Thursday, October 8, 2026 edition · The record
Also on the Oct. 13 agenda: $745,497.53 for breathing apparatus and fire equipment
By Christopher Weaver ·
The regular agenda includes item 8.e, purchases from Casco Industries, Inc. not to exceed $745,497.53, which the staff memo breaks into a $665,497.53 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus purchase, reduced from a budgeted $778,866 by a buy-one-get-one promotion on cylinders, plus up to $80,000 in other FY27 purchases; Parker County Emergency Services District No. 3 approved $120,649.61 of the SCBA purchase for 12 SCBA, 24 cylinders, 12 facepieces and one rapid intervention kit. The consent agenda carries a $230,081 construction contract with McDonald Municipal & Industrial for the Fire Station 3 Emergency Stand-by Power Generator, the lowest of six bids opened Sept. 22, funded in part by FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program award 4586-0263 of $185,784 with reimbursement of up to $167,205.60 and an anticipated net city cost of $62,875.40, for a station the memo says opened in 2001 without a permanent backup generator; Bid #2026-019 for annual aggregate and road materials to Reynolds Asphalt and Construction Company and Texas Materials Group, Inc., combined not to exceed $700,000; the third and final renewal of Bid 2023-015 for miscellaneous concrete improvements with Garcia Welding, not to exceed $600,000; Tyler Technologies support contracts not to exceed $267,000; a Siddons Martin Emergency Group services agreement for fire vehicle maintenance not to exceed $115,000; fire and police uniforms from M-Pak, Inc. not to exceed $130,000; and the FY27 Tarrant County Regional Auto Crimes Task Force interlocal agreement. Item 8.a is the Texas Municipal League Region 8 director ballot, with staff recommending Mary Sarver. Item 5 lists a proclamation in recognition of Virginia Cotten Scott and a proclamation declaring October 2026 Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Item 10.a is an executive session under Section 551.087 on economic development negotiations for Project Apex.
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