Taylor ISD bond projects move toward closeout; district reports $51 million invoiced to date

A district bond update presented Feb. 24 to the Taylor ISD Board of Trustees said multiple projects are wrapping up and several campuses will begin occupying new or renovated space after spring break.

District presenter Mr. Barnes (identified at the meeting as the bond update presenter) told trustees the Technical/CTE addition at Taylor High School is moving into final punch-list work; equipment deliveries start at month-end and move-in is planned after spring break. Barnes said renovation work within the high school to complete classroom reassignments will continue into early summer.

Taylor Middle School occupied existing portions of the campus after renovations and expected to move into its new addition after spring break; furniture deliveries were scheduled for that move. The maintenance building was described as the project furthest behind, delayed in part because the district was waiting for an electrical pole relocation by an external utility contractor (Encore). Barnes said the pole sits in the middle of the planned new parking lot; the district is waiting for the pole to be relocated before the contractor paves the lot.

The district report showed roughly $51,000,000 invoiced to date on the bond program. Trustees were told the district expects contractor change-order credits to return some unspent contingency amounts from earlier guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contracts; the district is tracking a priority list of potential uses for any returned credits once final GMP accounting is complete.

No vote was required for the bond update; trustees asked schedule and paving questions and the presenter explained the sequencing tied to power activation and punch-list completion.