Work Session (November 3, 2026)

Waco City Council work session, November 3, 2026: Staff reported on capital projects and procurement-related items. China Spring Park was nearing completion, while Alice Martinez Rodriguez Park was progressing toward a projected February opening; no new park contract award was reported. The mayor highlighted consent-agenda resolutions involving two Spartan fire trucks and capital-improvement project reconciliation, but the transcript does not record the outcome of the planned consent-agenda vote. Waco Transit reported that Council had approved the Spare technology platform on October 6 to integrate fixed-route and demand-response operations and improve service and ridership data. Transit’s FY2025 operating costs were $8.7 million; the agency also described using eight used buses obtained from Tucson, with $32,000 covering purchase and preparation for service, and discussed future fleet needs and federal funding changes.

Other presentations covered delinquent-tax and municipal-fee collection services, provided to the city without a direct billable fee, and Creative Waco’s FY2025–26 activities. The city invested $600,000 in Creative Waco’s arts portfolio; the organization reported distributing $237,500 in grants to 21 organizations and receiving a historic $86,875 in state cultural-district grants for 2026–27. The transit presentation emphasized planning for a possible 2032–33 federal Transportation Management Area designation, using better data and targeted investment to manage future funding and general-fund exposure. No new procurement vote or contract award is clearly recorded in the transcript.