Jul 14, 2026 Committee of the Whole

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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

IT IS NOW 4:36 PM ON TUESDAY, JULY 14TH, 2026, AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING FOR THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.

OUR

[2. Approval of Minutes: June 16, 2026, and July 10, 2026 ]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IT'S BEEN MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, UH, BECAUSE OF OUR VIRTUAL MEMBERS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION CARRIES.

OUR NEXT ITEM

[3. Items of Interest ]

WE'LL, FIRST WELCOME OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, MS. TICE WINTERS, WHO IS FILLING IN AS, UH, FOR OUR INTERIM, UH, PRESIDENT AND CEO WE'LL RECOGNIZE THE FIRST RATE ITEMS OF INTEREST.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE A FEW ITEMS OF INTEREST TO SHARE TODAY.

FIRST, WE'RE HEADING TO THE FINAL DAYS OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 IN NORTH TEXAS.

THE LAST GAME WAS TODAY.

UM, AND ON BEHALF OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO HELPED DELIVER AN EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE TO BOTH LOCAL AND VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

I'M PROUD OF THE WORK OUR TEAM HAS DONE LEADING UP TO AND DURING THIS GLOBAL EVENT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM AND FINISH THIS LAST AND FINAL WEEK, AS STRONGLY AS WE STARTED.

ALSO TODAY AND TOMORROW WE HAVE 21 DELEGATES FROM, UM, THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO WE'RE HOSTING.

AND, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, MOROCCO WILL HOST A 2030 WORLD CUP.

THEY'RE VISITING TODAY AND TOMORROW AGAIN, AND THEY WILL VISIT, WE TOOK THEM OUT TO ALL OF OUR OPERATION SITES RELATED TO FIFA OPERATIONS, THE TRANSIT OPERATIONS CENTER AT GLOBE LIFE FIELD, AND TOMORROW THEY WILL BE HERE ON SITE WHERE WE WILL HAVE MEETINGS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH FOR MAY AND JUNE.

FROM OPERATIONS WE HAVE MICHAEL IOR, A RAIL OPERATOR FROM CENTRAL RAIL OPERATING FACILITY.

DAVE BLANKENSHIP, A MECHANIC FROM VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, EAST DALLAS.

CHRISTOPHER FRANKS, A RAIL OPERATOR FROM NORTHWEST RAIL OPERATING FACILITY.

JOHN HERNANDEZ, A MECHANIC FROM CENTRAL SUPPORT.

MARK MACIAS, A SERVICER FROM VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AT SOUTH OAK CLIFF.

MICHAEL MATUS, A RAIL OPERATOR FROM NORTHWEST.

JUAN TRO A MECHANIC FROM NRV SHAQUILLE TIMMONS, A SERVICER FROM NORTHWEST K KSU TSU, A MECHANIC FROM BODY SUPPORT AND DEHE WEAVER, A RAIL OPERATOR FROM CENTRAL RAIL OPERATING FACILITY.

THANK YOU.

AND THIS COMPLETES THE, THE CEO'S ITEMS FOR INTEREST.

GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF THE, THE, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS LIKE BE RECOGNIZED.

FOR ITEMS OF INTEREST, I WILL TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT.

JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, NUMBER ONE, OUR STAFF, UH, FOR FIFA FOR THIS PAST WEEKEND.

UM, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

YOU ALL ARE PUTTING IN ALL THE EXTRA TIME AND THE OVERTIME EVEN BEING AMBASSADORS, UM, ON OUR SYSTEM FOR THE PAST, UH, MONTH OR SO.

I KNOW I SEE CHIEF HERE, HE'S, UM, NOT ALLOWED ANY PTO FOR HIS OFFICERS.

AND SO I KNOW YOU ALL ARE PUTTING IN THE EXTRA WORK AND EFFORTS.

UM, IT DOESN'T GO UNRECOGNIZED AND WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT.

DEFINITELY ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR GENERAL PUBLIC FOR COMING DOWN HERE ON THIS PAST SATURDAY, UM, AND MEETING OUR, UM, CEO CANDIDATES.

UM, THIS ROOM HERE WAS PACKED.

UH, WE PLANNED A TWO HOUR EVENT.

IT WENT ALMOST THREE HOURS.

AND, UM, ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I GOT WAS VERY POSITIVE AND A VERY OPEN, ENGAGING, AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS.

AND SO, UH, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT CAME.

UH, THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO OUR WRITERS AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN IT WITHOUT ANY OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST.

YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO ECHO THE, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE TEAM, THE AGENCY, THE VOLUNTEERS, EVERYBODY THAT STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND OF MANY OF YOU ALL THAT, UM, WENT AROUND THE CITY.

I KNOW I WENT TO SEVERAL FAN FEST AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW PROUD , UH, WE SHOULD ALL BE.

THESE POSITIVE, POSITIVE REMARKS THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM INTERNATIONAL VI VISITORS REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT TO THIS AGENCY.

AND IT GOES AND SHOWS THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING.

SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY.

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OKAY.

UM, OUR NEXT ITEM ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY FOR ANY, UH, COMMENTS FOR AGENDA ITEMS OR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

AND FOR THE RECORD, WE, UH, BECAUSE OF OUR, NO, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

OKAY.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY AGENDA ITEMS SPECIFICALLY, UM, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO OUR

[Consent Items]

IS THERE ANY MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE A CONSENT ITEM REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? 12.

12.

LET ME RECOGNIZE YOU.

WHICH ONE? NO, ITEM 12.

ITEM 12.

ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

WITH AGENDA, SORRY.

10.

10.

OKAY.

ANY OTHERS? ANYONE LINE? NOPE.

OKAY.

WITH, UM, 10 AND 12 PULLED THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL CONSIST OF ITEMS FIVE THROUGH NINE AND 11.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? NO.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? FIVE THROUGH NINE AND 11.

SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ALL THE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

UNANIMOUS.

THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUS.

WE WILL NOW TAKE

[10. +Approval of Contract for Business Intelligence Tool (Tableau) Maintenance (Presenters: Gary Slagel/Jamie Adelman)]

UM, MS. MILLIGAN, DO YOU NEED A BRIEFING? UM, I DON'T NEED A BRIEFING, BUT JAMIE, IF YOU, I, I HAD SUBMITTED A NUMBER OF WRITTEN QUESTIONS AND JAMIE AND HER TEAM, UM, DID A GREAT JOB OF TURNING THEM AROUND IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS.

UM, BUT MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THAT THE BRIEFING WAS PRETTY SPARSE IN TERMS OF THE BUSINESS CASE FOR TABLEAU.

I THINK YOU HAD SOME GREAT ANSWERS.

SO IF YOU CAN JUST SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU GAVE ME, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR.

SURE.

SO, UM, TABLEAU IS OUR PRIMARY, UM, KIND OF LIKE DATA PROCESSING SOURCE, EXCUSE ME, THAT WE USE TO PRESENT A LOT OF STATISTICAL AND ANALYTICAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE BOARD AND INTERNALLY WITH OUR STAFF.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, TABLEAU DRIVES THE SCORECARDS THAT YOU SEE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT GIVES A LOT OF KPI INFORMATION.

UM, THEY'RE USED HEAVILY BY OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, ENGINEERING, A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE AGENCY BECAUSE IT REALLY WILL TAKE A LARGE DATA SET AND COMPILE IT INTO A USABLE FORM VIA A DASHBOARD SO THAT WE CAN GET CONSTANT, UH, MONITORING AND REPORTING ON VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, UM, THROUGHOUT THE AGENCY.

JULIUS, AM I MISSING ANYTHING THERE? PUBLIC? OH, THE PUBLIC.

YEAH, THE SCORECARDS.

EVERYTHING THAT'S FACING ON DART.ORG, UM, WHERE RIDER CAN SEE THE, UH, FOR FINANCE SPECIFICALLY, UH, LIKE SUBSIDY PER PASSENGER SALES, TAX, REVENUE NUMBERS, OPERATING EXPENSE NUMBERS, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE POST ON A MONTHLY BASIS THERE, THAT'S ALL DRIVEN BY TABLEAU.

YEAH, JUST MORE OF A COMMENT.

BUT, UM, I THINK IT WAS JUST, IT WAS VERY GOOD TO KNOW THAT STAFF WERE VERY QUICKLY UNDERSTOOD HOW MANY USERS WE HAD OF THE SYSTEM AND HOW IT WAS BEING USED AND THAT IT'S NOT DUPLICATIVE.

I HAD CONCERNS THAT MAYBE WE ALREADY HAVE POWER BI AND WE'RE NOT UTILIZING IT.

UM, SO JUST REALLY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION QUICKLY.

AND, AND I KNOW THE BOARD IS VERY, UM, EAGER TO SEE EVEN MORE TRANSPARENCY RELATED TO DATA.

UM, SO I'M ASSUMING TABLEAU'S GONNA BE KIND OF WHAT DRIVES THOSE, THOSE DASHBOARDS? YES.

THAT YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH, THAT'S OUR, OUR PRIMARY TOOL TO BE ABLE TO ANALYZE AND PUMP OUT INFORMATION IN A PRETTY DISPLAYABLE ORGANIZED FORMAT.

OKAY.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

UNANIM.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS.

UH, WE

[12. +Approval of Contract for Direct Primary Care Services (Presenters: Gary Slagel/Rosa Medina-Cristobal) ]

YES.

CHAIR.

UH, I WANTED, I WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE HERE THAT, UH, JEAN GOMEZ HAD SENT OUT A MEMO WHERE THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT FIXED.

EVEN THOUGH, UH, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THIS, I WOULD, UH, I WOULD JUST WANT HIGHLIGHT THAT POINT.

MR. GENERAL COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE COMMENT? YES, I DO.

UH, UH, THANKS.

WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE NOTED ARE MADE PART OF THE CONTRACT AND IT'LL BE SUBJECT TO LEGAL REVIEW, UH, BEFORE THE NOTICE

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OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

OKAY, CHAIR SLATE.

WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, I MOVE FOR MOVE APPROVAL ITEM 12.

OKAY.

IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION CARRIES.

WE WILL NOW MOVE

[13. +Approval of Contracts for Miscellaneous Spare Parts for DART’s Bus Fleet (Presenters: Patrick J. Kennedy/Trenise Winters) ]

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION COMING.

FIRST, GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD.

MY NAME IS JAMAN.

I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND I'M HERE TODAY TO, UH, REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS FOR APPRO, UH, MISCELLANEOUS SPARE PARTS FOR DARTS BUS FLEET.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS FOR THE INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO APPROVE A CONTRACT FOR MISCELLANEOUS SPARE PARTS TO CUMMINS FOR A TWO YEAR CONTRACT, NOT TO EXCEED $10,065,014 TWO YEARS TO GILLIG AND A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $9,234,195 AND A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO KIRK'S AND THEN NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $812,202.

SO CURRENTLY DART MAINTAINS 696 C AND G BUSES IN A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR.

AND THIS CONTRACT, UH, SUPPLIES THE PARTS TO KEEP THEM IN IN SERVICE.

SOME OF THE PARTS THAT ARE ON THIS CONTRACT ARE BRAKE VALVES, AXLES, GASKETS, SHOCK ABSORBERS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT TO KEEP 'EM IN SERVICE.

SO SECURING THIS CONTRACT WILL REDUCE THE, THE RISK OF SERVICE DISRUPTIONS BY KEEPING THE PARTS IN STOCK.

AND THESE, UH, UM, WILL ALL BE STAGED IN OUR CENTRAL WAREHOUSE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT TO THESE THREE COMPANIES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 20 MILLION $111,411.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

IS THERE SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION MS. GARCIA? THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, COULD YOU SHARE WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COST OF THESE PARTICULAR PARTS? KEEPING IN MIND THINGS ARE, ARE REALLY INCREASING.

COULD YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN, IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL CONTRACT IN ITSELF? SURE.

YES MA'AM.

SO THE, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THESE PARTS IS THAT THEY FIT ALL OF OUR BUSES, RIGHT? THEY, THEY REALLY ARE, UH, CAN BE USED ACROSS ALL OF THE FLEETS.

ALL OF OUR BUSES HAVE CUMINS ENGINES AND ALLISON TRANSMISSIONS.

SO BY USING THESE CONTRACTS, WE CAN USE THE PARTS ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT FLEETS.

SO THAT'S A NICE THING ABOUT 'EM.

AND ALSO WE WILL ONLY ORDER WHAT WE NEED.

WE DON'T HAVE TO ORDER ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T NEED.

SO, AND, AND THE PRICE OF PARTS OF COURSE HAS INCREASED OVER THE YEARS.

SO CAN YOU TELL ME, IS THERE 10%, 20% INCREASE? DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THAT? NAH, NOW I, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'M SORRY, BUT IT, THERE'S AN INCREASE NONETHELESS.

SURE.

WE COULD GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT.

JAMIE, DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THAT? UM, IT'S MY NAME BUDDY.

I ALL .

WE GET EACH OTHER'S EMAILS A LOT.

SO WE TALK OFTEN.

UM, SO JAMIE, ADAM AND EVP AND CFO.

UM, SO WITH EVERY PROCUREMENT THAT WE DO, A PART, ONE STEP BEFORE WE ISSUE ANY CONTRACT IS DO A FAIR AND REASONABLE ASSESSMENT.

SO FOR THESE CONTRACTS, WE DID DO A FAIR AND REASONABLE BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL PRICINGS OF THE PARTS THAT WERE BID ON THE CONTRACT.

WE ALSO HAD AN INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATE GOING INTO THE SOLICITATION AND WE COMPARE THE PRICING THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE VENDORS TO THE ICE AND FAIR AND REASONABLE TO, TO THE MARKET.

SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT COST INCREASE ON, ON THE INDIVIDUAL PARTS THAT WERE BID BECAUSE THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PARTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO ON EVERY SINGLE PROCUREMENT, UM, BEFORE WE ISSUE A CONTRACT.

ANYONE ELSE SEEING NONE? IT IS BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ALL, UM, HANDS DOWN.

ALL OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL MOVE ON

[15. +Approval of Employment Agreement with Chief Audit Officer (Presenters: Roy C. Lopez/Randall B. Bryant/Rosa Medina-Cristobal) ]

APPROVAL OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH CHIEF AUDIT OFFICER.

CHAIR LOPEZ, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO.

MR. CHAIR? UH, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, CHIEF AUDIT OFFICER.

THIS WAS, UH, DISCUSSED EXTENSIVELY IN OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE, UH, MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

ALL

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ALL OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

AND THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS.

IT IS NOW 4:51 PM AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS NOW ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU ALL.