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Council approves contracts for shade structure, roadway lifting, and camera system; appoints board member
Summary
The Colony City Council approved multiple routine resolutions and appointments including a buyboard contract for an aquatic-park shade/chemical storage structure, a roadway lifting contract amendment, a budget amendment to cover year‑two Axon invoices and a year‑two purchase order to Axon, and a board appointment.
At the meeting the council approved a series of routine contract and budget items. Each vote passed on a roll call; the transcript records motions, seconders and that each item passed, but does not include individual council vote tallies.
Items recorded as approved on the record:
- Aquatic-park shade structure (Item 5.1): Council approved a BuyBoard construction services contract with Craftsman to build a shade structure for chemical storage at the aquatic park in an amount not to exceed $191,530.47. The project was described as funded through previously approved CIP allocations (2023–24 and 2024–25) for Aquatic Park renovations; the design work by Kimley Horn was previously approved. The presentation noted the structure will replace a non‑code, unventilated shed currently used for chemical storage and that construction lead time is three to six weeks with 10 weeks on-site construction. The motion passed.
- Roadway lifting services contract amendment (Item 5.2): Council approved amendment number 1 to the construction services contract with Caitlin Kent Enterprises for citywide roadway lifting services in the amount of $313,656.58. Staff said the work covers additional lifting and soil‑densification injections (including deeper 4‑foot injections to stabilize soils) across several central‑city streets, Tribute subdivision areas and Lebanon Road; half of Tribute work will be reimbursed by the HOA and half of Lebanon Road costs will be reimbursed by Denton County. The motion passed.
- Budget amendment to pay Axon invoices (Item 5.3): Council approved a budget amendment supplementing fiscal‑year general fund account 1006756522 in the amount of $289,857.70 to allow payment for the second‑year Axon in‑car and body‑worn camera system invoices. Staff said the five‑year contract was budgeted overall but the year‑two amount was not moved into the correct operating account during a leadership transition. The motion passed.
- Axon purchase order (Item 5.4): Council authorized the city manager to issue a purchase order to Axon Enterprises for year two of a five‑year contract for in‑car video and body‑worn camera services in the amount recorded in the agenda ($129,164.34 as stated on the agenda). The police chief told council the equipment and service partner had performed well in year one and reiterated the department’s view that the camera systems yield transparency and potential litigation cost savings. The motion passed.
- Boards and commissions appointment (Item 5.5): Council appointed Kimberly Stilwagen to the second alternate position on the Board of Adjustment. The motion passed.
The consent agenda was also approved earlier in the meeting by motion of Mister Schrag with a second by Mister Rainey; the transcript records those motions and that the consent items "pass." No item on the regular agenda was tabled or failed.
