Lancaster ISD board votes to proceed with sheriff's sale, declines to have properties struck off to district
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Summary
After closed session the board authorized proceeding with the sheriff's sale of real property and explicitly declined to pursue having properties struck off to the district; motion passed unanimously.
Following a closed-session discussion of a sheriff's sale of real property (agenda item 3.6), the Lancaster ISD Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to proceed with the sheriff's sale and not to seek that the properties be struck off to the district.
Vice President Queenie Nichols moved the action and said on the record: "vote yes. We want to proceed with the sheriff's sale. And no, we are not willing to have the property struck off." Trustee Morris seconded the motion. The board voted by device; the motion carried unanimously.
The item was listed on the agenda under the Texas Open Meetings Act authority for closed session (Texas Government Code sections cited on the agenda). The board did not provide additional public details during open session about the parcel(s) discussed or the reason the sheriff's sale was being considered; specific property identifiers were not stated in the open record.
Board staff indicated the matter was considered in closed session under attorney consultation and real property deliberation; the public action taken upon return to open session was limited to the authorization to proceed with the sheriff's sale and the explicit decision not to have properties struck off to Lancaster ISD.