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City of De Kalb

Public Notices

NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE

GOVERNING BODY OF

DEKALB, TEXAS

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING

 

The Governing Body of the City of De Kalb, Texas will hold a Public Hearing, Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at De Kalb City Hall, 210 N. Runnels, De Kalb, Texas on the Public Hearing to encourage citizen participation, discuss, and answer any questions regarding TXCDBG Contract #CDM22-0049. 

 

 

Open Public Hearing

Public Comment

Council Response to public comment

Close Public Hearing

 

 

 

NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE

GOVERNING BODY OF

DEKALB, TEXAS

 

 

Notice is hereby given that the regular meeting of the governing body of the City of De Kalb, Texas, will be held on Tuesday the 14th day of January 2025 at 6:30 p.m. De Kalb City Hall 210 N Runnels, De Kalb, Texas 75559, at which time the following subjects will be discussed:

 

  1. Call to Order

  2. Invocation and Pledge

  3. Open Forum (limited to 3 minutes)

  4. Approve Minutes

  5. Payment of Bills

  6. Departmental Reports

  7. Discussion and possible action to approve resolution 2025-001 AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF PEFORMANCE PLAN AND BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM (TxCDBG) CONTRACT NUMBER CDM22-0049 BETWEEN THE CITY OF DE KALB AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

  8. Discussion and possible action to set speed limit in the Industrial Park to 20mph

  9. EDC Director Report

  10. Mayoral Update

  11. Mayor and Council will retire to closed session pursuant to Government Code 551.074   Personnel/Legal Matters

  12. Mayor and Council will return to Open Session to consider and take official action.

  13. Adjourn                               

 

 

 

 

I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting of the governing body of De Kalb, Texas is a true and correct copy of said Notice and that I posted copy of said Notice on the bulletin board, in the City Hall of De Kalb, Texas; a place convenient and readily accessible to the general public at all times, and said Notice was posted January 11, 2025 by 5:00 PM, and remained so posted continuously for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting.

 

NOTE: The Council reserves the right to retire into Executive Session concerning any of the items listed on this Agenda, whenever it is considered permissible under the Open Meetings Act.

 

 

                               

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

   

Lowell Walker, Mayor                                   Jamie Shipley, City Secretary

Bowie County Tribune

ADMINISTRATION/PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

CITY OF DE KALB

 

The City of De Kalb plans to apply for the upcoming 2025-2026 Texas Community Development Block Grant Fund Program of the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA). These services are being solicited to assist the City of De Kalb in its application and administration of the TxCDBG CD contract, if awarded, to support eligible activities associated with the program in the City of De Kalb.  Accordingly, the City of De Kalb is seeking to contract with a qualified Professional Administrator or Service Provider (individual/firm) to prepare the application and/or administer the awarded contract. Please electronically submit your proposal in .pdf format via email to jshipley@dktx.org AND submit 2 copies of your proposal of services and a statement of qualifications for the proposed services to the following address: Attn: Jamie Shipley 210 N Runnels, De Kalb, TX 75559. Proposals must be received by the City of De Kalb no later than 2:00pm on October 07, 2024, to be considered.  The City of De Kalb reserves the right to negotiate with any and all individuals or firms that submit proposals, as per the Texas Professional Services Procurement Act and the Uniform Grant and Contract Management Standards.  Section 3 Residents and Business Concerns, Minority Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises and Women Business Enterprises are encouraged to submit proposals. City of De Kalb is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Servicios de traducción están disponibles por peticion.

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CITY OF DE KALB, TEXAS

Waterworks and Sewer System Improvement Projects

Request for Qualifications

Engineering Services

 

 

  1. REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

 

  1. General Information

 

City of De Kalb, Texas (City) requests the submission of Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) with respect for loan and/or grant funding through the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) to provide for planning, acquisition, design, and construction management phase services associated with the design and construction of various water system improvement projects. This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) solicits information that will enable the City to determine the highest qualified Engineering Firm that may provide professional engineering services for the planning, acquisition, design and construction management of a project, or projects that may be funded through the TWDB.

 

  1. Intent

 

The intent of the City is to hire an Engineering Firm to provide planning, acquisition, design, and construction management phase engineering services via a two-step procurement process with formal advertising. The City will evaluate all Respondent’s Statement of Qualifications in step one and may conduct interviews with short-listed Respondent’s, in step two. At the conclusion of either step one or step two of this process, the City will rank candidates by order of highest qualifications and first attempt to negotiate a fair and reasonable fixed price contract with the highest qualified Engineering Firm. If unable to negotiate a mutually acceptable contract, the City will terminate negotiations with the highest qualified Engineering Firm and begin negotiating with the next highest qualified candidate. If necessary, the City will repeat these steps until an acceptable contract is obtained. Complete procedures for procuring the Engineering Services are presented in Section 2.0 of this RFQ.

 

The City reserves the right to reject any or all qualification statements received in response to this public notice. The City reserves the right to short list respondents and base final selection rankings on personal interviews. The City reserves the right to conduct new project planning, acquisition, design, and construction management phase engineering services selection procedures for this or future projects.

 

  1. Standards

 

The selection of a service provider and award of a contract may be contingent upon the funding and approval of one or more loans through the TWDB: DWSRF, SWIFT, DFund and/or EDAP.

 

This RFQ is issued in accordance with Section 2254 of the Texas Government Code (Professional Services Act) and Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 31 (Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments).

 

State and Federal requirements are applicable to this Project, including requirements regarding procurement, cost and pricing data, solicitation of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises (MWBE) and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). It is the respondent’s responsibility to make a good faith effort in offering fair opportunity for participation in this project. Documentation of applicable efforts may be required.

 

Small, Minority, and Women Business Enterprises (SMWBE) are encouraged to submit qualification statements for consideration as are Small Business in a Rural Area (SBRA).

 

  1. Project Schedule and Submittal Deadline

 

The project planning, design and construction management phase services contract is anticipated to be awarded November 12, 2024, and the anticipated completion date of all services is June 2026. The anticipated overall duration of this service contract is twenty (20) months with a tentative starting date of December 2024. The contract may be extended at the mutual agreement of the parties, or whatever greater period of time allowed by the TWDB during which the contract is in effect.

 

The SOQ Package must be submitted to the office of the City of De Kalb 210 N. Runnels De Kalb, Tx 75559, Texas no later than 2:00 P.M. on Monday November 04, 2024.

 

  1. Project Description

 

The proposed various future projects for the period of service may include, at the City’s determination and schedule, the following:

 

  1. Planning, acquiring, designing and constructing improvements, renovations, rehabilitation or replacement of the City’s water system and creation and implementation of an Asset Management Plan.

  2. The City has been awarded a grant/loan for the project

 

Proposal Packets can be requested from Jamie Shipley at jshipley@dktx.org

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