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Votes at a glance: Key actions from Liberty Elementary School District meeting, April 13, 2026
Summary
Board votes included approval of the regular agenda (3-0); multiple consent items and contracts (3-0); approval of policy updates recommended by the Arizona School Risk Retention Trust (2-1); and the FY27 preliminary budget package (3-0) that includes 4 FTE reductions and stipend decisions pending follow-up.
A summary of recorded roll-call votes and motions from the Liberty Elementary School District Governing Board meeting on April 13, 2026.
- Agenda item 1.3 — Approve regular agenda form and temporarily suspend inconsistent policy: Motion by Board member Kenyon; second by Board member Zimmerman. Vote: Kenyon — Aye; Zimmerman — Aye; President Schmidt — Aye. Outcome: Passed 3-0 (SEG 013'SEG 026).
- Consent agenda 5.1 — Approval with exceptions and subsequent votes on pulled items: Board member Zimmerman moved to approve the consent agenda with 5.2, 5.5, 5.8 and 5.9 pulled; later motions and roll-call votes approved 5.2 (personnel actions), 5.5 (ratification of vouchers totaling $1,792,288.84), 5.8 (staffing services agreement with Educational Services Inc.) and 5.9 (food-service management renewal with Southwest Food Service Excellence). All consent-item votes recorded were 3-0 (SEG 1938'SEG 2174; SEG 2364'SEG 2427).
- Policy updates (agenda item 6.1) — Recommended updates by Arizona School Risk Retention Trust: Motion to approve recommended statutory/policy updates passed 2-1. Vote: Board member Kenyon — Aye; Board member Zimmerman — Nay; President Schmidt — Aye. Outcome: Passed 2-1 (SEG 2599'SEG 2613).
- Budget reductions (agenda item 6.2) — Motion to approve 4 FTE reductions; remove June benefits pending legal advice; and approve certain stipend categories while pausing MAG and math-specialist stipends: Motion by Board member Zimmerman; second by Board member Kenyon. Vote: Kenyon — Aye; Zimmerman — Aye; President Schmidt — Aye. Outcome: Passed 3-0 (SEG 3752'SEG 3786).
The board recorded other procedural votes during the meeting (procedural motions, call-to-order and adjournment) which were unanimous by the three members present unless noted.
This is a factual roll-up of votes recorded in the meeting transcript; numbers and outcomes are presented exactly as recorded.
