Council approves consent agenda, including estimated $113,000 lab sampling budget item

The Prosper Town Council approved its consent agenda Tuesday after removing items 6 and 10 for separate consideration. Council later approved item 6 following brief questions about travel and overtime costs included in the estimate.

Councilmember Jeff Hodges asked about item 6, a budgetary line that shows $113,000 and includes travel and overtime. The councilmember said the travel component appeared large and wanted to understand why multiple trips across the metroplex were expected.

A town staff representative said the $113,000 figure is an estimate developed with the lab; trips are logged by the town's superintendents and overtime applies only to after'hours work. "So again, this is just an estimate not to exceed," staff said, adding that actual billing will probably be less.

Councilmember Hodges then moved to approve item 6. The motion to approve item 6 was recorded in the minutes as made by a speaker identified in the record as Marcus Wright (role not specified in the transcript) and seconded by Councilmember Cameron Reeves. The council voted unanimously to approve the item.

Earlier the council took the consent agenda as one motion but removed items 6 and 10. That consent motion to approve the agenda with those exceptions was moved by Councilmember Chris Kern and seconded by Councilmember Jeff Hodges and passed unanimously.

The council did not direct additional follow-up beyond the clarification that the $113,000 is an estimate and that staff will control when trips and overtime are requested and logged.