Freeman board ranks construction firms, directs superintendent to negotiate CMAR contract after closed-session guidance

At its June 8 meeting the Freeman Public Schools Board of Education evaluated construction management-at-risk (CMAR) proposals and formally ranked the firms before authorizing negotiations.

Board member Myron Schoen moved and Eldon Ideus seconded a motion to rank CMAR proposals based on the request-for-proposals criteria and the selection committee’s recommendation. The board recorded the ranking as: 1) Hausman, 2) BIC, 3) Sampson, and 4) Boyd Jones; the motion passed 6–0.

Following the ranking, Board member AJ Wiese moved and Kyle Dorn seconded a motion directing the superintendent and the district’s legal counsel to negotiate a CMAR contract with the firms in ranked order and consistent with negotiation guidance provided in closed session. The motion passed on a 6–0 vote.

The board then entered executive session at 8:40 PM to provide negotiating guidance to the superintendent and district legal counsel and exited at 8:52 PM; motions to enter and exit executive session passed unanimously. The transcript records the existence of the executive session and that guidance was provided for negotiation, but it does not include the contents of the closed session discussion.

The board’s votes establish a clear negotiating sequence but do not finalize a contract. The superintendent and district legal counsel were authorized to carry the board’s direction forward; the district will return to the board if a signed contract or a negotiated agreement requires formal approval.