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DeSoto council approves consent agenda, adopts industrial waste ordinance and other routine measures
Summary
At the Jan. 21 meeting the council approved the consent agenda including an ordinance amending industrial waste rules, construction contracts for sanitary sewer improvements, adoption of a comprehensive safety action plan and budget amendments; the council also approved other regular-agenda items later in the meeting.
The DeSoto City Council approved multiple consent-agenda items and later approved two regular-agenda items during its Jan. 21, 2025 meeting.
Consent agenda and ordinances: The council voted to approve a package of consent items that included: designation of the Daily Commercial Record as the city—s official newspaper of record and the Rambler and the Dallas Morning News as secondary official newspapers; authorization of a construction contract with Excel 4 Construction LLC for the Gilbert Avenue, Reed—s Court Place and Stennett Place sanitary sewer improvements project (construction amount $637,830.60; total project budget $746,195.66 including contingency and testing); formal adoption of the city—s comprehensive safety action plan and an accompanying resolution adopting a Vision Zero policy in support of that plan; an ordinance amending Chapter 13 (Utilities) —article 13.900 industrial waste and pollution regulations including changes to definitions, local limits, and remedies; and an ordinance amending the FY2024-25 adopted budget to appropriate parks and recreation board fund balance toward the Aquatic and Recreation Center construction at Macallan Park.
The consent agenda passed on a roll call; the mayor and all councilmembers present voted in favor.
Regular-agenda approvals: Later in the meeting the council unanimously approved acceptance of a $10,000 donation routed through the Found A Way Foundation and walmart.org to support a gun surrender program planned for Feb. 15, 2025 (see separate article). The council also authorized the city manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with WRG LLC not to exceed $346,347.19 to purchase and install furniture for the Aquatic and Recreation Center at Macallan Park; staff noted the amount is below the project—s original guaranteed maximum price (GMP) allocation for furnishings and the contract award came after an RFP and furniture sit tests.
Council discussion: Councilmembers questioned details of the newspaper designation process and requested written confirmation of pricing and reach for backup publications; staff said they would provide that information by the end of the week and coordinate communications outreach. Council members also asked about park-board fund balances and confirmed that the parks board had agreed to allocate $2,000,000 from its roughly $4,000,000 fund balance for the Macallan Park project.
No legal or administrative actions beyond the listed approvals were taken in the meeting—s open session.
