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Council approves water-main contract, ambulance monitor trade, grant application and moves March meeting
Summary
El Campo City Council approved five consent and action items including awarding a water-main contract to Ramrod Utilities LLC, the trade-in and purchase of ambulance monitors, submission of a $1,424,179 criminal-justice grant application, approval of minutes, and a change to the March meeting date.
El Campo City Council on an unspecific date approved a series of routine and substantive items: minutes from a prior meeting; a $210,324.46 award for a water-main segment to Ramrod Utilities LLC; the sale of five ZOLL X Series monitors and purchase of three refurbished LifePak 15 monitors via trade; submission of a Fiscal Year 2026 criminal-justice grant application to the Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office for $1,424,179 to support a records-management/CAD system and vehicles; and a one-day move of the March council meeting from March 10 to March 11, 2025.
The actions, taken by voice vote with motions and seconds recorded on the floor, were presented by city staff and approved without recorded roll-call tallies in the public transcript. Staff said the Ramrod Utilities award was split out of a larger Town and Country reconstruction package because the firm has local presence and owned equipment that reduced mobilization costs; staff gave the contract price as $210,324.46. Council members asked about competitive bidding; staff replied the purchase used a cooperative purchasing contract allowed by the city charter and statewide cooperative procurement rules.
On the emergency medical services equipment, staff proposed selling five older ZOLL monitors and buying three used LifePak 15 monitors to place on command vehicles. Staff said the trade-in produced a small credit and that the LifePak 15s remain supported with parts and service. The council approved the transaction as presented.
Council also authorized staff to submit a Fiscal Year 2026 criminal-justice grant application to the Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office, for $1,424,179 and named the city manager as the city’s official representative for the application. Staff said the request includes funding for a records-management/CAD (RMS/CAD) system and three patrol vehicles; they told the council they expect to aim for a system in the roughly $300,000 range but had placed a larger figure in the application to avoid underfunding during grant negotiations. Several council members asked that staff not rely on the grant and to include a reasonable amount in the FY 2025–26 budget if the grant does not materialize.
Finally, the council voted to move the regularly scheduled March meeting from March 10 to March 11, 2025, to avoid a date conflict with the El Campo Volunteer Fire Department Oyster Supper.
Votes at a glance - Consent: Approval of council regular meeting minutes (date in packet: Jan. 27, 2025) — motion and second recorded; outcome: approved. - Resolution R2025-08: Award water-main upgrades (Town and Country neighborhood reconstruction, Phase 1) to Ramrod Utilities LLC, price listed $210,324.46; authorizes city manager to execute documents — outcome: approved. - Resolution R2025-09: Authorize sale of five ZOLL X Series monitors and purchase of three refurbished LifePak 15 monitors (trade-in credit described by staff as approximately $1,235); authorizes the city manager to execute documents — outcome: approved. - Resolution R2025-10: Authorize submission of FY2026 Criminal Justice Grant application to the Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office, for $1,424,179 and designate the city manager as official representative — outcome: approved. - Administrative motion: Move regular council meeting from March 10, 2025, to March 11, 2025 — outcome: approved.
All items were presented by staff and passed by voice vote; the public transcript records “All in favor? Motion passes” for each approval but does not list a roll-call vote tally in the record.
