The Lyon County School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously April 22 to terminate a previously awarded perimeter-fencing and exterior‑door contract and to publish two new projects for perimeter fencing and site improvements.

Executive Director of Operations Harmon Banes told the board the district terminated the earlier contract after consulting legal counsel and architects. Banes said the termination "was not a decision taken lightly" but that it would allow the district to accomplish most of the intended work through two separately bid projects — perimeter fencing and site improvements — and to bring doors and remaining items forward later as a modified single point of entry project.

Board President Tom Hendricks and Banes said the district sought to manage the two new projects directly with district staff and design partners rather than through a single general contractor. Trustee Farr made the motion to publish the two new scopes; Trustee Whistler seconded. The board voted to approve the change in direction and to publish the revised project solicitations.

During public comment, Yerington resident Ron Wells asked why the contract had been terminated. Banes and legal counsel declined to go into details in public; Banes said there had been "several unanimous decisions made by this contractor without any sort of coordination with the district" and that the district "disagreed," which led to the termination. Legal counsel advised the board to redo the vote after public comment; the board reintroduced the motion and voted again. The final vote passed unanimously.

Trustees asked staff to return formal documents showing the revised scopes and to present bids for board approval at a future meeting.