Mass Transit Department Board · 11:30 AM · Council Chambers, City Hall, 300 N. Campbell And Virtually
Analysis based on the published agenda — official vote outcomes not yet available.
Matters
Case File 26-0659
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Obtain transit authority report and any city-county service agreement
Why now: The July 7 and June 9 agenda items are framed as presentation and discussion of an El Paso Transportation Authority report on transit services offered in El Paso County, with no accompanying authority, agreement, or action item disclosed in the record.
What to do: Request the El Paso Transportation Authority report delivered to the Mass Transit Department Board and ask staff whether any written interlocal or service agreement governs the authority's operation of transit service inside El Paso County alongside the city department. Without those documents you cannot assess whether the briefing is a precursor to a service-area or funding arrangement that would require board action.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why El Paso transit agency report slipped a month
Why now: The same agenda item — an El Paso Transportation Authority report on county transit services plus agency history and overview — appears twice with identical text, on 2026-06-09 and 2026-07-07, with no recorded outcome.
What to do: The identical El Paso Transportation Authority presentation was agendized for the Mass Transit Department Board on June 9 and again on July 7 with word-for-word the same description — ask the board secretary whether the June item was actually presented, deferred, or pulled, and request the minutes and any written report or slide deck for both dates. If you wait, the June packet materials become harder to distinguish from the July version in the online archive.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Case File 26-0642
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Obtain transit board bylaws on attendance and quorum rules
Why now: Excusal requests for absent members appeared as official items at both the 2026-06-09 and 2026-06-23 board meetings, yet no governing attendance or quorum authority appears anywhere in the file.
What to do: Request the Mass Transit Department Board's enabling ordinance and bylaws to determine what attendance threshold, if any, applies to members and whether repeated excused absences affect a member's seat or the validity of actions taken. If back-to-back absences continue and the governing text sets a limit, actions approved at those meetings could be open to question later, and reconstructing attendance after the fact is harder.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask which transit board members missed two June meetings
Why now: The same agenda item, a request to excuse absent Mass Transit Board Members, appeared at two consecutive meetings on 2026-06-09 and 2026-06-23, but the record names no members and reports no vote.
What to do: Request the meeting minutes, roll-call attendance sheets and the text of the excusal motions for the June 9 and June 23, 2026 Mass Transit Department Board meetings, and identify which members were absent both times and whether a quorum existed for any substantive votes taken those days. Without the roll call, the record shows only that absences were excused — not who was missing or what business proceeded short-handed.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
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Teleconference phone number: 1-915-213-4096 Toll free number: 1-833-664-9267 Conference ID: 977-449 -198#
Members of the public may view the meeting via the following means: Via the City’s website. http://www.elpasotexas.gov/videos Via television on City15, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cityofelpa
The public is strongly encouraged to sign up to speak on items on this agenda before the start of this meeting on the following links: https://www.elpasotexas.gov/city-clerk/forms/ https://app.smartsh
This time is reserved for members of the public who would like to address the Mass Transit Department Board on items that are not on the Mass Transit Department Board Agenda. Members of the public may
#2Request to excuse Mass Transit Board Members who were absent from a meeting.
#3Presentation to the Mass Transit Department Board by the El Paso Transportation Authority (ETA) providing an overview and history of transit services offered in El Paso County.
The Mass Transit Department Board 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
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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