School committee accepts employment contract for chief financial and operations officer

The Chelsea School Committee voted to accept the terms and conditions in the employment contract for Billy Joe Turner as chief financial and operations officer. The chair conducted a roll call; six members voted in the affirmative and three were absent, and the chair announced the motion carried.

The item was presented as a standard employment-contract acceptance. The transcript provides the agenda item language and the roll-call outcome but does not include the contract’s salary, length of term, or other financial details. The transcript records the committee’s motion and vote but does not name a mover or seconder on the record.

Dr. Abeyta offered brief remarks of appreciation to the committee and negotiating team in the same portion of the meeting and described the overall contract package for staff as “an extremely strong contract” that will help attract and retain educators; those remarks followed the contract votes.

Implementation tasks for the accepted employment contract were not detailed in the transcript. The chair invited any additional comments after the vote; none that changed the vote outcome were recorded.

The committee adjourned following the item.