Board considers hiring TSBA for Blount County director search; $15,000 package put to roll-call vote

The Blount County Board of Education moved to retain TSBA under ‘Package 3’ to begin a search for a director of schools and discussed an up-front cost of $15,000.

The board introduced the item as a discussion and possible action on the job search for the director of schools for Blount County and the potential retention of TSBA. A motion and a second were made to accept TSBA package 3. The chair summarized the proposal as option 3, describing it as a $15,000 cost to begin work immediately.

A board member called for the question and the clerk initiated a roll-call vote. The provided transcript excerpt includes recorded 'yes' votes from Greg Evans, Erica Moore, Chris Pass and John Lowe. The excerpt ends before the transcript records the full roll-call result or a formal announcement of the outcome; the final tally and the chair's declaration of passage or failure are not specified in the supplied excerpt.

The transcript does not include details about contract terms beyond the described $15,000 start cost, any funding source for that cost, or whether there were competing proposals. No amendments to the motion were recorded in the excerpt.