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Board amends Paragon Sports contract to add dugouts and fencing at Harlandale baseball and softball fields
Summary
The board approved an amended contract value (approx. $7.5 million) for Paragon Sports Constructors to add field fencing, dugout renovations and related work at Harlandale ISD baseball and softball complexes, funded with bond 2022 general facility funds and maintenance tax note proceeds.
The Harlandale ISD Board of Trustees voted to amend Paragon Sports Constructors’ contract to add work at the district’s baseball and softball fields, increasing the previously approved contract amount from $7,000,000 to an approximate $7,500,000. The additional scope includes replacement or repair of outfield walls, retrofitting dugouts, and other field-fencing work that were not part of the original turfing scope.
Dr. Nohosa (Executive Director of Operations) walked trustees through the supplemental work identified during field walk-throughs with the contractor. He said adding the dugout and fence work now avoids separate mobilization and additional engineering and mobilization fees that a later, separate contract would incur.
Funding was described as a combination of 2022 bond general facility settlement funds and maintenance tax note proceeds. District staff explained that maintenance tax note funding can be used for replacement of existing structures (fencing, dugouts) but not for new permanent construction such as unplanned lighting infrastructure; lighting for tennis courts was discussed as a separate potential cost and would require different funding.
Trustee Cavazos moved to amend the contract; Trustee Ortiz seconded. The motion carried. District staff said the $7.5 million figure is an approximate maximum and that final costs are expected to be below the high-end estimate once work is finalized and invoices are reconciled.
Board members emphasized that projects to date have run under budget and that under-budget savings on earlier bond projects have been redirected to new work. Staff reminded the board that projects financed with maintenance tax notes will be repaid from bond funds as projects close and encumbered funds become available.
No specific contractor change orders or itemized pricing were read into the record at the public meeting.
