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Pasadena ISD board approves bond‑refunding authorization, contracts, MOU with Avance and other consent items
Summary
The board voted Oct. 22 to approve the consent agenda, personnel actions, a $48,000 MOU with Avance Houston for parent training (paid from Title parent funds), an order authorizing parameters for unlimited tax refunding bonds, multiple bond‑related design agreements and allowance expenditures, a $10 CenterPoint easement conveyance, and a settlement agreement; public comment was none.
The Pasadena Independent School District Board of Trustees voted Oct. 22 to approve a series of financial and operational items on its agenda.
Key votes at a glance:
• Consent agenda — approved (motion recorded as by Trustee Kenny Fernandez; second by Trustee Nelva Sullivan).
• Personnel items a and b — approved (motion and second recorded; no opposition recorded).
• Memorandum of understanding with Avance Houston Inc., $48,000 for parent training — approved (motion by Trustee Nelva Sullivan; second by Trustee Gonzales). The board noted the MOU will be paid from the parent component of Title funds.
• Order authorizing issuance of Pasadena ISD unlimited tax refunding bonds (parameters and pricing officer authorization) — approved after discussion with Bach Financial’s representative (motion by Trustee Marshall Kendrick; second by Trustee Nelva Sullivan). Trustees praised recent savings achieved by proactive refunding.
• Design services agreements and project budgets — approved: Solace O’Brien Engineers ($70,000 design fee; total project budget $1,070,000) for HVAC chiller replacements; the GPD Group ($243,750; total project budget $3,600,000) for CTE Culinary Arts projects; LTY Engineers ($29,890; total project budget $456,890) for CTE welding lab improvements; multiple AEA items (AEA 011 — $28,961.38 for Sam Rayburn CTE work; AEA 07 — $32,333 for New Parks Elementary replacement).
• Conveyance of a CenterPoint Energy sidewalk easement at South Houston High School to Pasadena ISD for $10 — approved.
• Settlement agreement and release of all claims in the TEA‑related matter listed on the agenda (docket numbers provided) — approved (motion by Trustee Kenny Fernandez; second by Trustee Nelva Sullivan).
The agenda included construction updates and a districtwide intruder detection report for information only. No members of the public offered comments under the public‑comment agenda item. The board set the next regular meeting for Nov. 19, 2024, and adjourned at 7:49 p.m.
All motions recorded in the meeting minutes were adopted as stated on the record.
