Municue
El Paso, TX

Mass Transit Department Board · 11:30 AM · Council Chambers, City Hall, 300 N. Campbell And Virtually

The Mass Transit Department Board approved all voted items unanimously, 8 to 0, in a 16-minute meeting. Actions centered on two FTA-related grant applications for Sun Metro and a sole-source farebox parts purchase, plus two interlocal agreements for service expansion.
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Analysis

Financial Highlights

The Board approved $6.2M in primary amounts across 3 items: $225K in spending on a sole-source contract and $6.0M in grant applications.[#5][#6][#7]

Governance & Oversight

Two interlocal agreements for service expansion passed on the consent agenda, extending access to El Paso Urbanized Area Formula funds to ETA and the City of Socorro.[#3][#4]

Insights by Role

Journalist

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingThe interlocal agreements with ETA (File 26-0961) and Socorro (File 26-0962) passed on consent and open Urbanized Area Formula funds to two other entities. Dollar amounts and allocations are not in the agenda text, so they are open questions. The Genfare, LLC purchase (File 26-0984) is a three-year, $225,000 sole-source award under the captive replacement parts exemption.

Lobbyist

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingSun Metro approved two federal grant applications, $5,555,000 for CNG fueling station upgrades and $425,600 for paratransit software, with local matches of $1,388,750 and $106,400. Decisions on the awards sit with the FTA and the El Paso MPO.

Contractor

LowLow significance — routine or procedural itemGenfare, LLC holds a three-year sole-source award for Ticket Vending Machine farebox parts (Solicitation 2026-0254, File 26-0984). Other suppliers have no opening on this item.

Charts & Data

12 items(13 procedural hidden)

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

#1Teleconference phone number: 1-915-213-4096 Toll free number: 1-833-664-9267 Conference ID: 958-685-499#

#2Members 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

#3The 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

#6This 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 absent members of the Mass Transit Department Board.

Unanimously carried (Consent Agenda): 8 to 0
Mass Transit Board

#3Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign an Interlocal Agreement for Service Expansion with El Paso Area Transportation Services (ETA), giving ETA access to El Paso Urbanized Area Formula funds, and authorizing the City Manager to sign related documents and effect budget transfers.

Unanimously carried (Consent Agenda): 8 to 0
El Paso Area Transportation ServicesCity Attorney's Office

#4Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign an Interlocal Agreement for Service Expansion with the City of Socorro, giving Socorro access to El Paso Urbanized Area Formula funds, and authorizing the City Manager to sign related documents and effect budget transfers.

Unanimously carried (Consent Agenda): 8 to 0
City of SocorroCity Attorney's Office

#5Authorizes the Director of Purchasing & Strategic Sourcing to issue purchase orders to Genfare, LLC, sole source, for Ticket Vending Machine farebox parts for Sun Metro over three years, estimated at $225,000.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0$225K
Genfare, LLCPurchasing & Strategic SourcingSun Metro Mass TransitElk Grove Village, IL

#6Resolution authorizing city staff to apply to the El Paso MPO for FTA Section 5310 grant funds for FY2026-2027 to support Sun Metro's Paratransit Service Software Project, with a required local match, and authorizing the City Manager to sign related documents.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0$426K
City ManagerFederal Transit AdministrationMetropolitan Planning OrganizationCity Attorney's Office+2

#7Resolution authorizing city staff to apply to the Federal Transit Administration for a FY2026 Low or No Emission Grant for Sun Metro's Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Station Upgrade Project, with a required local match, and authorizing the City Manager to sign related documents and accept any resulting grant.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0$5.6M
City ManagerFederal Transit AdministrationCity Attorney's OfficeSun Metro+2

#21The 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

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