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Tarkington ISD trustees approve safety and nutrition purchases, personnel actions and nominations
Summary
At its Sept. 15 meeting the Tarkington ISD Board approved personnel actions from closed session, authorized up to $60,000 for fire-panel upgrades, approved up to $125,000 for two serving lines funded by Child Nutrition reserves, adopted an investment-policy review resolution, amended a compensation pay scale, and nominated a candidate to the appraisal district board.
The Tarkington ISD Board of Trustees approved a series of motions Sept. 15 following closed-session discussions, including personnel actions and multiple district purchases and resolutions.
A motion to approve new-hire recommendations and accept staff resignations and terminations — items discussed in closed session — passed unanimously after the board reconvened, with Paige Bostwick moving the motion and Susan Rollins seconding. The board approved the consent agenda (minutes of Aug. 18, monthly financial report, disbursement of funds, and budget amendments) on a separate unanimous vote.
On facilities and safety, trustees authorized up to $60,000 from fund balance to purchase fire-panel upgrades districtwide after facilities staff explained current panels have been discontinued and replacement parts are scarce. The board approved replacement of two serving lines at Tarkington Elementary not to exceed $125,000 to be funded from the Child Nutrition Program retained fund balance.
Financial governance items included adoption of a resolution confirming review of the district’s Investment Policy and Investment Strategies as required by the Public Funds Investment Act; the finance review noted no changes to strategy. The board also accepted an amendment to the compensation plan moving the superintendent secretary pay scale from C6 to P1 “without a pay increase for the 2025–2026 school year”; that motion passed 6–1. Trustees approved a resolution nominating Jimmy Rollins to run for the Liberty County Central Appraisal District Board, with one trustee abstaining due to a declared conflict.
Votes at a glance: new hires (motion passed 7–0); consent agenda (7–0); Child Nutrition serving lines (7–0); fire-panel upgrades (7–0); investment policy resolution (7–0); compensation amendment (6–1 — Rollins opposed); appraisal-district nomination (6–0–1 abstention with conflict).
