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Sheldon ISD board advances contracts, sets tax-rate recommendation and approves budget items; employee termination recommended for further action
Summary
Trustees moved several consent-agenda items, heard a recommendation to contract a materials-testing consultant, accepted a recommended tax rate and motioned to approve budget items totaling $1,490,995; the board also had a recorded recommendation to propose termination and suspend an employee, with further action to follow.
At its Sept. 23 meeting, the Sheldon ISD Board of Trustees handled consent-agenda business and several formal recommendations affecting district operations and finance.
The board introduced consent agenda items 7A and 7B and took procedural motions to approve them after a trustee moved and another seconded. During the consent discussion, staff recommended contracting HTS, Inc. (listed as an approved professional-services consultant under the district’s indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity framework, Q number 16-019) to provide construction materials testing for the ninth–tenth grade campus. The recommendation included a 'not to exceed' price that the transcript records imprecisely; trustees asked questions and the item was put to a vote during the consent process.
Staff also presented a recommended tax rate of 1.255 per $100 of assessed value for the 2024–25 budget and said required public and virtual hearings had been held. Trustees were presented with a motion to adopt the tax rate as part of the budget documentation.
The board was also asked to approve items totaling $1,490,995 for the 2024–25 budget; staff read the motion and asked for vote. The transcript indicates trustees approved the budget motion during the meeting, but the recorded public roll-call tally is not included in the transcript.
Near the end of the open meeting, under statutory authority cited on the record, district staff read a motion recommending that the board find good cause to propose termination of Jessica Ferguson for the 2024–25 term and suspend her without pay pending discharge, effective immediately; the motion requested authorization for the superintendent or his designee to give required statutory notice and carry out administrative steps. The transcript records the recommendation text but does not include a public vote on that personnel recommendation in the provided segments.
The board then adjourned to closed session under the cited Texas Government Code provisions to consult with legal counsel and discuss negotiations, property matters and personnel.
