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Votes at a glance: Midway ISD board approves consent agenda items, employee pay resolution and contingent-fee legal agreements
Summary
Trustees approved a consent agenda (including the MHS gym contract), adopted a resolution authorizing pay for staff during winter ice days, and voted to retain contingent-fee counsel to pursue social-media litigation; the board also accepted Trustee Rick Telles's resignation and authorized a vacancy application process.
At its regular meeting the Midway ISD Board of Trustees approved several motions and resolutions by voice vote.
Key actions recorded in open session: - Consent agenda approved (motion moved by Miss Watts, second by Mr. Barry); items included minutes, early-graduation requests, library recommendations and authorization to execute the contract with McKenzie Mason Masonic Construction for the MHS gym and locker-room addition. - Resolution authorizing employee pay for three ice days approved following administration recommendation (motion carried by voice vote). - Board adopted a resolution authorizing submission and expedited review for contingent-fee legal services related to social-media litigation and then approved contingent-fee legal agreements with Thompson & Horton LLP and partner firms to represent the district in the consolidated litigation (motions carried in open session). - The board accepted Trustee Rick Telles’s resignation and directed the superintendent to post notice and solicit applications to fill the vacancy using a process similar to the previous appointment.
Where the transcript records moverships and seconds, these are noted; individual roll-call tallies with named votes were not recorded in the public transcript, and results were announced as carried or unanimous where applicable.
