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Tomball ISD board approves $970,156 security upgrade after debate over vendor access
Summary
The Tomball ISD Board of Trustees approved a $970,156 purchase of physical security system upgrades from Preferred Technologies in a 6-1 vote after trustees questioned whether a local parent-vendor had been given an opportunity to bid.
The Tomball Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a $970,156 purchase of physical security system upgrades from Preferred Technologies on Jan. 14, voting 6-1 to accept the recommended Genetec-based solution.
The purchase, described in board materials as a package of access-control and camera upgrades to be funded with bond proceeds, drew questions from trustees about whether a parent who emailed the board had been given an opportunity to bid. Trustee Mark Levandowski said the parent’s note was “compelling” because the writer is a Tomball ISD parent and because the email claimed the parent could “save a…
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