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Votes at a glance: Hickman County Board approves travel, contracts, grants and budget amendments
Summary
The board approved student travel, accepted grant-related agreements, awarded a design contract for CTE shops, authorized pursuit of a federal distance-learning and telemedicine grant, approved a bus purchase and enacted small budget amendments.
The Hickman County Board of Education took multiple formal actions during its meeting. Below is a compact list of motions, outcomes and key details drawn from the meeting transcript.
Approved items and key details:
- Agenda and minutes: The board approved the meeting agenda and the minutes from the Dec. 9, 2024 meeting by voice votes (routine procedural approvals).
- JROTC overnight trip (approved): Motion to allow 25 cadets to travel to the Fort Knox area for air rifle, mortuary and drill competitions, with two instructors, four female chaperones and hotel accommodations in Lakeland, Kentucky. The motion carried by voice vote.
- FFA Gatlinburg trip (approved): Board approved FFA travel to the state convention in Gatlinburg so students could receive Tennessee state degrees; chaperones include board personnel and parents. Motion carried by voice vote.
- Opioid-abatement MOU (approved): Board approved acceptance of opioid-settlement funds via MOU to fund behavioral-health and prevention work (see article on the grant for details). Staff said no local matching funds are required. Motion carried.
- ISM architect contract (approved): Board approved a contract to engage ISM to design two 1,600-sq-ft CTE shops at East Hickman High School and renovate the consumer science lab at Hickman County High School; roll-call vote recorded unanimous yes votes from board members present.
- RUS distance-learning & telemedicine grant (authorized to pursue): Board authorized staff to pursue the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) distance-learning and telemedicine grant (award range $50,000–$1,000,000; three-year grants with 15% match); board approved budgeting the match across three years if awarded. Motion carried on roll call.
- Bus purchase (approved): Board authorized purchase of a 77-passenger diesel bus at approximately $149,776; board discussion covered fleet rotation and the long-term need to purchase more than one bus per year to maintain the fleet. Motion carried.
- Budget amendments (approved): Board approved four budget amendments including Title V revision, state literacy grant adjustments, outside support tracking, and TCAT dual-enrollment revenue (~$16,779). Roll-call vote recorded in the transcript.
- Policies: The board approved policy 5.116 on staff positions (second reading) and advanced multiple policies for first reading (grading/CTE, promotion/retention, background checks). The board also approved draft policy 3.212 (emotional-support dog policy) for first reading.
Votes recorded in roll calls for items flagged in the transcript listed several board members voting yes (Doctor Cook, Miss Heron, Miss Taylor, Miss Baker, Mister Hobbs, Mister Lane, Miss Mayes). The transcript does not supply detailed individual roll-call votes for every single item, but records roll calls for the architect contract, the RUS grant authorization, and the budget amendments.
