Behind the Gavel: Feb. 18, 2025

The Bryan City Council meets on Tuesday, Feb. 18, for their workshop and regular meetings at City Hall.

3:45 p.m. – Workshop Meeting

• Discussion of a proposed pool ordinance for the City of Bryan in regards to how it will contribute to public safety, aesthetics, property values and community well-being.

4:30 p.m. – First Regular Meeting

Closed to the public for Council’s executive session. View the agenda here.

5:30 p.m. – Second Regular Meeting

Public Hearings

• Owner-requested annexation of 51.59 acres of land, located about 4,000 feet north of the intersection of Pleasant Hill and Fred Hall Roads.

• Ordinance to designate the RELLIS Reinvestment Zone No. 2 for a 25-acre tract to allow for future ad valorem property tax abatement within the zone, for economic development incentives.

Consent

• Change Order No. 1 to the Engagement Letter (agreement/contract) with Baker Tilly for Internal Audit Services increasing the not to exceed amount from $150,000 to $200,000 per year.

• Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute land acquisition purchases on behalf of the City of Bryan for the Woodville Road Phase One Reconstruction Project to not exceed $60,000.

• Change Order No. 4 to the contract with Don Jackson Construction, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $351,000, for interior improvements associated with a new box hangar under construction at Coulter Airfield.

• Purchase of meters and communication modules through Sensus for the ongoing installation and expansion of an Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) system for Water Services at an amount not to exceed $250,000.

Statutory

• Professional services contract with CDM Smith, Inc. allowing preliminary design services for Brushy Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in an amount not to exceed $404,000.

• Design contract for Shared Use Paths and Lighting for West Villa Maria Road Phase 2 and William Joel Bryan Parkway to Colliers Engineering & Design, Inc. in the not to exceed amount of $302,944.

• Ordinance allowing for a temporary construction speed limit, from 75 to 60 miles per hour, on Highway 21 near RELLIS Campus.

• Ordinance allowing for re-designation of a portion of Tabor Road currently known as Farm to Market Road 974 to Farm to Market Road 823, per TxDOT’s request. No properties along the roadway will need to be readdressed as the roadway will still be known as Tabor Road. Only the Farm to Market designation will change.

• Contract for annual custodial services with Crystal Clear Cleaning, LLC in the amount of $218,399.

• Contract Amendment No. 1 to the Terracon Consultants, Inc. Professional Services Contract for geotechnical engineering, materials testing, and construction inspection services in the amount of $250,000.

• Contract Amendment No. 3 to the Gessner Engineering, LLC Professional Services Contract for geotechnical engineering, materials testing, and construction inspection services in the amount of $250,000.

• Construction contract with Kieschnick General Contractors, Inc. for the Stella Ranch lift station, not to exceed amount of $2,914,234.70.

Regular

• Consider appointments to the Community Emergency Operations Center Policy Board, Bryan/College Station Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Advisory Committee, and for TIRZ #10, #21 and #22 Boards.

Watch Live

• Tune in at bryantx.gov/channel16 or on Optimum Channel 16.

Hear Citizens

• Non-agenda item speakers must register by 9 a.m. on meeting day.
• Agenda item speakers must register before the 5:30 p.m. meeting begins.
• View speaker guidelines and form.