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Gatesville ISD approves summer maintenance work, awards contracts for lighting, ceiling and a primary-school fire alarm
Summary
Trustees authorized use of fund-balance dollars to begin summer maintenance and approved low bids: Baze Electric for junior-high lighting ($13,350), Everett Acoustics for ceiling/grid replacement ($126,337), and Impact Fire for a primary-campus fire-alarm system ($115,000).
GATESVILLE — At a regularly scheduled Gatesville ISD board meeting, trustees approved using available fund-balance dollars to begin summer maintenance projects and awarded contracts to local and regional vendors for campus repairs and safety upgrades.
A district official told trustees the district has about $3.4 million in total fund balance, and staff recommended using roughly $400,000 as available "to play with" for urgent projects. "There's about 3.4 million available," the official said, and staff framed the recommended summer work as priorities that should begin before the bond sale proceeds arrive.
The board approved three notable contract awards during the meeting. For junior-high interior lighting (labor only; fixtures already purchased), Baze Electric was the low responsive bidder at $13,350; the district recommended that award because Baze was the lowest local bidder. For removal and replacement of the junior-high ceiling grid and tiles, Everett Acoustics (Belton) submitted the recommended low bid at $126,337. For the primary campus — which staff said currently lacks a fire-alarm system — Impact Fire was recommended at $115,000 after one low bidder was disqualified for missing documentation.
Board members and staff discussed scope and timing. Staff said the lighting vendor can start within seven days, ceiling work within 14 days and that the alarm vendor was asked to complete work before the start of school. Trustees noted the accepted bids came in well under earlier estimates; staff compared the accepted totals against a $410,000 budget and said the lower bids produced meaningful savings.
The awards were approved by voice vote; the transcript records the chair calling for "all in favor" and stating the motions carried but does not record roll-call tallies.
Why this matters: The primary-campus alarm system is a safety upgrade for the district’s oldest campus. The lower-than-expected bids also create room in the district’s short-term capital plan, which staff said will be reconciled once bond-sale proceeds become available and reimbursements occur.
What’s next: Staff said projects will proceed immediately under the awarded contracts and that the board adopted a reimbursement resolution (see separate article) allowing the district to reimburse fund-balance spending from bond proceeds if and when those proceeds are received.
