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Council approves consent agenda including NetApp storage upgrade and appraisal-district nominations
Summary
By unanimous voice vote, the Highland Village City Council approved its consent agenda, authorizing a NetApp storage-server purchase and maintenance agreement, renewing insurance coverage, adopting the investment policy and nominating two candidates to the Denton County Central Appraisal District board.
The Highland Village City Council on Oct. 14 approved its consent agenda by unanimous voice vote, carrying five to zero, covering minutes, an investment-policy resolution, budget reports, a NetApp storage-server purchase and maintenance agreement, renewal of insurance coverage, and nominations to the Denton County Central Appraisal District (DCCAD) board.
The vote matters because it authorizes a budgeted IT hardware replacement and official municipal nominations to a county appraisal-board roster, and it completes routine fiscal and administrative items the city reviews annually.
Council moved and seconded a motion to adopt consent items covering: approval of minutes for meetings held Sept. 16 and Sept. 23; adoption of the city’s investment policy for fiscal year 2025–26; receipt of budget reports for the period ending Aug. 31, 2025; authorization of a NetApp storage server maintenance agreement and installation services procured through a General Services Administration contract (GS-35F-0511T); renewal of insurance coverage through the TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool; and nominations of Anne Pomukoff and Mike Henifer as Highland Village candidates for election to the Denton County Central Appraisal District Board of Directors (places 4 and 7). The motion passed on a roll call/voice of “aye” with a tally recorded as 5–0–0.
On the NetApp server purchase (consent item): IT staff described the purchase as a budgeted replacement of the city’s primary storage array with an all-flash NetApp system. Staff said the existing hybrid array is nearing end of life and will be repurposed as the city’s disaster-recovery array at the offsite DR location (referred to in the meeting as Denco). The new system was presented as providing about 110–120 terabytes of all-flash capacity, with an estimated 15–20 percent improvement in power efficiency compared with the outgoing array. Staff said the procurement and maintenance agreement will be executed through a GSA contract (GS-35F-0511T) and that the purchase and services were included in the current budget.
On nominations to the Denton County Central Appraisal District board (consent item): City staff said there were no outside applicants in response to the city’s outreach; incumbents Anne Pomukoff and Mike Henifer indicated a willingness to serve additional terms after a legislative change resulted in the current term alignment. Council placed the nominations on the consent agenda and adopted them via the same vote.
Council also reported it had met in closed session earlier in the meeting and that no action was taken as a result of that closed session.
The consent vote was recorded as carried 5–0–0; staff will execute contracts and file the nominations as authorized by the council.
