Mass Transit Department Board · 11:30 AM · Council Chambers, City Hall, 300 N. Campbell And Virtually
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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
Analysis
Governance & Oversight
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Journalist
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThe board terminated Trans America Protection Corporation's armored car services contract for default and imposed a three-year disqualification from City contracts, an enforcement action worth following for the underlying performance issues and the resulting re-procurement.
Contractor
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingSun Metro's Armored Car Services contract is now open following termination of the incumbent for default, with the terminated vendor barred from City contracts for three years — a precedent contractors bidding on City work should note.
Lobbyist
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingWith Trans America Protection Corporation's armored car services contract terminated and the company barred from City business for three years, Sun Metro will need to re-procure this service — a window relevant to competing security/armored transport vendors. Board Members Canales, Limón, and Chávez were the movers/seconders on this meeting's approved items.
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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
#2A request to excuse absent members of the Mass Transit Board from a meeting.
#3A resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing & Strategic Sourcing to terminate Contract No. 2023-0188 for Armored Car Services with Trans America Protection Corporation for default, effective June 23, 2026, and to disqualify the company from City contracts for three years.
#4Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign an Intergovernmental Support Agreement between the City of El Paso and the United States for Sun Metro to provide micro transit services to Fort Bliss.
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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