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Votes at a glance: March 18 DeSoto City Council meeting
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by the DeSoto City Council on March 18, 2025 including consent items, contracts, zoning and project approvals with recorded vote tallies where available.
The DeSoto City Council took the following recorded actions March 18, 2025. This list summarizes motions, vote tallies and key procedural notes from the meeting record.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: Motion to approve the consent agenda as presented, with items E-5 and E-6 pulled for separate votes. Motion passed unanimously (roll call indicated approval). Pulled items were voted separately below.
- Item E-6 (MOU to provide prisoner services to Cedar Hill ISD by DeSoto Regional Jail): After council questions about medical clearance and invoicing, motion to approve as presented passed unanimously. Staff said the ISD will be invoiced $125 per prisoner and invoiced every 90 days.
- Item E-5 (Fiscal year 2024 annual comprehensive financial report and single audit report): Pulled for recognition. Motion to approve passed unanimously; staff reported an unmodified (clean) audit opinion and noted the finance team's repeated excellence awards.
- Zoning case Z-1534-24 (rezoning two tracts on South Hampton Road from Agricultural to Single-Family Attached): Motion to approve ordinance adopting the rezoning passed 6-1. Recorded roll-call votes: Mayor Pro Tem Leticia Hughes: Yes; Council Member Crystal Chisholm: Yes; Council Member Diana Marks: Yes; Mayor Rachel Proctor: Yes; Council Member Andre Bird: Yes; Council Member Nicole Raphael: Yes; Council Member Perrette Parker: No.
- Motion to remand the South Hampton zoning case back to Planning & Zoning for further review (prior to final action): A motion to remand the case was made and failed 6-1 (motion-maker recorded as Perrette Parker; second recorded as Nicole Raphael). The council then proceeded to vote on the ordinance itself and adopted it 6-1 as noted above.
- Park at Daniel Farms (PD amendment request): Item remanded back to Planning & Zoning for further review; no council action taken at this meeting.
- Fitness equipment purchase for McAllen Park Aquatics & Recreation Center (Fit Supply via BuyBoard contract 665-22): Motion to approve purchase and authorize the city manager to execute related documents passed by unanimous vote; total equipment price presented as $654,310.
- Amendment to Integrated Project Solutions professional services agreement for McAllen Park project: Motion to authorize the city manager to negotiate and execute an amendment not to exceed $308,307.69 for additional project management services passed (vote recorded as 6-0; one council member was absent for the discussion).
- Motion to dismiss the March 6 notice of censure against Council Member Crystal Chisholm: Motion to dismiss passed 4-3; the council debated process, liaison roles and prior attempts to resolve the dispute privately before the motion was filed.
Notes and clarifications
- Where roll-call names were recorded in the transcript, they are reported above. For several routine consent votes, the transcript recorded unanimous approval by voice vote on motions. If a specific roll-call allocation is required for records or FOIA, contact the city secretary's office for the official minutes and audio/video record.
Ending: These votes reflect the official actions taken at the March 18 meeting; several items (site plans, PD details, vendor paperwork) require follow-up staff action and later approvals.
