Finance committee advances donations, equipment disposals and cash disbursements to consent agenda

At the Jan. 29 Finance Committee meeting, Albuquerque Public Schools staff presented two donations exceeding $5,000, a statement of equipment to be taken out of service, and the district’s December 2025 cash-disbursements report, and the committee voted to place these items on the Feb. 4 consent agenda.

Staff said the packet included documentation for the donations: $5,000 to a Title I homeless project from law firm McGinn, Montoya, Love, Curry & Seavers, P.A., and $10,140 to Reginald Chavez Elementary School from Old Town Farm Bike and Coffee. "There was documentation included," said a staff member in the meeting; staff invited questions but the committee raised none on the donations.

Capital fiscal staff presented a statement of equipment scheduled for disposal (items out of service Oct. 1–Nov. 30, 2025) in accordance with New Mexico state law and offered to answer questions; a senior director joined briefly to explain and left for an on-site obligation.

Finance staff also walked the committee through the December 2025 cash-disbursements packet (68 pages) showing check-level detail by vendor and expense type. Board members were reminded that the board report section of the district website posts contract summaries, pending and recently awarded bids, and that proposal and evaluation information is already publicly available in the packet; members discussed whether additional transparency steps might be warranted.

The committee then moved, seconded and carried a recommendation to place these items — along with the budget transfers and procurement items discussed earlier — on the Feb. 4 Board of Education consent agenda.