City Council Meeting | September 29, 2026

The Fort Worth City Council meeting on September 29, 2026, addressed several procurement and investment matters. The council approved the consent agenda, which included authorization of nine job-order construction contracts for minor city-property construction and renovation projects. The contracts have two-year terms, individual project limits of $3 million, and a combined potential value of $135 million; a public speaker objected to the overall amount and requested information about the city’s property portfolio and planned work. A speaker also questioned a proposed $20,000 retainer for outside public-finance tax counsel related to an IRS inquiry; the consent agenda passed. The council approved a fire department collective bargaining agreement, though the transcript provides no contract value or terms.

The council also approved an economic-development agreement for Harding, tied to a proposed $192.7 million capital investment and at least 700 full-time jobs by 2034, with annual job and investment requirements and forfeiture of the abatement for any year those requirements are missed. Staff described the arrangement as producing an estimated $3.2 million in net new city taxes. Separately, council authorized eminent-domain acquisition of easements for the Mary’s Creek lift station and force-main project, intended to support wastewater treatment and reclaimed-water capacity. A completed North Tarrant Express capacity project was noted in a council update at a reported cost of $414 million, with no cost to taxpayers. No procurement action was identified in the lengthy zoning discussion regarding a proposed restaurant at the former Roy Pope Grocery site.