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Board approves TES solar contract, adopts superintendent-evaluation criteria and several personnel/policy items
Summary
At its regular meeting, the Phoenix-Talent SD 4 Board approved a district solar contract for TES, adopted OSBA superintendent-evaluation criteria, and approved several personnel and policy items. The board also approved a request for board-member professional development funds (one abstention).
The Phoenix-Talent SD 4 Board of Education approved a package of routine and project-specific items at its February meeting, including a contract to install solar panels and battery backup at TES and adoption of evaluation criteria for the superintendent.
Board members adopted the Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) criteria for evaluating the superintendent, approved the TES solar contract (which includes battery backup), approved a board-member professional development fund request, and approved several personnel-related policy updates. The consent agenda passed at the start of the meeting.
The board voted on each item in turn. Votes recorded in the meeting transcript show unanimous approval for the superintendent-evaluation criteria and the TES solar contract; the board-member development funds request passed with one abstention. Multiple personnel- and leave-related policy updates were approved unanimously.
The TES solar contract was described by staff as an agreement routed through counsel; the district is contracting with a company that has secured grant funding for the project, and staff said the district’s exposure to changes in federal funding is limited because of that arrangement. Board members asked whether there was risk if federal grant funds were frozen; staff responded the district is “twice removed” from that risk and the contracting company has protections in place.
The board also approved updates to family and medical leave and related staff-leave policies, and approved a request to use board-member development funds for a conference. One board member (Nancy Castillo McInnis) recorded an abstention on the board-member development funds motion; other votes were recorded as affirmative.
Board members reviewed the draft agenda for the next meeting and discussed logistics for the superintendent-evaluation process, which includes a written form due to staff by Feb. 14 and a follow-up board meeting run by an OSBA facilitator.
The board adjourned after brief additional updates and operational items.
Ending: The board noted several upcoming deadlines, including candidate filing and the district’s plans to continue required follow-up on projects approved at the meeting. No new public hearings or contested ordinances were part of this meeting.
