Texas Southern University public meetings in 2023
18 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Virtual Special Called Meeting
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents is holding a virtual special called meeting to consider approving the appointment and employment agreement for a new head football coach. The agenda also includes an executive session covering legal, real estate, gift, and personnel matters, with possible action on those items afterward.
- Request approval to appoint and negotiate an employment agreement with the Head Football Coach
- Executive session on consultation with university attorneys (Texas Gov't Code 551.071)
- Executive session on real property purchase, lease, or value (551.072)
- Executive session on negotiated contracts for gifts or donations (551.073)
- Executive session on personnel matters (551.074)
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links.
Virtual Special Called Meeting
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents is holding a special called virtual meeting to consider two personnel actions: approving the appointment and employment agreement for a new head football coach, and approving/ratifying the appointment of a chief of staff. The board will also enter executive session to discuss legal, real estate, donation, and personnel matters, then reconvene to act on any items as necessary.
- Request approval to appoint and negotiate an employment agreement with the Head Football Coach
- Request approval/ratification to appoint the Chief of Staff
- Executive session on legal consultation, real property purchase/lease, negotiated gifts, and personnel matters
The provided document contains no record of actions, discussions, or decisions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links for the BoardBook platform.
Virtual Special Called Meeting
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents is holding a virtual special called meeting. The board will consider approving the appointment and employment contract for a new head football coach, and will then enter executive session to discuss legal, real estate, gift, and personnel matters.
- Request approval to appoint and negotiate employment contract for head football coach
- Executive session on pending litigation and settlement agreements
- Executive session on purchase, lease, or value of real property
- Executive session on negotiated contracts for prospective gifts or donations
- Executive session on personnel appointments and evaluations
The provided document contains no record of actions, discussions, or decisions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigation links for the BoardBook platform.
Special Called
The Board is meeting to consider a request to modify banking resolutions and signature cards. The meeting also includes an executive session to discuss legal, real property, contract, and personnel matters.
- Request to modify banking resolution and signature cards
- Executive session regarding pending or contemplated litigation
- Executive session regarding purchase, lease, or value of real property
- Executive session regarding negotiated contracts for prospective gifts or donations
- Executive session regarding personnel appointments, duties, or dismissals
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. The minutes are procedural or empty.
RETREAT
The Texas Southern University Board is holding a retreat with a single open-session item: a board retreat for information. The agenda also includes executive sessions to consult attorneys, discuss real property, negotiate gifts, and consider personnel matters. No votes or decisions are listed on the open agenda.
- Board retreat (information item)
- Executive session: legal consultation (Texas Gov't Code 551.071)
- Executive session: real property purchase/lease/value (551.072)
- Executive session: negotiated contracts for gifts/donations (551.073)
- Executive session: personnel matters (551.074)
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. The minutes are procedural or empty.
Standing Committees/Regular Meeting
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents will meet to consider a range of administrative and financial approvals, including hiring an executive search firm for the presidential search, purchasing testing software, outsourcing the call center, and contracting for an annual financial audit. The board will also vote on renewing the athletics VP's contract, appointing an interim CFO, and approving the FY2024 internal audit plan. Several items are for information only, such as the chairman's comments, endowment update, and president's report.
- Approval to hire executive search firm for presidential search
- Approval to purchase ExamSoft testing software
- Approval to outsource call center management
- Approval to contract with Forvis, LLP for annual financial report audit
- Approval to renew Microsoft Corporation products
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigation links.
Virtual Special Called Meeting
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents is holding a virtual special called meeting to consider approving a modification to its banking resolution and signature cards, receive an update on the Fiscal Year 2024 operating budget, and hear information on contractor selection for the renovation of the Charles P. Rhinehart Music Auditorium. The board will also enter executive session to discuss legal, real estate, gift, and personnel matters.
- Request to modify banking resolution and signature cards (action requested: approval)
- Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget Update (information only)
- Contractor selection for renovation of Charles P. Rhinehart Music Auditorium (information only)
- Executive session under Texas Government Code sections 551.071–551.074
The provided document contains no record of actions, discussions, or decisions. The text consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links for the BoardBook portal.
Standing Committees/Regular Meeting
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents is meeting to consider approval of the Fiscal Year 2024 operating budget, staff augmentation for the Office of Information Technology, and several other items including academic programs, contracts, and policies. The board will also receive informational updates on faculty salaries, research, endowment performance, and legislative efforts.
- Approval of Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget
- Approval/Ratification for Staff Augmentation to Support Office of Information Technology
- Approval of Legal Education and Advancement Program (LEAP)
- Approval of consulting services contract for Division of University Advancement
- Approval of subscriptions/databases renewals with EBSCO, Elsevier, ProQuest
The provided document contains no record of actions, discussions, or decisions. The text consists of system maintenance notices and navigation links.
BOARD OF REGENTS RETREAT
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents is holding a retreat to discuss university goals and priorities for fiscal year 2023-2024, receive updates on the presidential search, and review departmental budgets across the university. The agenda includes presentations from various administrators on their respective budgets, followed by an executive session for legal, real estate, gift, and personnel matters.
- Approval of Board of Regents' Committee Assignments
- Information item on Presidential Search
- Fiscal Year 2023-2024 University Goals & Priorities
- Budget reviews for IT, Public Safety, HR, Procurement, Facilities, Academic Affairs, Research, Athletics, and more
- Executive session under Texas Gov't Code 551.071-.074
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and meeting metadata.
Virtual Special Called Meeting
This is a special called meeting of the Texas Southern University Board of Regents, held virtually. The agenda consists entirely of an executive (closed) session covering legal consultation, real property transactions, prospective gifts, and personnel matters, including the interim president's contract. No open-session action items are listed beyond reconvening to consider actions on executive session items as necessary.
- Executive session under Texas Gov't Code 551.071 (attorney consultation)
- Executive session under 551.072 (real property purchase/lease/value)
- Executive session under 551.073 (negotiated contracts for gifts/donations)
- Executive session under 551.074 (personnel, including interim president's contract)
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigation links.
Standing Committees/Regular Meeting
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links.
Virtual Special Called Meeting
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigation links for the BoardBook portal.
Special Called Meeting
This is a special called meeting of the Texas Southern University Board of Regents. The agenda is almost entirely procedural, with the board set to enter executive session to discuss legal, real estate, gift, and personnel matters, including the president's contract. No votes or specific actions are listed on the public agenda.
- Executive session under Texas Gov't Code 551.071 (attorney consultation)
- Executive session under 551.072 (real property purchase/lease)
- Executive session under 551.073 (negotiated contracts for gifts/donations)
- Executive session under 551.074 (personnel, incl. president's contract)
- Possible action on executive session items after reconvening
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system navigation menus and maintenance notices.
Virtual Special Called Meeting
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents is holding a virtual special called meeting to consider two administrative and finance items: renewing software licensing and approving/ratifying alternative investments. The board will also enter executive session to discuss legal, real estate, gift, and personnel matters, then reconvene to consider any action on those items.
- Request approval to renew software licensing (AF-1)
- Request approval/ratification regarding alternative investments (AF-2)
- Executive session: consultation with university attorneys (Sec. 551.071)
- Executive session: real property purchase, lease, or value (Sec. 551.072)
- Executive session: negotiated contracts for gifts/donations (Sec. 551.073) and personnel matters (Sec. 551.074)
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system navigation menus and maintenance notices.
Standing Committees/Regular Meeting
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigation links.
BOARD OF REGENTS RETREAT
This is the agenda for the second day of the Texas Southern University Board of Regents retreat. The meeting includes a call to order, continued reports from the vice president, and adjournment. No specific decisions, proposals, or dollar amounts are listed in the agenda text.
- Board of Regents Retreat (Day 2) with attachments
- Call to Order and Roll Call
- Vice President's Reports Continued
- Adjourn
The provided document contains no records of discussions, proposals, or decisions. The text consists of system maintenance notices and navigation links.
BOARD OF REGENTS RETREAT
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents is meeting for a day-long retreat. They will approve committee assignments, hear reports from the president and vice presidents on topics like budget, student success, research, athletics, and technology, and then hold an executive session for legal, real estate, gift, and personnel matters.
- Approval of Board of Regents' Committee Assignments
- Year Two University Goals/Priorities report
- Budget Updates report
- Student Success Updates reports (two parts)
- Executive session on real property, gifts, and personnel
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigational links.
Standing Committees/Regular Meeting
The Texas Southern University Board of Regents is meeting to approve minutes, hear reports from the president and various committees, and vote on a consent docket of contracts. The consent docket includes approvals for printing, unarmed security, IT staff augmentation, and multiple facilities projects. The agenda also includes an executive session for legal, real estate, gift, and personnel matters.
- Approve minutes for past Board of Regents meetings
- Approve contract for printing services
- Approve contract for unarmed guard security services
- Approve staff augmentation contracts with Robert Half, GTS, and Global Source for IT support
- Approve contracts for painting, pest control, flooring, demolition, elevator modernization, and athletic facility construction
The provided document contains no record of actions, votes, or discussions. It consists of system maintenance notices and navigation links.