Board Meeting
July 16, 2026
The board’s regular public meeting — where most policies, budgets, and personnel decisions get a formal vote.
Removing from the Consent Agenda: Confirmation of Minutes and items IS-1 (tabled) and FSS-14
No recorded vote.
Adding the following items to New Business:
Confirmation of Minutes
No recorded vote.
FY 2027, RFP 25-029 Legal Services – Award of Contract
No recorded vote.
Reinstate Step Increase
No recorded vote.
Social Media Litigation
NB -2 Request for Credit Card Information NB - 3 Referral of DJEAC for Revisions
No recorded vote.
Receipt of Items in Advance of Board Meetings
No recorded vote.
Scheduling a Called Meeting
Mr. Freeman made a motion to amend the agenda (considering the above-listed entries). Dr. Woodford seconded this motion. This motion passed unanimously. Voting: Mr. Daryl Morton: Yes Dr. Sundra Woodford: Yes Mrs. Kristin Hanlon: Yes Ms. Myrtice Johnson: Yes Dr. Henry Ficklin: Ye…
No recorded vote.
Kamauri Curry, 2nd Grade Student, Union Elementary School
No recorded vote.
Honors, Awards, and Recognitions
No recorded vote.
CONSENT AGENDA
The Board voted to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. Not Present: Dr. Lisa Boyd
Full roll call
IS-1 FY27 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Grant Program Evaluator (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
IS-3 Renewal of Imagine Learning Edgenuity (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
IS-4 Kelly Services Contract Extension (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-2 Request for Authority to Proceed with Tax Anticipation Note (TAN) (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-3 FY 2027 District Contract – Copiers (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-4 FY 2027 – School Nutrition Food Contract (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-5 Approval of Milk and Dairy Contract (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-6 FY 2027 – School Nutrition Paper Contract (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-7 FY 2027 School Nutrition Procurement Plan and Procedures (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-8 FY 2027 – School Nutrition Produce Contract (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-9 Smart Mouth Pizza Blanket Requisition Approval (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-10 FY 2027 – Nutrition Temporary Staffing Services Renewal (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-11 FY 2027 Custodial Contract Award, District-Wide (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-12 Contract for Garbage Collection Services (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-13 FY 2027 – Athletics Material and Uniforms Contract Approval (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-15 Tyler Technologies Student Transportation (powered by Traversa)-Renewal (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-16 Naming of Ed Defore Baseball Field in Honor of Eddie Ashley (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-17 Gas and Diesel Fuel Purchase (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-18 District-Wide Propane Fuel Services Bid (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-19 Parts, Supplies and Service – Yancey Bus Sales and Service (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-20 Cybersecurity Grant: Email Security (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-21 Cybersecurity Grant: SIEM & SOC (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-22 Firewall Upgrades (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-23 Staff Devices – Phase 2 – 2026 (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
FSS-24 FY 2027 Atrium Health Navicent Agreement (School House Health) (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
PR-1 Policy GAK - Criminal Background Checks (Replacing Policy GAM: Staff Rights and Responsibilities) (ACTION - Second Reading)
No recorded vote.
PR-2 Policy GAE - Complaints and Grievances (ACTION - Second Reading)
xxviii. PR-3 Policy GARH - Employee Leaves and Absences (ACTION - Second Reading)
No recorded vote.
PS-1 - Certified Personnel Report (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
PS-2 - Classified Personnel Report (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
PS-5 Administrators Recommendation (ACTION)
No recorded vote.
Confirmation of Minutes - Board Meetings (2026) - May and June
In reference to the first sentence under FSS-2 in the June 2nd minutes, Dr. Ficklin made a motion to have the "s" removed from the words Superintendent and position, clarifying that there is only one Associate Superintendent position. Mr. Morton seconded that motion. Voting: Mr.…
Full roll call
FSS-14 FY 2027, RFP 25-029 Legal Services – Award of Contract (ACTION)
The Bibb County Board of Education voted 6 - 1 to authorize the Superintendent to issue a contract and purchase order to Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP for $998,000.00 for Legal Services within FY2027. Not Present: Dr. Lisa Boyd
Full roll call
FSS-25 Reinstate Step Increase (ACTION)
The Bibb County Board of Education voted 6 - 1 to reinstate step increases for all eligible employees and add back to the budget the $1.710 million to cover such costs. Not Present: Dr. Lisa Boyd
Full roll call
NB-1 Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation (ACTION)
The Bibb County Board of Education voted to give the Superintendent the authority to retain the law firms of Lieff Cabresar Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC, and Matthew W. Johnson at Johnson Law Office to represent the District in any and all claims th…
Full roll call
NB-2 Request for Credit Card Information (ACTION)
Dr. Ficklin made a motion that the Fiscal Services Committee retrieve copies of the credit card billing statements from its inception from the issuing financial institution and make it available according to law GA code § 36-80-24 which says that it shall be available for public…
Full roll call
NB-3 Referral of DJEAC for Revisions (ACTION)
Dr. Ficklin made a motion that the attorney look into updating Policy DJEAC to include credit cards as the law states that there must be a policy governing the issuing of such cards. Mrs. Hanlon seconded this motion. Not Present: Dr. Lisa Boyd
Full roll call
NB-4 Receipt of Items in Advance of Board Meetings (ACTION)
Mr. Morton made a motion effective immediately that no action item involving expenditures exceeding $150,000, organizational restructuring, staffing reduction, school consolidations, borrowing, tax recommendations or budget amendments shall be placed on the voting agenda unless…
Full roll call
NB-5 Scheduling a Called Meeting (ACTION)
Mr. Morton made a motion that a Called Meeting be scheduled within the next two weeks to have a presentation on consolidation so that the Board can see what the proposals are and to give the Board time to perhaps take action as early as August. Mr. Freeman seconded this motion.…
Full roll call
NB-6 Superintendent Contract Addendum (ACTION)
The Board voted 6 - 1 to approve this item as presented. Not Present: Dr. Lisa Boyd
Full roll call
ADJOURN
The Board voted to adjourn the meeting at 8:21 p.m. Not Present: Dr. Lisa Boyd Copyright © 2026 eBOARDsolutions Inc. - All rights reserved. |Privacy Notice|Accessibility Notice Version: 26.15.1.1 Simbli2