Taylor ISD board approves amendment, contractor selections and personnel items in January meeting
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Summary
At its January meeting the Taylor ISD Board approved Amendment No. 2 to an AIA document changing lead-certification sampling language, selected contractors and architects for forthcoming bond projects, approved construction-manager rankings, and passed a consent agenda and personnel actions; motions passed largely by unanimous 4–0 votes with three trustees absent.
During the board's January 2026 meeting, trustees considered and voted on several business items tied to bond-closeout work, upcoming 2025 bond projects and routine administrative matters.
Amendment No. 2 to an AIA contract document was approved to allow a contractor to submit certified lead test reports from selected potable-water samples in lieu of a contractor's written certification that no lead exists in the installed potable-water system. The board approved the amendment by voice vote; the chair announced "Motion carries 4 0 with 3 absent."
Trustees also approved a job-order contracting selection to continue work with Jamelle and Smith on security improvements, drainage and egress at district facilities. The board approved rankings for architecture firms to design the major 2025 bond projects, naming VOK and Ed Huckabee as its top two choices, and approved construction-manager-at-risk rankings that included White Construction and Bartlett Cocke. Each of those motions was carried 4–0 with three absent.
The consent agenda was approved without items removed; it included minutes from prior meetings, tax and monthly financial reports, a quarterly investment report, purchasing approvals, a calendar resolution for 2026, a revised incentive-pay resolution, authorization for a First Public LoanSTAR investment pool representative, and orders related to the May 2, 2026 trustee election and election services contract.
Personnel motions to accept resignations and to approve presented elections (hires) were passed by voice vote, each recorded as "Motion carries 4 0 with 3 absent." Several motions included movers and seconders as recorded in the meeting transcript (for example, a motion was followed by "Motion by Maryland, second by Shorty" in the record).
Board members directed staff to coordinate scheduling for a joint meeting with the City of Taylor and to set district 'team-of-eight' training dates; no formal action on schedule dates was recorded at this meeting. The board then announced its intent to convene a closed session under the Texas Open Meetings Act for personnel matters.
