Cedar Hill ISD trustees direct administration to stop payments to Dr. Gerald Hudson
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Summary
At a special Cedar Hill ISD Board meeting, trustees directed administration to discontinue payments to Dr. Gerald Hudson, citing an alleged failure to perform duties under his voluntary retirement agreement; the board met in closed session on the matter and the motion was seconded and declared unanimous on the record.
At a special meeting called for 7:30 a.m., the Cedar Hill ISD Board of Trustees directed district administration to discontinue payments to Dr. Gerald Hudson, saying he failed to perform duties under his voluntary retirement agreement.
The board’s presiding officer opened the meeting, confirmed a quorum and cited compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act. The board entered closed session to discuss "Dr. Gerald Hudson's Voluntary Retirement Agreement," then returned to open session at 7:41 a.m. for action items.
Trustee Ramona Ross Bacon moved that the district "direct administration to discontinue payment to Doctor Gerald Hudson for failure to perform his duties pursuant to the voluntary retirement agreement." The motion was seconded by Ayanna Brea Cook and restated by the presiding officer. The presiding officer called for a vote and said the motion carried unanimously; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
The presiding officer had previously read statutory authority for closed sessions under the Texas Open Meetings Act, including Section 551.071 (consultation with the board's attorney) and Section 551.074 (personnel matters). The transcript shows Trustee Carmel Morgan, Dr. Jacquetta Hagood and Trustee Lester Singleton were absent.
The board took the payment directive as a formal motion and then adjourned. The transcript does not record a detailed vote count, any statement from Dr. Hudson, or further implementation steps such as an effective date for stopping payments; those details were "not specified" in the meeting record.
The meeting adjourned immediately after the vote.
