Council approves consent agenda including contracts for lift station, library security and ice-rink lighting

The Allen City Council approved the consent agenda, which included approval of minutes, two ordinances updating city code supplements, and multiple contracts and purchases for city projects and services.

City Secretary Shelly George read the consent agenda items. The council moved and seconded a motion to approve the consent agenda; the transcript records the motion carried but does not show individual vote tallies in the excerpt.

Votes at a glance (consent agenda items 5.1–5.9): - Item 5.1 — Approve minutes of the Dec. 10 regular council meeting. Outcome: approved (motion to approve consent agenda). - Item 5.2 — Adopt Ordinance No. (as read) approving and enacting Supplement No. 21 to the Code of Ordinances. Outcome: approved. - Item 5.3 — Adopt Ordinance No. (as read) approving and enacting Supplement No. 22 to the Allen Land Development Code. Outcome: approved. - Item 5.4 — Authorize agreement with PAP Dawson Consulting Engineers for the Lost Creek Lift Station rehabilitation project for $168,300. Outcome: approved. - Item 5.5 — Authorize agreement with Coveredgent Technologies for security and access controls at the Allen Public Library for $251,705. Outcome: approved. - Item 5.6 — Authorize a 4-year lease agreement with Dell Financial Services and GTS Technology Solutions for mobile data computers for public safety at $145,195 annually. Outcome: approved. - Item 5.7 — Authorize a purchase agreement with Musco Sports Lighting for lighting upgrades at the Allen Community Ice Rink for $189,471. Outcome: approved. - Item 5.8 — Authorize a contract with ANC Construction for construction of a train cover at the Allen Heritage Center Train Depot for $557,723. Outcome: approved. - Item 5.9 — Approve consent to the sale of assets and assignment of the City of Allen ground lease with Blue Sky Sports Center of Allen to Steam Group and authorize the city manager to negotiate and execute an agreement and related insurance as approved by the city attorney. Outcome: approved.

The consent agenda was presented as routine and noncontroversial. No speakers removed items for separate consideration in the portion of the transcript provided.

Financial and contract details were read into the record by the city secretary; the meeting transcript excerpt does not include named votes on the motion to approve. Council members asked if anyone wished to remove consent items; none did, and the motion to approve the consent agenda passed.