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City Council worked through 48 substantive items in a session running from 10:14 AM to 6:00 p.m. with all nine members present, confirming approximately $170.7 million in primary approved or authorized amounts across 16 items. A single public safety construction package accounted for the overwhelming share of that total, while the remainder of the agenda moved through on largely unanimous votes.
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Matters

3 contested

Site-specific scope

Case File 26-0284

2 hearings since Mar 2026·Last: Mar 3, 2026·Notable
vote52SPLIT

Opposition: Fierro · Limón

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Attorney
As of Mar 2026

Request executive session records on internal auditor selection

Applies if: You represent a party with standing to question the appointment process or a department subject to internal audit

Context: The record states the item was heard across two executive sessions and was laid on and taken from the table before the final 5-2 vote, and two of the seven motions carry no printed tally and no named maker or seconder.

Recommended: Obtain the posted agendas and certified records for both executive sessions in which this selection was heard, plus the clerk's supplemental minutes identifying the maker and seconder of the third and fourth motions. Without those documents you cannot assess whether the closed-session deliberation and the untallied motions conform to the city's own recording requirements — and reconstructing an unrecorded vote gets harder as staff turnover follows the appointment.

Source: Item #30 ↓
Journalist
As of Mar 2026

Ask why internal auditor vote split after six unanimous motions

Context: The March 3, 2026 record shows six motions carrying 8-0 but the seventh and final motion carrying 5-2 with Fierro and Limón against and Canales abstaining, and two motions with no tally or sponsor printed.

Recommended: Request the full minutes and any tally sheets for all seven motions on the Chief Internal Auditor selection, and ask the city secretary why the third and fourth motions were recorded as unanimously carried with no vote count and no maker or seconder named. Also ask Representative Canales on the record why she abstained — the minutes state no reason — and press Fierro and Limón on what changed between the six 8-0 motions and the final 5-2 outcome.

Source: Item #30 ↓

Case File 26-0314

2 hearings since Mar 2026·Last: Mar 3, 2026·Contract·Notable
vote53SPLIT

Opposition: Chávez · Maldonado-Rocha · Fierro

Case File 26-0238

2 hearings since Mar 2026·Last: Mar 3, 2026·Notable
vote62SPLIT

Opposition: Limón · Canales

Case File 26-0178

2 hearings since Feb 2026·Last: Mar 3, 2026·Infrastructure·Notable

Motion failed

Street and El Paso Street (File 26-0266)

2 hearings since Mar 2026·Last: Mar 17, 2026·Corridor·Notable

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Attorney
As of Mar 2026

Obtain adopted parking ordinance text and certified final vote record

Context: The March 17, 2026 adoption of File 26-0266 is recorded only as "Carried: 3 to 1" with Limón against, following an 8-0 vote on March 3, 2026, and no effective date appears in the record.

Recommended: Request the signed ordinance and the certified vote record for the March 17 adoption, since the supplied record shows only a 3-to-1 tally with no roster of members present and no stated effective or signage-installation date. Without those documents you cannot advise a client on when the reserved-space restriction and its penalty became enforceable.

Source: Item #20 ↓
Journalist
As of Mar 2026

Ask why library parking vote dropped from eight to four voters

Context: The March 3, 2026 record shows Item 20 unanimously carried 8 Ayes, 0 Nays with a public hearing noticed for March 17, but the March 17 adoption (File 26-0266) is recorded as Item 23 carrying 3 to 1 with Limón against.

Recommended: Ask the City Clerk why the same Franklin Avenue parking ordinance drew eight unanimous ayes at the first reading but only four members casting votes at final adoption, and what prompted Representative Limón's lone dissent on reserving two spaces for the Mexican American Cultural Center. Also ask why the minutes announced the March 17 public hearing for Item 19 and Item 20 while the adoption appears under Item 23.

Source: Item #20 ↓
Resident
As of Mar 2026

Two Franklin Avenue parking spaces now reserved for cultural center vehicles

Context: City Council adopted the ordinance on March 17, 2026 deleting Paragraph 31 (library vehicles only) and adding Paragraph 34 covering library and Mexican American Cultural Center vehicles, with the penalty provided in Section 12.84.010 of the El Paso City Code.

Recommended: If you park on the north side of Franklin Avenue between Oregon Street and El Paso Street, note that two spaces there are no longer reserved for library vehicles alone — they now also serve Mexican American Cultural Center vehicles, and parking in them carries a code penalty. Watch for replacement signage and do not assume the old restriction lapsed.

Source: Item #20 ↓

Analysis

Financial Highlights

Council approved or authorized about $11.0 million in primary amounts across four items, but the figure is dominated by a single $10.6 million total project cost for a TxDOT-funded design agreement rather than by city outlays.[#3][#4][#5][#6][#8][#9][#10][#11][#12][#13][#14][#17][#18][#23][#26][#28][#29][#27][#25][#7]

Contracts & Procurement

Beyond the dollar figures, the procurement structure here matters: the solid waste engineering work is set up as parallel two-year on-call agreements split across three consulting firms rather than a single award, and a separate item transfers existing City contracts between two commonly owned CONSOR entities.[#3][#4][#5][#6][#11][#12][#13][#14][#17][#18][#26][#28][#29][#25]

Development & Land Use

The Council's land-use and capital-development actions were dominated by a single municipal facility: it approved a $128,152,730 Guaranteed Maximum Price with Jordan Foster Construction for the El Paso Public Safety Training Academy and Fire Department Headquarters and Vehicle Maintenance and Logistics Center, plus $25,230,977 in funding drawn partly from the future sale of existing public safety properties.[#5][#6][#13][#14][#21][#22][#28][#29][#25][#19]

Transportation

City Council acted on a package of aviation and roadway projects, approving a general aviation ground lease at El Paso International Airport, one additive airfield change order, and two deductive change notices that reduced final construction costs on completed taxiway work.[#19273][#3][#4][#5][#6][#13][#14][#18][#26][#25][#20][#ADD1]

Infrastructure & Facilities

Council addressed solid waste program administration and fleet support, including a slate of on-call municipal solid waste engineering agreements with three consulting firms and a multi-year parts and service contract for the Streets and Maintenance fleet.[#10][#12][#17]

Public Safety

Council locked in the largest single expenditure in this portion of the agenda, awarding a $128,152,730.00 Guaranteed Maximum Price to Jordan Foster Construction LLC for the El Paso Public Safety Training Academy and Fire Department Headquarters and Vehicle Maintenance and Logistic Center.[#8][#9][#28][#29][#7][#24]

Governance & Oversight

Council disposed of two city-owned parcels on Alameda Avenue and in the Ysleta Grant for a combined $370,050, and adopted two policy directives constraining executive action: a quarterly reporting requirement on the unpaid balance owed by the Donald J.[#19264][#19268][#19284][#3][#11][#21][#22][#23][#27][#19419][#20][#ADD1][#24]

Personnel & Labor

Council unanimously confirmed two board appointments submitted by Representative Josh Acevedo of District 2, filling seats on the Public Service Board Selection Committee and the Museums and Cultural Affairs Advisory Board.[#16][#19419][#15][#30]

Insights by Role

Contractor

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThe $128,152,730.00 Guaranteed Maximum Price to Jordan Foster Construction LLC (item #29) sets the subcontracting market for the coming cycle, while the on-call municipal solid waste engineering agreements were split across three consulting firms rather than awarded to a single vendor. A fleet parts and service award moved forward as a non-competitive procurement after two prior competitive solicitations failed to produce a contract.

Developer

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThree ordinance conveyances of city-owned real property to private buyers cleared unanimously, and the public safety campus funding plan is partly premised on the future sale of existing public safety properties, signaling more municipal surplus land coming to market. Design funding for the I-10 Deck Plaza also advanced, which affects land positions along that corridor.

Journalist

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectItem #7, the Operation Lone Star grant application, required four motions including a reconsideration after an initial 7-1 approval, ultimately passing 6-2 with Limon and Canales opposed. Combined with a 5-3 amendment on the Flock Safety license plate recognition directive and a 5-2-1 vote on an item heard across two executive sessions, the police technology and funding questions produced most of the meeting's conflict.

Lobbyist

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingThe two policy directives constraining executive action, the Flock Safety ALPR directive and the campaign debt reporting requirement, both passed on split votes, identifying the persuadable bloc for anyone working surveillance or procurement policy. Board appointment authority is running through district representatives, and two items drew organized public turnout.

Charts & Data

48 items(30 procedural hidden)

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AI-generated summaries. Click to expand for original text.

Teleconference phone number: 1-915-213-4096 Toll free number: 1-833-664-9267 Conference ID: 455-741-200#

Notice is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of El Paso will be conducted on March 3, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. Members of the public may view the meeting via the following m

Attention: The Council will take a lunch break at approximately 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. unless otherwise decided by the Council.

In compliance with the requirement that the City provide two-way communication for members of the public, members of the public may communicate with Council during public comment, and regarding agenda

At the prompt, please enter Conference ID: 455-741-200# The public may sign up to speak on items on this agenda before the 9:00 AM deadline on the meeting day at the following links: For Call to the P

Regional Spanish Spelling Bee 2026 Winners at the Invitation of City Representative Lily Limón Shaheli De Silva (Young Women’s STEAM Research and Preparatory Academy) Ferran Martínez Caloca (Wiggs Mid

105th Annual Potentate and Commandress Ball American Red Cross Month International Women’s Week National Transit Employee Appreciation Day La Fe Clinic César Chávez Day

Call to the Public will begin at 10:00 a.m. Requests to speak must be received by 9:00 a.m. on the date of the meeting. Sixty minutes in total will be devoted for Call to the Public. This time is rese

#3Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign a General Aviation Ground Lease with American Air Lodge, L.P. for approximately 60,050 square feet of land in the Boeing Business District at El Paso International Airport.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0

#4Resolution approving Change Order No. 3 to a construction contract with Jordan Foster Construction for the El Paso International Airport Five Node Intersection Remediation Stage 1 project, adding $412,355.00 to rename the airfield per FAA sign standards and bringing the total contract sum to $22,845,663.27.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0$412K

#5Resolution approving Deductive Change Quantity Notice No. 1 to the Taxiway G reconstruction contract at El Paso International Airport with Jordan Foster Construction, reducing the contract by $918,141.86 due to quantity under-runs, bringing the final contract sum to $11,994,625.47.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0

#6Resolution approving Deductive Change Quantity Notice No. 1 to the Taxiway M relocation contract at El Paso International Airport with Jordan Foster Construction, reducing the contract by $303,055.20 due to quantity under-runs, bringing the final contract sum to $14,891,282.50.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0

#7Resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit a $500,000 grant application to the Texas Public Safety Office for the Police Department's Operation Lone Star Grant FY27, covering September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 with no cash match required.

#8Resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit a $3,213,874.22 grant application to the Texas Public Safety Office for the El Paso Police Department's West Texas Anti-Gang Center FY27 project, requiring no cash match.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0$3.2M

#9Resolution authorizing the Grants Administrator to apply for a $242,253.80 grant from the Texas Governor's Office FY 2027 Border Zone Grant Program to purchase vehicles and equipment for the El Paso Fire Department's emergency response and border security activities, with no cash match required.

Unanimously carried; Ayes 8, Nays None$242K

#10Resolution to approve Solid Waste liens listed in the attachment to the agenda.

#11Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign a Consent to Assignment Agreement transferring contracts from CONSOR Engineers, LLC to CONSOR North America, Inc., companies under common ownership.

#12Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign two-year On-Call Agreements for municipal solid waste engineering services with three consulting firms, each not to exceed $400,000.00.

$400K

#13Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign a professional services agreement with CEA Engineering Group, Inc. for civil engineering services on the Airport Road Reconstruction and Resurfacing Project, not to exceed $719,817.25.

$720K

#14Resolution authorizing a First Amendment to the professional services agreement with Gannet Fleming, Inc. (successor to DEC-El Paso, LLC) for additional architect and engineering services on the Ysleta Port of Entry Pedestrian Improvement Project, adding $165,662.32 and raising the contract total to $1,271,326.84.

$166K

#15Appointment of Edward Escudero to the Public Service Board Selection Committee, nominated by Representative Josh Acevedo of District 2.

Motion made, seconded, and unanimously carried

#16Board appointment of Raul Garcia to the Museums and Cultural Affairs Advisory Board, nominated by Representative Josh Acevedo of District 2.

Motion made, seconded, and unanimously carried

#17Request to authorize the Director of Purchasing & Strategic Sourcing to issue purchase orders under a non-competitive, three-year contract with Bravo Cadillac Southwest LP LLC for Chevrolet proprietary parts and service for the Streets and Maintenance Department, estimated at $210,000 total.

Motion made and unanimously carried$70K

#18Requests authorization to increase Contract 2021-1127 for Barricade Rental Services with Leedsman Construction DBA Traffic Control Specialists Sales & Rentals by $165,896.75, bringing the total not-to-exceed amount to $2,077,159.38.

Motion made and unanimously carried$166K

INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.9 OF THE EL PASO CITY CHARTER: Public comment typically is not taken during the first reading of ordinances. Public comments are invited at the date of

#19Ordinance authorizing the sale of city-owned real property in the Boothe Ville No. 2 subdivision to Martin Armendariz for $197,500.00.

Unanimously carried: 8 Ayes, 0 Nays$198KCase File 26-0256

#20Ordinance amending the city's parking code to remove reserved library-only parking spaces on Franklin Avenue and replace them with spaces reserved for both Library and Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) vehicles.

Unanimously carried: 8 Ayes, 0 NaysStreet and El Paso Street (File 26-0266)

Goal 1: Create an Environment Conducive to Strong, Sustainable Economic Development

#21Ordinance authorizing the City to sell two parcels of real property (0.318 and 0.205 acres) at 8821 Alameda Avenue to Eli Ramos Investments, LLC for $168,000.00.

Carried: 8 Ayes, 0 Nays - ADOPTED (Ordinance 019847)$168KCase File 26-0185

#22Ordinance authorizing the City of El Paso to convey real property in the Ysleta Grant/Frutus Place area to Arnulfo Figueroa and Sandra Valadez for $202,050.00.

Carried: 8 Ayes, 0 Nays - ADOPTED (Ordinance 019848)$202KCase File 26-0186

#23A City Council member requests that the City Manager and City Attorney provide quarterly reports on the outstanding balance, interest, and invoices owed by Donald J. Trump for President Inc. Campaign.

Carried: 7 Ayes, 1 Nay

#24Council discussion and action to direct the City Manager to stop renewing or entering new agreements with Flock Group Inc. (Flock Safety) for Automated License Plate Recognition technology and to avoid using grant or city funds for similar technology.

#25Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign an Advance Funding Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for design of the STP-MM Reconstruction Project, known as the I-10 Deck Plaza Project, with an estimated total cost of $10,601,001.00 and estimated local participation of $584,321.00.

Unanimously carried$10.6MCase File 26-0178

#26Request to authorize a sole-source, three-year purchase order with ADB Safegate Americas, LLC for airfield sign panels and lighting parts for the El Paso International Airport, funded through the Airport Capital - Taxiway M Project.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0$290K

#27Discussion and action on the results of a P-Card and Travel Audit (A2026-07) conducted for the Environmental Services department.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0

#28Resolution authorizing the City Manager to use $25,230,977 from capital asset sale proceeds and 2019 Public Safety Bond project savings toward the Public Safety Training and Fire Department Headquarters and Vehicle Maintenance and Logistics Center project, and to make necessary budget transfers.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0$25.2M

#29Amendment to contract 2022-0759R awarding Jordan Foster Construction LLC a Guaranteed Maximum Price of $128,152,730.00 for the El Paso Public Safety Training Academy and Fire Department Headquarters and Vehicle Maintenance and Logistics Center project.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0$128.2M

#30Discussion and action on the selection of the City's Chief Internal Auditor, requested by Human Resources.

#ADD1Resolution to appoint Laura Avalos to Position 3 of the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority board, with a term expiring February 1, 2028.

No disposition printed on these pages

The City Council of the City of El Paso may retire into EXECUTIVE SESSION pursuant to Section 3.5A of the El Paso City Charter and the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Subchapter D, to discuss any

Section 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY Section 551.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY Section 551.073 DELIBERATION REGARDING PROSPECTIVE GIFTS Section 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS Section 551.0

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#7Resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit a $500,000 grant application to the Texas Public Safety Office for the Police Department's 'Operation Lone Star Grant FY27' project, covering September 2026 through August 2027 with no required cash match.

Carried: 6 to 2$500KCase File 26-0238

#24Discussion and action directing the City Manager not to renew or enter new agreements with Flock Group Inc. (Flock Safety) for Automated License Plate Recognition technology, and to avoid using grant or city funds for similar technology, excluding parking enforcement license plate readers.

Carried: 5 Ayes, 3 NaysCase File 26-0314

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#30Discussion and action on the selection of the Chief Internal Auditor.

Carried: 5 to 2, 1 abstentionCase File 26-0284

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