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Trustees approve routine consent items and set May 3 election details; appoint election liaison
Summary
The board approved a set of routine consent items and set election logistics for May 3, including polling locations and early-voting dates.
The Southwest ISD Board of Trustees approved a series of routine and election-related items during the meeting. The actions below were taken by voice vote with no recorded roll-call dissent.
Votes at a glance:
- Overnight student trips: Approved (motion passed by voice vote). The board moved and seconded the consent item covering multiple overnight trips; no substantive questions were recorded.
- Board amendment (budget cleanup): Approved (motion passed by voice vote). Trustees approved budget amendment No. 5 to move funds among campuses for supplies and technology; presenters said the amendment did not affect overall fund balance.
- Order of election for Southwest School District: Approved. District staff asked the board to order a May 3 election with polling locations at Big Country Elementary, Bob Hope Elementary, McAuliffe Middle School, Sky Harbor Elementary, Southwest ISD central office (Building 800) and the Horace Fincher Center in Lisle. Early-voting locations were set at McAuliffe and the central office with early-voting dates scheduled April 22 through April 29.
- Joint election agreement with the City of Lytle: Approved. The board approved entering a joint-election agreement for the May election.
- Appointment of an administrator as liaison with Bexar County Elections Department: Approved. Trustees appointed the district-nominated administrator as the elections liaison (motion carried by voice vote).
- Construction materials testing lab for Creewald Road School of the Arts renovation: Approved. The board approved Terracon Consultants as the construction materials testing lab on a not-to-exceed basis of $60,000; the firm is on the districts pre-approved geotechnical consultants list.
- Approval of construction documents for Creewald Road (School of the Arts renovation) and other construction consent items: Approved (motions carried by voice vote).
- Submission of Truancy Prevention and Intervention (TPI) grant application and accompanying resolution: Approved. Trustees authorized staff to submit the federal grant application (in partnership with ACOG) and adopt the required resolution permitting application.
- Superintendents personnel recommendations (after closed session): Approved. The board moved, seconded and approved the superintendents personnel recommendations upon returning from closed session.
Each item above was presented as either consent or a short presentation, moved, seconded, and approved by voice vote during the meeting; specific staff presenters and vote tallies were not recorded in the transcript beyond the motion/second/voice-vote approvals.
