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Pasadena ISD board approves bond change orders, technology procurements and contingency legal contracts
Summary
The board approved multiple bond authorizations and change orders, E-rate-supported technology purchases (including NetSync router and access-point contracts), a contingent-fee legal services agreement, and routine budget and personnel items during the Feb. 25 meeting.
During the Feb. 25 meeting the Pasadena ISD Board of Trustees approved a range of routine and project-specific motions, including bond change orders, construction allowances and several major technology procurements that the district said are linked to E-rate funding opportunities.
Key approvals recorded on voice votes included consent agenda items and personnel addenda, budget amendments for January 2025, resale of a foreclosed unimproved lot on Georgia Street, and a resolution authorizing employee compensation for snow days on Jan. 21-22, 2025.
Project and contract actions included:
- A design services agreement with LTY Engineers for 2022 bond domestic piping replacement at South Houston Intermediate School (design fee $70,380; total project budget $1,075,800). Trustees asked about fee percentages and permitting; staff said 7% is typical for existing-conditions work.
- Multiple allowance expenditure authorizations (AEA) and final change orders for 2022 bond projects (safety and security, New Bailey Elementary replacement) and 2017 bond transportation center work, including several credit and debit amounts the minutes record.
- Technology procurements tied to E-rate or district infrastructure: NetSync for 1,441 routers and switches (estimated $10,145,000 on the agenda), NetSync for 1,432 access points (estimated $1,490,000), AccuTek cabling services (estimated $510,000), V Prime Tech Inc. for 46 UPS units (estimated $63,000), and a construction contract with Mobile Communications America for $73,487.34 for transportation center communications work.
- Adoption of a contingent-fee legal services resolution and approval of contingent-fee agreements with Thompson & Horton LLP; Eland & Bonin, PC; and O'Hanlon, Demerath & Castillo, PC. Trustees clarified the agreements were presented as costing the district nothing up front and requested expedited review by the Texas Attorney General as appropriate.
All listed motions were approved by voice vote as recorded in the meeting transcript. The minutes record standard motions, seconds and the chair's call for "Aye" without roll-call tallies; the transcript does not provide per-member numbered vote counts for these items.
Next steps: staff will proceed with the approved design, construction and technology procurements and follow up with the Attorney General where required for contingent-fee legal agreements.
