Votes at a glance: Texarkana City Council approves consent agenda, film-friendly ordinance, Brownfields grant and zoning items

The Texarkana City Council approved a multi-item consent agenda and several standalone items during its June meeting. This roundup lists motions and outcomes the council recorded on the public record.

Consent agenda (approved by voice vote): - Minutes: Regular meeting (May 12, 2025) and joint budget advisory committee workshop (May 28, 2025). - Airport projects and work orders: Texarkana Regional Airport Apron Phase 3 project ($4,274,853) and related McClellan Consulting Engineers work order ($477,000) funded solely by grant and federal funds; pavement rehabilitation not to exceed $400,000 and related McClellan work order ($55,200) funded in FY25 capital budget; self-service fuel system project not to exceed $395,000 and Garver LLC work order (design/administration $84,000) in FY25 capital; vehicle service road design work order with Garver LLC ($211,400) in FY25 capital; Texarkana Regional Airport Airshow funding not to exceed $50,000 (hotel occupancy fund). The airport items were listed among the consent agenda resolutions 2025-579, 2025-580, 2025-083, 2025-084, 2025-086 and 2025-087 with funding sources noted in the staff report. - Contracts and economic development items: Clearing and grubbing contract with Alltech Inc. not to exceed $90,135.03 (resolution 2025-086) for property on Gozola Street; Red River Lone Star Support Committee support payment not to exceed $50,000 from the economic development fund (resolution 2025-088); JSG Homes LLC contract to construct four HOME program homes (resolution 2025-093); support for an Emergency Solutions Grant homelessness prevention application (resolution 2025-094).

Action items and individual ordinances/resolutions (approved): - Ordinance 2025-060 (film-friendly certification): Council approved guidelines to pursue Film Friendly Texas certification and authorized the city manager to seek certification from the Texas Film Commission. Motion recorded; ordinance passed unanimously. - Resolution 2025-081 (EPA Brownfields): Council authorized the city manager to accept an EPA Brownfields community-wide assessment grant in the amount of $500,000 in partnership with Texarkana, Arkansas and to execute required documents. Resolution passed. - Resolution 2025-085 (governmental affairs consulting): Council ended authorization for the 2022 resolution that allowed contracting with a governmental affairs consulting firm and authorized the city manager to provide advance written notice to terminate the agreement with McWilliams Strategies LLC. Staff recommended the termination in light of recent legislative scrutiny; resolution passed. - Zoning and land-use ordinances: The council approved multiple rezoning and special-use items after public hearings, including the rezoning of Lot 6 and 7, Wellsford Subdivision (3126 Norton Street) from single-family 2 to single-family 3 (ordinance 2025-073) and a specific-use permit to allow a HUD-code manufactured home on those lots (ordinance 2025-074); a rezoning of an approximately 1.994-acre tract at 2021 Mall Drive from general retail to parking (ordinance 2025-075) related to Texas Roadhouse property changes. These ordinances passed on voice votes.

Procedure and next steps: Many items approved were implemented by motion and passed unanimously by voice vote. Several matters presented for briefing or public hearing—most notably the Summit Utilities rate-increase proposal—were continued for further review or scheduled for later council consideration (Summit hearing continued to July 14). The city clerk recorded motions and the captions for ordinances and resolutions in the official minutes.

If readers need details on a specific consent item, ordinance or resolution number, the council packet includes the staff reports and contractual terms referenced in the meeting; several documents are hyperlinked in the packet.