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Board approves contracts, construction guarantees and election order; consent agenda passes
Summary
At its Jan. 22 meeting the Liberty Hill ISD board approved multiple procurement and construction items, awarded design and engineering contracts, ratified a guaranteed maximum price for Elementary 8 and called a May 3 trustee election. Motions passed by voice vote; details and funding sources are listed below.
The Liberty Hill ISD Board of Trustees approved a series of procurement, construction and administrative actions at the Jan. 22 meeting. Trustees passed the consent agenda and then approved contracts for band uniforms, civil engineering and architectural design services, a construction guaranteed maximum price, and the official order calling a May 3, 2025 trustee election.
Summary of formal actions and outcomes - Consent agenda: Trustees approved financial and operational consent items including tax collection and investment reports, budget amendments, the enrollment report (officially 9,940; last‑Friday ADA 9,946 noted in packet), purchases over $50,000, donations and police reports. Motion to approve the consent agenda was made by a trustee and seconded; the board approved by voice vote.
- Marching band uniforms (Liberty Hill High School): The board approved purchase of 150 marching uniforms from Fred J. Miller, Inc., at a price presented in the packet of $103,060.75, to be funded from the fine arts general fund. Motion made by Trustee Miss Major; seconded by Trustee Mister Neighbors. Approved by voice vote.
- Civil engineering services (Liberty Hill High School wastewater lift station): Trustees approved a civil engineering and permitting services agreement with Langan Engineering for $44,000 to be funded from the 2023 bond program. Motion made by Trustee Mister Neighbors; seconded and approved by voice vote. The scope includes design, construction documents, bidding assistance, construction phase assistance and TCEQ permitting.
- Architectural design services (Operations & Maintenance facility): Trustees approved engaging VLK Architects for design services for the district operations and maintenance facility, with an estimated architect fee of 8% of the cost of work (design fee estimated at $160,000 based on an estimated construction cost not to exceed $2,000,000). Funding source: 2021 bond program. Motion made by Trustee Miss Hargrove; seconded by Trustee Mister Nabors. Approved by voice vote.
- GMP #2, Elementary No. 8 (2023 bond program): The board awarded Guaranteed Maximum Price number 2 to American Constructors in the amount of $38,019,507 for Elementary No. 8, to be funded by the 2023 bond program; previously approved GMP #1 was $5,875,493. Trustees noted the campus was redesigned to a 1,000‑student campus since bond design and that the construction budget had been $45,000,000; presenters said the numbers keep the project within the bond. Motion by Trustee Miss Major; seconded by Trustee Mister Nabors. Approved by voice vote.
- Order to call election (May 3, 2025): The board approved the official order to call a May 3, 2025 election for two trustee positions (Place 6 and Place 7), each for three‑year terms. The candidate filing window is open and closes at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Motion by Trustee Mister Neighbors; seconded and approved by voice vote. The order will be signed by the board president and secretary.
Other personnel and administrative votes - The board accepted resignations as presented (motion and voice approval). - The board approved employee personnel actions and appointed Amanda Langseth as assistant principal for Santa Rita Middle School (motions, seconds, approved by voice vote).
Why it matters: The approvals move bond projects and routine district operations forward (construction, infrastructure, fine‑arts outfitting) and set the schedule for the upcoming school board election.
Vote records and procedure notes: Most motions were adopted by voice vote; the meeting record does not report numerical roll‑call tallies. For each listed action the motion, mover and seconder are recorded in the official minutes and are summarized here with stated funding sources.
Quoted from the meeting "These new uniforms are guaranteed to last eight years," Fine Arts Director Mister Chica Portillo said when recommending the marching uniform purchase. "This item would address the civil engineering services for that wastewater lift station in the amount of $44,000 to be funded from the 2023 bond program," a staff presenter told the board during that agenda item.
Provenance: The votes and motions are recorded in the meeting minutes under agenda items 6 (consent) and 7 (action items) and were taken in open session after staff presentations.
