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San Benito CISD board approves consent agenda, later OKs employment changes after closed session
Summary
Trustees approved a broad consent agenda covering January financial reports, purchases, policy updates and other routine items; after a closed executive session the board also approved employment, resignations and terminations as discussed in executive session.
SAN BENITO, Texas — The San Benito CISD Board of Trustees approved a multi-item consent agenda during its February 2025 meeting and, after a closed executive session, approved personnel actions brought forward from that session.
During the open meeting the board approved consent items numbered 6.1 through 7.5 by motion and voice/hand vote. The consent package as presented included the January 2025 cash accounts, revenue-and-expenditure comparisons, tax collection report, check disbursement report, award of two additional proposals for a districtwide general-merchandise contract (RFP-1224-GM), gifts and bequests for the 2024-25 school year, budget amendments, purchases over $50,000, a revision of the 2024-25 compensation plan, purchase of an electrocardiogram (ECG) machine for screenings, a policy-manual update (01/24), a change order for American Fencing Company at Seminole High School, and approval of board minutes from January regular and special meetings.
Board President Lopez called for a single motion to approve the consent items; a motion was made, seconded and the chair announced the motion carried.
Later in the meeting the board moved into closed session under the Texas Government Code for attorney consultation and personnel matters. After returning to open session, Superintendent Alfredo Perez asked the board to approve employment actions discussed in executive session. Trustee Crystal Hernandez moved to approve the employment, resignation, retirement and termination items; the motion was seconded by Trustee Varial and the chair stated the motion carried.
Why it matters: routine financial and administrative approvals allow district operations and expenditures to proceed; the post-executive-session personnel actions affect staffing and human-resources status across district campuses.
The consent approvals were taken as a package and recorded on the meeting agenda; specific dollar amounts for check disbursements and purchases over $50,000 were referenced on the packaged reports but not read aloud in open session. The employment items were approved by motion after executive session; the board did not discuss the specific personnel items in open session because they were considered in closed session under Texas law.
The meeting adjourned at 7:43 p.m.
