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Moak Casey presents efficiency audit required before potential Jim Ned CISD tax vote
Summary
At a Sept. 8 public hearing, Amber Lasseigne of Moak Casey delivered an efficiency audit the district must have under Texas Education Code Section 11.184 before holding a Voter-Approval Tax Ratification Election (VATRE). The board heard the presentation, recorded no public comments and adjourned without taking action.
The Jim Ned Consolidated Independent School District (Jim Ned CISD) held a public hearing Sept. 8, 2025, at the district administration building in Tuscola to receive an efficiency audit required before holding a Voter-Approval Tax Ratification Election (VATRE). Per the meeting record, "Per Texas Education Code Section 11.184, the efficiency audit was presented." The audit was presented to the board by Amber Lasseigne of consulting firm Moak Casey.
The presentation fulfilled the statutory step required under Texas Education Code Section 11.184, which the record cites as the legal basis for conducting an efficiency audit prior to any VATRE. The board did not take a formal vote or set a VATRE date during the hearing. The public-comment period produced no speakers, and the meeting was then adjourned.
The record includes an internal inconsistency about attendance: an early line in the record lists Kent Beck as "Present," while the enumerated "Members present" list later names Mike Daggs, Cam Holson, Jonathan Davis, Dr. Traci King and Tai Ann McClendon (the minutes do not repeat Kent Beck in that second list). The hearing packet and minutes would be needed to resolve that discrepancy.
