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Edinburg council approves temporary event permits, bids and contracts; consent agenda passes
Summary
On March 18 the council approved temporary special use permits for four community events, awarded contracts for golf-course bunker work and wastewater engineering, and approved an amendment for project management of the downtown parking garage; several other consent items passed.
Edinburg City Council on March 18 approved a slate of ordinances, contract awards and professional services amendments, including temporary special use permits for community events and multiple procurement actions.
What the council approved: The council approved temporary special-use permits (ordinances) for the following events:
- Team Mario Superheroes autism awareness 5K and buddy fun walk to be held April 5, 2025, at Edinburg Municipal Park (agenda item 7c). The council voted to approve the ordinance after staff read the request into the record.
- Saint Joseph feast day at Capilla San Jose Catholic Church on March 19, 2025 (agenda item 7a).
- Springfest at Capilla San Jose Catholic Church on April 26, 2025 (agenda item 7b).
- The 26th annual Hidalgo County Child Abuse Prevention Candlelight Vigil, a walk beginning April 16, 2025, at Casa Hidalgo and ending at City Hall (agenda item 7d).
All four temporary permit ordinances were approved by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.
Contract awards and professional agreements approved:
- Los Lagos Golf Course bunker renovation: The council awarded Bid No. 2025-9 to Fleetwood Services LLC for listed line items in an amount not to exceed $250,000 and authorized execution of related documents (agenda item 8a). A council member called for the motion and it passed by voice vote.
- Downtown parking garage RFP (agenda item 8b): The council authorized staff to negotiate with the highest-ranked proposer under RFP 2025-002 with a design–build budget limitation of $6,200,000 and directed staff to rank the five proposers so negotiations may proceed sequentially if necessary. (See separate coverage for details.)
- Brownstone Consultants: The council approved Amendment No. 1 to Job Task Order No. 1 with Brownstone Consultants for project-management services for phases 2 and 3 of the downtown parking garage for an amount not to exceed $221,770 and authorized the city manager to execute related documents (agenda item 9a).
- Wastewater Plant No. 4: The council authorized a job task order with Lafavor Engineering for professional engineering services for clarifier replacement at Wastewater Plant No. 4 in an amount not to exceed $107,910 (agenda item 9b).
Consent agenda and executive session actions: The council approved consent agenda items a through g by voice vote. After an executive session that began at 7:06 p.m., the council reconvened at 9:07 p.m. and authorized the city manager to negotiate an amended economic-development agreement with Cuatro Noventa and to “proceed as directed” regarding a purchase/exchange/value of real property discussed in executive session (motions approved by voice vote; details of executive-session deliberations were not disclosed on the public record). The mayor’s statement on reconvening noted that “no action was taken in executive session,” and subsequent votes authorized the manager to act consistent with executive-session direction.
