Argyle council approves records-scanning contract, employee benefits changes and area planning work; sets tax-rate hearing

Argyle Town Council on Aug. 18 voted unanimously on a set of administrative, personnel and planning measures that the town manager and staff said are intended to speed record modernization, maintain employee benefits and prepare for multiple development projects in the town’s core.

The council approved a contract with MCCI for document scanning and secure destruction, adopted an ordinance to participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System’s supplemental death benefit fund, approved health, dental and vision contracts with Cigna and Mutual of Omaha, accepted a proposed property-tax rate and set a Sept. 15 public hearing on the budget and rate. The council also awarded a construction contract for the Frenchtown connection to Canary Construction as the low bidder and approved planning and design contracts to study the town center area and the I‑35 West corridor.

Why it matters: Council actions set the administrative foundation for planned capital work (notably a future town center and police building) and short-term service improvements. The planning contracts and funding transfers also position Argyle to coordinate infrastructure and design standards for several large development proposals that staff say are…