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Sweetwater board approves energy contract, ratifies routine items and personnel actions; settlement disclosed

Sweetwater Union High School District Board of Trustees · January 29, 2026
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Summary

The board adopted Resolution No. 5004 to approve an energy services contract with Constellation New Energy, accepted the 2024-25 audit responses, ratified trustees and officers for financing bodies, approved consent agenda items and several labor-related agreements; closed-session reported a settlement totaling $367,671.28.

At its Jan. 26, 2026 meeting the Sweetwater Union High School District Board of Trustees approved a series of motions including a key energy services contract and several routine governance and personnel items.

Resolution 5004 and energy contract: The board opened and closed a public hearing and approved Resolution No. 5004, adopting findings required under Government Code section 4217.12 and approving an energy services contract with Constellation New Energy, Inc.; there were no public speakers and the motion carried 5-0.

Consent and governance actions: Trustees ratified current members of the district board as members of the Financing Corporation and Public Financing Authority, ratified officers for those bodies, approved meeting minutes for Jan. 27, 2025, and accepted the district's 2024–25 fiscal-year audit and district responses to audit findings and recommendations. Motions recorded in those sessions carried unanimously 5-0.

Labor and compensation items: During the regular meeting the board approved the Administrators Association collective bargaining recognition (F6), a tentative agreement with the Sweetwater Counseling and Guidance Association (F9), and directed staff to memorialize an amendment to the superintendent’s employment agreement to align the superintendent’s wage increase with bargaining-unit increases (F10). All votes were recorded as 5-0.

Closed-session actions and settlement: The board reported several closed-session actions after reconvening, including the reinstatement of one student, approvals and denials of certificated leave-of-absence requests and the approval of a settlement in case numbers listed in the record for a total amount of $367,671.28. The record states copies of settlements are available from general counsel consistent with legal limitations.

Votes at a glance: - Ratify Financing Corporation trustees and officers: outcome approved, vote 5-0. - Accept 2024–25 audit and responses: outcome approved, vote 5-0. - Adopt Resolution No. 5004 (energy services contract with Constellation New Energy, Inc.): outcome approved, vote 5-0. - Approve AASU collective bargaining recognition (F6): outcome approved, vote 5-0. - Approve SCGA tentative agreement (F9): outcome approved, vote 5-0. - Direct amendment to superintendent employment agreement (F10): outcome approved, vote 5-0. - Closed-session settlement: approved; amount $367,671.28 (case numbers listed in the meeting record).

The board adjourned after completing the agenda. Several items were pulled from the consent agenda for separate consideration and will be revisited per the clerk’s notation.