The Dallas City Council approved $62,714,913.90 in taxpayer spending on Wednesday, including nearly $5 million in agreements for the redevelopment of the former Hotel Miramar.

Other expenditures include:

  • $14,521,629 for a construction services contract with Hammett Excavation for the construction of two municipal waste cells.
  • $6,230,579 for the issuance of Waterworks and Sewer System Commercial Paper Notes, Series F, and related costs.
  • $4,790,000 developer and loan agreements with St. Jude for the redevelopment of the former Hotel Miramar at 1950 Fort Worth Ave.
  • $5,508,710 for a three-year service price agreement with Shawnee Mission Tree Service for removal and pruning of public trees, emergency activation and storm response services, and plant health-care treatments for citywide use.
  • $4,479,000 for a three-year service price agreement with Acme Utility Inspection Services for wet well, pump station, and stormwater drain-pipe inspection and cleaning services.
  • $3,379,173 for a construction services contract with Jeske Construction Company for street construction.
  • $2,440,249 for a construction services contract with BAR Constructors for additional work associated with the construction of a new pump station at the Elm Fork Water Treatment Plant.
  • $2,317,210 for a two-year joint funding agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey to continue the operation of stream flow and water-quality gauging stations in the Trinity River basin for water supply, watershed protection, precipitation gauge installation, and special studies.
  • $2,054,100 for a professional services contract with Halff Associates to provide engineering services for storm drainage system improvements at three locations on Williamson Branch.
  • $1,784,030 for a three-year service price agreement with Good Earth Corporation for citywide irrigation system maintenance, sprinkler services, repairs, and purchase of irrigation system parts.
  • $1,563,550 for a two-year service price agreement for Horne LLP for consulting services for financial compliance of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.
  • $1,537,350 for a three-year master agreement with Avery Dennison Corporation for reflective and non-reflective sheeting material for sign-making for the Department of Transportation.
  • $1,239,202 for a construction services contract with Aushill Construction for street construction.
  • $990,901 for a supplemental agreement with Phoenix I Restoration and Construction for additional construction services for pre-design and pre-construction services, an early construction package, and architectural and engineering services for the design and construction completion of the partially completed Paul Dyer Administration Building on East Northwest Highway.
  • $755,980 for a service contract with K&M Elevator for emergency repairs and modernization of four elevators at Hall Arts.
  • $745,305 for a supplemental agreement with IBM Corporation to increase the service contract for a one-time purchase of generative artificial intelligence and data governance as a service related to the city’s data aggregation platform.
  • $741,456 for a three-year master agreement with Standard Fusee Corp. for the purchase of emergency road flares for the Dallas Police Department and Dallas Fire-Rescue.
  • $726,689 for a five-year cooperative purchasing agreement with GTS Technology Systems to extend a software license and maintenance agreement for routers and data networks.
  • $714,075 for a supplemental agreement with Hahnfield Associates, Architects and Planners for services that include schematic design, design development, construction documents, bidding and construction administration for a multipurpose center and park on Forest Lane.
  • $533,300 for a professional engineering services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates for traffic signal design services for four intersections.
  • $512,048 for a professional services contract with O’Brien Engineering to provide engineering services for storm drainage and erosion-control improvements.
  • $500,000 for a professional engineering services contract with Freese & Nichols for a truck route traffic feasibility study and preliminary schematic design services on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
  • $431,792 for a professional engineering services contract with Lee Holdings for traffic signal design services for six intersections.
  • $425,548 to settle the condemnation suit City of Dallas v. TES-BIG RACK RANCH INC., et al.
  • $427,920 for a professional engineering services contract with Stantec Consulting Services for traffic signal design services for four intersections.
  • $400,081 for a professional engineering services contract with WSB traffic signal design services for four intersections.
  • $300,000 for a one-year cooperative agreement with SAFEBuilt Texas for permit plan review and inspection services for the Development Services Department.
  • $295,000 for a professional engineering services contract with Kimley-Horn & Associates for the design of pedestrian, geometric, and traffic signal improvements along Lakeland Drive.
  • $278,000 in paper notes from the execution of an amendment to the revolving credit agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company.
  • $271,832 for a professional services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates for storm drainage and erosion-control improvements.
  • $257,505 for a two-year cooperative purchasing agreement with Mark III Systems for hardware support and maintenance of the data aggregation platform.
  • $250,000 to execute agreements regarding the sale of drainage utility system revenue bonds to the Texas Water Development Board.
  • $203,650 for a professional engineering services contract with Kimley-Horn & Associates for the design of pedestrian, bicycle, geometric, and landscaping improvements on South Edgefield Avenue.
  • $201,279 for a construction services contract with RoeschCo Construction to construct the University Crossing Trail lighting project from Ellsworth Avenue to the Matilda Bridge.
  • $130,050 for supplemental agreement with HDR Engineering for additional engineering services required for water and wastewater relocations, additional storm drainage design, geotechnical engineering and survey work for the Nandina Pine Trail area, and additional design for King’s Branch culvert at Genoa.
  • $130,000 to settle the lawsuit Jose Posada v. The City of Dallas.
  • $127,990 to settle the condemnation suit City of Dallas v. 5000 LANGDON ROAD, LLC., et al.
  • $108,000 for a supplemental agreement with GoVOS to exercise the one-year renewal option for licenses, training, maintenance, and support of a vendor-hosted hotel occupancy tax and short-term rental online portal for the City Controller’s Office.
  • $101,700 for a three-year service price agreement with one three-year renewal option with Midwest Tape for library digital music streaming services.
  • $90,000 for assistance and services from Dallas County related to verifying four Dallas petitions.
  • $71,000 to execute agreements regarding the sale of drainage utility system revenue bonds to the Texas Water Development Board.
  • $63,152 to appoint 10 full-time municipal judges and 18 associate municipal judges.
  • $35,000 to settle the lawsuit Juanita Rodriguez v. The City of Dallas.
  • $29,844 for the acquisition for condemnation by eminent domain of a drainage easement at 2424 Knight St.
  • $11,037 for a joint election agreement and election services contract with Collin County for the May 4 special election.
  • $10,000 to acquire a drainage easement and temporary working space easement on Pensive Drive.
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The Dallas City Council is on recess until August.