The City of Pampa held a regular city commission meeting earlier this week. One of the agenda items heavily discussed was item seven: Consider adopting Resolution No. R23-006, authorizing submission of grant application for the “Enhancing Investigations” project to The Office of the Governor, Public Safety.
Lieutenant Brian Massey gave a brief summarization of what the grant will entail. The grant application in question is a federal grant that is routed through the Governor’s Office. The grant will provide an upgrade of criminal investigation technology for the Pampa Police Department.
“If funded, it will hopefully allow us to purchase a 3D crime scene mapping technology, that will help us with our criminal investigations,” Massey said. “And a new drone that can do forensic mapping of crash scenes. These are pieces of technology that we do not have.”
The agenda items are as follows:
• Consider approving the minutes of the January 23, 2023, Regular Commission Meeting. - Approved
• Consider adopting on second and final reading Ordinance No. 1779, an Ordinance by the City Commission revising section 4.06 - Holiday leave, of the City of Pampa’s Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual. - Approved
• Consider adopting Resolution No. R23-004, a Resolution by the City of Pampa, Texas authorizing refunding of Canadian River Municipal Water Authority Subordinate Lien. - Approved
• Consider authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Professional Service Agreement with Biggs and Matthews Environmental Inc., for the engineering design, advertisement and award phase, construction phase services, construction quality assurance, and cell construction for Cell 5B/6B and excavation of Cells 7 and 8 of the City of Pampa’s Landfill. - Approved
• Consider adopting Resolution No. R23-005, a Resolution of the City of Pampa ordering and providing notice of a General Election to be held on May 6, 2023, to elect Commissioners for Ward 2 and Ward 4. - Approved
• Consider entering into a Joint Election Agreement with the Pampa Independent School District for the May 6, 2023 General Election. - Approved.
• Consider adopting Resolution No. R23-006, authorizing submission of grant application for the “Enhancing Investigations” project to The Office of the Governor, Public Safety. - Approved.
• Executive Session: The City Commission will convene into closed session in accordance with Texas Government Code, Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters to discuss: City Manager’s Annual Evaluation - Approved
The next city commissioners meeting will be on February 27th at 4:00 pm.
