The Littlefield City Council held their regular meeting on Tuesday, June 24th, in the City Council Chambers, located at 525 Phelps Ave.
The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. by Mayor Eric Turpen and the invocation was given by Mayor pro tempore Kenny Rucker. Mayor Turpen led the Pledge of Allegiance.
There was nobody present for the public comment portion of the meeting and City Manager Ray Resendez stated there were no new employees to introduce.
The next item on the agenda was to consider and approve the minutes from the May 27th meeting. The motion to approve the minutes was made by mayor pro tempore Rucker and seconded by council member Buddy Holmes. The motion carried.
Item seven on the agenda was to consider and approve monthly departmental reports: Police Dept.; Fire Dept.; EMS; Code Enforcement; Animal Control; Landfill; Water/Wastewater; Streets and Parks; Municipal Court; Monthly Financial Reports; Sales Tax Collection; Property Tax Collection Reports; Quarterly Financial Report, LEDC A and B minutes, if Boards met.
Mayor Turpen made a comment on the reports regarding the Municipal Court Report.
“Those are some of the biggest municipal court numbers I’ve seen in a long time,” he explained. “I think a lot of it is the court itself, but also if you notice in the police department report, their traffic stops used to be in the teens per month and now they’re in the hundreds per month. I just want to thank everybody who is involved with helping getting those municipal court numbers way up.”
Mayor pro tempore commented regarding Code Enforcement, saying, “I want to challenge the council; if you get phone calls from your constituents about why they’re being charged, be aware of why we have those ordinances in place to be able to give them a good explanation of why we’re doing this.”
The motion was made by mayor pro tempore Rucker and seconded by council member Holmes. The motion carried.
The next order of business was to consider and approve the expenses for May 2025.
The motion to approve May 2025 expenses was made by council member Holmes and seconded by council member Jason Ayala. The motion carried.
The next item on the agenda was to consider and approve All-Ways Towing expenses.
The motion was made by mayor pro tempore Rucker and seconded by council member Ayala to approve All- Ways Towing expenses. The motion carried with one abstained.
Item 10 on the agenda was to consider and approve 2025-2026 EMS Interlocal Agreement with City of Anton and Hockley County.
Monica McGehee stated that these are the same contracts that we have had each year and she recommended them for approval.
The motion was made by council member Ayala and seconded by council member Holmes to approve the 20252026 EMS Interlocal Agreement with the City of Anton and Hockley County. The motion carried.
The next order of business was to consider and approve Hanger Rental Agreement with Chuck Brown.
“Tom and Chuck Brown help us manage the airport and Chuck is interested in leasing the 55x100 hangar,” City Manager Resendez said. “ The written agreement mirrors what the other ones were, about 16 cents/5500 sq ft. He said he continue to help when the air force academy comes down here and trains.”
Mayor Turpen asked that the term of the contract be changed from three years to a year-toyear term in case an economic development project arises.
The motion to approve a yearto- year Hangar Agreement lease with Chuck Brown for the 55x100 hangar at the airport was made by Mayor Turpen and seconded by mayor pro tempore Rucker. The motion carried. The lease will automatically renew year-toyear unless the we give 60 days notice that we’re going to cancel the lease.
The next item on the agenda was to consider and approve Mutual Aid Agreement with MTC/Texas Civil Commitment Center.
“ The only change to this agreement was that they didn’t have a definition for ‘Emergency Situation’, so we added that to the definitions and that was really it,” City Manager Resendez said. “This is kind of their second spot in case their command post is taken out.”” C i t y Manager Resendez added, “I told them that we will help you as long as we are OK, and our capabilities are alright and we have the resources to help you.”
The motion was made by mayor pro tempore Rucker and seconded by Ayala to approve Mutual Aid Agreement with MTC/Texas Civil Commitment Center. The motion carried.
Item 13 on the agenda was to consider and approve SPAG Interlocal Agreement.
“ This is another interlocal agreement with SPAG,” City Manager Resendez said. “This one is for the grant application that we’re going to try for this year, The Texas Parks and Wildlife Grant. They’re needing you all’s approval to enter into some kind of contract.”
He added, “They’re coming next week, if y’all agree to it, to put their eyes on it. I haven’t really narrowed down the projects that we’re going to target yet. It’s kind of open, there is so much opportunity there. I’ve been very involved with the Parks Board and the staff and I think this is a good opportunity to go after some money.”
The motion to approve SPAG Interlocal Agreement was made by council member Ayala and seconded by Holmes. The motion carried.
The next order of business was to set Budget Work Session Dates.
The motion was made to set July 15th and August 12th as Budget Work Session dates.
With no further business to discuss, Mayor Turpen declared the meeting adjourned at 6:24 p.m.