City Council
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Authorizing the City Manager to amend the FY 2025-2026 Capital Grants Fund budget by appropriating revenues and expenditures in the total project amount of $797,890.00, consisting of $664,890.00 in grant funding from the Southwest Border Regional Commission (SBRC) under the Economic Infrastructure Development (EID) 2025 Grant Program and a required 20% local match of $133,000.00 funded by the 2022 Certificate of Obligation Bond. Grant funds will support facility improvements associated with the development and implementation of economic development programs and projects.
This includes $664,890.00 in grant funding from the Southwest Border Regional Commission (SBRC) under the Economic Infrastructure Development (EID) 20...
20.
Public Hearing and Introductory Ordinance of the City of Laredo, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to amend the budget for the FY 2026 Financial Task Force and the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) HIDTA Task Force by reducing revenues and expenditures in the amount of $165,000.00 in the 2025 award due to deobligation from the agency. Both grants are funded by the Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Funding was authorized for personnel salaries, fringe benefits, overtime, travel, and operating expenses from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026. Funding is available in the Financial Task Force Fund.
The amendment will reduce both revenues and expenditures by $165,000.00 due to a de-obligation from the funding agency
21.
Public Hearing and Introductory Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to amend the City of Laredo FY26 Police General Fund budget by increasing revenues and expenditures in the amount of $69,044.00. The revenues are from forfeiture cases involving abandoned and unclaimed money from the Laredo Police Department Property and Evidence Section. Funding will be used to purchase police equipment, law enforcement software, and building repairs.
The additional revenue comes from forfeited, abandoned, and unclaimed money seized by the Laredo Police Department's Property and Evidence Section
23.
An Ordinance Amending The City Of Laredo’s Code Of Ordinance Chapter 2, Administration, Article VII, Drug And Alcohol Policy Of The Code Of Ordinances …
The primary goal of this ordinance is to update the existing policy to ensure it remains clear, consistent, enforceable, and compliant with current fe...
25.
Authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease agreement between the Laredo International Airport and the City of Laredo Police Department for approximately 5,320 square feet at 4812 N. Bartlett Avenue, Laredo, Webb County, Texas 78041 situated on Block 8, of the Subdivision Plat of Laredo Airport according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 5, Page 1, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas. Lease term shall be for a total of five years, with three options to extend this lease, with each option being an additional five years, commencing on April 1, 2026. Initial monthly rent shall be $6,230.00 a month and will be adjusted annually according to changes in the consumer price index (CPI) …
Bartlett Avenue for the Laredo Police Department
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Authorizing the City Manager to grant a non-exclusive franchise to DebriCo LLC to use the present and future streets, avenues, alleys, roads, highways, sidewalks, easements and other public rights-of-way of the City of Laredo, Texas for purposes of constructing, maintaining and operating a commercial container refuse gathering and disposing service, setting forth terms and conditions to govern the franchise …
This franchise will allow DebriCo LLC to use the City's present and future streets, avenues, alleys, roads, highways, sidewalks, easements, and other ...
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Authorizing the City Manager to accept and execute a grant awarded by the Laredo Area Community Foundation for the amount of $5,000.00 to fund Keep Laredo Beautiful for the Keep Laredo Beautiful garden club and to amend the FY 2026 Keep Laredo Beautiful Fund by appropriating revenues and expenses in the same amount.
This grant will support various gardening workshops and activities focused on sustainable practices, soil health, pollinator-friendly planting, and ur...
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An Ordinance of the City of Laredo, Texas, concerning a voluntary annexation request by David Reuthinger, on behalf of Reuthinger Living Trust, altering and extending the boundary limits of City of Laredo to annex approximately 562.7735 acres of land, more or less, located northwest of FM 1472 and FM 3338 intersection …
This annexation, requested by David Reuthinger on behalf of Reuthinger Living Trust, will extend the city's boundary limits
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An Ordinance of the City of Laredo, Texas, amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning approximately 13.74 acres, as further described by metes and bounds in attached “Exhibit A”, located south of Avenida Los Presidentes and east of Brownwood Street, from R-1 (Single Family Residential District) and R-1A (Single Family Reduced Area District) to R-1B (Single Family High Density District). ZC-013-2026 District III
The property will be rezoned from R-1 (Single Family Residential District) and R-1A (Single Family Reduced Area District) to R-1B (Single Family High ...
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Ratification to authorize the purchase of seven (7) units of heavy equipment for the Environmental & Solid Waste Department from French Ellison Truck Center, LLC, from Laredo, Tx. in the amount not to exceed $2,077,179.16. The heavy equipment units are composed of the following: two (2) 2027 Day Cab T880-Roll Offs Trucks, two (2) 2026-ALS-L770 Side Loaders, two (2) 2027 T8880 21 yd. Dump Trucks with Lift Axle and one (1) T480 Grapple Truck. The purchase of these equipment shall be made utilizing the Sourcewell pricing program contract #032824-KTC. Funding is available in the Solid Waste Fund.
The total cost will not exceed $2,077,179.16
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Consideration to authorize to execute a three year support service contract with Via Mobility, LLC in the total amount of $200,410.00. This contract is for a web-based support service for mapping, rider experience, dispatch and operator settings, and scheduling for the El Lift Paratransit Department. This contract also includes the purchase and support service of twenty-one Samsung tablet devices. The purchase will be made utilizing the OMNIA Contract # R250802. The purchase will be funded through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Grant Section 5310 grant TX-2025-107. Funding is available in the Transit System Capital Grants Fund.
The contract, totaling $200,410.00, will provide a web-based support service for mapping, rider experience, dispatch, operator settings, and schedulin...