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CCISD Board OKs $444,000 in capital spending, buys two buses and greenlights safe‑schools contract
Summary
Trustees unanimously approved using $444,000 in capital‑project funds for an EOC remodel and two non‑CDL buses, authorized a $234,986 bus contract with Rush Truck Center and a $150,000 contract with Generosity Services Inc. for a safe‑schools renovation.
Clear Creek Independent School District trustees voted unanimously to approve a package of capital actions on the board’s June agenda, including $444,000 in capital‑projects spending, a contract to purchase two passenger buses and a contract to create an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at the district support center.
District operations staff told the board the $444,000 request uses 2017 bond savings and interest to fund two items that must be finished before the start of school: a $209,000 renovation to create a more functional emergency operations/safe‑schools area and $235,000 to buy two Type A passenger buses that do not require commercial driver’s licenses. “We are recommending the approval of the use of capital projects funds of $444,000 for facility and transportation related projects,” staff said.
Trustee Cheka moved the motion to approve the capital‑projects spending; the board approved it by voice vote.
The board then approved a purchase contract with Rush Truck Center for $234,986 to buy the two buses, a figure that includes a $6,000 contingency for upfitting. Trustee Cottrell moved the superintendent’s recommendation to approve the interlocal/board contract; the motion passed unanimously.
Separately, trustees approved a Choice Partners contract with Generosity Services Inc. for $150,000 (including a $25,000 contingency) to build the EOC and complete related safe‑schools renovations. Trustee Scholl moved that contract approval, which the board also approved unanimously.
Board discussion touched on project sequencing and funding sources but recorded no dissent. Several trustees asked procedural questions about bid timing and contingencies; staff said work would be completed before the school year begins and that the contingency amounts were included for anticipated upfits and unanticipated costs.
Votes at a glance - Use of capital‑projects funds: approved (motion moved by Ms. Cheka; unanimous). - Contract to Rush Truck Center for buses: approved (motion moved by Mr. Cottrell; unanimous). - Choice Partners contract to Generosity Services Inc. for EOC: approved (motion moved by Mr. Scholl; unanimous).
What’s next: Staff said they will proceed with contracting and scheduling to complete the EOC and bus deliveries before school opens. The board did not record formal roll‑call tallies in the public record, only that each item “passed unanimously.”
