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Killeen council approves multiple procurement requests, solid waste container purchase and other consent items
Summary
At the Oct. 7 meeting the council approved several consent agenda purchases including mobile printers for police, police duty gear and ammunition, a multi-million dollar fleet procurement, and solid waste containers; the council also adopted a resolution to deny ENCORE Electric’s rate application.
KILLEEN, Texas — The Killeen City Council approved a package of procurement and related consent items Tuesday, authorizing purchases of technology and equipment for public safety, fleet vehicles, and solid waste containers and adopting a resolution opposing ENCORE Electric’s proposed rate increase.
Items approved on the consent agenda included:
- Procurement of Brother mobile printers for the police department from GTS Technology Solutions in a one-time fiscal-year 2026 expenditure of $190,916 to support in-vehicle citation printing and integration with the NICE records management system; staff said the printers will modernize field operations and reduce handwritten tickets.
- Purchase of police duty gear, body armor, accessories and ammunition from GT Distributors Inc. through purchasing cooperatives for an amount not to exceed $337,000 for fiscal year 2026. Staff said the amount covers ammunition ($127,000), duty gear and body armor ($180,000), and replacement handguns and rifles ($30,000).
- Procurement of fleet vehicles and equipment for fiscal year 2026 in the amount of $9,150,254. Fleet services said the request covers 62 units across departments including 34 for public safety and units for public works, parks, aviation and others; purchases would be made through cooperative contracts and sole-source exemptions where appropriate.
- Purchase of residential and commercial solid waste containers and replacement parts through cooperative contracts in an amount not to exceed $668,155. Staff said this is year four of a container-replacement program and includes both residential carts and commercial dumpsters; solid waste said the enterprise fund, not the general fund, covers the expense.
The council also adopted a memorandum resolution finding that ENCORE Electric’s June 6, 2025 application to increase systemwide transmission and distribution rates (seeking roughly a 13% increase and an estimated $7.90 monthly impact to an average residential bill) is unreasonable and recommending denial; staff and a regional steering committee of cities advised denial and asked that ENCORE reimburse reasonable rate-case expenses if the council adopts the resolution.
Council approved the consent agenda (with one item subsequently pulled for separate consideration) and the listed procurement and resolution items were adopted as part of the consent package with a final roll call that carried the consent items 7–0.
VOTES AT A GLANCE (consent items and staff recommendations)
- RS25155 (Brother mobile printers): Approved; amount $190,916; vendor GTS Technology Solutions. - RS25156 (Police gear, body armor, ammunition): Approved; amount not to exceed $337,000; vendor GT Distributors Inc.; purchasing cooperatives TXMAS and TASB. - RS25157 (Fleet vehicles and equipment): Approved; amount $9,150,254; 62 units across departments; procured through cooperative contracts/sole-source exemptions. - RS25158 (Solid waste containers): Approved; amount not to exceed $668,155; vendors include Total LLC, Waste Quip, Box Gang Manufacturing LLC, Roll Offs USA through Sourcewell/BidBoard cooperative. - RS25159 (ENCORE rate resolution): Council adopted resolution recommending denial of ENCORE Electric’s rate application; staff and steering committee recommended denial.
