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4.L • Action ItemsGONZALES ISD (Gonzales County)

Discuss and Consider Action to Adopt the revised policy CFB (Local) Presenter: Amanda Smith, Chief Financial Officer; Dr. Dana Arreola, Superintendent of Schools Description: Administration is recommending a revision to CFB (Local) to increase the capitalization threshold for individual capital assets from $5,000 to $10,000.

Presented in: GONZALES ISD Board of Trustees Regular Meeting on 2026-10-12
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 2.7/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (7 - 0)
“Action on Discuss and Consider Action to Adopt the revised policy CFB (Local) Presenter: Amanda Smith, Chief Financial Officer; Dr. Dana Arreola, Superintendent of Schools Description: Administration is recomme”
AM
Ashley Molina
Trustee, Place 5 (Place 5)
YES
DR
D'Anna Robinson
Trustee, Place 6 (Place 6)
YES
GT
Gloria Torres
Trustee, Place 7 (Place 7)
YES
RH
Ross Hendershot Iii
Trustee, Place 1 (Place 1)
YES
JS
Justin Schwausch
Trustee, Place 2 (Place 2)
YES
JS
Josie Smith-Wright
Trustee, Place 3 (Place 3)
YES
NB
Naomi Brown
Trustee, Place 4 (Place 4)
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

4.L. Discuss and Consider Action to Adopt the revised policy CFB (Local) Presenter: Amanda Smith, Chief Financial Officer; Dr. Dana Arreola, Superintendent of Schools Description: Administration is recommending a revision to CFB (Local) to increase the capitalization threshold for individual capital assets from $5,000 to $10,000.

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.7/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.