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Votes at a glance: Alvin ISD trustees approve budget, insurance, contracts and board officers
Summary
At its meeting the Alvin ISD Board of Trustees approved the 2025'26 budget and several contracts and administrative items; trustees also elected board officers.
The Alvin Independent School District Board of Trustees took a series of formal votes at its June meeting. Below are the items the board approved or acted on, with results and key details drawn from the meeting record.
Summary of actions
- Consent agenda (items a, b, c, d, e, f, h): Approved; vote recorded as 7-0 in favor.
- Request to approve expenditures exceeding $75,000 per line item (recurrent purchases): Approved; vote recorded as 6 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain.
- Designation of tax-rate calculation officer: The board designated Kristen Bolenek, Brazoria County Tax Assessor-Collector, to calculate the district's no-new-revenue and voter-approval tax rates as required by law; the motion passed (6 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain).
- Approval of the Alvin ISD 2025'26 budget (general operating, debt service, child nutrition): Approved; vote recorded as 7-0 in favor. The board adopted the budget as presented and scheduled tax-rate adoption for September, pending certified values and TEA guidance.
- Workers' compensation third-party administrator (Claims Administrative Services, Inc.): Approved; vote recorded as 7-0 in favor. The district intends a three-year contract with options for additional one-year renewals; vendor chosen for cost and reporting portal.
- Property insurance (Arthur J. Gallagher risk management services): Approved; vote recorded as 7-0 in favor. The coverage includes named windstorm, all-other-perils, equipment breakdown and active-shooter coverage; exact premium figures were not specified in the public presentation.
- Optional flexible school day program (ADA funding for Options program): Approved; vote recorded as 7-0 in favor. The program allows approved students to attend flexible hours and the district to claim ADA funding under TEA's optional flexible-school-day rules.
- Employment of personnel (routine hires and contract recommendations): Approved; vote recorded as 7-0 in favor.
- Election of board officers: Trustees voted to elect Cheryl B. Harris as board president (motion carried 4-3). Brian K. Roberson was elected vice president (carried 7-0). Danielle Swinney was selected as board secretary (vote recorded in the meeting record as 4 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain).
Ending: Board members said the meeting's approvals will allow staff to proceed with operations and vendor onboarding; tax-rate adoption remains a separate process for September when certified property values and TEA guidance will be available.
