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Etowah County Board of Education approves budget amendment, capital projects and posts superintendent vacancy
Summary
At its March 3 meeting the Etowah County Board of Education unanimously approved the Feb. 3 minutes, financial statements, an FY2026 budget amendment, several capital and technology purchases, program items and personnel actions, and voted to post the superintendent position vacated by Dr. Alan Cosby.
The Etowah County Board of Education met March 3 in Gadsden and unanimously approved a slate of consent and action items, including a budget amendment, multiple capital and technology purchases, program and personnel actions, and a motion to post the district’s superintendent position.
Board President Jay Freeman called the meeting to order. Vice President Tim Womack opened the meeting with a prayer before the board moved through the recommendations for approval listed on the agenda.
The board approved the minutes of its Feb. 3, 2026 meeting after a motion by Tim Womack, seconded by Scarlett Farley. The board then approved the financial statements; the motion to approve was noted as presented by Mrs. Bishop, moved by Danny Golden and seconded by Tim Langdale.
On budget and capital items, the board approved Amendment No. 1 to the FY2026 budget (motion by Tim Womack, second by Susan Spiker). The board approved an architect-led project (B. Craig Lipscomb; DCW#2025857) with Greer Building Contractors, LLC for a modular office building for the transportation department, and separately approved a bid for football stadium lighting renovations (B. Craig Lipscomb, architect). Both motions were recorded as unanimously approved.
The board approved several technology and safety purchases: a CDW‑G quote for Chromebook replacements and a CDW Education quote for Google Workspace for Education licenses, and an Allied Fire Protection quote for fire alarm inspection and monitoring. Each motion was seconded and recorded as unanimously approved.
The board approved program and personnel items on the agenda, including the 2026 summer reading and math camp dates, salaries, participating schools and fund sources; revisions to job descriptions and salary schedules for the assistant director of special education, the system mental health coordinator and the professional development coordinator; a travel procedure amendment; Refocus Center recommendations; and grouped travel requests. All items were approved after motions and seconds as recorded on the agenda.
On personnel actions, the board approved a grouped slate covering resignations and retirements; requests for leaves of absence; employment recommendations; transfers; supplements or other duties; substitutes; reassignments (noted as not requiring board approval); and additional personnel items. The minutes record that Mrs. Scarlett Farley abstained from items #1 and #2 of the personnel slate; the overall personnel motion was moved by Danny Golden and seconded by Amanda Johnson and recorded as approved.
Separately, Mr. Danny Golden moved that the district proceed with posting the superintendent position being vacated by Dr. Alan Cosby; Mr. Tim Langdale seconded the motion and the board approved it.
The board then entered executive session after Board Attorney Jim Turnbach certified in writing that the topics to be discussed were an exception to the Open Meetings Act. The minutes record the subjects as a possible real estate matter and “the good name and character of an individual.” Dr. Alan Cosby and Julie Talton are recorded as attending the executive session along with board members. The board later returned to regular session and adjourned the meeting.
The meeting was held at the ECBOE Board Room, 401 Broad Street, Gadsden. The minutes record unanimous approvals on the listed agenda items and the procedural motions recorded during the session.
