Corsicana ISD trustees approve CMAR delivery method for 2025 bond

Corsicana ISD trustees voted Oct. 22 to approve the construction‑manager‑at‑risk (CMAR) delivery method for projects funded by the district’s 2025 bond. Board staff described CMAR as the most common delivery method, in which a contractor is selected prior to bidding to help solicit subcontractors, coordinate finances and serve as the single point of contact during construction.

Board Staff (Speaker 5) told trustees CMAR allows the district to select a contractor earlier in the process, provides a single monthly payment to the contractor for work, and preserves opportunities for local subcontractors to bid. "We would like to go with the construction manager at risk or CMAR," Speaker 5 said when introducing the agenda item.

Board Member (Speaker 2) moved to approve the CMAR delivery method for the 2025 November bond. The record contains multiple verbal "Aye" responses and at least one "Nay"; the motion was announced as passed by Board Member (Speaker 1). The meeting transcript does not include a formal roll‑call tally or names matched to every vocal vote.

Trust staff framed the change as procedural, intended to set the district’s delivery method in advance of project procurement. No amendments to the motion were recorded during the discussion, and trustees moved on to the next agenda item after the board president declared the motion passed.

The board did not, in the recorded discussion, provide a timeline for subsequent contractor selection, a final project list tied to the bond, or an explicit statement of how local subcontractor solicitations will be structured; those steps appear to remain staff responsibilities following the vote.

The meeting record shows the motion and the board’s approval; the transcript does not record a certified vote tally in writing.