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Board approves consent items, contracts, bond expenditures and E-rate purchases in Feb. 2025 meeting
Summary
At its Feb. 2025 regular meeting, the Pasadena ISD Board of Trustees approved a consent agenda and multiple individual motions covering personnel approvals, interlocal agreements, JROTC continuations and travel, budget amendments, bond project authorizations and E-rate purchases; all motions carried with no recorded oppositions.
At its Feb. 2025 meeting, the Pasadena Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a range of routine and project-specific items, including personnel actions, interlocal agreements, continuation of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units, bond-project expenditures and district technology purchases funded in part via E-rate. All motions recorded at the meeting carried without recorded opposition.
Summary of motions and outcomes (mover, second, outcome — board members present: Casey Phelan, Kenny Fernandez, Paola Gonzales, Marshall Kendrick and Nilda Sullivan; Crystal Davila absent):
1) Consent agenda — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second by Kenny Fernandez; outcome: approved (motion carries).
2) Personnel items A and B (certified/support) — Motion by Paola Gonzales; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved.
3) Approval of Vicky Lopez as diagnostician (special education) and other personnel recognitions — Motion by Paola Gonzales (personnel package motion referenced during approval); outcome: approved.
4) Department reorganization / employee reclassification (information and possible approval) — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second by Kenny Fernandez; outcome: approved.
5) TEA low-attendance waivers (listed campuses) — Motion by Paola Gonzales; second by Kenny Fernandez; outcome: approved.
6) Agreement with Western Governors University for a nursing practicum — Motion by Marshall Kendrick; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved.
7) Harris County Department of Education services, 2024–25 school year — Motion by Kenny Fernandez; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved.
8) Continuation of a JROTC unit at South Houston High School — Motion by Marshall Kendrick; second by Paola Gonzales; outcome: approved.
9) J. Frank Dobie High School JROTC travel to national drill competition, Daytona Beach, May 2025 — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second by Paola Gonzales; outcome: approved.
10) Budget amendments for January 2025 — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second (recorded); outcome: approved.
11) Resale of foreclosed property (0 Georgia Street) for delinquent taxes — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second by Kenny Fernandez; outcome: approved (property described as unimproved land only).
12) Board resolution declaring emergency and authorizing employee compensation for snow days, Jan. 21–22, 2025 — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second by Kenny Fernandez; outcome: approved (board noted no cost to district beyond authorized compensation).
13) Design services agreement with LTY Engineers for 2022 bond domestic piping replacement at South Houston Intermediate — Motion by Paola Gonzales; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved ($70,380 design fee; total project budget $1,075,800).
14) Allowance Expenditure Authorization (AEA) No. 19, 2022 bond safety and security project — Motion by Marshall Kendrick; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved ($101,539.06).
15) AEA No. 02, 2022 bond New Bailey Elementary School replacement — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second by Kenny Fernandez; outcome: approved ($14,872 expenditure).
16) Credit AEA (Bailey project) — Motion by Kenny Fernandez; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved (credit $14,358).
17) AEA credit (Bailey) — Motion by Kenny Fernandez; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved (credit $38,000).
18) Final change order No. 001, 2022 bond HVAC replacement Group 1, Pkg 1 — Motion by Kenny Fernandez; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved (credit $144,101.97).
19) Final change order No. 001, 2022 bond HVAC replacement Group 1, Pkg 2 — Motion by Marshall Kendrick; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved (credit $235,774.97).
20) AEA No. 06, 2022 bond HVAC replacement Group 1, Pkg 3 — Motion by Kenny Fernandez; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved ($101,111,257.69 listed in transcript).
21) Change order No. 001, 2017 bond transportation center replacement — Mover not specified in audible record; second by Kenny Fernandez; outcome: approved ($750,000).
22) AEA Z-036, 2017 bond transportation center replacement (credit $500,000) — Motion by Kenny Fernandez; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved.
23) AEA A037, transportation center replacement ($61,023) — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second by Kenny Fernandez; outcome: approved.
24) AEA A039 ($31,278) — Motion by Kenny Fernandez; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved.
25) AEA A040 (credit $93,008) — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second by Kenny Fernandez; outcome: approved.
26) Construction contract with Mobile Communications America for transportation center ($73,487.34) — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second by Paola Gonzales; outcome: approved.
27) Conveyance of water meter easement No. 1 for New Jessup Elementary — Motion by Kenny Fernandez; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved ($1 consideration).
28) Conveyance of water meter easement No. 2 for New Jessup Elementary — Motion by Kenny Fernandez; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved ($1 consideration).
29) Conveyance of sidewalk easement (Queen Street, New Williams Elementary site) — Motion by Kenny Fernandez; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved ($1 consideration).
30) Purchase of routers and switches (E-rate CSP 25P019LP to Netsync; estimated $10,145,000 for 1,441 units) — Motion by Marshall Kendrick; second by Nilda Sullivan; outcome: approved.
31) UPS replacement (E-rate CSP 25P020LP to Prime Tech Inc.; estimated $63,000 for 46 units) — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second by Paola Gonzales; outcome: approved.
32) Access points (E-rate CSP 25P021LP to Netsync; estimated $1,490,000 for 1,432 units) — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second by Kenny Fernandez; outcome: approved.
33) LAN cabling (E-rate CSP 25P022LP to Accutech; estimated $510,000) — Motion by Nilda Sullivan; second by Kenny Fernandez; outcome: approved.
34) Notice and adoption of resolution approving contingent-fee legal services contract and request for expedited AG review (no cost to district) — Motion by Kenny Fernandez (taken by Paola Gonzales during the motion); outcome: approved.
35) Adoption of contingent-fee legal services agreement with Thompson & Horton LLP; Elan & Bonin, PC; O’Hanlon, Demerath & Castillo, PC — Motion by Marshall Kendrick; second by Paola Gonzales; outcome: approved.
Each item above was moved, seconded where recorded in the meeting transcript and carried; in many cases the board’s unanimous recorded response was “Aye” and the president declared “Motion carries.” Where the motion’s mover was not audible in the transcript, the summary identifies the mover as not specified and records the second and outcome as stated in the public record.
No recorded motions failed or were tabled during this meeting.
