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Mount Pleasant council votes at a glance: minutes, downtown funds, CenterPoint resolution, contracts and two items tabled
Summary
At its meeting, the Mount Pleasant City Council approved minutes, a downtown tourism budget amendment and a pay request to Schneider Electric, approved a resolution to suspend CenterPoint rate changes, and tabled a fire-station roof budget amendment and an interlocal lease agreement with Titus County. Several items passed by unanimous vote.
The Mount Pleasant City Council recorded the following formal actions during the meeting (votes and outcomes are from the council record):
- Approval of meeting minutes for 02/26/2025, 03/04/2025 and 03/10/2025 — Motion made and seconded; vote recorded as unanimous.
- Ordinance 2025-7 (budget amendment for fire station roof project) — Council motioned to table the item to obtain contractor details; motion to table passed unanimously.
- Ordinance 2025-9 (budget amendment allocating funds toward special events and tourism promotion in the Downtown/Main Street district) — Motion to allocate funds passed unanimously. Staff and council described the goal as increasing downtown activity beyond the Christmas season to sustain sales tax growth; specific downtown projects were not specified in the packet.
- Resolution 2025-4 (suspend effective date proposed by CenterPoint Energy Resources Corporation, Texas Division, to increase rates under the Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program for 45 days; continued coalition participation) — Motion passed unanimously. City staff said the resolution joins a coalition of cities represented by outside counsel to review the proposed rate change and delay its effective date by 45 days.
- Pay request No. 8 to Schneider Electric for the meter replacement project, amount $204,826.73 — Motion to approve payment passed unanimously. Staff reported 5,756 total meters replaced to date and that the original construction contract was $2,856,630; billing to date was $2,188,576.86 and remaining contract balance $668,052.14.
- Interlocal agreement with Titus County regarding lease of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) equipment to the city — Council motioned to table the item to allow contract clarifications requested by the county; motion to table passed unanimously.
Other business: the council received a monthly financial report for the period ending Feb. 28, 2025, and the city manager gave a brief introductory report. No formal action was taken on the monthly financial report or the city manager’s remarks.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in meeting): - Minutes approval: unanimous (mover: council member reference; second: council member Cardell). - Ordinance 2025-7 (fire roof budget amendment): tabled (mover: council member reference; second: council member Hinton). - Ordinance 2025-9 (downtown special events/tourism): approved (mover: Councilmember Redfern; second: Councilmember Cordele). - Resolution 2025-4 (CenterPoint GRIP suspension): approved (mover: Councilmember Cardell; second: Councilmember Henn). - Schneider Electric Pay Request No. 8 ($204,826.73): approved (mover: Councilmember Hinton; second: Councilmember Carbell). - Interlocal agreement with Titus County (SCBA equipment lease): tabled (mover: council member reference; second: council member Hinton).
The council closed the items and moved on to executive session without further public actions noted on the record.
