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Chilton County Board approves routine business, hires bond counsel and OKs school safety officers
Summary
At its August meeting the Chilton County Board of Education approved financial reports for June and July, a resolution to engage bond counsel, multiple personnel and consent items, school resource officer agreements and several other routine items; one board member abstained on the after-school tutoring and Thorsby volunteer votes.
The Chilton County Board of Education approved a slate of routine business and contracts during its August meeting, including June and July financial statements, a resolution to hire bond counsel, personnel and consent items, school resource officer (SRO) agreements and transfers of state-owned property.
Board chair called the meeting to order and members voted to approve the agenda and then the June and July financial reports. The board also approved a resolution to hire bond counsel to ensure compliance for an upcoming bond, multiple personnel actions, the consent agenda and state-owned property transfers. The board voted to approve SRO agreements that, as discussed at the meeting, will place at least one SRO in every school building and an additional officer at Chilton County High School.
The board approved after-school tutoring staff for the remainder of 2025 and for the 2025–26 school year. Board discussion clarified the tutoring positions are funded to provide remediation under the Literacy Act and Numeracy Act for students who qualify; they are not general after‑school care. One board member abstained from the tutoring staff vote. A separate motion to approve Thorsby (THS) volunteers also passed with one abstention.
Financial highlights presented at the meeting showed the district received 83.15% of budgeted revenues through June (the ninth month of the fiscal year) and reported expenditures at 68.39% of budget; the general fund ended June with revenues over expenditures of $10,813,910.15 and an ending fund balance of $54,825,170.20 (7.36 months in reserve). The presenter said those figures include an advancement of technology for fiscal year 2026; excluding that inflator the June reserve was 6.22 months. For July, the district reported 90.24% of budgeted revenues received, expenditures at 78.31% of budget, July revenues over expenditures of $9,485,009 and a 7.75 months reserve (6.52 months excluding the advancement of technology funds).
Board members moved and seconded the various motions; where a specific mover or seconder was not named on the record, the meeting minutes reflect standard motion procedure and voice votes concluded with “motion carries.” The board also approved a resolution to hire bond counsel to advise on bond compliance. No dissenting roll-call vote totals were read aloud during the meeting beyond recorded abstentions on the two items noted above.
The meeting ended after brief superintendent comments and a motion to adjourn.
