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6.D • NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with Chapter Hidalgo County (Hidalgo County)

AI -103010: 1. Requesting approval of the final negotiated Professional Engineering Service Agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. for the project, ''Completion of Task (2.2 & 2.3) Drainage System Characterization of the Texas Water Development Board Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Flood Protection Planning Category I''; Contract: C-HCDD1-26-009-04-14, as appr

Presented in: Hidalgo County Commissioners Court - April 14, 2026 on 2026-04-14
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 4.2/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (5 - 0)
“AI -103010: 1. Requesting approval of the final negotiated Professional Engineering Service Agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. for the project, ''Completion of Task (2.2 & 2.3) Drainage System Characterization of the Texas Water Development Board Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Flood Protection Planning Category I''; Contract: C-HCDD1-26-009-04-14, as appr”

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

AI -103010 1. Requesting approval of the final negotiated Professional Engineering Service Agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. for the project, ''Completion of Task (2.2 & 2.3) Drainage System Characterization of the Texas Water Development Board Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Flood Protection Planning Category I''; Contract: C-HCDD1-26-009-04-14, as approved for negotiations on May 13, 2025 (AI-99386) (Subject to final legal review); 2. Acceptance and approval of Work Authorization No. 1 in the amount of $1,485,000.00, as submitted by Halff Associates, Inc., through Contract No. C-HCDD1-26-009-04-14, to provide Professional Engineering Services for the project, ''Completion of Task (2.2 & 2.3) Drainage System Characterization of the Texas Water Development Board Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Flood Protection Planning Category I'' (Subject to final legal review)

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.2/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).