Sachse council approves consent agenda; sets May 3 elections and reauthorizes sales tax vote for streets

The Sachse City Council unanimously approved its consent agenda Feb. 3, approving meeting minutes, accepting the monthly revenue and expenditure report, ordering a May 3 general election for mayor and council places, and ordering a May 3 special election to reauthorize a one-quarter of one percent local sales and use tax to continue funding street maintenance and repair.

Council member Pressenberg moved to approve items D1 through D5 as presented; Ms. Howard seconded. "Motion carries unanimously," the mayor announced after the vote.

The consent items recorded in the meeting packet and read into the record included: - D1: Approve the Jan. 21, 2025 meeting minutes. - D2: Accept the monthly revenue and expenditure report for the period ending Dec. 31, 2024. - D3: Approve an ordinance ordering a general election to be held May 3, 2025, in the City of Sachse for the purpose of electing a mayor and council places (place 5 and place 6), designate polling locations, authorize joint election agreements with Dallas and Collin counties, and provide necessary publication and severability clauses (ordinance text and polling locations not read verbatim in meeting). - D4: Approve an ordinance ordering a special election on May 3, 2025 to reauthorize the local sales and use tax at the rate of one-fourth of one percent (0.25%) to continue providing revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets; the tax would expire on the fourth anniversary of the election unless reauthorized (full ordinance language and ordinance number not specified in the meeting record). - D5: Authorize the city manager to approve a purchase order for year 2 of the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement in the amount of $104,050.86 through SHI Government Solutions, Inc., using Texas DIR purchasing.

The council did not remove any consent items for separate discussion during the meeting. No public comment was made specifically on the consent items during the meeting record. The ordinances and procurement approval were approved as presented and staff was authorized to proceed with the next administrative steps, including executing joint election agreements with Dallas and Collin counties and processing the Microsoft purchase order.

Specific ordinance numbers, polling location addresses, and the full text of the election orders were not read into the public record during the council meeting and are listed as "not specified" in the council motion and packet references.