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Votes at a glance: Killeen City Council workshop (March 4, 2025)
Summary
Summary of formal council actions taken during the March 4 workshop, including consent agenda approvals and the motion adding an IVCC seat to KEDC.
The Killeen City Council completed several formal items during the March 4 workshop. The following is a concise list of actions taken, roll-call tallies when recorded in the transcript, and short notes about each item.
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda APPROVED (items MN25006, RS25029, RS25030, RS25031, RS25032, OR25005) — Motion to approve consent carried 7-0 (mover: Council member Solomon; second: Council member Boyd; vote read as "Motion carries 7 to 0"). Specific consent items included: - RS25029: Authorize procurement of Flock Safety automated license-plate reader system in the amount of $488,250 (two-year total). Approved 7-0. Funding: anticipated grant (SB244) plus city match (approx. 20%); mid-year budget amendment to record grant. - RS25030: Approve appointment of Wallace Mescher as Executive Director of Development Services. Approved 7-0. - RS25031: Approve appointment of Andrew Zegers as City Engineer and designate the Engineering Department as a department with Zegers as department head. Approved 7-0. - RS25032: Accept mixed beverage service proposal from Let Us Do the Cooking LLC for the Killeen Civic and Conference Center; authorize initial 3-year agreement with up to three one-year renewals (annual revenue to city and operational arrangements explained by staff). Approved 7-0. - OR25005: Ordinance declaring unopposed candidate and canceling the May election in District 3; declare Nina Cobb elected to office effective at time of canvass. Approved 7-0. - PH25-009 (Z2437): Rezoning request for approximately 2.161 acres at 945 Schroeder Road from A (agricultural) to AR1 (agricultural single-family residential) — Council approved rezoning following public hearing, motion carried 7-0 (mover: Council member Adams; second: Council member [not specified]). - Direction approved: Add an additional seat to the KEDC board of directors for the Innovation Black Chamber of Commerce president. Motion of direction passed 7-0. Funding request from IVCC ($250,000 annual) was presented but not approved; council directed staff to include IVCC funding request(s) in the FY2026 budget process for further consideration.
Notes and next steps - Several approved actions require follow-up steps: contract execution and change-order authority for the Flock Safety contract; mid-year budget amendment to recognize grant revenue and the city match; KEDC and council follow-up for bylaws or board changes needed to seat IVCC; and staff scheduling for the mixed-beverage contract implementation.
If a reader needs documentation for any listed item, refer to the city clerk’s record (agenda RS25029, RS25030, RS25031, RS25032, OR25005; public hearing PH25-009; motion of direction recorded in workshop minutes).
