On Monday, June 24, the city commissioners held their last meeting of the month, starting with the discussion of the 2024-2025 Budget by Financial Director, Theresa Daniels, where she explained to the commissioners what the special revenue funds were and what items were considered non-major governmental funds which included the M.K. Brown Memorial Civic Auditorium, Lovett Memorial Library, controlled substances, tax increment reinvestment zone, and public safety grants. This discussion is just one of many that will be held in future meetings.
The next item was a public comment from Pampa resident Bea Taylor.
She expressed her concerns about the tall weeds on the properties around her house when she saw three men come through them a few weeks ago while she was doing dishes at her kitchen sink.
The sight startled her and she later went to investigate where they had come from where she discovered a massive hole in the fence that the men may have crawled through and into the tall weeds.
She asked what she needed to do to have the weeds and property taken care of and she was escorted to an office to formally file a complaint with a description of the matter and the location.
Next on the agenda was The next item was the consideration of awarding the bid for the Rodeo Arena Lighting Replacement Project, which was approved.
After doing reference checks on the three bids they received, the City decided on the company to use and are now in the process of installing new lights around the arena at the Rodeo grounds.
“We’ll get these put in to kind of get rid of the energy suckers out there and hopefully we’ll be in a better place than we were 50 years ago,” Assistant City Manager Dustin Miller said. “This is a much needed change.”
The next item was the consideration of authorizing the City Mananger to enter into an Interlocal Agreement with the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool for Cyber Liability and Date Breach Response; it was approved.
“They’re just trying to protect the pool itself and that way they’re not covering some huge liability on the tech side that eats up their pool so they’re wanting to separate it out,” City Manager Shane Stokes said. “Those who participate in that will be insured to a certain level.”
The final item on the agenda was the consideration of authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Professional Service Agreement with Jacobs for a Pilot Test at the Wastewater Facility; it was approved and the meeting was adjourned.
