Missouri City council approves traffic safety and homeland-security grant applications, and several board appointments

Missouri City council unanimously approved a set of grant applications and board appointments during its March 2 meeting.

Staff requested permission to apply for two short TxDOT enforcement grants — Click It or Ticket (May) and Operation Slowdown (July) — asking for $3,745 total with a $749 local match. Rachel Marie summarized the applications and said each grant supports two-week enforcement campaigns; the council approved the requests.

The council also approved two State Homeland Security grant applications. Rachel Marie said the police department is seeking a two-year law enforcement terrorism-prevention grant to fund a “drone-as-first-responder” program totaling $300,000 with no local match. Emergency Management Coordinator Trameka Jewett asked for approval to apply for a $130,000 grant to purchase a barricade system for crowd control at city events; she said the grant requires no local match. Both applications were authorized unanimously.

On appointments, the council named Jerry Dio (position 3) and Michael Jackson (position 10) to the Tourism and Cultural Services (TIRS) board, with terms expiring Dec. 31, 2027. Later, after a short procedural move to accommodate an executive-session schedule, the council appointed Pam Andrews (position 3), Diane Gittner (position 7), Lawrence Turner (position 9) and Bruce Bottson (position 5) to the Parks Board. All appointments were approved by unanimous vote.

What happens next: staff will submit the grant applications to the relevant state offices and will coordinate next steps if awards are received; appointed board members will assume duties according to board bylaws and term dates.

Provenance: grants discussion introduced SEG 2184 and continued through SEG 2296; appointments recorded SEG 2030–2076 and SEG 2162–2179.

Speakers and staff quoted are listed in meeting participants.