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George County School District board approves consent agenda, multiple MOUs and contracts
Summary
At a regular meeting, the George County School District board struck one consent item and approved a consent agenda that included memoranda of understanding and contracts to provide student services, transportation-related licenses, and professional evaluations. Board members also approved routine financial documents later in the meeting.
The George County School District board struck one item from its consent agenda and approved the remaining consent items after motions and seconds during the meeting.
Board members voted to remove agenda item 5.27 from the consent agenda and then approved the consent agenda as revised. The consent items approved included memoranda of understanding (MOUs) and contracts enabling providers to deliver behavioral, therapeutic and evaluation services on district campuses and other routine business items such as awarding a license and accepting bid results.
Key items approved at the meeting included: the award of a fishing license for Section 16 (T2S R7W) to Scott K. Howell (payment stated as $3,840 for a five-year term); revisions to policy IDE (gifted education program); an MOU between Georgetown School/Villages Incorporated to provide a wraparound mental-health program to district students at no charge to the district; an MOU with Health Connect America to provide behavioral and educational therapy on campuses; a contract with Wills Way LLC to provide behavioral services at a rate stated in the meeting as $125 per hour plus travel (funded by IDEA Part B); an MOU with City Network Services for mental health programming; an agreement with the University of Southern Mississippi on behalf of the Children’s Center for Communication and Development for educational therapeutic services (amount stated in the meeting as $1,557.53 per student; funded by IDEA Part B); contracts for visual mobility services and therapy providers (contractors named in the meeting included Dakota and Concord Rehabilitation Incorporated); and an agreement with LEP Interpreting Incorporated for American Sign Language interpreting services (rate stated as $55 per hour; funded by IDEA Part B).
Most consent items were moved, seconded and approved with the routine phrase “All in favor say yes,” and no detailed roll-call tallies were recorded in the public transcript. Several presenters and staff answered clarifying questions from board members about funding streams (some services described as funded by state reimbursement or federal/state grant sources and IDEA Part B), why some services are provided to students at no direct charge to the district, and efforts to consolidate similar contracts into single agreements to streamline administration.
The board also approved additional contracts and routine fiscal items listed on the agenda later in the meeting; those approvals are recorded elsewhere in the meeting record and reflected in the district’s minute roll.
Ending — The board completed the consent agenda votes and continued the meeting to other agenda items, including financial reports and a substantive discussion later in the meeting about mineral rights/lease issues tied to district property.
