Cedar Hill ISD trustee moves to stop payments to Dr. Gerald Hudson over alleged failure to perform duties

Trustee Ramona Ross Bacon moved the Cedar Hill ISD Board of Trustees to direct administration to discontinue payment to Dr. Gerald Hudson, saying the action was for "failure to perform his duties pursuant to the voluntary retirement agreement."

"I Ramona Ross Bacon move to direct administration to discontinue payment to doctor Gerald Hudson for failure to perform his duties pursuant to the voluntary retirement agreement," Ross Bacon said on the record during the special meeting. The motion was seconded on the record, with one speaker saying, "Ayanna Crick, seconds." The meeting transcript later records a restatement naming "Trustee Cabarrick Cook" as second; the board minutes should clarify which trustee formally seconded the motion.

The presiding officer asked for a vote and indicated the motion passed on a voice vote, stating the approval was unanimous; the transcript does not include a roll-call tally. The board then adjourned.

The action follows a closed-session discussion the board held under the Texas Open Meetings Act about Dr. Gerald Hudson's voluntary retirement agreement. The transcript records the closed-session authority cited by the presiding officer, including Texas Government Code provisions that permit private consultation with counsel and deliberation over personnel actions. The motion directs administration to discontinue payments but the transcript does not include details of any implementation timeline, the amount in question, or whether any appeal or further review was requested; those details were not specified in the public record provided.