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255 E. Parkway Boulevard City of Coppell, Texas Coppell, Texas 75019-9478 Minutes City Council Tuesday, August 26, 2025 7:00 PM Council Chambers WES MAYS DON CARROLL Mayor Mayor Pro Tem JIM WALKER RAMESH PREMKUMAR Place 1 Place 5 BRIANNA HINOJOSA-SMITH BIJU MATHEW Place 2 Place 6 KEVIN NEVELS MARK HILL Place 4 Place 7 MIKE LAND City Manager Present 7 - Wes Mays;Brianna Hinojosa-Smith;Don Carroll;Kevin Nevels;Ramesh Premkumar;Biju Mathew and Mark Hill Virtual 1 - Jim Walker Also present were Deputy City Managers Traci Leach and Kent Collins, City Attorney Bob Hager, and Interim City Secretary Phoebe Stell. The City Council of the City of Coppell met in Regular Session on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of Town Center, 255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas. 1. Call to Order Mayor Wes Mays called the meeting to order, determined that a quorum was present and convened into the Work Session at 7:00 p.m. 2. Work Session (Open to the Public) 1st Floor Conference Room A. Discussion of Agenda Items. B. Discussion regarding TML Resolutions. Presented in Work Session Regular Session City of Coppell, Texas Page 1 City Council Minutes August 26, 2025 Mayor Wes Mays adjourned the Work Session at 7:13 p.m. and convened into the Regular Session at 7:30 p.m. 3. Invocation 7:30 p.m. Pastor Danielle Kim with First United Methodist Church Coppell gave the invocation. 4. Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Wes Mays led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. 5. Citizens’ Appearance Mayor Wes Mays asked for those who signed up to speak: 1) Adam Reeve, 620 N. Coppell Road, spoke in regard to the Coppell Fire Department. 6. Consent Agenda A. Consider approval of the minutes: August 12, 2025. A motion was made by Councilmember Mark Hill, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, that Consent Agenda Items A through J be approved with the noted correction to Item B. The motion passed by unanimous vote. B. Consider award of a bid and issuance of a purchase order for two (2) Ford Interceptor and one (1) Ford F150 Responder vehicles from Sam Pack’s Five Star Ford, for the replacement of existing vehicles, utilizing HGACBuy Cooperative #VE05-24, in the amount of $192,229.00, budget provided by the Capital Replacement fund; and authorizing the City Manager to sign any necessary documents. Mayor Wes Mays noted the following correction: The purchase of vehicles from Sam Pack's Five Star Ford should read "in the amount of $192,229.99." A motion was made by Councilmember Mark Hill, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, that Consent Agenda Items A through J be approved with the noted correction to Item B. The motion passed by unanimous vote. C. Consider approval of funding Change Order 1 with Cole Construction, Inc., for additional work regarding the Dog Park Reconstruction project, in the amount of $210,057.69. A motion was made by Councilmember Mark Hill, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, that Consent Agenda Items A through J be approved with the noted correction to Item B. The motion passed by unanimous vote. D. Consider approval of funding a Professional Services Agreement with Walter P Moore, for the design of retaining wall repairs at Wagon Wheel Tennis and Pickleball Center, in the amount of $70,000. City of Coppell, Texas Page 2 City Council Minutes August 26, 2025 A motion was made by Councilmember Mark Hill, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, that Consent Agenda Items A through J be approved with the noted correction to Item B. The motion passed by unanimous vote. E. Consider approval of an Interlocal Agreement, with Coppell ISD, providing for School Resource Officers, on campuses within the City of Coppell; and authorizing the Mayor to sign. A motion was made by Councilmember Mark Hill, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, that Consent Agenda Items A through J be approved with the noted correction to Item B. The motion passed by unanimous vote. F. Consider approval of funding the remodel of the MacArthur Park restrooms by Custard Construction Services, in the amount of $109,739.27. A motion was made by Councilmember Mark Hill, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, that Consent Agenda Items A through J be approved with the noted correction to Item B. The motion passed by unanimous vote. G. Consider approval of a contract for Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), from Red River, DIR contract #DIR-CPO-5687, in the amount of $114,680.89, as provided for by the assigned fund balance of the General Fund; and authorizing the City Manager to sign any necessary documents. A motion was made by Councilmember Mark Hill, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, that Consent Agenda Items A through J be approved with the noted correction to Item B. The motion passed by unanimous vote. H. Consider approval and adoption of the City of Coppell Investment Policy. A motion was made by Councilmember Mark Hill, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, that Consent Agenda Items A through J be approved with the noted correction to Item B. The motion passed by unanimous vote. I. Consider accepting the resignation of Freddie Guerra from the Planning and Zoning Commission. A motion was made by Councilmember Mark Hill, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, that Consent Agenda Items A through J be approved with the noted correction to Item B. The motion passed by unanimous vote. J. Consider accepting the resignation of Shawn Hester from the Board of Adjustment. A motion was made by Councilmember Mark Hill, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, that Consent Agenda Items A through J be approved with the noted correction to Item B. The motion passed by unanimous vote. End of Consent Agenda 7. PUBLIC HEARING: City of Coppell, Texas Page 3 City Council Minutes August 26, 2025 To receive public comment concerning the proposed 2025-26 Municipal Budget and consider approval of an Ordinance approving and adopting the budget for the City of Coppell, Texas for the fiscal year of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026; and authorizing the Mayor to sign. Director of Strategic Financial Engagement Kim Tiehen gave a presentation to City Council. Mayor Wes Mays opened the Public Hearing and stated that no one had signed up to speak. A motion was made by Councilmember Kevin Nevels, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, to close the Public Hearing and approve this agenda item. The motion passed by unanimous vote. Enactment No: OR 2025-1635 8. PUBLIC HEARING: To receive public comment concerning the proposed 2025-26 tax rate of $0.444976 and consider approval of an Ordinance of the City of Coppell, Texas levying the ad valorem taxes for the tax year 2025 at $0.444976 on each one hundred dollars ($100) assessed value of taxable property, on which $0.376998 is for operations and maintenance and $0.067978 is for interest and sinking; and authorizing the Mayor to sign. Director of Strategic Financial Engagement Kim Tiehen gave a presentation to City Council. Mayor Wes Mays opened the Public Hearing and stated that no one had signed up to speak. A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, seconded by Councilmember Mark Hill, to close the Public Hearing and that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of .444976, which is effectively a 3.7 percent increase in the tax rate. The motion passed by unanimous vote. Enactment No: OR 2025-1636 9. Consider ratification of the vote on the FY 2025-26 annual budget which results in more revenue from ad valorem taxes than the previous year. Director of Strategic Financial Engagement Kim Tiehen gave a presentation to City Council. A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll, seconded by Councilmember Ramesh Premkumar, to approve the agenda item. The motion passed by unanimous vote. 10. City Manager Reports, Project Updates, Future Agendas, and Direction from Work Session City of Coppell, Texas Page 4 City Council Minutes August 26, 2025 City Manager Mike Land gave the following report: Service Center – Work is continuing to progress. The exterior brick is underway and the interior in-wall MEP will be completed this week. Veterans Plaza – The contractor is working on the electrical and irrigation. Coppell Emergency Water Interconnects – Tellus Services has completed 2 of the 3 tie-ins and is currently installing the vaults. Dog Park – The contractor is continuing to work on the fence installation and grading. Freeport / Northwestern – Traffic Signal poles and mast arms have been installed. They are installing the equipment and cables. The signal should be operational in the next couple of weeks. Magnolia Park – The contractor has completed pouring the trail and has begun building the fence. Woodridge Channel – This project is to repair the erosion in the channel in front of St. Josephs Village along Sandy Lake Road. The contractor has mobilized equipment to the site and will begin September 2nd. 11. Mayor and Council Reports on Recent and Upcoming Events. Mayor Wes Mays gave the following report: Boards & Commissions - Boards and Commissions applications are currently open and will be accepted through September 9. We encourage residents who are interested in serving their community to apply online for the opportunity to contribute to Coppell’s boards and commissions. More information, including the application, can be found on the City’s website. 12. Public Service Announcements concerning items of community interest with no Council action or deliberation permitted. Councilmember Kevin Nevels provided announcements about the Strategic Finance Engagement Team’s hard work during the Budget process and about Coppell ISD’s upcoming community meeting. Councilmember Mark Hill provided an announcement regarding Woven’s upcoming event “Woven Together.” Councilmember Ramesh Premkumar provided an announcement regarding One Coppell. Mayor Pro Tem Don Carroll provided an announcement regarding the upcoming Spaghetti Dinner supporting the Coppell Lariettes. 13. Adjournment There being no further business before this Council, the meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m. City of Coppell, Texas Page 5 City Council Minutes August 26, 2025 ________________________ Wes Mays, Mayor ATTEST: ________________________ Phoebe Stell, Interim City Secretary City of Coppell, Texas Page 6