressler	Aye
P. Welborn	Aye
A. Brooks	Aye

IV. Strategic Planning

A. Discuss Board composition and needs

Discussion pushed to next meeting, brief overview of topics for next month presented as listed.

V. Executive Session to discuss personnel matters

A. Discuss employment contracts

Executive Session pushed to next meeting

VI. 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 6:00 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,

K. Erickson