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Camino Real RMA elects officers, adopts minutes and accepts quarterly reports
Summary
At its April 9 meeting the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority elected officers, approved March minutes and accepted interim financial, investment and program reports including updates on the Wyler project and the bike‑share program.
The Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority board elected officers, approved minutes from its March meeting and accepted second‑quarter interim reports during its April 9 meeting in El Paso.
The board voted to appoint Monica Pett as vice chair and Leah Masters as treasurer, and appointed Lena Ortega as secretary with Robert Studer as alternate/assistant secretary. Chair Joyce Wilson put the vice‑chair and treasurer nominations on the floor and the board approved the motion by voice vote. The board also adopted the minutes of the March 12 meeting and accepted the interim financial, investment, bike‑share and engineering‑consultant reports for the second quarter.
Board members said the officer appointments were intended to preserve institutional knowledge during a period of substantial turnover on the board. "We had a major kind of turnover on the board," Wilson said before proposing the appointments. The board discussed delaying selection of a primary secretary but appointed Ortega and Studer to ensure continuity for executing and attesting agency documents.
In accepting the reports, the board heard a high‑level review from Robert Studer, who summarized the interim finance packet provided by the City of El Paso. Studer noted the agency received an $8,000,000 tranche from Texas Parks and Wildlife for the Wyler project and said the RMA's cash position was improved by that receipt. He also reviewed the organization's operating budget and noted the RMA has historically run under budget.
The investment report showed approximately $600,000 in investment income for the first six months of the fiscal year, and the board was briefed on the El Paso bike‑share program's recent ridership and fleet upgrades. The board voted by voice to accept the reports; no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the public minutes.
The meeting included routine committee planning: members were asked to consider committee assignments (finance and planning) and the board chair said committee rosters would be finalized at a subsequent meeting. With no additional motions, the board adjourned at 10:08 a.m.
Votes at a glance - Appoint Monica Pett as vice chair and Leah Masters as treasurer: motion introduced by Chair Joyce Wilson; approved by voice vote. (Mover: Joyce Wilson; second: not specified on record.) - Appoint Lena Ortega as secretary and Robert Studer as alternate/assistant secretary: approved by voice vote. - Adopt minutes of March 12, 2025 meeting: approved by voice vote. - Accept interim financial, investment, bike‑share and consultant reports (second quarter): approved by voice vote.
The actions recorded at the meeting were procedural and intended to maintain organizational continuity while the board onboards three new members.
