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Mesquite council approves consent agenda of equipment purchases and amends zoning to allow Frog Academy daycare
Summary
Council approved consent agenda items 2–11 — including vehicle purchases, body-worn cameras and trash carts — by a 7-0 vote, and unanimously amended the planned development office zoning to permit Frog Academy to operate a daycare at 2850 East Glen Boulevard (z1124-376).
The Mesquite City Council voted 7-0 to approve consent agenda items 2 through 11 and later approved an ordinance amending a Planned Development office zoning to allow child day care services at 2850 East Glen Boulevard.
Councilmember Kenny Green moved to approve items 2–11 as presented; Tandy Burrows seconded, and the motion passed unanimously (7-0). The consent items approved routine purchases and contracts included: annual landscaping and mowing for environmental code enforcement; procurement of body-worn cameras, in-car cameras and related software for the marshal’s office to be paid from the municipal court budget; purchase orders for multiple Ford pickup trucks (funded from the fiscal year 2024–25 capital outlay budget with utility enterprise funds used for specified units); a 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe for the police department (paid from the police budget); three Ford Ranger trucks (two funded from capital outlay and one from the Utilities Enterprise Fund); annual supply contracts for 48‑gallon Toter trash carts; and the police department’s annual uniforms and clothing purchase already included in the 2024–25 operating budget. City staff told the council that some vehicle purchases are financed through bond financing over a five- to seven-year schedule rather than all-upfront cash.
Later in the meeting the council held a public hearing and voted unanimously to approve zoning application Z1124-376, submitted by Michelle (Vichele) Franklin of Frog Academy, to amend Planned Development (office) Ordinance No. 3961 to allow child day care services at 2850 East Glen Boulevard. Planning staff presented that the site is owned by Calvary First Baptist Church and that Frog Academy will occupy space under a lease without relocating the church. Planning staff noted the daycare does not anticipate external changes beyond adding a fenced playground and will make interior improvements to meet state and local licensing and fire requirements. Garrett Langford of Planning and Development Services told the council the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval and that one public notice response in favor and one courtesy response in opposition (likely intended for another case) had been received. Frog Academy executive director Vichele Franklin said the center serves children birth through 12 and partners with Mesquite ISD for pre-K; she told the council the center’s hours are “We are open year round Monday through Friday from 6:15 AM to 6:15 PM.”
The votes were recorded as unanimous for both the consent motion and the zoning ordinance: Kenny Green, Tandy Burrows, Elizabeth Rodriguez Ross, Jeff Casper, Brandon Martin, B.W. Smith and Daniel Oliver Jr. voted yes on the consent agenda and on the zoning ordinance. No amendments to the consent items or the zoning ordinance were offered on the council floor.
The council also announced that the Planning and Zoning Commission’s conditions and the proposed ordinance language were included in the council packet; staff said required permits and inspections (building, fire marshal) remain part of the licensing and occupancy process for the daycare.
The council adjourned following the votes.
