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Pharr commission approves several contracts, board appointment and interlocal MOU; denies one engineering amendment
Summary
The Pharr City Commission approved a library board appointment, multiple contract amendments and procurement items, and an interlocal MOU; it denied a contract amendment request for additional engineering services on a water plant redesign.
At its Dec. 16 meeting, the Pharr City Commission approved multiple procurement and contract items, appointed a library board member, approved an interlocal memorandum of understanding for tactical emergency medical technicians, and denied one proposed engineering amendment for water treatment plant redesign work.
The commission appointed Rosanna Gutierrez to the Pharr Memorial Library Board on staff recommendation. A motion to appoint was seconded and the item passed by voice vote; a roll-call tally was not specified in the public minutes.
The commission authorized the city manager to purchase portable radios for the Fire Department from Motorola Solutions of Chicago, Illinois, under the Houston-Galveston Area Council cooperative purchasing contract RA05-21 for $104,752.68. The motion passed by voice vote; tally not specified.
The commission considered an amendment request with Corolla Engineers for $121,006.06 for additional professional engineering services related to redesign of clarifiers 1 and 2 at the water treatment plant. Commissioners moved to deny the amendment request; the motion to deny was seconded and carried by voice vote.
The commission approved a memorandum of understanding between the City of San Juan Police Department and the Pharr Emergency Medical Services Department to provide tactical emergency medical technicians to the regional law enforcement emergency response team. The MOU passed by voice vote.
The commission approved Amendment No. 8 to the professional engineering services agreement with Structural Engineering Associates Inc. (SCA) of San Antonio in the amount of $52,001.45 and added 489 calendar days for the Reynosa International Bridge Expansion Project to cover professional services through closeout. Commissioners said construction remained on schedule; the amendment passed by voice vote.
The commission approved Amendment No. 3 in the amount of $68,000 to the professional engineering services agreement with Garcia Infrastructure Consultants for sanitary sewer collection improvements and elimination of Lift Station 12933. The motion passed by voice vote.
Several consent-agenda housekeeping items were moved and approved, and the commission recessed briefly for executive session under Texas Government Code sections 551.071–551.087 before returning to open session to act on the library appointment. The meeting adjourned at 4:42 p.m.
Where recorded, motions were moved and seconded on the floor; the public record shows voice votes with commissioners answering "Aye" when asked. The meeting did not produce roll-call vote tallies in the public transcript for the items noted.
