During its Dec. 9 meeting the Pearland Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a multi-item consent agenda and discussed several procurement and policy items listed on the consent docket.

Trustees approved a motion by Trustee Johnson (second by Trustee Murphy) to pass consent items 1, 3 and 11; later they moved and approved a separate motion to approve consent items 5 through 9. Board members spent additional time on consent item 2, a consolidated list of purchases over $100,000 that included a set of Dell-branded equipment quotes totaling roughly $4,000,000. District staff confirmed those purchases are bond-funded (budget code starting with 624) and explained the Dell quotes were broken into multiple line items based on vendor pricing and fiscal-year quoting practices. Staff said the purchases include a mix of CTE lab machines, high-powered workstations for 3D modeling, classroom student laptops and shared devices.

The board also approved renewal of the district's commercial property insurance after staff explained the premium decreased by nearly $400,000 without reductions in coverage limits, and approved an interlocal affiliation agreement to host clinical teaching experiences for university students. On the library materials item, staff reported the required 30-day public posting under Senate Bill 13 produced no objections; trustees discussed the number of manga and graphic novels on secondary lists and then voted to approve the December library book list.

Other routine actions included approval of a modest budget reclassification ($120,000) for graduation audio/video upgrades at Pearland Stadium and standard personnel employment approvals following executive session. All recorded votes on these consent and regular-agenda items passed unanimously (6-0) with Trustee Stuckey absent, per the meeting minutes.