The Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees approved multiple purchase orders and bond-funded contracts over $50,000 during its June 2025 special meeting, clearing routine and capital spending the district said it will execute as budgets are loaded for the fiscal year.

Finance staff presented a long list of regular purchases and pooled contracts for vendor services, including electricity and utility contracts, HVAC and roofing consultant pools, supplemental special-services vendors and equipment and exam and assessment vendors. Several large recurring operating contracts were called out by amount: Calpine Corporation for electrical and utility services at roughly $4,100,000; the City of Odessa for water and sewage services at about $3,300,000; and the Ector County Appraisal District contract for property-tax appraisal and collection at roughly $3,300,000.

Trustees approved pools and single-vendor awards for services that include HVAC, roofing consulting and roofing construction, supplemental special-education services, vehicle and operations maintenance, and districtwide leadership and professional-development services. Finance staff said many of the pooled contracts are structured to allow the district to add funds during the year as needs arise.

The board also approved bond-funded capital contracts: $15,000,000 to a pool including Bluefin and PBK for roofing work and design; $9,895,000 to Tiner Construction for construction-manager-at-risk services for the Permian High School auditorium renovation; and roughly $7,468,000 to Tynair Construction for roofing work. Staff said roofing and asbestos abatement work follows a large hailstorm that damaged multiple roofs last year and that some projects will proceed after required abatement work.

Trustees approved the purchases and bond contracts by voice vote after staff answered trustees' questions about scope, use of bond versus insurance recovery funds, and process for using architect/engineer drawings to take projects to contractor bid. The board also approved a renewal/extension to continue participation in the Choice Partners cooperative for school-nutrition purchasing paperwork.

Finance staff emphasized that purchases over $50,000 will be executed once budgets are loaded into the system and that several awards are pools intended to be drawn on during the 20252026 year.

The motions to approve the purchases and the bond contracts passed by voice vote; specific roll-call tallies were not recorded in the meeting transcript.