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Three Rivers ISD board calls 2025 bond election, approves key project steps
Summary
At a special Aug. 11 meeting, Three Rivers ISD trustees unanimously voted to call a bond election and approved a package of decisions to advance design, procurement and contracting for the 2025 Bond Projects, including retaining co-bond counsel and selecting an architect and construction manager-agent.
Trustees of Three Rivers Independent School District voted unanimously on Aug. 11 to call a 2025 bond election and approved a suite of actions to prepare the district for bond-funded construction.
The board adopted an order authorizing the bond election; the motion was recorded as moved by Trustee Thomas Salazar and seconded by Trustee Rick Sowell and passed 7–0. In the open session that followed a closed attorney consultation, trustees also approved engaging Powell Law Group, LLP and Frost Brown Todd, LLP as co-bond counsel, adopted a reimbursement resolution for future capital expenditures under Treasury Regulation §1.150-2, and selected Wright Group Architects Planners, PLLC as the architect for the 2025 Bond Projects.
Board members emphasized moving the bond program into procurement and contracting. “I move that we approve and adopt an order authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Three Rivers Independent School District to call a bond election to be held within said District,” Trustee Thomas Salazar said when making the principal motion to call the election. The board then approved a contingent-fee engagement with the two law firms to provide the specialized legal services necessary to issue public securities, finding those services require expertise beyond the district’s in-house capacity.
The trustees also chose Construction Manager-Agent as the construction delivery method and approved selecting Gallagher Construction as the Construction Manager-Agent for the bond projects, setting the management approach to oversee contractor selection and project administration. The board adopted a prevailing wage rate for contractors on the bond-funded work and delegated authority to the superintendent to work with the district’s legal counsel to negotiate construction contracts, a procedural step to expedite contract execution if the bonds are approved.
Why it matters: Calling the election and advancing these vendor and delivery decisions positions the district to move quickly into design and procurement if voters approve the bond. Several motions referenced legal and treasury rules required to position bond proceeds for reimbursement of project costs.
Next steps: The district will proceed with the statutory notice, election preparations and contract negotiations authorized by the board. If the bond passes, funds would be used as outlined in the district’s planning documents and by the design-and-construction teams the board approved.
