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Board questions RFP process for legal counsel; members move to withhold approval
Summary
A board discussion about the district's recommendation for legal counsel exposed disagreements over evaluation factors and scoring. A motion to not approve the recommendation was made; the transcript shows briefing and a subsequent vote with inconsistent roll-call language.
The Roswell Independent School District board on June 10 debated the administration's recommendation from a request-for-proposals (RFP) process to select outside legal counsel for general, labor/personnel and special-education matters.
District staff presented the committee recommendation and said the procurement process included advertising the RFP, a scoring rubric and follow-up interviews for shortlisted firms. "This committee worked very hard to come up with these recommendations to bring to you for approval," said Ms. Merchant, a district procurement representative.
Multiple board members raised procedural…
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