During the June 24 Fort Worth City Council meeting, a one-year contract with Teksys, Inc. for $350,000 was granted for mobile digital video recording systems, accessories and related services. The contract includes three one-year renewal options for the same cost.
Funding for the purchase is from the 2022 bond program fund, according to city documents. The contract started June 27 and would renew June 27, 2026.
Teksys, based out of Houston, would create, repair or replace streetlight systems mounted at traffic intersections to monitor and ensure traffic flow, according to city documents.
Also on the agenda
Fort Worth City Council approved more than $600,000 in grants to address homeless issues throughout the city.
This is additional funding and not related to the $3.8 million grant approved during the June 10 meeting.
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for the Homeless Housing and Services Program funds in the approximate amounts of $458,426 for general use and $155,551 for youth. According to city documents, My Health, My Resources of Tarrant County will provide rental assistance to at least 40 permanent support housing clients for $458,426. Transition Resource Action Center will provide rental assistance and case management to at least eight youth for $155,551 to reduce chronic and youth homelessness.
Items worth mentioning
Council also approved the city's participation in a lawsuit filed by the City of Arlington against Pecos, Pleasanton, La Villa, Maverick County, and Cameron County Housing Finance Corporations, as well as any other traveling housing finance corporation, said Joe Don Bobbitt, the Tarrant Appraisal District Chief Appraiser.
According to city documents, the listed HFCs has property in Fort Worth and have been unlawfully removing Fort Worth-based properties from Tarrant County tax appraisal rolls while they rake in undeserved fees and profits from Fort Worth based rental properties.
This has resulted in the loss of millions of dollars in real property value from the local tax base, according to city documents.
The lawsuit would stop TAD from granting tax exemptions requested by HFCs for any Fort Worth property.
Tarrant County joined the lawsuit May 28, according to a news release.
