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City commission approves police technology contract, annexation and speed-limit change; rezoning put on hold
Summary
At its July 1 meeting the Brownsville City Commission approved a 10-year public-safety technology contract, annexed 4.75 acres, and voted to lower a frontage-road speed limit; a rezoning request for Dennett Road was tabled pending a traffic study.
The Brownsville City Commission on July 1 approved several items including a 10-year contract for police body cameras, tasers and drones, and two ordinances on first reading while tabling a rezoning request pending a traffic study.
The commission voted to enter a 10-year contract with Axon Enterprise Inc. for body-worn cameras, tasers, evidence management software, and 10 Skydio drones with docking stations and related hardware and services. The contract price stated in the meeting materials is $12,574,049.53. Commissioner Pedro Cardenas moved the contract approval and Commissioner Linda Macias seconded; the motion carried.
Separately, the commission approved on first reading Ordinance No. 2025-1775 to annex into the city limits a 4.75-acre tract on New Carmen Avenue for planned warehousing development. Commissioner Pedro Cardenas moved approval and Commissioner Brian Martinez seconded; the motion carried.
The commission also approved on first reading Ordinance No. 2025-1776 to reduce the posted speed limit on FM 550 frontage roads from 70 mph to 60 mph between Paredes Line Road and Baker Lane. The change follows a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) speed reassessment that cited crash and roadway data. Commissioner Linda Macias moved the change and Commissioner Brian Martinez seconded; the motion carried.
A rezoning request for a roughly 9.18-acre property on Dennett Road that would have allowed duplex development (originally 33 lots, later revised to 32 with on-site detention) was tabled to the Aug. 5 meeting so the applicant can provide a traffic study. Commissioner Pedro Cardenas moved to table and Commissioner Linda Macias seconded; the commission directed the applicant to deliver a professional traffic analysis before the next hearing.
In executive-session follow-up, the commission authorized the city manager and city attorney to negotiate and finalize a license agreement with a local food bank; Commissioner Brian Martinez moved the directive and Commissioner Linda Macias seconded.
Other routine items, including the consent agenda, passed at the start of the meeting.
