March 4, 2013 DISD Minutes
CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
March 4, 2013
Joint Meeting of the City of Denton City Council and the Denton Independent School District
Board of Trustees on Monday, March 4, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. in the Council Work Session Room.
PRESENT: Council Member King, Council Member Watts, Council Member Gregory,
Council Member Engelbrecht, Mayor Pro Tem Kamp, Mayor Burroughs, Council
Member Roden
ABSENT: None
1.Call to order; announce quorum, introductions.
Mayor Burroughs announced that a quorum of the City Council was present and called the City
Council portion of the meeting to order.
2.Receive a presentation and hold a discussion regarding safety and security at campuses of
the Denton Independent School District.
Lee Howell, Police Chief, stated that there was a good working relationship between the City
and the DISD and a sharing of capabilities and resources. In December the City’s Emergency
Management Coordinator hosted a meeting to discuss safety and security issues. As a result of
that meeting, there was a rekindling of the table top exercises and training. A new cycle of
exercises was going to be started with first responders and tactical units using different scenarios.
The City and DISD were working together on various security issues. Patrol officers would start
having more of a presence on school campuses along with the SRO officers. Currently they
were doing mock lock downs at the high schools and were getting good assessments from those
on what to do for better responses.
A 411 tip system had just been started which received anonymous texts to the system. The texts
could be routed directly to the schools. This was not, however, an emergency communication
device. The DISD had provided an iPad for the SRO officers which allowed them to pull up the
camera system anywhere on the campus.
Bill Knight, Environmental Safety Manager for the DISD, stated that the December meeting
included discussions about how to make the school safer and what was needed in the schools to
accomplish that. The table top drills dealt with what most likely would happen in an emergency
situation. The City and DISD reviewed the lock down scenarios and results to find out better
methods for responses. The most important drills involved lock down and bad weather drills.
Mayor Burroughs asked about an educational process for using the Tip 411 system for bullying.
Lee stated that the success of the line came from the marketing and letting students know how it
worked. The SRO officers were tuned into these types of situations and it should enhance the
program.
Superintendent Wilson stated that the DISD had a prior program “Choose to Care”. The Tip 411
program was faster and more immediate than that program.
Item #4 was considered.
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4.Receive a presentation and hold a discussion regarding the annual Mayor’s Day of
Concern for the Hungry, September 24, 2013.
Kayce Strader, Serve Denton, reviewed the purpose of the event which would be held on April
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4. The event this year would be longer than last year with many locations throughout the City
for dropping off food.
Pat Smith, Serve Denton, presented information about the “Communities in School” program
where children were sent home on the weekend with food in their backpacks.
Council Member Roden suggested sending this information out to the Neighborhood
Empowerment Program.
3.Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding proposed legislation and legislative
programs of interest to the City of Denton and Denton Independent School District.
John Cabrales, Assistant City Manager, presented an update on the Texas Legislature
proceedings. He reviewed the events from Denton County Days. The last day to file bills would
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be March 8. This was turning out to be a slow session for filing with approximately 8000 bills
filed. There were three key issues for this session – transportation, water and public education.
The bills that were filed on these key issues were reviewed.
Superintendent Wilson stated that the DISD was interested in the diverting of funds and the uses
of the stabilization fund.
Council Member Gregory left the meeting.
Council and the Trustees discussed the various bills filed and the implications of those bills.
Council Member King left the meeting.
5.Discuss possible future meeting topics.
Council and the Trustees suggested the following topics for future meeting:
Growth report of the DISD by Templeton
Update on coordination with the DISD on growth
Coordination of bond planning and elections for good communication with citizens
Growth rate for City, County and DISD
Growth events outside the City but within the DISD boundaries and the need to work
together for getter growth in Denton
6. Under Section 551.042 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, respond to inquiries from the
City Council or the public with specific factual information or recitation of policy, or
accept a proposal to place the matter on the agenda for an upcoming meeting
AND
Under Section 551.0415 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, provide reports about items of
community interest regarding which no action will be taken, to include: expressions of
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thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; an
honorary or salutary recognition of a public official, public employee, or other citizen; a
reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the governing body;
information regarding a social, ceremonial, or community event organized or sponsored
by an entity other than the governing body that was attended or is scheduled to be
attended by a member of the governing body or an official or employee of the
municipality; or an announcement involving an imminent threat to the public health and
safety of people in the municipality that has arisen after the posting of the agenda.
This item was considered with Item #5.
7. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:28 p.m.
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MARK A. BURROUGHS
MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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JENNIFER WALTERS
CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS