APS finance committee recommends consent agenda including $42.85M Corrales K‑8 proposal, $28.6M in missing-equipment removals

The Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education Finance Committee voted Jan. 22 to recommend a consent agenda to the full board that bundles a $42,850,000 qualification-based proposal from Thompson Construction for the Corrales K‑8 project with multiple grant adjustments, inter- and intra-function transfers, donations, insurance premium adjustments, a benefits consulting contract and the removal of long‑unresolved missing equipment from district records.

The recommendation was moved by Board member Heather Benavides and seconded by Board member Reynaldo Tomorito; Chair Crystal Tapia Romero and the three voting members answered yes on a roll call to recommend the items for the board consent agenda.

Why it matters: the packet includes both large capital proposals and administrative finance actions. The Corrales K‑8 qualification-based proposal is the single largest line — $42.85 million — and the list also includes adjustments tied to federal recovery funds and internal reallocations. The committee also reviewed a fixed-asset action that would remove more than $28.6 million of equipment reported missing for two or more years, a figure committee members described as “shocking” but said had decreased from prior reports.

The items summarized for the committee and included in the recommended consent agenda were:

- Qualification-based proposal and easements: A…