Case File 26-0311

Context: The resolution authorizes the Mayor to sign an interlocal agreement among the City of El Paso, El Paso County, Anthony, Horizon City, Socorro, Clint, Constable Precincts One, Four and Six, San Elizario Marshals, and the Texas Department of Public Safety Aviation Team for a grant period of September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, with the authorizing vote recorded as Carried 5-1.

Recommended: Request the executed interlocal agreement and the authorizing resolution from the City Attorney, because the stated grant period runs from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027 — meaning the Mayor's signature authorization came well after the performance period began. Confirm in writing how the document treats costs incurred before execution and which of the eleven named parties have countersigned, since unsigned partners cannot bill or be reimbursed under it.

Context: The same Operation Stonegarden interlocal item appears twice in the record with different vote counts — Carried 4-0 (Item 26) and Carried 5-1 with Canales against (Item 36), where Items 35 and 36 were taken together and the maker/seconder is unidentified on the abbreviated record.

Recommended: Pull the minutes and agenda backup for both City Council meetings on this interlocal agreement: the item carried 4-0 at the first meeting, then returned and carried 5-1 with Canales opposed, and both agenda entries carry the identical '[POSTPONED FROM 03-17-2026]' note. Ask the city clerk whether the first action was rescinded, amended, or re-noticed, and what changed between the two votes to produce a dissent.

Context: The resolution names Constable Precincts One, Four and Six, San Elizario Marshals and the Texas Department of Public Safety Aviation Team as parties for patrol operations running through August 31, 2027.

Recommended: The approved agreement funds coordinated patrol operations that pair El Paso police with county constables, the San Elizario Marshals, and a Texas Department of Public Safety aviation unit in Anthony, Horizon City, Socorro and Clint — so overflights and out-of-jurisdiction patrol cars in your neighborhood are part of the program, not an anomaly. Ask the El Paso Police Department which agency employs the officers working your area under this grant, because complaints must be filed with that officer's home agency, not the city.