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Mercedes ISD trustees approve personnel recommendations, legal contracts and table consulting agreement
Summary
At a meeting of the Mercedes ISD Board of Trustees the board approved personnel actions from executive session, authorized legal representation, approved contingency contracts with a collections law firm, approved RFQs for legal counsel and tabled a consulting agreement; several votes were unanimous and two contract items recorded one abstention.
The Mercedes ISD Board of Trustees approved personnel actions discussed in executive session and took several legal- and contracting-related votes before adjourning.
Trustee Rodriguez moved to approve the personnel recommendations from executive session, and Trustee Rovino seconded. The board approved the motion unanimously. The board also recorded no action on a student-discipline matter raised under the executive-session item indicated as “student discipline pursuant to section 551.”
The board then authorized legal representation discussed in executive session, moving to "authorize Attorney Salvania as discussed in executive session," a motion made by Trustee Vallejo and seconded by Trustee Howell. The motion passed unanimously.
Trustees approved written findings related to a contingency contract with Purdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collin and Mott LLP under the government-code citation read into the record; Trustee Howell moved and Trustee Trevino seconded. The vote passed 6–0 with Trustee Rodriguez recorded as abstaining.
The board approved a separate contingency contract with Purdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collin and Mott LLP for collection of delinquent government receivables owed to Mercedes ISD, including "notice and cure" provisions and authorization for the board president and legal counsel to finalize and execute the agreement. Trustee Vallejo moved to approve and Trustee Nossa (recorded variously in the transcript as Nohosa/Nuzza/Nwanza) seconded. That motion passed 6–0 with one abstention for the record.
Trustees approved a request for qualifications (RFQ) for legal counsel services for Mercedes ISD on a unanimous vote. The board also voted to table a proposed consulting agreement between O'Hannon, Demarath, and Castillo and Mercedes ISD for government support/training (for the period referenced in the agenda). Trustee Vallejo moved to table the consulting-agreement item and Trustee Rodriguez seconded; the motion passed unanimously.
The meeting closed with routine information items and scheduling: board members were told calendars and requested information would be provided, and the board was reminded that its next regular meeting is scheduled for 03/18/2025. A motion to adjourn carried unanimously; the presiding officer declared the meeting adjourned at 11:14.
Quotes in the record include Trustee Vallejo saying, "I move to authorize Attorney Salvania as discussed in executive session," during the motion to authorize legal counsel; other short roll-call responses were recorded as individual trustees voting "aye," "yes," or recording an abstention as noted above.
