City Council

Agenda — 16 items

1. Resolution No. 2026-136 authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with United Healthcare for the City's employee medical and dental insurance plans for FY 2027, effective October 1, 2026, with funds budgeted in the Employee Health Trust/Claim Fund (Fund 702).
2. Resolution No. 2026-148 approving an amendment and five-year extension to the City’s contract with Waste Management of Texas, Inc, authorizing the City Manager to execute the necessary documents for such amendment, approving and conforming amendments to the FY27 Master Fee list to reflect contract changes to rates and fees.
3. Resolution No. 2026-145 authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract for the West 32<sup data-pasted="true">nd</sup> Street Eight-Inch Sewer Main Replacement Project in an amount not to exceed $535,198.50. Funds are available in Utility's 2025-2026 budget in the Texas Infrastructure Fund at $535,198.50
4. Resolution No 2026-137 authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract for the Lakeridge Drive Six-Inch Sewer Main Extension Project in an amount not to exceed $115,071.25. Funds are available in Utility's 2025-2026 budget in the Texas Capital Improvement Fund at $115,071.25
5. Resolution No. 2026-143 authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract for the North Street Eight-Inch Water Looping Project in an amount not to exceed $65,177.50. Funds are available in Utility's 2025-2026 budget in the Texas Capital Improvement Fund at $65,177.50
6. Resolution No. 2026-144 authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract for the Spring Lake Park Eight-Inch Sewer Replacement Project in an amount not to exceed $157,538. Funds are available in Utility's 2025-2026 budget in the Texas Capital Improvement Fund at $157,538.
7. Resolution No. 2026-146 approving Change Order No. 1 for the Runway 4/22 Extension Overlay Project at the Texarkana Regional Airport; authorizing an additional one-inch asphalt overlay to increase the pavement section from five (5) inches to six (6) inches; authorizing an increase to the engineering contract with McClelland Consulting Engineers (MCE) and Tatum Excavating Company (TEC) in an amount, previously approved, not to exceed <span style="margin-left:0in;">Sixteen Million Eight Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars and Ten Cents ($16,856,165.10)</span>; and providing for related matters.
8. Consider approval of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held on July 13, 2026.
9. Ordinance No. 2026-117 discussing and considering all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of "City of Texarkana, Texas, Tax Notes, Series 2026", including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such tax notes.
10. Ordinance No. 2026-118 discussing and considering all matters incident and related to the issuance and sale of "City of Texarkana, Texas, Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2026", including the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of such revenue bonds.
11. Resolution No. 2026-116 adopting the fiscal year 2027 Master Fee List, including reauthorization of building permit fees.
12. Ordinance No. 2026-129 granting a Specific User Permit to allow the one additional use of an electrical substation on an approximate 3-acre tract of land (being Tracts 63A & 63B), J.A. Talbot HRS, A-564, located in the 5700 block of Gin Road (Ward 5). Molly Crowe, AEP/Southwestern Electric Power Company, owner, and William Sellard, TTL USA, agent.
13. Ordinance No. 2026-138 granting a Specific Use Permit to allow one additional use of a cellular tower on an approximate 1.02-acre tract of land (being Tract 71B), George Brinlee HRS, A-18, located in the 4300 block of Gibson Lane (Ward 4). Kirk Patton and others, owners, and Gregory Ferris, agent.
14. Ordinance No. 2026-126 granting a Specific Use Permit for the location of a HUD code manufactured home on an approximate 2.83-acre tract of land (being Tract 97B), H.S. Janes HRS, A-306, located in the 4200 block of Findley Street (Ward 2). Stefanie Tardy, owner.
15. Ordinance No. 2026-120 fixing the tax rate and levy in and for the City of Texarkana, Texas, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, upon all taxable property in the City of Texarkana, Texas. (ROLL CALL VOTE)
16. Ordinance No. 2026-139 granting a Specific Use Permit to allow the one additional use of permanent cosmetics on an approximate 4.6-acre tract of land (being Tract 19), J.W. Lane HRS, A-345, located at 6500 Summerhill Road (Ward 6). Jessica Davis, owner, and Tammy Wroten, agent.

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