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Mercedes ISD board approves procurement cards, budget amendment adding $101,301 for child-nutrition grant
Summary
The Mercedes ISD Board approved a suite of business-office items Sept. 17, including procurement cards, a budget amendment that adds $101,301 to a Child Nutrition grant starting Oct. 1, purchase of a warehouse truck and solicitation of RFQs for financial-advisor services.
The Mercedes Independent School District Board of Trustees on Sept. 17 approved multiple business-office items after staff recommended the measures.
Chief Financial Officer Sylvia Garza told the board the district will increase revenues for the Child Nutrition Fresh Fruits and Vegetables grant beginning Oct. 1, specifying that “they would be bringing in $101,301 additional revenue for the grant.” The board also voted unanimously to approve a resolution to obtain procurement cards from Texas National Bank, to purchase an E-Series Cutaway Box Truck for the district warehouse, and to solicit requests for qualifications for financial-advisor services while providing notice to the current provider.
Board action on the items was unanimous. Motion language and recorded seconds in the minutes indicate votes passed without opposition: the procurement-card resolution was moved by Trustee Orlando Rodriguez and seconded by Trustee Pete Martinez; the budget amendment passed following a motion by Eddie Howell, Jr., seconded by Orlando Rodriguez; the truck purchase was moved by Eddie Howell, Jr. and seconded by Oscar Hernandez. The motion to solicit RFQs was moved by Orlando Rodriguez and seconded by Lucy Delgado.
The measures authorize staff to proceed with procurement and contracting steps; the minutes record these as approvals rather than adoptings of new policy. Fiscal detail recorded for the budget amendment is limited to the $101,301 grant revenue increase; the budget item does not list specific line-item expenditures in the posted minutes.
