Agenda Review

AGENDA REVIEW

Call to Order

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER - 7:00 P.M.
INVOCATION
Pastor Michael Luster, Sr., New Beginning Fellowship Church, Mesquite, Texas.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
City Staff.

Item 1

Recognize Mesquite’s Deja Young for her career as a Paralympian.

Special Announcements

This time is reserved for special announcements and recognition of individuals or groups.

Citizens Forum

At this time a number of citizens not to exceed 10 shall be allowed to speak on any matter other than
items on the agenda, personnel matters, matters under litigation or matters concerning the purchase,
exchange, lease or value of real property for a length of time not exceeding three minutes on a
first-come, first-served basis. Citizens addressing the Council through a translator will be allowed six
minutes. No Council action or discussion is to be taken until such matter is placed on the Agenda and
posted in accordance with law.

Consent Agenda

(All items on the Consent Agenda are routine items and may be approved with one motion; however,
should any member of the Council or any individual wish to discuss any item, said item may be
removed from the Consent Agenda by motion of the City Council.)
2 Minutes of the regular City Council meeting held September 20, 2021.
3 A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 4 to the Dallas Area
Household Hazardous Waste Network Interlocal Agreement with Dallas County for Fiscal
Year 2021-22 for an amount not to exceed $123,566.00.
4 A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the 2021 Edward Byrne Memorial
Justice Assistance Grant (“JAG”) Program Funds Sharing and Fiscal Agency Agreement
between Dallas County and the Cities of Balch Springs, Carrollton, Dallas, DeSoto,
Duncanville, Garland, Grand Prairie, Irving, Lancaster, Mesquite and Richardson; authorizing
an equitable redistribution of grant funds thereby reducing Mesquite ’s formula allocation to the
revised amount of $31,576.76; designating the City of Dallas as the applicant and fiscal
agent; and designating the Police Chief of the City of Mesquite as the responsible officer for
the purpose of signing all documents associated with the grant.
5 A resolution accepting additional funding in connection with the 2019 Homeland Security
Grant Program and execution of the sub-recipient agreements with the Office of the
Governor, Texas Homeland Security State Administrative Agency, in the amount of
$60,000.00; authorizing the Emergency Management Coordinator as the authorized official to
apply for, accept, reject, alter or terminate the grant on behalf of the City and agreeing to
return the $60,000.00 grant in the event of loss or misuse of the $60,000.00 grant funds.
6 A resolution expressing official intent to reimburse, from the proceeds of obligations to be
issued by the City, the costs of street, road, alley, sidewalk and screening wall projects, water
and sewer system improvements, municipal building improvements and acquisition of
vehicles and equipment and computer equipment and software for municipal departments.
7 A resolution authorizing the Mayor to finalize and execute all documents necessary to
designate the positions of Director of Finance, Manager of Accounting, and Manager of
Budget and Treasury to act as the City of Mesquite’s authorized representatives for Texas
Local Government Investment Pool (“TexPool/TexPool Prime”).
8 RFP No. 2021-084 - Basic Term Life, Voluntary Life and Voluntary AD&D Insurance.
(Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a contract with Dearborn Life Insurance
Company, d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (Dearborn Life Insurance), effective
January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. The term of this contract is for one year, with
four additional one-year renewal options. The City Manager is authorized to exercise the
renewal options, subject to appropriation of funds.)
9 Bid No. 2021-117 - Annual Purchase of Cleaning Supplies for Warehouse Stock.
(Staff recommends award to Eagle Brush and Chemical, Inc., through BuyBoard Contract
No. 649-21, in an amount not to exceed $102,000.00. The term of this contract is for one
year, with two additional one-year renewal options. The City Manager is authorized to
exercise the renewal options, subject to annual appropriation of sufficient funds.)
10 Bid No. 2022-003 - Annual Supply of International Truck Parts.
(Staff recommends award to Southwest International Trucks, Inc., through BuyBoard
Contract No. 601-19, sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards, in an amount
not to exceed $130,000.00. The term of this contract is for one year, with one additional
one-year renewal option. The City Manager is authorized to exercise the renewal option
subject to annual appropriation of sufficient funds.)
11 Bid No. 2022-004 - Annual Supply of Toro Commercial Mower Parts.
(Staff recommends award to Professional Turf Products, LP, through BuyBoard Contract No.
611-20, sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards, in an amount not to exceed
$65,000.00. The term of this contract is for one year, with one additional one-year renewal
option. The City Manager is authorized to exercise the renewal option subject to annual
appropriation of sufficient funds.)
12 Bid No. 2021-006 - Mesquite-Garland Trail Connector.
(Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a contract with low bidder Wall
Contractors, LLC, in the amount of $563,893.75.)
13 Bid No. 2022-008 - Purchase of One 1500 GPM Pumper Truck.
(Staff recommends the purchase of one Spartan Emergency Response Pumper Truck
offered by Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc., an approved vendor of the
Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments Cooperative Purchasing Program (HGAC
Buy) Contract No. FS12-19, in the amount of $681,744.00.)
14 Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a Professional Engineering Services
Contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, LLC for the survey, engineering design and
preparation of bidding and construction documents for the rehabilitation of the ground storage
tank roofs at the Barnes Bridge Pump Station in the amount of $168,700.00.
16 Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a grant agreement with the Dallas Area
Agency on Aging (DAAA), to receive funds that provide meals for senior citizens, in an
amount not to exceed $144,043.00.
17 Ratification of Bid No. 2022-010 - Senior Citizen Meal Delivery Program.
(Staff recommends ratification of a one-year contract with the Visiting Nurse Association of
Texas (VNA), in an amount not exceed $114,000.00, through an Interlocal Cooperative
Purchasing Agreement with the City of Grand Prairie, Texas. The term of this contract is for
one year, with no renewal options.)

Item 15

Authorize the City Manager to execute an advance funding agreement with the Texas
Department of Transportation for participation in the Lawson Road Highway Safety
Improvement Program Project.

Item 18

Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Fiscal Year 2021-22 Police State Seizure Budget in
accordance with Title 28, Section 524, of the United States Code and Chapter 59 of the
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure in the amount of $276,000.00.

Item 19

Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Zoning Application No. Z0821-0211,
submitted by Iresha Hayes of Little Texans, for a change of zoning from General Retail to
General Retail with a Conditional Use Permit to allow a child daycare facility, located at 1515
East Kearney, Suite 500.
(No responses in favor or in opposition to the application have been received from property
owners within the statutory notification area. The Planning and Zoning Commission
recommends approval.)
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