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Board approves Citizens Bond Oversight Committee charge after debate; authorizes job-order contracting for small projects
Summary
Trustees approved a renewed Citizens Bond Oversight Committee charge 7–0 after a motion to table failed. Later the board authorized use of job order contracting (JOC) for smaller Phase 4/5 projects, a decision trustees and staff framed as a tool for efficiency with procurement safeguards and audit reporting to continue.
After extended discussion about oversight and audit roles, the Arlington ISD Board of Trustees approved an updated Citizens Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC) charge by a 7–0 vote on Sept. 18, 2025. A separate motion to table the item failed 3–4 after trustees debated language about the committee’s purpose and its role in reviewing audits.
Trustee Wilbanks had proposed tabling to review several changes but trustees heard from committee chairs and staff that many edits were clarifying and that external audits are run by the district's audit function and are presented to CBOC. Trustee Haines, who helped lead the charge revision…
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