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Red Oak Council approves Terracon agreement, hires wastewater worker and adopts water-service ordinance
Summary
The Red Oak City Council on May 4 approved a professional services agreement under an EPA Brownfields grant with Terracon Consultants ($438,900), hired a wastewater treatment laborer, increased fireworks funding and adopted Ordinance 2026-04 prohibiting shared water service lines; all motions carried by roll call vote.
The Red Oak City Council at its May 4 regular meeting approved a package of resolutions and enacted Ordinance 2026-04, taking unanimous roll-call votes on each item.
The council approved Resolution 2026-40 authorizing a professional services agreement with Terracon Consultants for work related to the EPA Brownfields Community-Wide Assessment Grant in the amount of $438,900. The motion to approve was made by Councilperson Sharon Bradley and seconded by Councilperson Levi Franks; the transcript records a roll call of "all ayes" and the motion carried.
Council also approved personnel and budget-related actions: Resolution 2026-39 authorizes the hiring of Marcus Torres as a Wastewater Treatment Plant laborer at $20 per hour (motion Bradley, second Franks; roll call all ayes). Resolution 2026-38 sets a public hearing on the FY26 budget amendment for May 18, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. at the Red Oak Fire Station (motion Lester, second Bradley; roll call all ayes).
On event and property matters the council approved Resolution 2026-42, increasing the July 4 fireworks allocation by $15,000 for USA 250th birthday activities (motion Bradley, second Franks; roll call all ayes), and Resolution 2026-41 to set a public hearing to consider selling the lot adjacent to 100 C Street (motion Lester, second Franks; roll call all ayes). The council also approved Resolution 2026-43 to permit alcohol at Fountain Square during Red Oak Summer Jams concerts on June 11, July 9 and August 13 (motion Bradley, second Lester; roll call all ayes).
The council voted to waive the requirement for three separate readings of Ordinance 2026-04 (motion Bradley, second Franks; roll call all ayes) and then adopted Ordinance 2026-04, "Shared Water Service Line Prohibited," on all three and final readings (motion Lester, second Bradley; roll call all ayes). The ordinance text and effective date were noted in the meeting record as adopted; no further amendments were recorded in the transcript.
Procedural matters at the start of the meeting included the approval of the agenda (motion Bradley, second Franks) and the consent agenda, which included approval of minutes and claims totaling $140,951.67 (motion Lester, second Bradley).
The council's recorded votes on the motions in the meeting transcript are summarized as "roll call, all ayes" for each motion. The roll-call attendance recorded at the start of the meeting lists Councilpersons Sharon Bradley, Levi Franks and Jeanice Lester as present and Hietbrink as excused; Councilperson Terry Koppa joined the meeting via Zoom later at 5:42 p.m. and was not listed among the initial roll-call votes in the transcript.
What happens next: the only formal hearing scheduled in this meeting record is the FY26 budget amendment hearing set for May 18, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. at the Red Oak Fire Station. No other implementation steps or reporting deadlines were recorded in the transcript for the Terracon agreement or the ordinance adoption.
