The Freedom Town Board met Tuesday night with Mayor Shad Brackin absent. Rolando Galindo served as chairman, along with board member Terry Smith. Clerk Cindy Reed was present, as was office worker Dawn Ware. Maintenance man Stuart Page was also absent.

Cindy Reed said a Quickbooks software glitch occurred while she was in the middle of entering September numbers. In the course of her work, a popup occurred urging an upgrade to the 2018 version of the program. Normally, Quickbooks next prompts the operator to make a backup. This prompt did not occur. After an unusually long time – four hours –...