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Lucas council approves consent items including TMRS change, engineering contract and manager pay increase
Summary
The Lucas City Council approved a consent package Sept. 18 that included an ordinance increasing the employee TMRS contribution, a one-year $78,000 professional services agreement with JTG Engineering, and a 5% raise for the city manager effective Oct. 1, 2025.
The Lucas City Council on Sept. 18 approved routine business on its consent agenda, including changes to the city—mployees efined-benefit retirement contributions, a one-year engineering services contract and a salary adjustment for the city manager.
Council moved, seconded and adopted Ordinance No. 2025-09-010 to implement a TMRS (Texas Municipal Retirement System) amendment that raises the employee contribution rate to 8 percent. Councilmember (speaker 3), who pulled the item for clarification, said legal advised the change is a standard TMRS document that does not alter plan structure beyond the contribution rate. With the city—ontribution matched 2-to-1 by policy, the employer share will be 16 percent. The ordinance specifies an effective date of Oct. 1, 2025.
Neil Peterson moved to authorize the city manager to execute a one-year professional services agreement with JTG Engineering, PLLC in an amount not to exceed $78,000 for general engineering services for the period Oct. 1, 2025 nd ending Sept. 30, 2026. Peterson said his questions largely addressed the contract—losure and scope for larger projects; staff clarified that major design work would be executed under separate agreements and that the 30-day termination clause is standard for this level of general services.
On compensation, the council approved a resolution to increase the city manager nnual base salary by 5 percent effective Oct. 1, 2025. The motion to approve the remaining consent items was passed by voice vote.
Why it matters: The TMRS contribution change and the city manager—ompensation affect the city—udget and employee retirement costs, while the contracted engineering services provide a pool of technical support the city can call on for planning and reviews. The council clarified that higher-cost, project-specific design work would be covered under separate contracts.
