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Votes at a glance: Brookshire City Council actions from April 3, 2025
Summary
Summary of council motions and outcomes from the April 3 meeting, including consent approvals, authorization to bid ARPA streets, a building exterior contract, temporary check signer, and personnel/contract decisions on social media services.
Key votes and formal actions taken by the Brookshire City Council on April 3, 2025. This roundup lists motions and outcomes recorded in the meeting; where roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript, the outcome is listed as recorded by voice vote.
Approved motions (selected) - Consent agenda (selected items a, b, e, j): Motion to approve minutes for March meetings, municipal court report (February 2025), and code enforcement report. Outcome: Approved by voice vote.
- Authorization to bid ARPA-funded street work: Motion to authorize LJA to issue a bid package with base bid and add-alternatives for streets identified in the packet (ARPA-funded overlays). Outcome: Approved (motion passed by voice vote).
- Dehauer Construction — Public Works building exterior: Motion to award exterior reskinning work to Dehauer Construction for $58,785 (exterior reskin only). Outcome: Approved.
- Convention center resident fee waiver: Motion to waive facility rental fees for residents while retaining security requirements (one officer when under 100 attendees, two when over 100). Outcome: Approved.
- Approve bidding approach and add-alternatives (procedural motion related to ARPA streets): Outcome: Approved.
- Temporary signing authority: Motion to appoint LaKeithia Connor as temporary second signer on city checks. Outcome: Approved.
- Social-media contract termination: Motion to end the city’s social-media agreement for city-wide services and to shift responsibilities to the community-relations coordinator; council approved termination for the city and for the police side as recorded. Outcome: Approved (city and police portions terminated as recorded).
Other notes - No roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript for these motions; decisions were taken by voice vote or consensus where noted. - Several agenda items remain for staff follow-up (tax-abatement review for Grundfos, bid results for ARPA streets, environmental clearances for the mitigation grant, and development of an animal-control scope), and council asked staff to return with details for formal approvals.
