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North Lamar ISD trustees approve change requests for Cecil Everett Elementary; superintendent given authority to sign change orders
Summary
On Jan. 24, 2025, North Lamar ISD trustees approved Construction Change Request Nos. 020R, 021R, 027R and 029–033 for the Cecil Everett Elementary School contract with Bobby Smallwood Construction Company and delegated authority to the superintendent to finalize and execute related change orders, with limits matching the requests.
The North Lamar ISD Board of Trustees approved multiple construction change requests for the Cecil Everett Elementary School project during a Jan. 24, 2025 special session. The change requests—numbered 020R, 021R, 027R and 029–033—are tied to the district's contract with Bobby Smallwood Construction Company, Inc., dated Dec. 4, 2023.
Trustee Sheila Daughtrey moved to approve the listed change requests; Trustee Bo Exum seconded. The motion carried, recorded as a 6-0 vote. The board then voted to delegate authority to the superintendent to finalize and execute change orders consistent with those requests, provided any executed change order does not exceed the amounts in the corresponding requests. That delegation motion was moved by Sheila Daughtrey and seconded by Joel Sanders and also carried 6-0.
The actions amend the district's existing contract for the Cecil Everett Elementary School project; the transcript identifies the contract date and the construction company but does not list dollar amounts tied to the individual change requests. The board expressly limited the superintendent's delegation so that final change orders must be consistent with the approved requests and not exceed the amounts therein.
Next steps recorded in the minutes are administrative: the superintendent is authorized to finalize change orders within the approved scope, and the board's minutes bear the signatures of Board President Russell Jackson and Secretary Bo Exum. The meeting record does not include additional public testimony or detailed cost breakdowns for the approved requests.
