The City of Pasadena City Council approved multiple ordinances, contracts and resolutions on Sept. 3, 2024, covering infrastructure projects, equipment purchases, grant acceptances and donations.

Items approved on first or final reading included contracts and appropriations for water-system and wastewater projects (e.g., West Pitts Lift Station Rehabilitation, design services with HR Green for several wastewater treatment plant projects), purchases of vehicles and equipment (multiple Chevrolet and Ford trucks, a utility compactor), grants and donations (Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority grant of $146,668; Port Houston Community Grant $15,000), and community-program donations for parks, library and senior services. Several Community Development and disaster-recovery funding adjustments were also approved.

A recurring subject in later discussion was the Pasadena Golf Course shade-structure purchase (Ordinance 2024174), for which council debate included concerns about the golf course’s long-term returns. Council members voiced both opposition and support; the ordinance passed on the meeting record. The council also approved a change in auditing services reflecting a combination of two auditing firms and the appointment of a new engagement under the combined firm name (Ordinance 2024178).

Other approvals included demolition and reconstruction contracts for single-family homes under a housing program, acceptance of multiple in-kind donations for parks and library programming, and applications for energy-efficiency grants to upgrade lighting and HVAC systems at city facilities.

Because most items were taken together and passed with limited discussion, the council treated them as a group with individual roll-call or consent votes recorded in the official minutes. The city secretary read each ordinance and resolution number into the record during the meeting.