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Votes at a glance — Lake Jackson City Council, April 7, 2025
Summary
Key council votes: consent agenda approved (item 4 removed and approved separately); Ordinance No. 2299 approved on first reading with second reading contingent on H‑E‑B written approval; procurement policy amended; authorization given to pursue a $2.76M TxDOT grant for a Lake Road path.
This summary lists formal actions and outcomes recorded during the Lake Jackson City Council regular session on April 7, 2025.
• Consent agenda: Council approved the consent agenda items (minutes, board minutes, sale of 0.34 acres at 608 Willow Drive to Jacob Keith for $56,000, drainage mowing contract, travel/records/accident reporting policy updates, and interlocal agreement with Brazoria County). Item 4 (award for Phase 3 citywide street panel reconstruction) was removed for discussion and subsequently acted on separately and approved.
• Item 4 (consent, moved to regular agenda): Award bid and authorize the city manager to execute a contract for Phase 3 citywide street panel reconstruction (2020 bond program) to HTI Construction for $841,871; not to exceed $1,000,000 — approved after discussion.
• Ordinance No. 2299 (Oakwoods PUD): Approved on first reading to add hospitals as a permitted use in the Oakwoods PUD. Council amended the motion to require that second reading be held only after the city receives written approval from H‑E‑B; second reading will be scheduled once staff confirms receipt of the H‑E‑B letter.
• Purchasing/procurement policy: Council approved an updated purchasing policy to conform with recent Title 2 federal procurement rule changes (removal of certain geographic restrictions and direction to consider disadvantaged business participation on federal procurements).
• Lake Road shared‑use path grant: Council authorized the city manager to hire Kimley‑Horn to submit a full TxDOT Transportation Alternatives Program application for $2,760,000 and approved using up to $35,000 (from the sidewalk fund) for application work; staff said $8,000 has already been spent on the preliminary application.
Votes were recorded by voice for the motions listed above; the meeting record shows unanimous approval for the motions recorded as passed. Specific roll‑call tallies were not recorded for every motion in the transcript.
