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Taft ISD board approves consent agenda and multiple bond- and payroll-related motions
Summary
At its Jan. 30, 2025 meeting the Taft ISD Board of Trustees approved the consent agenda and a slate of motions including insurance renewal, authorization to negotiate with the top-ranked CMAR, adoption of Davis-Bacon prevailing wages for Bond 2024, curriculum adoption, multiple payroll payments, and several election-related items.
The Taft Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve the meeting Consent Agenda and a series of discrete motions on Jan. 30, 2025.
The consent items covered approval of the Dec. 16, 2024 minutes; December 2024 expenditures by function; the summary of taxes paid to Taft ISD through December 2024; and Taft ISD Child Nutrition reports. The motion to approve the Consent Agenda was made by Diana Buendia and seconded by Johnny Carvajal and passed 7-0.
During the meeting the board recorded unanimous votes on a range of other actions: approval of Property and Windstorm Insurance Renewal Option 1; acceptance of CMAR rankings and authorization for the superintendent to negotiate with the top-ranked Construction Manager at Risk (RFQ #2025-01); adoption of Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage rates for Aransas, Nueces and San Patricio Counties for Bond 2024 projects; approval of the ESTEEM Program curriculum; and approval of several payroll-related payments for hourly food-service employees and other hourly staff. The board also approved a Blended Learning Grant contract with Collegiate EduNation and set the order and notice for the May 3, 2025 general elections for other political subdivisions.
No motion failed. Multiple motions were made, seconded and recorded with vote tallies noted in the minutes.
