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Votes at a glance: trustees approve technology purchase, budget amendment, calendar revision, election order and settlement
Summary
At its Jan. 21 meeting, Ector County ISD trustees approved a $1.6 million technology purchase, budget amendment No. 4, a calendar revision, an election order for May and a closed‑session settlement; consent agenda items were also approved.
The Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees recorded the following actions during its Jan. 21 meeting. Motions, seconds and votes were taken from the public record; where individual movers or seconders were not named in the transcript, the record shows the board entertained a motion and the vote outcome reported by the chair.
Votes at a glance
- Purchase approval: CDW (technology network equipment and fiber) - Motion: Approve purchases over $50,000 for CDW for network equipment and fiber to serve four new sites (CTE building, new middle school, transportation center and transition learning center). The item in the board packet totaled $1,600,000 (e‑rate eligible items). - Outcome: Approved. The motion carried after the board voted "aye"; no opposing votes were recorded in the public minutes.
- Budget amendment: 2024–2025 Budget Amendment No. 4 - Motion: Approve Budget Amendment No. 4 (general fund, school nutrition fund and debt service adjustments). The amendment includes reallocation of payroll budgets, a roughly $1,000,000 decrease to the general‑fund balance for Burleson work and legal fees, about $3.5 million moved for LED lighting work and a debt‑service increase of a little over $8,000,000 to prepay bonds; the state provided approximately $1,200,000 additional funds related to homestead exemptions. - Outcome: Approved. The motion carried; board recorded "aye" with no opposition stated.
- Calendar revision: 2024–2025 Calendar Revision No. 1 - Motion: Revise the 2024–25 calendar to end payroll for most summer‑school staff on June 30 (elementary and middle school summer programs will end June 30; high‑school credit recovery continues until summer graduation). - Outcome: Approved. Motion carried; vote recorded as unanimous in the public proceedings.
- Election order: May 2025 Board of Trustees election - Motion: Approve the election order and notice for the board of trustees election (May 3, 2025 as recorded in the minutes). - Outcome: Approved. Motion carried; vote recorded as unanimous.
- Consent agenda - Motion: Approve the consent agenda as presented. - Outcome: Approved. Motion carried; vote recorded as unanimous.
- Closed‑session action: Special education settlement - Motion: Accept the recommendation of the superintendent and the district attorney and authorize settlement in the matter listed as docket 226‑SE‑0324 (student v. Ector County ISD before a special education hearing officer in Texas), as discussed in closed session. - Outcome: Approved. The board voted to accept the recommendation; the chair recorded "aye" with no recorded opposition.
- Personnel announcement - Item: The superintendent announced the hiring of Tanya Galindo as principal of the Virgil Central Education Center effective in school year 2025–26. The announcement was made in open session following a closed meeting; the transcript records the announcement but does not show a separate recorded vote on the appointment at that time.
The board used the standard meeting procedure seen in the record: motions were made and seconded, the chair called for "ayes," and the chair announced the motion carried when no members indicated opposition. The public transcript did not list individual vote tallies per trustee (roll‑call yes/no) for these items; the minutes show motions passed by unanimous voice vote or by the chair’s announcement of results.
