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Valley Mills ISD board votes 5–1 to disapprove Bosque Central Appraisal District 2026 operations budget
Summary
The Valley Mills ISD Board of Trustees voted at a Sept. 4 special meeting to disapprove the Bosque Central Appraisal District's 2026 operations budget. The motion, moved by Jim Blackford and seconded by Douglas Shanafelt, passed 5–1; one trustee was absent.
The Valley Mills Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to disapprove the Bosque Central Appraisal District's proposed 2026 operations budget during a special meeting on Sept. 4, 2025. Trustee Jim Blackford moved to disapprove the budget; Trustee Douglas Shanafelt seconded the motion, which passed 5'0 (Yea: Jim Blackford, Kristy Hollingsworth, Mike Jones, Tammie Mann-Chrisman, Douglas Shanafelt; Nay: Jake Wolf). One trustee, Steven Owens, was absent.
Board documentation in the meeting minutes shows Mr. Dowdy provided the board with the Bosque County Central Appraisal District's budget materials before the vote. The motion was recorded in the minutes as: "A motion was made for the disapproval of the 2026 Operations Budget of the Bosque Central Appraisal District." The motion text and the roll-call votes were entered into the official minutes.
The minutes do not specify additional deliberations, amendments to the budget, or required follow-up actions; the record shows the resolution passed that evening. The board took the vote as a formal resolution rather than adopting any budget changes on the record. No public comments were recorded at the meeting on the appraisal district budget.
