Board roundup: trustees approve audit, allow sale of football helmets and adopt library list

At its regular meeting, the Santa Fe ISD Board of Trustees approved a series of motions and resolutions covering personnel, finance and administrative procedures.

Key board actions (all votes recorded as passing during the meeting):

- Hiring: The board approved employment of Mari Smith for 109 days remaining in the 2025/26 school year following executive session. The motion was moved and seconded and passed unanimously.

- Consent agenda: Trustees approved the consent agenda (minutes, accounts payable, a brief budget amendment and proclamations) after a motion and second; the vote carried.

- Audit approval: The board voted unanimously to accept the 2024-25 fiscal-year external audit after staff reported a nonmodified opinion and no technical findings.

- Excess property (athletic helmets): Trustees approved a resolution to deem certain athletic helmets excess property and allow the athletics department to sell helmets (the actual helmets worn by graduating seniors) at fair market value; staff indicated an example price of $250 and said proceeds would be returned to district fund balance to offset future equipment purchases.

- Texas Public Information Act business days: Trustees approved designating specified days in 2026 as nonbusiness days under House Bill 3033 to manage open-records response workloads.

- Library materials: The board approved the posted 2025-26 library materials list after staff said no public challenges were received during the required 30-day posting.

Each motion was moved, seconded and approved in open session; no motions failed at this meeting. Staff said routine logistics (payment processing, refurbishment decisions and the bookkeeping steps for proceeds from helmet sales) will be handled by maintenance and finance departments according to standard district processes.