Council approves consent agenda and multiple appointments; judicial reappointment and part-time judge swearing-in completed

The San Antonio City Council approved its consent agenda, confirmed several board and commission appointments and renewed a municipal-court judicial appointment during session A on June 5, 2025.

Consent agenda: The council voted to adopt the consent agenda as presented with Councilmember Villagrán recorded as voting in favor in the transcript; the motion passed with no other roll-call details provided in the audio transcript.

Board and commission appointments (Agenda item 14): The council approved appointments to boards and reinvestment zones including the appointments of Tad Rootford and Paul Basaldua (transcript: names and board labels provided during item 14). The motion was seconded and the transcript records the mayor calling for a vote; the clerk recorded ‘‘La moción pasa’’ (the motion passes).

Judicial appointments and swearing-in: The council approved renewing the appointment of Carla Obledo as presiding judge of the municipal court for a two-year term ending April 30, 2027; Councilmember Maquir Rodríguez made the motion and the council voted to approve. Judge Obledo was sworn in on the council floor. The council also approved the appointment of Laurie A. Crockett and Gabriel Quintanilla as part-time municipal court judges for terms ending April 30, 2026; both were sworn in during the meeting.

Procedure and next steps: Several items passed by voice vote without roll-call tallies provided in the recorded transcript. As noted during the meeting, the housing bond report (agenda item 3) was informational and staff will return with ordinances for funding approvals the following week.

Votes recorded in the public transcript were limited to motions passing; no full roll-call tallies with individual aye/nay votes are present in the available transcript excerpt.