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City Council · 9:00 AM · Council Chambers, City Hall, 300 N. Campbell And Virtually

Council met with all 9 members present and moved a heavy infrastructure and procurement agenda, with 23 of 25 tallied motions unanimous. The meeting centered on a Meta climate grant application, a multi-department armored car contract, and two State Infrastructure Bank loans for shared use path projects. The one failed vote was the alcohol-sales distance exception at item 28.
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Analysis incorporates data from the official meeting minutes, including vote outcomes, attendance, and public testimony.

Analysis

Financial Highlights

Approved or authorized primary amounts total $14.3M across 14 items: $5.7M in spend (7 items), $4.0M in grants (1 item), $4.4M in bonds (2 items), and $215K in other financial figures (4 items).[#26][#8][#11][#12][#15][#16][#18][#19][#23][#24][#25][#27][#29][#30][#31][#32][#33][#17][#9][#22]

Contracts & Procurement

The Viva Powersports, LLC award was recommended as a non-competitive award under Procurement Sourcing Policy Section 9.1.8.1 (2), which applies when a contract cannot be awarded after two competitive procurements.[#8][#15][#16][#18][#23][#24][#25][#17][#9]

Zoning

Council denied an alcohol-sales distance exception for Mojo's Good Vibes LLC near a school or daycare on a 3 to 5 vote, the only failed item in this group.[#5][#20][#28]

Development & Land Use

Council adopted an ordinance conveying city-owned land in Continental Industrial Park to Double H Contracting, Inc. for $209,228, and awarded a $650,847.88 zoo improvements task order on consent.[#16][#19][#27]

Transportation

Council accepted State Infrastructure Bank loan agreements to finance local match for two shared use path projects, and rescinded the earlier capital asset sales funding commitments for those projects once loan funds are received.[#6][#7][#29][#30][#31][#32]

Public Safety

Council approved two EMS and Fire Department agreements: an interlocal agreement with University Medical Center of El Paso on whole blood products and a memorandum of understanding with the FBI for training FBI Emergency Medical Technicians.[#4][#15][#3]

Infrastructure & Facilities

Council adopted on second reading an ordinance adding disclosure requirements for commercial solicitations about water quality, safety, testing, treatment, or filtration to the Water and Sewer System chapter of the City Code.[#21][#23]

Environment

Council authorized a grant application to the Meta Platforms, Inc. Future is for Everyone Fund for $4,000,000 to support the El Paso Climate Action Implementation Program, with no City match required.[#33]

Community Impact

Council approved a pair of TxDOT agreements for Lincoln Park, terminating the 1974 Multiple Use Agreement and authorizing a new one for Lincoln Park - El Paso's Chicano Park on US 54 right-of-way.[#4][#6][#7][#16][#28][#3][#22]

Governance & Oversight

Council authorized a $4,000,000 grant application to the Meta Platforms, Inc. Future is for Everyone Fund for climate action implementation, with no City match.[#26][#11][#12][#13][#21][#31][#32][#33][#14]

Personnel & Labor

Council appointed Nathan Coleman to the City Accessibility Advisory Committee on the consent agenda, at the request of Representative Cynthia Boyar Trejo, District 4.[#10]

Key Decisions

#27 Unanimously carried - DELETED
The only non-routine outcome was item #27, a Chapter 380 agreement amendment for a downtown mixed-use building, which was recorded as unanimously carried and deleted.[#27]

Insights by Role

Contractor

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectArmored car services (#25) and the zoo improvements task order (#16-2) show where City dollars are flowing; position for the next cycles and watch non-competitive award rules.

Journalist

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectItem #27's deletion and the split item 28 vote are the notable anomalies; the reasons are not in the record.

Developer

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingThe city-land sale to Double H Contracting, Inc. (#19) and the infill lot-width special permit show the City is active on industrial land and infill flexibility.

Lobbyist

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingCouncil is aligned on infrastructure financing and procurement; item 28 shows where votes can split.

Resident

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingLincoln Park TxDOT agreements and the shared use path projects affect specific neighborhoods; item 28 was denied.

Charts & Data

46 items(28 procedural hidden)

The official vote outcome for each item
(e.g., Approved, Denied, Held)
The procedural action taken on the item
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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: 219-587-256#

#2Notice is hereby given that a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of El Paso will be conducted on September 29, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. Members of the public may view the meeting via the follow

#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: 219-587-256# 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

#7Brown Middle School at the invitation of Representative Alejandra Chávez Abria Escarcega Kaylie Rout Aubree Gomez Eva Camacho Wren Mildenhall Sophia Pham Evelyn Saucedo Casidee Sprague Michelle Garcia

#9Archtober Month National Cybersecurity Month (2026) El Paso Children’s Hospital - Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Sergeant Jose L. Magdaleno Day Robert Ash Retirement Celebration

#16Call 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 a four-year interlocal agreement with University Medical Center of El Paso to promote stewardship of blood products, reduce wastage, and transfer eligible blood products from EMS inventory to UMC inventory, with renewal option.

Carried: 8 to 0

#4Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign an MOU between the El Paso Fire Department and the FBI to provide training for FBI Emergency Medical Technicians, increasing qualified responders during medical emergencies.

Carried: 8 to 0

#5Resolution approving a Detailed Site Development Plan for Lot 1, Block 1, Regal Crest Unit Three Replat "C" at 424 Redd Road, requested by applicant El Paso Redd Take Five, LLC.

Carried: 8 to 0

#6Resolution authorizing the City Manager or designee to terminate the 1974 Multiple Use Agreement with TxDOT for the Lincoln Park public recreational area on state right-of-way, subject to City Attorney approval as to form.

Carried: 8 to 0

#7Resolution authorizing the City Manager or designee to sign a Multiple Use Agreement with TxDOT for the construction, maintenance and operation of Lincoln Park - El Paso's Chicano Park on US 54 highway right of way, subject to City Attorney approval as to form.

Carried: 8 to 0

#8Request to authorize the Purchasing & Strategic Sourcing Director to execute a Consent to Assignment of the vending machines contract 2023-0137 from El Paso Snax Company to Imperial, LLC.

Carried: 8 to 0

#9Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign a license agreement with the El Paso Community Foundation's Borderland Rescue Fund for about 10,000 square feet at 401 E. Mills to store pet food and hygiene products for the Library Pet Pantries.

Carried: 8 to 0

#10Appointment of Nathan Coleman to the City Accessibility Advisory Committee, nominated by Representative Cynthia Boyar Trejo of District 4.

Unanimously carried (Consent Agenda)

#11Notice for notation only of the Delinquent Hotel Occupancy Tax Report as of August 31, 2026, submitted by the Office of the Comptroller.

Unanimously carried (Consent Agenda)

#12Notice for notation only of P-Card transactions, special projects, and discretionary fund expenditures for the Mayor, City Council representatives, City Attorney's Office, City Manager's Office and staff for July 21 to August 20, 2026.

Unanimously carried (Consent Agenda)

#13Notice of receipt of campaign contributions by Matthew J. Guzman, candidate for District 8, from ten individual donors totaling $11,500.

Unanimously carried (Consent Agenda)$2K

#14Notice of campaign contributions received by Representative Ivan Niño from numerous individuals and PACs.

Unanimously carried (Consent Agenda)$3K

#15Request to authorize purchase orders to Viva Powersports, LLC dba Viva Powersports for police motorcycle parts, service and maintenance (Solicitation 2026-0502) over three years, as a non-competitive award after two competitive procurements failed to produce an award.

Unanimously carried (Consent Agenda)$405K

#16Award of Task Order #13K-1 under on-call horizontal construction Solicitation 2025-0027 to Keystone Contractors & Engineers for Zoo Improvements related to Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) requirements. Approval allows construction services to begin.

Unanimously carried (Consent Agenda)$651K

#17Award of Solicitation 2026-0335 to RodentPro.com, LLC of Inglefield, IN for a three-year low-bid replacement contract to supply rodents, rabbits, quails, and chicks to the Zoo, for an estimated $108,557.

Unanimously carried (Consent Agenda)$109K

#18Award of Solicitation 2026-0330 for Zoo grass hay to Fox Constructor, LLC and Canutillo Feed, LLC as lowest responsive bidders, for a 3-year total estimated amount of $152,964 funded by Zoo Gate Operations.

Unanimously carried (Consent Agenda)$153K

#19Ordinance authorizing the City of El Paso to convey a portion of Lot 1, Block 5, Continental Industrial Park to Double H Contracting, Inc. for a purchase price of $209,228.

Carried: 8 to 0 - Ordinance 019913 ADOPTED$209K

#20Ordinance granting a special permit for infill development with a reduction to average lot width at 8009 Mitzie Ram Place, requested by applicant Hector Isaiah Gallegos.

Carried: 8 to 0 - Ordinance 019914 ADOPTED

#21Ordinance amending the City Code water and sewer chapter to require disclosures on commercial solicitations about water quality, safety, testing, treatment, or filtration, with violation and enforcement provisions.

Carried: 8 to 0 - Ordinance 019915 ADOPTED

#22Resolution declaring that up to $1,000 of District 8 discretionary funds for the El Paso Museum of History exhibit on civil rights and the El Paso NAACP branch, tied to the 89th Texas NAACP Convention, serves a municipal purpose.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0$1K

#23Request to authorize a one-year sole-source purchase order to The Revenue Markets, Inc. for toll system maintenance for the International Bridges department, estimated at $250,000.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0$250K

#24Authorizes the Director of Purchasing & Strategic Sourcing to issue purchase orders to Bibliotheca, LLC, the sole authorized distributor, for library self-checks, Tattle-Tape gates and book checks over three years at an estimated $241,700.53. This is a non-competitive sole source award funded by the General Fund.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0$242K

#25Award of Solicitation 2026-0421 for armored car services to Night Eyes Protective Services, Inc. for a three-year term, shared across ten city departments, with an estimated total of $3,869,712.

Unanimously carried: 8 to 0$3.9M

#26Resolution amending Schedule C of the FY 2027 Budget Resolution, effective September 29, 2026, to add or revise fees for the Animal Services and Code Enforcement Departments. Postponed from 09-29-2026.

Unanimously carried - POSTPONED TWO WEEKS

#27Authorizes the City Manager to sign an amendment to the Chapter 380 Economic Development Program Agreement with Legate Co Texas, LLC for renovation of a mixed-use building at 201 East San Antonio Avenue, extending the Certificate of Occupancy deadline and reducing sales tax and permit fee rebates.

Unanimously carried - DELETED

#28City Council considers granting an exception to the prohibition on alcohol sales within 300 feet of a school or daycare for Mojo's Good Vibes LLC at 12275 Pellicano.

Failed: 3 to 5

#29Resolution accepting a State Infrastructure Bank loan agreement of $2,547,000, repayable over up to 25 years, to finance the City's local match and construction-related costs for the Buffalo Soldier Reconstruction and Brown Street Shared Use Path project. Authorizes the City Manager to execute the loan agreement, make budget transfers, and sign related documents.

Carried: 8 to 0$2.5M

#30Council considers a resolution accepting a State Infrastructure Bank loan agreement of $1,854,000, repayable over up to 25 years, to finance the City's local match and project costs for Downtown Bicycle Improvements and McRae Boulevard Shared Use Path. It authorizes the City Manager to execute the loan agreement, make budget transfers, and execute related documents.

Carried: 8 to 0$1.9M

#31Council would rescind its July 1, 2024 resolution allocating capital asset sale proceeds as the local match for the Buffalo Soldier Reconstruction and Brown Street Shared Use Path projects, once State Infrastructure Bank loan funds are received. The rest of the July 1, 2024 resolution stays in effect.

Carried: 8 to 0

#32Resolution rescinding the July 1, 2024 City Council approval that allocated capital asset sale funds as the local match for the Downtown Bicycle Improvements and McRae Boulevard Shared Use Path projects, since State Infrastructure Bank loan funds will be available instead. The rest of the 2024 resolution remains in effect.

Carried: 8 to 0

#33Authorizes submission of a grant application to the Meta Platforms, Inc. Future is for Everyone Fund requesting $4,000,000 for the El Paso Climate Action Implementation Program, with no City match required.

Carried: 8 to 0$4.0M

#65The 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

#66Section 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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