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On August 5, 2025, the Carrollton City Council convened a combined Regular Worksession and Meeting starting at 5:45 PM with an executive session, followed by a worksession and the regular meeting at 7:00 PM. The Council approved the consent agenda, conducted public hearings on a thoroughfare plan amendment and a carport zoning amendment, set the proposed property tax rate for FY2026, and discussed the proposed budget and Additional Tax Base (ATB) items.
The Council unanimously approved items 8 through 13:
August 5th uh session. Uh thank you call our guests remaining here. Um we are going to go through our consent agenda items. We'll cover a few four session items. We do have an executive session to go into prior to council meeting, and then we will plan to come back to into uh this workroom to finish up our work session. So with that, I'll start with the consent agenda items. Uh item number eight is consider authorizing the city manager to enter into an agreement with desk one thirty-eight LLC RFQ two five-045 for city of Carrollton legislative consultant services in an amount not to exceed 78,000 annually for a three-year total amount not to exceed two hundred and thirty-four thousand. This of course is uh Larry Gonzalez is our consultant who supported us during the um during the uh normal session. He's technically not under a under an agreement for the special session at this time, but this we put him under an agreement for three years. Obviously, if there's changes at the state level, then this would be voidable. Any questions? Yes. Does this include special sessions? Um does it include special sessions? Crystal boys can speak to that. Good evening, Council. Crystal Boyce Strategic Services Director. Yes, this is an annual contract, so it's every month. Yeah, that's what I thought. Thank you. Good question though, thank you. Number nine, consider authorizing the city manager to approve a contract for the purchase of one um case TV three seventy B skid steer from associated supply company through an interlocal agreement with by board purchasing and an amount not to exceed ninety-six thousand five seventy-eight and ninety cents. Any questions? Just when do I get to drive it? I don't know. Sign you up next public works day. How about that? The it says the item was stolen. Um a problem with stolen vehicles. They're just taken off of a work site. So not a regular occurrence, but it occurred. So number 10. Moving on to uh resolution appointing our our judges. We do have a uh executive session to uh provide a review for a municipal judge. But this will be all three judges. Um in terms of renewing their contracts. Number 11, consider a resolution authorizing the city manager to negotiate and execute professional services contract with BGE for engineering services related to intersection improvements at Old Denton Road and Trinity Mills and Josie Lane at Trinity Mills and an amount not to exceed 138,000. Any questions keep our traffic flowing throughout the city. Number uh 12, uh consider a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an agreement with Flock for a one-year lease of 57 IP cameras and an amount not to exceed 221,000.