Who authorized Holmes, Manning to negotiate with supt?

Who authorized Holmes and Manning to begin re-negotiating Supt. Davis' employment contract and compensation?

Before any board members run off half-cocked and do something on behalf of the board, they are to be authorized to do so. This means there should have been an item on the agenda of a previous board meeting to begin such negotiations.

After a motion, second, discussion and approval by the majority (guaranteed because of the cabal of "the Four"), only then should Holmes and Manning have entered into negotiations with the District's attorney and the superintendent's attorney. And a better choice would have been Holmes OR Manning, paired with one of Agostini, Scott or McFadden.

The deck shouldn't have been stacked in favor of the supt.

Was General Counsel Karla McLawhorn Hawkins used as the District's lawyer? If so, then the superintendent had two attorneys in the room on his own side. Hawkins works for Davis. 

Full disclosure to the public will include the names of the attorneys. On both sides.