Board approves MOU and several budget amendments including school security and workplace-safety grants
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Summary
Jefferson County school board unanimously accepted a MOU (referred to as PECCA/PEKCA in the transcript) and approved multiple budget amendments, including state grant funds for school security (amount in transcript unclear) and a $1,730 workplace-safety grant from Tennessee Risk Management.
The Jefferson County School Board accepted an interlocal memorandum of understanding and approved multiple budget amendments during its meeting.
A motion to accept the PECCA MOU (transcript uses PECCA/PEKCA/PEKKA variants) was made and the board approved the MOU unanimously as presented. The transcript does not include the MOU text and does not identify external signatories in the excerpt provided.
During budget amendments, agenda item #11 (a package of grants, insurance funds, contracted speech services for students with IEPs, and employee-cost alignment after open enrollment) was presented and approved. Budget amendment #12 was described as “state grant funds for school security initiatives” with an amount stated in the transcript but unclear from the audio/text. The board moved and approved that amendment. Budget amendment #5 (removal of funds for continued record scope) and amendment #2 (a Tennessee Risk Management grant to make the workplace safer for employees) were also moved and approved; amendment #2 was recorded in the transcript as $1,730.
All budget amendments recorded in the transcript were presented, moved, seconded, and declared adopted by voice/hand vote; the chair characterized votes as unanimous in the excerpt. The board did not provide detailed line-item fiscal analysis in the transcript excerpt.
These items span SEG 505 through SEG 601 in the transcript provided.