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Missouri City council approves consent agenda and several ordinances, ratifies drainage engineering funds and authorizes pipeline agreement
Summary
Council approved a multi-item consent agenda and passed several ordinances and motions, including authorizing a CenterPoint franchise, ratifying an $82,005.25 contract amendment for drainage engineering, and approving a pipeline right-of-way consent for golf-course work.
At its meeting council moved through several routine and formal items and approved multiple actions by unanimous or near-unanimous votes.
Consent agenda: Councilmember Clauser moved to approve the consent agenda with the exception of item G (pulled). The consent package included acceptance of the quarterly investment report for the quarter ending June 30, 2025; authorization for the mayor to sign the final plat for Stable Park; a second-and-final reading of an ordinance removing yard-furniture regulations from section 9.2 (zoning ordinance); a second-and-final reading of an ordinance requiring a specific-use permit for gasoline service stations in certain districts when adjacent to single-family residential zoning and adding location/design standards; and the third-and-final reading of an ordinance granting a new 20-year CenterPoint gas franchise agreement with a 4% quarterly fee. Item H on the consent was a request to ratify an additional $82,005.25 to the existing contract with Health Associates for drainage engineering services connected with the public-safety headquarters and Cartwright Road reconstruction coordination. The motion to approve the consent agenda (a–h except g) carried 6–0.
Pipeline right-of-way: Council authorized the city manager to execute a right-of-way consent agreement with ExxonMobil Pipeline Company to permit work near pipeline easements crossing Hole 1 and Hole 15 at La Quinta Golf Course; the motion carried unanimously.
Elections: Council ordered a special election for Nov. 4, 2025, to fill the District B seat and also ordered the general election for Nov. 4, 2025 for mayor and two at-large council member seats. Both election items were approved unanimously.
Investment-policy resolution: Council adopted a resolution governing the investment of city funds as required by the Public Funds Investment Act; staff made minor wording updates recommended by the Government Treasurers Organization of Texas. The resolution designates staff (assistant city manager, CFO, and assistant finance director) as responsible for investment decisions; the motion carried unanimously.
Votes at a glance (formal recorded outcomes as stated in the meeting): - Consent agenda (items a–h except g): motion carries 6–0. - Event-center specific-use permit (agenda item 7g): approved on second reading, motion carries 5–1 (separate article covers debate and conditions). - CDBG program-year 2025 funding recommendations: motion carries unanimously (see separate article). - Tax-abatement guidelines reauthorization: motion carries unanimously (see separate article). - Moratorium on smoke/vape shops (agenda item 10c): motion carries unanimously; 90-day moratorium adopted with 25% retail-sales threshold (see separate article). - Right-of-way consent agreement with ExxonMobil for La Quinta Golf Course work: motion carries unanimously. - Orders for special election (District B) and general election (mayor and two at-large seats) on Nov. 4, 2025: both motions carry unanimously. - Investment-policy resolution under the Public Funds Investment Act: motion carries unanimously.
Where roll-call votes were not read aloud, the meeting recorded vote tallies as stated above; individual member votes were not enumerated in the transcript for each motion.
