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Board declines to discontinue employee stipends after split vote
Summary
Trustees debated discontinuing employee stipends, including school safety stipends, but ultimately took no action. An alternate motion to discontinue stipends failed 2–4–1; the final motion to take no action passed 4–2–1 with Cruz Mata abstaining.
The Crystal City ISD board held a divided discussion on whether to discontinue employee stipends — including school safety stipends — for the remainder of the 2024–25 school year. An alternate motion by Vince Martinez to discontinue stipends failed on a 2–4–1 vote (Vince Martinez and Peggy Young for; Gabriel Espinosa, Ray Espinosa, Victor Bonilla III, Sammy Houston against; Cruz Mata abstained). The board then reinstated the original motion by Victor Bonilla III to take no action; that motion carried 4–2–1.
The minutes record the votes and names of members on each side but do not state a rationale in detail for either position. The record shows the board considered the financial and personnel implications in closed session earlier and debated the policy in open session before voting.
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