Douglas County board approves January financial report, adjourns to executive session

The Douglas County Board of Education approved its January 2025 financial report and voted to adjourn into executive session to discuss land, legal and personnel matters during its public meeting.

Holly Timbs, chief financial officer for the Douglas County School System, presented the January report and said, “Local revenues have been collected at a rate of 86.55%. Expenditures are slightly below budget at 58.3%.” Timbs also reported that “East Plus 6 revenue for January was $6,163,868.88, reflecting an increase of $2,554,403.22 compared to December.” The board placed the financial report on the agenda for approval and moved the item to a vote.

Board members approved routine meeting business earlier in the session, including setting the meeting agenda and adopting the consent agenda. During the consent vote, the board chair called for an electronic vote; Vice Chair D.T. Jackson registered his vote by hand because his electronic system was down.

When the finance item came up, a motion to approve the January financial report was made and seconded; the chair called the vote and recorded affirmative responses from board members. After completing the public items, the board voted to recess into executive session "to discuss land, legal, and personnel as identified on the affidavit," the motion on the record stated. The public meeting was recessed and those not required to remain were excused.

The board announced its next work session will be April 19 at 8 a.m.; the date of the next regular board meeting in April was not specified on the record. No members of the public had registered for the public participation segment of the meeting.

Details provided in the meeting record did not include a full roll-call tally for each vote; the transcript reports affirmative votes for named members including D.T. Jackson and Glenn Easterwood and indicates motions passed as recorded by the chair.