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Denton County Commissioners Court approves resolutions, contracts and interlocal agreements; votes at a glance
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Summary
On July 18 the Denton County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a series of ceremonial resolutions, procurement contracts, interlocal cooperation agreements, budget amendments and construction agreements, including a civil courts building CMAR award and a TxDOT outer-loop participation agreement.
The Denton County Commissioners Court on July 18 voted unanimously on a large consent and regular agenda that included ceremonial recognitions for youth programs, multiple interlocal cooperation agreements for tax assessment and special-assessment collection, several procurement awards, budget amendments and authorizations for road and building projects.
Top actions approved
- Civil courts building remodel (CMAR contract): The court approved an agreement with Burton Construction Services for construction-manager-at-risk services for the Civil Courts Building remodel in the amount of $4,614,151 (including a $1,590,000 CMAR contingency). Commissioner Falconer moved approval; Commissioner Williams seconded; the motion carried unanimously.
- TxDOT Denton County Outerloop participation and USACE MOA: The court approved an interlocal agreement for the Denton County Outerloop project (local participation estimated at $949,758) and a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for NEPA participation for the Outerloop project ( $156,141 charged to the outer loop line). Motion and second recorded; motions carried unanimously.
- Fishtrap Road supplement: The court approved Supplement Agreement No. 1 for the Fishtrap Road professional services contract, adding $468,789 and bringing the revised contract total to $7,551,835. Motion carried unanimously.
Other notable approvals (summary)
- Resolutions recognizing Scouts BSA Citizenship in the Community merit badge cohort and Denton County Junior Historians (ceremonial approvals).
- Procurement and contracting approvals including: ITB award for hot-mix surface course to Eurovia Atlantic Coast, LLC dba Sun Mount Paving Company; ranking Alliance Geotechnical Group for material testing services; renewal of SHI software licenses; sole-source purchase for LifeScan Systems; and CMAR preconstruction work for the civil courts remodel.
- Multiple interlocal cooperation agreements for property tax assessment and collection and for collection of special assessments covering a range of cities, municipal utility districts and public improvement districts (items listed on the record: Town of Hickory Creek; City of Carrollton; Town of Little Elm; Prairie Oaks MUD; Oak Point WCI; Smiley Road WCI; Tabor Ranch; Denton County MUDs; City of Celina; Castle Hills; Hillstone Point; Spiritus Ranch; Valencia; Lakeside Estates; Redmond Tract; City of Sanger; Town of Lakewood Village; City of Denton; Crossroads; Sanctuary MUD; and others as recorded).
- Budget and administrative items including payroll approval, bill report payments across several funds, a budget amendment to fund fingerprint-scanning stations ($51,170), and change orders and reportings related to Workday and CAM teller integration.
Court commentary and staff recognition: The judge and multiple commissioners thanked county staff, volunteers and partners involved in the procurement, construction and elections processes. The judge said, "I want to thank all of our staff, all of our elected officials, the Workday leadership team, and those who are the front lines working and implementing this system," in remarks recognizing the workload of implementing countywide systems.
All recorded motions on the consent and regular agenda carried unanimously; the court adjourned for executive session at 10:38 a.m.
