At its Jan. 14 meeting the Murfreesboro City Schools Board approved a slate of routine and operational items. Key motions voted on and outcomes are listed below.

Votes at a glance

- Agenda approval: Motion to approve the proposed agenda passed by voice vote (moved by Board Member Long; seconded by Board Member Dodd).

- Consent agenda: Passed by voice vote (moved by Board Member Dodd; seconded by Board Member Price).

- Minutes (Dec. 10): Approved as printed by voice vote (moved by Board Member Price; seconded by Board Member Long).

- Tenure approvals: The board approved tenure for a list of 53 certified employees who met Tennessee statutory requirements and district policy (motion to approve recommended list moved by Mr. Settles; seconded not specified in the public record). The board recorded the vote by voice; members present said “aye” and no opposition was recorded.

- Memorandum of Understanding — Rutherford Collegiate Prep (emergency relocation transportation): The board approved an MOU permitting Murfreesboro City Schools to provide emergency relocation transportation services to Rutherford Collegiate Prep when RCP’s transportation infrastructure is limited. Motion passed by voice vote (moved by Board Member Long; seconded by Board Member Dodd).

- Motorola radio contract (cooperative purchasing agreement): The board approved purchase of final-phase Motorola radio equipment for the district’s school bus fleet; the purchase was budgeted at $117,000 and the projected cost is approximately $112,000. Motion passed by voice vote (mover not specified; seconded by Board Member Price). The agreement uses cooperative purchasing provisions permitted under state law.

- Comcast Enterprise dark-fiber agreement and budget amendment: The board approved a Comcast maintenance and service agreement for city fiber network management and a budget amendment allocating funds from increased interest revenues. The annual cost was described as $175,000 and will be paid from the technology budget. The City Council previously approved the city-side agreement on Dec. 19. Motion passed by voice vote (moved by Board Member Long; seconded by Board Member Price).

- Library materials recommendation — Bradley Academy: The board affirmed the director’s recommendation to remove It Feels Good to Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn from Bradley Academy circulation following a 4–1 committee recommendation; motion passed by voice vote. (Discussed in a separate article.)

- Revenue and expenditure report (November): The board approved the November revenue and expenditure report after staff noted timing-driven shortfalls that the district expects to correct as property-tax and state revenues are received in January–February. Motion passed by voice vote (moved by Board Member Long; seconded not specified).

Several agenda items were informational only (audit presentation, enrollment and personnel reports), and those were presented without formal board action beyond acceptance of the reports.

The meeting record did not include a roll-call vote tally for most motions; votes were taken by voice and recorded as “aye” with no recorded opposition for the listed motions.