City of Mesquite Technical Review Meeting - April 21, 2026
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City of Mesquite Technical Review Meeting - April 21, 2026
The City of Mesquite Technical Review Meeting convened at 2:30 PM on April 21, 2026, at City Hall. The meeting was brief, focusing primarily on adjustments to the consent agenda and a project update from staff. Several agenda items were not discussed or acted upon.
Consent Calendar
- Councilmember Randy requested adding gymnastics equipment (including a trampoline) from the old high school gym to the consent agenda for auction. The motion to add the item passed unanimously.
- Councilmember Nick requested adding a presentation on city funds (high-level overview of fund accounts and net position) to the next week's agenda. The motion passed unanimously.
- Councilmember Becca requested moving agenda item 6.3 (City Manager's report on the Fact Finder's findings regarding the police union negotiation impasse) to the presentations section, noting it is a statutory requirement with discussion permitted but no action. The motion passed unanimously.
- The consent agenda items from the printed agenda (approval of meeting minutes, bills paid, purchase orders, and resolutions R26-011 and R26-012) were not voted on or discussed during the meeting.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Only one public commenter (Rick) was present at the start of the meeting, but no specific remarks were recorded.
Discussion Items
- Travis provided a brief project update: the Boulevard project is wrapping up with manhole raising and final sweeping scheduled; a punch list walkthrough will occur in the coming weeks. The Levitt Lane project has paving completed; head walls, wing walls, riprap, striping, and drainage swale work remain. The road is expected to open in two to three weeks, after which Hafen Lane will be closed for finishing work.
Key Outcomes
- Three motions passed unanimously to modify the consent agenda and meeting agenda:
- Add equipment inventory to the consent agenda for auction.
- Add a presentation on city funds to the next meeting's agenda.
- Move the Fact Finder's report (agenda item 6.3) to the presentations section.
- The meeting adjourned shortly after Travis's project update, with no further discussion or action on remaining agenda items (including STR regulations, 3D Grant Committee presentation, ordinance B26-002, tentative map, liquor license, and public comments).
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the Tuesday, April 21st, 2026, uh technical review meeting for the City of Mesquite. We're gonna start with opening public comment. It's just you, Rick. You got all right. We'll go on to number two, our work session. So, Randy, you wanna uh mayor counsel. I just want to add to the consent agenda. I've got a lot of equipment over at the old uh the old high school gym, the campus. It's a lot of uh gymnastics equipment. I'd like to put that on a consent to uh auction those items off. So and it's in the should be in the file, but yeah. Okay, you're gonna off you can auction those two backboards. Depends on who wants them because I know you want one. I wanna I want to bet on it. I know. Well, to be determined, but right now it's just basically the gymnastics equipment. There's a trampoline, and there's a bunch of bunch of miscellaneous stuff in there. We're just trying to clean it up. I have needs to go through the auction process, which they're aware of. Uh I'm hoping that they snag a bunch of it. But yeah, cool. Thanks, Randy. Um, do we have any public comment on that? Do we have a motion? Councilwoman Fielding. I will make a motion to add the equipment inventory to um be auctioned off. Councilwoman Gallow? I'll second. Okay, call for the vote. Galloway. And I apologize. I want to excuse Councilman Wanless. So he let me know that he wasn't gonna be here today. But um Rice, did you have yeah? I wanted to add to Nick next week's agenda a presentation on city funds. And so, yeah, it's just present uh presentation, it's not a budget one just to kind of go over city funds. Kind of like on fund accounts, unfund accounts, yep, just kind of purposes, just a high-level overview of those, and um also discuss that money of that net position that was brought up during last council session. Okay, any public comment on that? Okay, do I have a motion? Councilwoman Fielding. I will make a motion to add a presentation um regarding city funds and discussion. Okay, councilwoman Gallard, you want to second that? Sure, I'll second. Okay, call for the vote. Gallow I. Anything else? Becca? Yep, just one thing from me. Um, so with the fact finding um it's at 6.3 right now.
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