The Dallas City Council approved a total of $74,939,574 in expenditures on Wednesday.
All of these funds will come from the Dallas taxpayer except for $4,878,365, which will be paid for with federal taxpayer money.
The most expensive item approved by the council on Wednesday was a $12,662,876.84 master agreement for three years to purchase hand and power tools from several different suppliers.
Also among the more costly expenditures was $9,113,464.47 of outstanding invoices for fluoridation and water treatment operations.
The council additionally authorized the Dallas Housing Finance Corporation (DHFC) to acquire Axis Kessler Park, an apartment complex, forgoing an estimated $7,880,155 in tax payments over the next 15 years.
The DHFC is a City-created organization that manages housing properties throughout Dallas.
Furthermore, council members approved spending $7,500,000 on airfield paint removal, striping, and paint services at Dallas Love Field Airport.
The City Council also approved a $3,500,000 grant along with a $510,128 tax incentive for a proposed H Mart supermarket in Koreatown at 2534 Royal Ln.
In addition, the council authorized a $3,000,000 grant with a $4,777,716 tax incentive for a Bridge Labs project at Pegasus Park.
Council members also approved spending $3,371,448.64 on laboratory equipment and supplies for the Water Utilities Department over three years.
Other costs authorized by the Dallas City Council on Wednesday included the following:
- $3,136,745 — traffic counting services
- $2,550,000 — increasing the funds to purchase 282 acres of land at 8600 Clark Rd. for the development of a future park
- $2,486,677.80 — purchasing personal protective equipment for City workers
- $2,391,688.48 — increasing an emergency rental assistance program from $51,762,890.47 to $54,154,578.95
- $2,308,210 — a development agreement for the Legacy of Hope DFW project at 2516 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
- $2,090,214 — street reconstruction services
- $2,015,660 — consulting for development codes reform
- $1,635,349.29 — paying outstanding invoices to Family Endeavors Inc. for sheltering the homeless after encampments were decommissioned
- $1,429,300 — repairing storm drain cameras
- $850,000 — settling a lawsuit for “alleged illegal exaction”
- $743,860 — polygraph services for the police department
- $700,000 — the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides financial support for internet connection to lower-income citizens
- $575,419.12 — elevator maintenance and repair
- $500,000 — a consulting contract with United Way for the “Emerging developers initiative”
- $488,412 — extending the lease for the Women, Infants, and Children clinic at 6012 Abrams Rd.
- $424,360 — maintenance and support for customer relationship management software
- $249,652 — consulting for a solar panel siting study
- $205,382.69 — increasing a contract for computer dispatch systems from $21,069,435.14 to $21,274,817.83
- $205,325 — construction services for the Crawford Memorial Artwork Project at 8700 Elam Rd.
- $156,777.87 — construction services to “enhance the streetscape” along Lemmon Avenue
- $115,310.70 — paying outstanding invoices to Family Endeavors Inc. for “inclement weather site management and operational support services” at the Dallas Library from January and February
- $160,100 — increasing a contract for credit card payment services from $1,663,014.87 to $1,823,114.87
- $123,282.88 — paying outstanding invoices for wastewater monitoring services
- $105,535.92 — design and construction services for a new Airfield Rescue and Fire Fighting Station
- $78,000 — using eminent domain to acquire property in Van Zandt County for a transmission pipeline project
- $55,000 — installing a traffic signal at Bonnie View Road and Telephone Road
- $34,000 — settling a lawsuit from a car accident between a citizen and a police officer
- $32,000 — settling a lawsuit from a car accident between a citizen and a police officer
- Council members also passed a homestead property tax exemption for seniors 65 years old and older and disabled persons, estimated to total $12,761,537.
Furthermore, the council passed several items that will increase City funds.
The council authorized a 39-year ground lease with Cypress Creek Forest Lane LP for the construction and operation of apartments estimated to bring in $2,153,042.
Council members also approved a utility easement for 157,176 square feet of land, expected to bring in $7,800.
In addition, the council amended an ordinance granting Dallas Theological Seminary rights-of-way on St. Joseph Street and adding “a new use for the installation and maintenance of chilled water lines” in the street, garnering $1,000.
The City Council additionally authorized two 10-year agreements with White Rock Boat Club and Corinthian Sailing Club for the maintenance of a marina with a pier and clubhouse that will bring in $47,400 and $109,800, respectively.
Council members also greenlit an agreement with DART relating to the distribution of about $80 million held by the entity, most of which was “excess sales tax funds,” as reported by The Dallas Express.
Furthermore, the City of Dallas expects to bring in between $48,000 and $1,562,631 yearly from a new short-term rental registration ordinance.
This ordinance was passed right after a highly-anticipated vote in which the council approved changing the Dallas Development Code to ban short-term rentals in single-family residential neighborhoods, as reported by The Dallas Express.
