BRENHAM CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PURCHASING FIRE TRUCKS, BID FOR DRAINAGE PROJECT

  

The Brenham City Council will act Thursday on the purchase of two fire trucks and a bid for drainage and flood projects.

The city is looking to order two Pierce ladder trucks through the Houston-Galveston Area Council cooperative purchasing program to replace the Brenham Fire Department’s current ladder trucks from 2007. 

The total price for both trucks if ordered before November 1^st is $3.95 million.  The purchase request is being made now due to a 7 percent price increase that will take place after November 1^st, as well as an estimated lead time of 42 to 43 months for the trucks.

The council will also accept a bid for a drainage project through the General Land Office stemming from Hurricane Harvey.  The city received a $5.01 million grant to help areas prone to flooding, but it was left with $4.03 million after engineering, grant management and environmental services costs.  The low bid being considered is for $5.42 million.

Both the fire trucks and the leftover amount for the drainage project will come with accompanying items for the council to express official intent to reimburse certain costs from the future issuance of certificates of obligation.  There will also be consideration of an interfund loan from the city’s electric fund to the drainage fund to cover the city portion of the drainage projects.

Also on Thursday, the council will consider:

• The purchase of a new irrigation pump station at Hohlt Park.
• Purchasing a new shade structure at the Blue Bell Aquatic Center.
• Approval of the Routine Airport Maintenance Program (RAMP) grant agreement with TxDOT for the 2025 Fiscal Year.
• The purchase of new outdoor lighting in downtown Brenham.
• A variance request that was recommended for approval by the Brenham Planning and Zoning Commission on September 23^rd, concerning 6.64 acres at 1733 Burleson Street.  The property owners, Garrett Salmans and Ronda Kilburn, wish to develop the vacant property with a single-family home.  However, the subject property does not meet the minimum access requirements, as the city’s subdivision ordinance requires that lots be provided with adequate access to an existing or proposed public street by frontage on such street.  The variance is to remove the requirement to have property frontage on a public right-of-way.

The council will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. at Brenham City Hall.

Click here to view the agenda packet for Thursday's meeting.