Posting Date: 04/10/2013

After pulling the item from the Consent Agenda, the Mesquite City Council ratified the results of the City Council primary election held April 2 in which Councilman Al Litman was declared a winner. [Read more]

Posting Date: 04/10/2013

The first veto Mesquite Mayor Mark Wier made in his administration withstood an override challenge at the Mesquite City Council meeting April 9 on a 4-1 vote. [Read more]

Posting Date: 04/05/2013

What may appear at first to be a snap decision has apparently been months in the making. The Mesquite Citizen Journal has learned that former City of Mesquite Interim General Manager and Director of Development Services Kurt Sawyer was terminated without cause Wednesday, April 3 by Mesquite City Manager Andy Barton. [Read more]

Posting Date: 04/04/2013

PERCENTAGES OF VOTES WON UPDATED

The Mesquite City Clerk’s Office has declared Council member Allan Litman as having won one of three possible seats in the April 2, 2013 Primary Election. This determination was made based on a prior District Court Case No. 07-A-539625-W. [Read more]

Posting Date: 04/01/2013

Apparently, Mesquite Mayor Mark Wier doesn't like a City Council approval for a contract amendment that will cost an extra $22,000. Wier sent the Mesquite City Clerk a letter on March 27 saying he was vetoing the Council's unanimous approval of a contract amendment between the City and Forsgren & Associates for design changes associated with the Hafen Park Splash Pad project. [Read more]

Posting Date: 03/27/2013

A plan to demolish an eyesore on Sandhill Blvd was rejected by the Mesquite Redevelopment Agency (RDA) Board Tuesday, March 26 after several members objected to using taxpayer dollars to improve private property.

Originally, the demolition costs of approximately $16,000 would have been covered completely by the City of Mesquite. A lien would have been placed on the property as a way to recoup the money which could have been years down the road.

The issue was presented to the RDA Board, comprised of the Mesquite mayor and five councilmen. However, rather than the City covering all the costs, the property owner proposed a 50-50 split without any liens on the property deed. The City's share of the demolition costs, approximately $8,000, would be taken from the RDA fund rather than the General Fund.  [Read more]

Posting Date: 03/27/2013

It was a night for rejection by the Mesquite City Council as they met back-to-back in an RDA meeting and Council meeting March 26.

During the RDA meeting the councilors rejected a proposal for demolishing an old house on Sandhill Blvd. [Read more]