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Harris County Board of Education approves committee reps, two special-needs buses and auditorium seating bid
Summary
On Feb. 13 the board approved committee representatives (with a recreation-board representative change), authorized purchase of two lift-equipped special-needs buses using state funds with bond reimbursement, and awarded an auditorium seating contract to HE Hodge Company for $172,977; motions carried by voice vote.
The Harris County Board of Education approved a set of action-agenda items on Feb. 13, including committee representatives for 2025, purchase of two lift-equipped special-needs buses, and awarding an auditorium seating contract.
In the committee-representative item, the board accepted the draft list discussed at the Feb. 6 committee meeting and approved a change to the recreation-board representative. A board member proposed changing that representative and the board voted to accept the committee slate as presented. The motion carried by voice vote (tally not recorded).
The board approved a memorandum request to purchase two lift-equipped special-needs buses that the district expects to receive this fiscal year. Staff said one vendor expects delivery in April and that the purchase will be fronted by the district and reimbursed from bond proceeds; the remainder of the purchase used “state money” provided to the district. The board moved to approve the purchase; Mr. Proctor moved and Mr. Green seconded. The motion carried by voice vote (tally not recorded).
On the auditorium-seating project, the district received four bids (one disqualified for missing the mandatory pre-bid meeting and one disqualified for not meeting specifications), leaving two qualifying bids. Staff recommended awarding the contract to HE Hodge Company; the recommended bid of $172,977 was the low qualified bid. The board approved the award. Dr. Sparks moved, and Ms. Green seconded; the motion carried by voice vote (tally not recorded). Staff said the seating work will occur in a summer window (May 27–July 13) and that removal of end seats to create aisle space will reduce total capacity slightly to an anticipated 868–869 seats.
The board also approved the consent agenda items and the superintendent’s personnel recommendations by voice vote. All motions recorded in the meeting were approved by the board with no roll-call tallies provided on the record.
Votes at a glance
- Approve committee representatives for 2025 (includes change to recreation-board representative): approved by voice vote (tally not recorded). - Purchase two lift-equipped special-needs buses (memo request; partially state-funded; district to front costs and seek bond reimbursement): approved by voice vote (mover: Mr. Proctor; second: Mr. Green; tally not recorded). - Award auditorium seating contract to HE Hodge Company, $172,977 (two qualifying bids; work scheduled May 27–July 13; expected capacity ~868 seats): approved by voice vote (mover: Dr. Sparks; second: Ms. Green; tally not recorded). - Approve consent agenda items (L1–L6 combined): approved by voice vote (tally not recorded). - Approve superintendent’s personnel recommendations: approved by voice vote (tally not recorded).
Board members and staff said they plan staggered execution for the auditorium project — contractor will remove existing seats, district crews will do the concrete work separately, then the contractor will install new seats and related carpeting work will be coordinated with other summer projects. Staff estimated the grant/state contribution amount was limited and that reimbursement from bonds would cover the remainder.
