Votes at a glance: Katy council approves CIP items, contracts and ordinances on March 24
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Summary
The City of Katy council approved a slate of consent items, CIP proposals, contract amendments and ordinances by unanimous voice votes, including mural maintenance, records scanning, parking lot electrical design, wastewater piping design, fire alarm services, rabies control designation, police cadet classification and a budget amendment.
The City of Katy council on March 24 approved multiple resolutions, contract amendments and ordinances by unanimous voice vote. In addition to individual items discussed elsewhere on the agenda, council approved the following actions during the meeting.
- Mural maintenance agreement: Authorized the mayor to sign a mural maintenance agreement with Tyler Kaye for the historic Town Square murals (agenda item 8A). Vote: unanimous voice vote.
- Thomas Park master plan contract: Authorized the mayor to sign a proposal with MHS Planning and Design LLC for the Thomas Park public engagement and conceptual master plan (agenda item 8B). Vote: unanimous voice vote. (See separate article for details.)
- Lift station deed acceptance: Authorized the mayor to accept a special warranty deed from Pulte Homes of Texas LP for Lift Station Number 1 in Katy Court (agenda item 8C). Vote: unanimous voice vote.
- Records scanning project: Authorized the mayor to sign a document imaging proposal with Records Consultants Inc. for the third‑floor scanning project (agenda item 8D). Vote: unanimous voice vote.
- Third‑floor architectural amendment: Authorized contract amendment No.1 with LDD Blue Line LLC for limited architectural and mechanical services for the third‑floor buildout at City Hall, increasing the contract to $22,275 (agenda item 8E). Vote: unanimous voice vote.
- Parking lot electrical design (Second Street & Avenue A): Authorized contract amendment with Arc Engineers LLC to include electrical design for decorative lighting; funds from general fund reserves, $6,490 (agenda item 8FI). Vote: unanimous voice vote.
- Municipal port parking lot electrical amendment: Authorized contract amendment with Arc Engineers LLC for the municipal port parking lot electrical work, $7,260 from general fund reserves (agenda item 8FII). Vote: unanimous voice vote.
- Wastewater treatment air piping design: Authorized agreement with Arc Engineers LLC for Unit 3 air piping improvements at the wastewater treatment plant (agenda item 8G); funds from enterprise fund reserves, $13,870. Vote: unanimous voice vote.
- Fire alarm services: Authorized agreement with American Fire Protection Group Inc. for fire alarm systems at various city facilities (agenda item 8H). Vote: unanimous voice vote.
- Rabies Control Authority: Authorized the mayor to sign the Texas Department of State Health Services Local Rabies Control Authority (LRCA) form designating Caitlin Loewen as the City of Katy’s Rabies Control Authority (agenda item 8I). Vote: unanimous voice vote.
- Police cadet classification: Adopted an ordinance adding the job description of police cadet to the employee classification and compensation plan, with pay incentives to recruit cadets (agenda item 9A). Vote: unanimous voice vote.
- Budget amendment No. 6: Adopted amendment No. 6 to the fiscal year 2024–25 budget, including reclassification of two part‑time animal control positions into one full‑time position and use of enterprise fund reserves for the wastewater project (agenda item 9B). Vote: unanimous voice vote.
Most items were routine CIP or administrative contracting matters and were approved without recorded roll‑call tallies; the meeting transcript records unanimous voice votes for the listed items. If specific ordinance or resolution numbers are required for recordkeeping, the meeting packet should be consulted; the council’s on‑record votes were taken as indicated at the meeting.
