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Orange council approves street abandonments, easement vacations, demolition contracts and routine budget items
Summary
At a regular meeting, the council adopted final‑reading ordinances vacating Juniper Drive and Evergreen Drive rights‑of‑way and a Broadmoor Terrace easement, approved demolition contract awards totaling $146,089.94 for 29 unsafe structures, authorized insurance renewals with TML, adopted the 2026 CDBG handbook, and advanced a tree‑trimming permit fee on first reading.
The City of Orange council completed several routine and substantive items during its regular meeting.
On final reading the council approved ordinances abandoning and vacating Juniper Drive (part of the Grove development) and Evergreen Drive right‑of‑way, and vacated a utility and drainage easement in Broadmoor Terrace (approximately 0.22 acres noted). Council also approved a first reading to add a tree‑cutting/tree‑trimming permit fee to Appendix A of the code (commercial contractors $50 per location; 501(c)(3) or tax‑exempt organizations $25; no fee for private property owners), with a waiver provision for declared disasters.
The council approved a contract award for the demolition and removal of 29 substandard and unsafe structures across the city. Staff said two vendors were low bidders for grouped properties (Caesar Landscaping for 20 properties; TS Services for 9 properties), with a combined contract total of $146,089.94 and an average cost per structure of about $5,037.58. Funding sources for the demolition work were described as three dedicated streams: $45,000 from standard code‑enforcement budget, $60,500 from reimbursement proceeds from earlier demolition work, and $45,000 from OBOE grant funds.
Council also approved insurance renewals with the Texas Municipal League: $680,838 for property and liability coverage for fiscal year 2027 (annual payment chosen to realize an estimated 2% premium savings) and $65,654 for workers' compensation coverage (noted as a ~3% increase). The council adopted the 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) policy and procedures handbook required by HUD and approved several routine appointments to advisory boards. The meeting closed after announcing a planned executive session for legal consultation on collective bargaining; no open‑session action was reported from that executive session.
All motions on the listed items were recorded as passing by voice roll call during the meeting transcript; where roll‑call 'aye' responses were spoken, the minutes reflect approval.
