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Killeen council approves consent agenda including Thousand Oaks parkland, airport and infrastructure contracts
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Summary
Council approved a consent agenda that accepted a 14.42-acre park dedication at the Preserve at Thousand Oaks and authorized multiple contracts — including an airport lighting maintenance agreement, traffic-signal upgrades, a SymTech live-fire training tower, a 10-year dark-fiber deal and network equipment purchases — as part of the work session consent items.
Killeen City Council on April 21 approved a consent agenda that bundled a set of routine and capital items, including acceptance of a 14.42-acre parkland dedication at the Preserve at Thousand Oaks and several vendor contracts for city infrastructure.
Staff recommended that the council accept dedication of 14.42 acres in the Preserve at Thousand Oaks Phase 2 as public parkland, with developer-installed amenities such as a playground, pavilion, parking and an eight-foot concrete trail. “It will be a public use park,” staff member Murphy said when council members asked whether HOA maintenance would restrict access; Murphy added the city negotiated maintenance standards with the HOA and anticipated an estimated annual maintenance cost of about $35,000 under a future memorandum of agreement.
The consent agenda also included a five-year maintenance-support contract for the airport lighting control and monitoring system at Killeen Regional Airport with CooperCrouse Hinds in the amount of $265,850; a traffic-signal infrastructure award to Austin Traffic Signal Construction Company for $646,001.50 to upgrade span-wire intersections; and a recommended purchase of a SymTech live-fire training tower for the fire department, quoted at $1,063,062.65 with separate estimated concrete/foundation costs. Deputy Chief Foster told council the new tower would be NFPA-compliant and provide training capabilities not available in the current 35-foot structure.
IT staff presented two technology items included in the consent package: a proposed 10-year agreement with SEGRA to install two strands of dark fiber connecting 15 city facilities (presented as $1,499,000) with a one-time construction cost of $350,000, and a budgeted network equipment replacement from GTS Technology Solutions for $478,233 to replace aging switches and wireless access points. Staff described the fiber project as a way to create a redundant ring topology and to consolidate fragmented connectivity across municipal facilities.
Council’s consent motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Tim Alvarez and seconded by Council member Solomon; the motion carried on a voice vote after two items were pulled for later consideration. The council indicated final approval for some appointments and budget items will be confirmed in the regular session where required.
The items approved in the consent package will proceed to contract execution or to the next administrative steps per staff recommendation; specific purchase orders, contract numbers and funding sources were cited in staff presentations.
