Laredo ISD trustees approve grouped consent and regular items; question on $27,500 reclassification answered

The Laredo ISD Board of Trustees on May 16 moved and approved multiple grouped consent and regular-agenda items by voice vote and recorded no roll-call tallies in the meeting transcript.

The board first approved items 1 and 2, then moved to approve items 3a–3f. Trustee Dr. Gilberto Martinez Jr. asked a question about item 3B, which involved a reclassification of residual winter-storm funds; the board amended the motion to remove item 3B and approved the amended package by voice vote. After clarifying questions about item 3B, trustees later moved and approved item 3B separately.

Dr. Gilberto Martinez Jr. asked whether the reclassification of $27,500 for Milton Elementary adult restrooms would affect the current restroom construction. Angel Velasquez responded: “No, sir. We already have set aside the amount and in addition to that, we have contingency just in case anything else may come up and we still have, like, a funding dedicated to contingency.” This exchange led trustees to approve item 3B after the clarification.

The board also approved grouped items 4a–4i and 5a–5m, then approved items 6–15 by voice vote. At one point trustees moved to table items 17 and 18 for a special call meeting on May 20 to accommodate travel and scheduling concerns; that motion passed.

All approvals recorded in the transcript were taken by voice (members answered “aye” on the record). The transcript does not include roll-call vote tallies tied to individual trustees for these motions; outcomes were recorded as approved by voice vote.

The meeting concluded with routine communications and trustee remarks and was adjourned after a motion and second.