Council replaces its nominee to Bexar Appraisal District board, approves Ivelisse Mesa Gonzales as city appointee

The San Antonio City Council on Oct. 2 approved Councilmember Ivelisse Mesa Gonzales as the city’s nominee to the Bexar Appraisal District (BCAD) Board of Directors for a term beginning Jan. 1, 2026, and ending Dec. 31, 2029.

The item (agenda item 22) was pulled from the consent agenda for individual consideration. An initial motion to continue the item to Oct. 9 with a different designee was moved and seconded but failed on a roll call vote. Council then debated the nomination and Councilmember Terry Castillo moved to replace her nomination and nominate Councilmember Ivelisse Mesa Gonzales to serve as the city’s BCAD appointee; that amendment was seconded and the amendment carried. The main motion as amended also carried and the council approved Mesa Gonzales as the city’s nominee.

Council participants discussed timing and quorum for filing the nomination; staff noted the deadline to submit the nomination to BCAD is Oct. 15. One councilmember stated they would not support the nomination because of prior personnel actions taken by the mayor (that councilmember’s comment was recorded in the transcript). Council did not record further procedural conditions on the appointment in the open meeting.

The transcript records the failed motion to continue by roll call (the clerk read member votes during the record) and then records that the amendment and the main motion as amended carried; the transcript does not include the final roll‑call tally for the approving vote in the meeting text. The council did not record additional terms, compensation or other conditions on the BCAD appointment during the public meeting.