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Board pulls Stone Group termination item for executive-session review
Summary
An item to terminate the Stone Group contract was discussed at the work session but trustees were told the legal rationale is better handled in executive session; the board agreed to table the public action and consider the matter in closed session.
Trustees raised questions about a proposed termination of the Stone Group contract during the April 1 work session, and the administration and legal counsel told the board the matter was appropriate for executive-session discussion.
The agenda listed item 6.07 as approval of termination of the Stone Group contract. Trustees said the termination paperwork was not present in their binders and asked for copies. Trustee Gomez and others questioned why the administration was seeking to end a contract that had been recommended to the board and approved in November with a planned end date of December 31 (per the paperwork discussed). The superintendent and counsel suggested that discussing the rationale for termination in public might be inappropriate because aspects of the termination involve legal advice or sensitive contract negotiation points.
Trustee Gomez specifically requested further public explanation but accepted the recommendation to move further deliberations to executive session. The board asked that the item be pulled (tabled) from public action and placed on the agenda for a future work session or executive session so trustees could review the legal rationale and any cost or notice provisions in the contract.
No formal vote or termination took place in open session; staff and counsel said they would prepare information for the board in executive session.
