The Aledo Ledger Saturday, September 5, 2026

Aledo ISD Board Room, 1008 Bailey Ranch Road

Trustees accept a 1% pay increase and ask the CFO for $100,000 more in cuts

The Aug. 25 budget meeting was canceled as unnecessary.

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met in special session Aug. 23, 2016, with all seven trustees present. Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld presented the proposed 2016-2017 budget. Trustees accepted the recommendation for a one percent pay increase and asked Husfeld to make an additional $100,000 in budget cuts, and canceled the Aug. 25 meeting. The session adjourned at 9:14 p.m.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 23, 2016 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 19, 2016 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 23, 2016 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

How this was sourced: Primary documents: the minutes of the Aug. 23, 2016 meeting as posted on BoardBook with the Sept. 19, 2016 agenda, and the meeting agenda. Every vote, number and name above appears in those documents; the Ledger did not review the meeting video. Students, employees who are not administrators, and public commenters are not named. Written Sept- 5- 2026, for the archive.

Filed under Aledo ISD Board of Trustees ยท Topics: What has the Aledo ISD board decided on the budget, bonds and tax rate?

LedgerAt a glance
2016-2017 budget
1% raise accepted; $100,000 in additional cuts requested

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