Votes at a glance: Medina Valley ISD board approves multiple contracts, hires and compensation changes

The Medina Valley ISD Board of Trustees voted on several consent and action items at its April 28 regular meeting. Below are the motions, vote outcomes and the portions of the meeting where each item was presented.

All votes below passed unanimously unless noted otherwise.

- Consent agenda (approved): minutes of the March regular board meeting; purchase of network equipment for Creekview High School; police department CAD system; ROW agreement with TxDOT; materials testing for Middle School No. 3 and the Ag/JROTC building. Motion: Trustee Blaine Nash moved to approve; Trustee Matt Caslione seconded. (Presentation and motion: consent agenda discussed prior to vote.)

- Compensation plan revisions (approved): Board approved multiple pay‑grade and position changes for the coming year, including a proposed director of bilingual/ESL role and ESL coordinator, adding a network technician position, reclassifying a high‑school student services clerk to registrar, adjustments to paraprofessional pay grades, and temporary additional duties/substitute driver pay for transportation staff. Motion: Trustee Jason Bonney moved to approve; Trustee Joe Biediger seconded.

- Change order No. 1, Medina Valley HS No. 2 stadium improvements (approved): Staff recommended a change order to incorporate stadium improvements (prefabricated press‑box option) and requested increasing owner contingency slightly so the total change order amount matched the presented construction budget. The board approved the change order as presented. Motion: Trustee Matt Caslione moved to approve; Trustee Jason Bonney seconded.

- Budget amendment (approved): A small budget amendment moving $9,000 from Function 11 to Function 13 (staff development) to fund pre‑AP institutes at Medina Valley High School was approved. Motion: Trustee Blaine Nash moved to approve; Trustee Matt Kessely seconded.

- Personnel hires (approved): The board approved the superintendent's recommendations for several administrative hires presented after closed session: - Steven Kennard as Director of Health and Safety. Motion: Trustee Blaine Nash moved to approve; Trustee Matt Caslione seconded. - Laura Garza as Director of Special Education. Motion: Trustee Joe Biediger moved to approve; Trustee Jason Bonney seconded. - David Solis as Director of Career and Technical Education (CTE). Motion: Trustee Matt Caslione moved to approve; Trustee Jason Bonney seconded. - Amanda Montero as Director of Student Services. Motion: Trustee Joe Biediger moved to approve; Trustee Jason Bonney seconded.

- Appointment of district personnel as school marshals (approved): Administration recommended appointments presented in closed session; the board approved the appointments as presented. Motion: Trustee Blaine Nash moved to approve; Trustee Jason Bonney seconded.

- Superintendent contract (approved): Trustees approved a one‑year extension to the superintendent's contract and a 3% salary increase. Motion: Trustee Blaine Nash moved to approve with the stated revisions; Trustee Matt Caslione seconded.

Where to find the record: each item was introduced during the open meeting and votes were taken following discussion (closed session items were motioned and voted in open session after the closed session). See the transcript timecodes below for the original motions and roll calls.