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Trustees press WESLACO ISD over delayed June financials; forensic audit motion fails
Summary
A trustee pushed administration for June 30 unaudited financials and raised concerns about payroll increases and amended budgets; a motion to hire Weaver for a forensic audit failed for lack of a second, and the board instead approved creating a budget committee.
Trustee Marcos de Los Santos told the WESLACO ISD board that he had repeatedly requested the district’s June 30 unaudited expenditures and revenue report and called it unacceptable that the board received only a May 31 report in August.
"Why are you showing me May 31?" de Los Santos asked. He warned that payroll increases and amendments to the 2024–25 budget could mask operational deficits and asked for an operational-balance report that excludes use of fund balance. The CFO responded that June entries were still under review to avoid publishing errors and that the finalized report would be presented by September.
De Los Santos moved to hire Weaver to conduct a forensic audit of 2023–24 and 2024–25 financials to determine whether formulas or entries had been manipulated. Several trustees questioned the scope and timing; one member said they preferred to see the finalized June report first. The motion to approve the forensic audit failed for lack of a second.
After debate, the board voted to form a board budget committee, to be appointed by the board president, to review the final budgets and return recommendations to the full board. Board President Isidore Nieto said he would meet with trustees and the CFO ahead of the September meeting and asked staff to provide the finalized 12-month financials.
Trustees asked for a clear list of one-time fund-balance uses and construction-related draws (administration cited about $16–17 million for construction and roughly $10 million for one-time large purchases, totaling an approximate $27 million use of fund balance subject to final reconciliation). The board did not approve an audit at the Aug. 11 meeting.
