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- Engineering and surveying contract (agenda item 8): Council approved a contract with South Tech Surveyors & Engineers to perform design and surveying for a sewer capacity project (option 3). Motion passed; recorded ayes include the Mayor, Mayor Pro Temkinidis, Council member Holmes and Council member McAdams.

- Minutes: Council approved the minutes of the Feb. 10, 2025 City Council meeting and the Feb. 10, 2025 joint public hearing. Motions passed on voice vote.

- Ordinance 2025‑O3 (agenda item 15): Amending Chapter 2 (Administration) to adopt a mandatory application for volunteer seats on the Groves Economic Development Corporation, Planning and Zoning Commission, and Zoning Board of Adjustment. Motion passed on council vote.

- Ordinance 2025‑O4 (agenda item 16): Specific‑use permit authorizing a food truck at 5509 East Parkway (the applicant described a slight relocation on the property and an extended buffer for restroom access). Motion passed on council vote.

- Invoice list (agenda item 17): Council approved the Feb. 24, 2025 invoice list. The consent list totaled $56,591.79, according to the staff summary presented at the meeting; it included equipment and plant maintenance items. Staff answered council questions about redundancy for a replaced grit pump at the wastewater plant.

- Ordinance 2025‑O5 (agenda item 20): Council approved an ordinance imposing liens for delinquent utility service on specified properties (addresses read into the record). The city attorney said the lien could be recorded as soon as the next day; council approved the ordinance.

All votes above were taken by voice vote. Where individual votes were stated on the record the mayor and several council members were recorded as voting “aye”; in each listed motion the mayor announced the motion passed.

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Chief Marshall told the council that state rules require agencies to submit racial‑profiling data and that Groves’s numbers have not shown a disproportionate number of stops, searches or arrests of minorities. He said the department uploads stop data from officers’ traffic‑enforcement reports and that those reports are publicly posted on TCOLE’s website.

On crime statistics, Marshall said the department recorded 244 total reported incidents in 2024, down from 265 the previous year, and described the clearance rate as remaining at “acceptable levels.” He said violent‑crime categories showed a slight increase but remained within expected margins when compared with regional and statewide data; property crimes including theft and burglary showed slight declines.

Marshall said the department emphasizes fair and impartial policing, randomized supervisory reviews of stop data and use of heat‑map software to review enforcement locations. He also noted the department continues recruitment and training efforts and that one murder from the year had an arrest reported in the follow‑up.

Councilors asked whether the profiling data included all stops; Marshall confirmed the dataset includes every traffic stop that officers record, whether it resulted in a citation, warning or arrest.

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Keith told the council the department responded to fewer calls in 2024 than in some prior years and provided a breakdown of incident types. He reported an average dispatch‑to‑arrival time of 3 minutes, 49 seconds and an estimated total fire loss of $551,802 for 2024. The department provided automatic aid 19 times to a neighboring station in Fort Banks (Keland), and received automatic aid 10 times, the chief said.

Personnel changes noted in the presentation included the retirement of Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Marshal Kevin Moore after 29 years and the hiring of Paula Washburn as assistant fire chief and head fire marshal; Justin Dornay filled one open position. Chief Keith also named Hayden Grove as the department’s 2024 Fireman of the Year and said firefighter Daniel Coleso logged the most training hours (87 hours, 45 minutes).

Chief Keith highlighted equipment and long‑term capital needs. He said 14 radios purchased in 2012 are obsolete and will need replacement; the department is exploring lower‑cost Kenwood radios versus Motorola units. He said a new pump is ordered to replace a 2005 engine, and noted that a bare‑bones front‑line engine today can cost about $1.1 million. The department plans to stagger future engine purchases to avoid purchasing multiple apparatus at once.

Keith also described a planned expansion of commercial building inspections using new tablets and software that he said could cut inspection time from roughly three hours to about 15–20 minutes. He emphasized that inspections are intended to improve safety, not to penalize business owners, and said the department will work with owners to address issues.

Council asked clarifying questions about redundancy and the need to replace components immediately; staff said the wastewater plant and other systems have redundancy but some radio and apparatus replacements will be required over the coming years.

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Gary Grama of South Tech told the council the junction can carry more than 8,000 gallons per minute during wet weather while the existing conveyance downstream can handle about 4,700 gallons per minute, creating “a severe bottleneck.” Grama said the line was originally a 30‑inch pipe but at some point was slip‑lined with a 24‑inch HDPE pipe, which “reduced [capacity] by 53%,” and that the recommended repair is to add a new parallel 24‑inch line routed above the existing pipe so both lines can operate concurrently in wet weather.

The recommendation presented to council was labeled “option 3” in the firm's briefing sheet; staff and the consultant described it as the quickest and least costly option that restores the design conveyance. Grama said detailed surveys and horizontal/vertical layout work are needed before a reliable cost estimate can be provided and that construction will likely require digging into a roadway where the line is believed to run.

Council members asked whether customers served by the existing 24‑inch line would still risk backups during storms. Grama said the additional line should lower the wet‑weather water surface in the manholes and “provide relief” for customers tied into the problem segment. He also gave a planning timeline that, if work proceeds quickly, could allow construction to begin in roughly a year to 15 months.

A motion to approve the engineering and surveying contract (option 3) was made and seconded and passed on a council vote. The council authorized the city manager to negotiate and execute the necessary documents.

Council and staff did not provide an overall construction budget at the meeting; Grama said a detailed survey and cost estimate are prerequisite steps.

The contract award moves the project into the design and survey phase; council directed staff to proceed under the approved option and return with cost estimates and construction plans when available.

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