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6 • FACILITIESSANTA FE ISD (Galveston County)

Resolution Enforcing Competitive Sealed Bidding Caps & Rejecting Over-Budget Vendor Change Orders

Presented in: SANTA FE ISD Board of Trustees Regular Meeting on 2025-05-19
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 4.3/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (7 - 0)
“Motion to approve facilities and operations: facility maintenance, construction bids, and security contracts”
CH
Clay Hertenberger
Trustee, Place 5 (Place 5)
YES
PK
Patrick Kelly
Trustee, Place 6 (Place 6)
YES
AL
Angela Lambert
Trustee, Place 7 (Place 7)
YES
JN
James Norman
Trustee, Place 1 (Place 1)
YES
ED
Eric Davenport
Trustee, Place 2 (Place 2)
YES
JG
James Grassmuck
Trustee, Place 3 (Place 3)
YES
JC
John Couch, Ii
Trustee, Place 4 (Place 4)
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Official public docket item 6 on 2025-05-19

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.3/10). 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.