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Valley Mills ISD board declines to buy eight buses with 3-point seat belts, cites $1.2M estimate
Summary
The board determined it was not financially feasible to replace eight buses with 3-point seat belts at an estimated cost of $1.2 million and voted 7-0 not to proceed under the current budget.
The Valley Mills ISD Board of Trustees voted Feb. 4 that purchasing eight new buses equipped with 3-point seat belts is not financially feasible within the current budget.
The motion to determine non-feasibility was made by Jim Blackford and seconded by Jake Wolf and passed unanimously, with the minutes noting an approximate replacement cost of $1.2 million for the eight buses. The board did not approve a purchase or identify specific alternate funding sources during the meeting.
The decision was recorded as formal board action; members listed bus replacement and seat-belt upgrades among items for future discussion in the meeting's future-business list.
