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Board approves emergency traffic‑signal repair contract; separate ordinance to ease director agenda placement fails
Summary
Directors adopted an emergency ordinance waiving competitive bidding to contract for traffic‑signal repairs after a March collision; a separate ordinance to change how directors place items on the agenda failed adoption after debate about director authority and staff vetting.
The Texarkana Board of Directors took two significant ordinance votes Monday: it adopted an emergency ordinance authorizing a contract to repair traffic signals damaged in March, and it rejected an ordinance that would have changed the rules for how a director can place items on a future board agenda.
Traffic signals: The board approved an ordinance waiving competitive bidding to allow the city manager to contract with C&M Construction Enterprise LLC to…
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