City Council Meeting | 10-14-26

At the City of Tyler regular City Council meeting on October 14, 2026, council approved several procurement and funding items. It accepted a $116,275 Health Foundation of East Texas grant for lighting and related permanent amenities at Faulkner Skate Park, with no matching requirement, and awarded bid 26-033 for the Mayfair gathering deck to Casey Sloan Construction for an amount not to exceed $164,241. Council also approved the pharmacy benefit manager RFP recommendation to retain LucyRx under a one-year agreement; the consultant projected approximately $815,000 in savings based on historical claims, while emphasizing that the one-year term preserves flexibility for future annual competition.

Council also considered an HDR Engineering agreement for a long-term risk analysis and prioritization study of the Lake Tyler East Dam; the study was described as budgeted, but its fee and the vote outcome are not clear in the transcript. For the Group 9 consent-decree sewer remedial measures, council approved a $1,334,800 engineering services agreement with Pape-Dawson and a resolution reserving the city’s right to reimburse expenditures from future debt; anticipated construction costs were approximately $8.3 million, with completion targeted by the end of 2028. The city manager reported that the 2026 brick-street repair and asphalt enhancement projects were underway. The meeting also included a sister-city proclamation and recognition of Southside Bank’s longstanding local history.