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Council approves consent agenda, removes BOA alternate, awards fuel and uniform contracts, and updates bank signatories
Summary
Council approved the consent agenda (minutes and a January meeting date change), removed an alternate from the Board of Adjustments, awarded a fuel contract to Midtex Oil and a uniform contract to UniFirst, and updated bank signatories to reflect a staff name change; most motions passed unanimously or by clear majorities.
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Freeport City Council approved a package of routine and procurement actions.
Consent agenda: Councilman Matamoras moved to approve the consent agenda (minutes of Dec. 2, 2024, and a change to the second January 2025 meeting date to Jan. 21, 2025). The motion carried 4–1 with Councilman Pena recorded as the lone nay.
Board of Adjustments: Council approved staff’s recommendation to remove Chandra (Shonda) Marshall as an alternate due to lack of participation after the Board of Adjustments voted unanimously to remove her; council’s motion carried unanimously.
Fuel contract: After two RFP rounds produced a single responsive bidder, council awarded the annual fuel and alternative-fuel contract to Midtex Oil LP (staff said per-gallon fuel costs were lower under the Midtex proposal). Council discussed RFP timing and the limited bidder pool but approved the award unanimously.
Uniform services: Staff recommended switching uniform-service vendors for Public Works to UniFirst via the BuyBoard cooperative, citing estimated savings (staff stated roughly 50% savings compared with the current vendor). Council approved the contract unanimously to allow the vendor time to set up before the current vendor’s contract expires in March 2025.
Bank signatories: Council approved resolutions to update Texas Gulf Bank and TexPool (transcribed in packet as “text pull”) signatories to reflect Finance Director Ashley Hurst’s name change (from Ashley Ferguson). The resolutions preserve the existing signatory roles (mayor with inquiry access; city manager and finance director with transaction authority) and passed unanimously.
These actions were routine approvals recorded on the council’s consent and business agendas; several items included staff follow-ups (contract setup, procurement posting clarifications and updating bank paperwork).
