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Votes at a glance: council approves minutes, financial report, ARPA IT purchase and tractor bid; tables board appointments

3051106 ยท February 3, 2025

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Summary

The Levelland City Council on Jan. 20 approved meeting minutes, a quarterly financial report, ratified ARPA-funded IT purchases totaling about $138,000, and awarded a Kubota tractor mower-deck bid for $47,940.60; councilors tabled board appointments until Feb. 18.

The following actions were taken by the Levelland City Council during its Jan. 20 meeting. All items listed were approved by voice vote unless otherwise noted.

Votes at a glance

- Approval of minutes from the Jan. 20, 2025 regular meeting: Motion carried by voice vote; no roll-call tally recorded in the transcript. (Agenda item: minutes approval.)

- Quarterly financial report (quarter ending Dec. 31, 2024): Council accepted the report presented by Cynthia Sanchez. Highlights included general fund revenues at roughly 33% of projections and enterprise fund revenues at roughly 24% of projections; sales tax revenue was reported up about 6.07% compared with the same period a year earlier. Motion to approve carried by voice vote. (Agenda item: quarterly financial report.)

- Board and commission appointments: Council moved to table board appointments until the Feb. 18 meeting; motion carried by voice vote. (Agenda item: board appointments.)

- Authorization and ratification of IT equipment purchases using ARPA funds (Resolution 2024-40): Council ratified purchases of mobile data terminals, laptops, desktops and servers to replace older equipment; staff reported the total at approximately $138,000. Council discussed disposal and reuse of existing equipment through the citys IT provider, which will sanitize devices and work with nonprofits to redistribute usable units. Motion to authorize and ratify the ARPA-funded purchases carried by voice vote. (Agenda item: ARPA IT purchases; resolution 2024-40.)

- Award of bid for tractor with mower deck (wastewater department): Council awarded the purchase to Terry County Tractor for a Kubota model, low bid of $47,940.60. Staff said the city evaluates cooperative purchasing contracts such as BuyBoard and TIPS before issuing local bids; councilor comments noted the benefit of common equipment makes repairs and parts easier. Motion to approve the bid carried by voice vote. (Agenda item: tractor bid.)

For each of the actions above, the meeting transcript records motions, a second and approval by voice vote; no roll-call vote tallies with member names were recorded in the available transcript excerpt.