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Case File 26-0902
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Get posted agenda matching each city budget approval motion
Applies if: You represent a client whose funding, contract, or tax liability depends on the adopted FY 2026-2027 budget
Why now: Three separate approval motions on 2026-08-04 all carry the identical official item description, "Presentation, discussion, and action on the FY 2026 - 2027 Proposed Budget," and none of the three entries records a vote count.
What to do: Pull the posted meeting notice, the agenda packet, and the certified minutes for August 4 and match each of the three approval motions to a distinct agenda description; if the notice described only one budget action, ask the city attorney's office in writing which motion constituted adoption and under what authority the other two were taken. Reconstructing this later, after subsequent tax-rate or appropriation steps rely on the August 4 record, is far harder than resolving it now while the file is still active.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why three city budget motions lack vote tallies
Why now: The same FY 2026-2027 Proposed Budget item was moved to approval three times on 2026-08-04, all by Representative Canales, seconded by Representative Limón once and Representative Maldonado-Rocha twice, with no vote counts recorded in any of the three entries.
What to do: Request the clerk's certified minutes and the roll-call sheets for the August 4 meeting and ask staff to explain what each of the three separate motions on the same proposed budget item actually approved — the published record says the motion "carried by the following vote" but lists no tally for any of the three. Without the tallies you cannot report which council members backed the budget or whether any of the three passes were split votes.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Case File 26-0893
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Pull special events permit insurance ordinance text now
Why now: The item was read a second time on both 2026-08-04 and 2026-08-18 amending Title 13, Chapter 13.38, Section 13.38.40(E), with the penalty provided in Section 13.38.110.
What to do: Obtain the full ordinance text from the August 4 and August 18 second readings and compare them line by line to confirm the amendment to Section 13.38.40 subsection E is limited to renaming the reviewing office and does not alter insurance limits, indemnification language, or the penalty cross-reference to Section 13.38.110. If your clients hold or are seeking special event permits, confirm whose signature and certificate-holder designation the city will accept once the renamed Enterprise Risk and Safety Office is the named entity.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why special events insurance ordinance stalled twice
Why now: The identical second-reading item appears twice in the record, on 2026-08-04 and again on 2026-08-18, with no stated reason for the repeat.
What to do: Ask the City Clerk for the disposition of the August 4 agenda item — whether it was postponed, tabled, or failed — since an ordinance that only swaps "Risk Management Office" for "Enterprise Risk and Safety Office" reappeared for second reading again on August 18. Also ask how many other City Code chapters carry the old office name and whether a broader departmental reorganization is being processed piecemeal.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Case File 26-0892
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Check naming and section mismatches in risk management ordinance
Why now: The official item text for both the August 4 and August 18 second readings uses two different names for the new office and ties a Human Resources change to a section captioned as the Office of Management and Budget function.
What to do: Obtain the engrossed ordinance and compare the caption against the enacting text: the caption amends section 2.111.040 while labeling it the 'Office of Management and Budget function' yet removes Human Resources language, and it creates section 2.110.090 titled 'Enterprise Risk and Safety Office' while describing 'the department of Risk Management.' Ask the City Attorney whether the caption fairly describes the enactment before final passage, because correcting a codification or caption defect after adoption requires a new ordinance cycle.
Act before: After the next material record update
Confirm where to file city insurance certificates and claims
Applies if: You hold or are bidding on a City of El Paso contract with insurance or claim-notice requirements
Why now: The ordinance heard on both August 4 and August 18 removes the Risk Management function from under the Department of Human Resources and stands it up as a separate office under City Code Chapter 2.110.
What to do: If your city contracts route certificates of insurance, indemnity notices, or injury and property-damage claims through Human Resources Risk Management, confirm with the contracting department where those filings go once Risk Management becomes its own office. Notices sent to a dissolved reporting line can be treated as untimely under contract notice provisions.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why risk management reorganization needed two second readings
Why now: The same ordinance text appears as a City Council 'Second Reading' item on both 2026-08-04 and 2026-08-18 with no recorded disposition in between.
What to do: The identical ordinance splitting Risk Management out of Human Resources was posted for second reading twice, on August 4 and again on August 18 — pull the August 4 minutes and vote tally to determine whether council postponed, tabled, failed to reach a vote, or lacked a quorum, and who moved the delay. Without that, the record shows no explanation for a two-week repeat of a final-reading item.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Case File 26-0801
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Get certified land sale ordinance with recorded vote tally
Why now: Item 15 carried 8-0 on first reading July 21, 2026, while the August 4, 2026 adoption entry (motion by Representative Acevedo, seconded by Representative Canales) records no vote count for the $80,300 sale.
What to do: Request the certified copy of the adopted ordinance and the August 4 minutes: the first reading on July 21 shows a recorded 8-0 tally on Item 15, but the adoption record states only that the motion carried without a numeric vote. Confirm the second-reading tally and the authority and appraisal the City relied on to sell to a named individual rather than by competitive process, before relying on the conveyance in a title opinion or closing.
Act before: After the certified ordinance and minutes are produced
Verify Parkdale lot sale terms before planning construction
Why now: The ordinance conveying the two lots to Carlos Silveyra Padilla for $80,300 cites the plat recorded in Volume 26, Page 14 and was adopted August 4, 2026 after first reading July 21, 2026.
What to do: Pull the executed deed and the recorded plat at Volume 26, Page 14 for Lots 1 and 2, Block 25, Parkdale Addition Unit Four to confirm easements, building lines, and any reverter or use restriction the City attached to the $80,300 conveyance. Old-plat setbacks and utility easements on two combined lots can eliminate the building envelope you assumed when you priced the site.
Act before: After the deed and plat are obtained and reviewed
Ask how Parkdale lot buyer and price were set
Why now: The item passed 8-0 as Item 15 on July 21, 2026 and was adopted August 4, 2026 with no recorded tally, and neither appearance discloses an appraisal or bidding process for the $80,300 conveyance.
What to do: File a records request for the appraisal, any solicitation or competing offers, and the staff memo behind the $80,300 sale of two city lots to Carlos Silveyra Padilla, and ask why the adoption record carries no vote tally when first reading was 8-0. The public record names one private buyer and one price but never explains how either was chosen.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
Case File 26-0881
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Confirm second reading vote on Ysleta Grant land sale
Why now: E2 documents the motion by Representative Limón, seconded by Representative Niño, carrying on first reading 2026-08-04, while E1 shows the same ordinance at second reading 2026-08-18 with no vote result recorded.
What to do: The record shows a recorded motion and passing vote on first reading but no vote outcome captured for the August 18 second reading — obtain the signed ordinance and the certified minutes before relying on the conveyance for title, escrow, or closing. Ask counsel for the deed itself to confirm whether any reverter, use restriction, or reconveyance condition attaches to the tract.
Act before: After the signed ordinance and certified minutes are obtained
Check city surplus land list for other Ysleta Grant tracts
Why now: The ordinance conveying Tract 16C, Block 36, Ysleta Grant for $18,228 moved from first reading on 2026-08-04 to second reading on 2026-08-18, so the transaction is at its final step.
What to do: The $18,228 price for Tract 16C, Block 36 signals a small or remnant city-held parcel in the Ysleta Grant being moved at appraised or nominal value; pull the plat and the city's surplus/excess property inventory to see which adjacent tracts in Block 36 remain in city hands and whether they are buildable or conveyable only to abutting owners. Waiting until after closing means the assemblage opportunity passes to the new owner.
Act before: After the deed for Tract 16C is recorded
Ask how $18,228 price on city land was set
Why now: The identical $18,228 figure and single named purchaser appear at both the 2026-08-04 first reading and the 2026-08-18 second reading with no valuation basis stated in either entry.
What to do: Request the appraisal, the staff memorandum, and any bid or offer solicitation behind the conveyance of Tract 16C, Block 36, Ysleta Grant — the record names a single named buyer and an exact price but never explains whether the parcel was publicly marketed or sold directly to an abutting owner. File now while the transaction file is still open; once the deed records, staff routinely closes the working file.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
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Contractor
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThree contracting actions moved on different procurement tracks, and the largest — the $257,250 Animal Services field training award under Solicitation 2026-0269 (Re-Bid) — has no confirmed outcome in the available record. Contractors tracking that scope should verify the award status directly before assuming the pool is closed.
Journalist
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThree storylines stand out: a directed policy that would shift campaign-event public safety and venue costs onto event organizers, with a 60-day drafting clock running from June 9, 2026; a departmental restructuring that removes Risk Management from Human Resources; and the FY 2026-2027 budget and tax rate package approved and introduced in the same sitting.
Developer
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingA C-2/sp to C-4/sp map amendment at 6375 Montana Avenue is on second reading, widening permitted commercial uses on that frontage, and a second City-owned land sale is still one reading away from final action. The proposed $510,000 investment in the Accela permitting platform is the item most likely to affect application processing timelines.
Lobbyist
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingSeveral items are between readings, which is the open window: the tax levy ordinance, the international bridge toll amendments, and the risk management reorganization all return to Council before taking effect. The campaign-event cost policy is still being drafted by staff, making the drafting stage the highest-leverage point of access.
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#1Teleconference phone number: 1-915-213-4096 Toll free number: 1-833-664-9267 Conference ID: 194-684-535#
#2Notice is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of El Paso will be conducted on August 4, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. Members of the public may view the meeting via the following
#3Attention: The Council will take a lunch break at approximately 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. unless otherwise decided by the Council.
#4In 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
#5At the prompt, please enter Conference ID: 194-684-535# 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
#7Harmony Science Academy and Harmony School of Excellence at the Invitation of City Representative Lily Limón Draven Williams Dexter Williams Serena Williams
#11SuperCity AI Day – District 7 FirstLight Community Foundation - 11th Anniversary Celebration Raiz Federal Credit Union: 90th Anniversary
#18Call 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 Mayor to sign an Interlocal Agreement with the El Paso County Hospital District d/b/a University Medical Center to provide City personnel to assist with possible stroke emergency incidents for a two-year term with an option to renew for an additional two years.
#4A resolution amending the project recommendation for the Montoya Gardens Neighborhood Association listed under Exhibit "A" of the Neighborhood Improvement Program (NIP) resolution, which is funded by the 2022 Community Progress Bond.
#5Resolution finding that Todd Maribel J & Luis A J met the requirements of Section 33.011 of the Tax Code and waiving $623.79 in penalties and interest on 2025 delinquent taxes for a property in Pueblo Condominiums Building E.
#6Re-appointment of Elvira Stephanie Grossman to the Animal Shelter Advisory Committee, nominated by Representative Chris Canales of District 8.
#7Appointment of Jose Angel Ramirez to the Building and Standards Commission, nominated by Representative Deanna Maldonado-Rocha of District 3.
#8Appointment of Marcus A. Taylor to the Greater El Paso Civic, Convention, and Tourism Advisory Board, nominated by Representative Cynthia Boyar Trejo of District 4.
#9Notice of receipt of campaign contributions by Arturo R. Alluin, candidate for District 8, totaling $2,000 from two individual donors.
#10Notice of receipt of a $500 campaign contribution by Pedro D. Fernandez, Jr., candidate for District 6, from Angel F. Diaz.
#11Award of Solicitation 2026-0269 Field Training (Re-Bid) to Amy Perrenot dba Texas Academy of Animal Control Officers for the Animal Services Department, with a three-year initial term and a two-year option for a total estimated $257,250.00.
#40INTRODUCTION 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
#12An ordinance authorizing the conveyance of City-owned real property (Tract 16C, Block 36, Ysleta Grant) to Dolores H. Garcia de Silva for a purchase price of $18,228.
#13An ordinance amending City Code Title 2, Chapter 2.110 (City Organizational Structure) to remove the Risk Management function from the Department of Human Resources and create a new section establishing the Enterprise Risk and Safety Office.
#14An ordinance amending El Paso City Code Chapter 13.38 (Special Events), Section 13.38.40(E), to replace references to the Risk Management Office with the Enterprise Risk and Safety Office in the insurance and indemnification permit requirements.
#15An ordinance amending City Code Title 15, Chapter 15.24, Section 15.24.010(D) (Insurance) to replace references to the Risk Management Division with the Enterprise Risk and Safety Office.
#16An ordinance rezoning a portion of Tract 5C-8, Block 2, Ascarate at 6375 Montana Avenue from C-2/sp (Commercial/special permit) to C-4/sp (Commercial/special permit). Applicant is River Oaks Properties LTD, Case Number PZRZ26-00011.
#17Ordinances amending Title 12, Chapter 12.78 (International Bridges) of the El Paso City Code to amend toll rates for international bridges and toll collection for pickup trucks and other vehicles.
#18An ordinance authorizing the conveyance of City-owned real property, Lots 1 and 2, Block 25, Parkdale Addition Unit Four, to Carlos Silveyra Padilla for a purchase price of $80,300.
#19Presentation and submission of the appraisal roll, certified anticipated collection rate, No-New-Revenue Tax Rate, and Voter-Approval Tax Rate for FY 2026-2027 taxes.
#20Presentation, discussion, and action on the proposed FY 2026-2027 City budget.
#21Introduction of an ordinance levying taxes for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
#22Resolution authorizing expenditure of up to $10,000 in City Council District 2 discretionary funds for annual fall events, including the Seville Block Party and Fall Festivals at Sunrise Park and Memorial Park.
#23Discussion and action on a Resolution calling the November 3, 2026 general election to fill expired terms for District Representatives Nos. 1, 5, 6 and 8, making provisions for conduct of the election, and authorizing a contract with El Paso County for election services and equipment.
#24Discussion and action on a June 9, 2026 City Council motion directing the City Manager and City Attorney to develop a policy requiring an upfront deposit from political campaigns to cover public safety and venue costs for candidate visits, to be returned to Council within 60 days.
#25Discussion and action on a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to transfer $510,000 from Information Technology Department support licenses and Planning and Inspections salary and benefits savings to support the Accela Optimization Project.
#61The 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
#62Section 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
#EX1Executive session for legal consultation regarding employment, evaluation, and duties of City Council appointed employees, the City Manager, and the City Attorney.
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#20Presentation, discussion, and action on the proposed FY 2026-2027 budget.
#20Presentation, discussion, and action on the proposed FY 2026-2027 budget.
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