1 1 TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS 2 BEFORE THE 3 TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION 4 AUSTIN, TEXAS 5 6 7 REGULAR MEETING OF THE § 8 TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION § WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 § 9 10 11 12 COMMISSION MEETING 13 EXECUTIVE SESSION 14 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 15 16 17 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT on Wednesday, the 23rd 18 day of January 2013, the Texas Lottery Commission 19 meeting was held from 8:03 a.m. until 4:05 p.m., at 20 the Offices of the Texas Lottery Commission, 611 East 21 6th Street, Austin, Texas 78701, before CHAIRMAN MARY 22 ANN WILLIAMSON and COMMISSIONERS J. WINSTON KRAUSE and 23 CYNTHIA TAUSS DELGADO. The following proceedings were 24 reported via machine shorthand by Autumn J. Smith, a 25 Certified Shorthand Reporter. 2 1 APPEARANCES 2 CHAIRMAN: Ms. Mary Ann Williamson 3 COMMISSIONERS: 4 Mr. J. Winston Krause Ms. Cynthia Tauss Delgado 5 GENERAL COUNSEL: 6 Mr. Robert F. Biard 7 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Mr. Gary Grief 8 DIRECTOR, CHARITABLE BINGO OPERATIONS: 9 Mr. Bruce A. Miner 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 3 (8:03 a.m.) 4 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: Good morning. I'd 5 like to call the meeting of the Texas Lottery Commission 6 to order. 7 Today is January 23, 2013. The time is 8 8:04 a.m. Commissioner Tauss is present, so we do have 9 a quorum. 10 At this time I move the Texas Lottery 11 Commission go into executive session to deliberate the 12 appointment, employment, and/or duties of the Charitable 13 Bingo Operations Director pursuant to Section 551.074 of 14 the Texas Government Code to deliberate the appointment, 15 employment duties, and/or evaluation of the acting 16 Charitable Bingo Operations Director pursuant to 17 Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code and to 18 receive any legal advice pursuant to Section 551.0712 of 19 the Texas Government Code, including but not limited to 20 employment law, personnel law, procurement and contract 21 law, evidentiary and procedural law, and general 22 government law. 23 Is there a second? 24 COMM. TAUSS: Second. 25 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: All in favor? 4 1 COMM. TAUSS: Aye. 2 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: Aye. 3 The vote is 2-0. The Texas Lottery 4 Commission will go into executive session. The time now 5 is 8:04 a.m. Today is January the 23rd, 2013. 6 (Executive Session: 8:04 a.m. to 7 4:04 p.m.) 8 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: The Texas lottery 9 Commission is out of executive session. The time is 10 4:04 p.m., and there is action as a result of the 11 executive session. I move that the Commission appoint 12 Sandy Joseph as the Charitable Bingo Operations Director 13 at a salary of 135,000 per year effective February 1, 14 2013. 15 Is there a second? 16 COMM. KRAUSE: Second. 17 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: All in favor? 18 COMM. TAUSS: Aye. 19 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: Aye. 20 COMM. KRAUSE: Aye. 21 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: Motion passes 3-0. 22 I move that the acting Charitable Bingo 23 Operations Director, Bruce Miner, be reassigned to his 24 previous position of taxpayer services manager in the 25 Charitable Bingo Operations Division. 5 1 Is there a second? 2 COMM. TAUSS: Second. 3 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: All in favor? 4 COMM. KRAUSE: Aye. 5 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: Aye. 6 COMM. TAUSS: Aye. 7 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: Motion passes 3-0. 8 Commissioners, I believe this concludes 9 the business of the Commission for this meeting. Is 10 there a motion to adjourn? 11 COMM. KRAUSE: I move we adjourn. 12 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: Is there second? 13 COMM. TAUSS: Second. 14 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: All in favor? 15 COMM. KRAUSE: Aye. 16 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: Aye. 17 COMM. TAUSS: Aye. 18 CHAIRMAN WILLIAMSON: Motion carries 3-0. 19 Texas Lottery Commission adjourns as of 20 4:05 p.m., January the 23rd, 2013. 21 (Commission meeting adjourned: 4:05 p.m.) 22 23 24 25 6 1 C E R T I F I C A T E 2 STATE OF TEXAS ) 3 COUNTY OF TRAVIS ) 4 I, Autumn J. Smith, Certified Shorthand 5 Reporter in and for the State of Texas, do hereby 6 certify that the above-mentioned matter occurred as 7 hereinbefore set out. 8 I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT the proceedings of such 9 were reported by me or under my supervision, later 10 reduced to typewritten form under my supervision and 11 control and that the foregoing pages are a full, true, 12 and correct transcription of the original notes. 13 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my 14 hand and seal this 31st day of January 2013. 15 16 _______________________________ AUTUMN J. SMITH 17 Certified Shorthand Reporter CSR No. 8871 - Expires 12/31/13 18 Firm Registration No. 276 19 Kennedy Reporting Service, Inc. 1016 La Posada Drive, Suite 294 20 Austin, TX 78752 512.474.2233 21 Job No. 106782 22 23 24 25