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5.C • Action ItemsTATUM ISD (Rusk County)
Consider and Approve the purchase of one 77 passenger bus. This purchase is not to exceed $150,000. This expenditure was included in the budget that was previously adopted in August.
Presented in: TATUM ISD Board of Trustees Regular Meeting on 2025-10-06
Official Roll-Call Vote
Restrains Gov't • 4.5/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (7 - 0)
“Action on Consider and Approve the purchase of one 77 passenger bus. This purchase is not to exceed $150,000. This expenditure was included in the budget that was previously adopted in August.”
MC
Matt Crawford
Trustee, Place 5 (Place 5)
YES
ES
Erika Smith
Trustee, Place 6 (Place 6)
YES
CS
Curt Smith
Trustee, Place 7 (Place 7)
YES
EA
Everigester Adams, Jr
Trustee, Place 1 (Place 1)
YES
DW
Dennis Williams
Trustee, Place 2 (Place 2)
YES
SS
Stephen Skinner
Trustee, Place 3 (Place 3)
YES
KA
Kip Amick
Trustee, Place 4 (Place 4)
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
5.C. Consider and Approve the purchase of one 77 passenger bus. This purchase is not to exceed $150,000. This expenditure was included in the budget that was previously adopted in August.
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.5/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.