The Cedar Hill City Council unanimously approved its consent agenda during the regular meeting on Jan. 14, 2025, adopting Ordinance No. 2025-839 and approving a series of resolutions, contracts and project amendments.

Ordinance No. 2025-839 amends Chapter 18, Article 4 (Industrial Wastewater) of the City of Cedar Hill Code of Ordinances by revising the toxic pollutants table in Section 18-147(a)(1) and deleting the category "total toxic organics" from that table. The ordinance includes standard savings and severability clauses and an effective date and will be incorporated into the city code.

The council also approved several consent items by single motion, including: designation of The Rambler as the city's official newspaper (Resolution R25-744); repeal and replacement of prior resolutions to create a Destination Advisory Board (Resolution R25-742); support for a grant application to the Firehouse Public Safety Foundation for an all-terrain vehicle (Resolution R25-743); authorization of a minor renovation to the Ellis Appraisal District facility (Resolution R25-740); a work authorization with Burkoff Hendricks & Carter LLP for design services on the US Highway 67 elevated storage tank repair and painting project; amendments to the tax increment reinvestment zone economic development program and to a real estate sales contract with Towne/Town Land Companies; a construction contract for Phase 2A of the Downtown Complete Streets project with Access Cons Contracting, Inc.; and a supplemental work authorization (No. 23-028) for Perkins Incorporated in the amount shown in the agenda for additional engineering services for Downtown Complete Streets Phase 2.

Council members voted by raised hands after a single motion to approve the consent agenda; the motion passed unanimously. The council did not separate any consent items for individual discussion.

Votes at a glance:
- Consent agenda (minutes for Nov. 12 and Dec. 10, 2024; Resolutions R25-744, R25-742, R25-743, R25-740; Ordinance 2025-839; multiple contracts/amendments): Motion to approve consent agenda as read; mover: council member (not specified in the record); second: Councilwoman Azeem; outcome: approved unanimously (vote by raised hands).

The council moved on after the consent vote to other agenda items. No individual council discussion or dissent on the consent items was recorded in the transcript.

Ending — The passage of Ordinance No. 2025-839 and the related consent actions enacts the technical amendment to the city's industrial wastewater code and clears the listed contracts and project authorizations to proceed under the terms recorded in the meeting agenda.