De Soto adopts $210M Intervet IRBs; mayor breaks tie on 99th St water main

DE SOTO - The City Council on Nov. 5 adopted Ordinance 2707 authorizing taxable industrial revenue bonds for Intervet Inc. (Merck Animal Health) of not more than $210 million, according to the meeting’s auto-generated captions and the Nov. 5 agenda. After a motion and second, the captions record yes votes from Joe Sabo, Lindsay McCracken and Zack Bradley, and the chair said the motion carries.

Council adopted the community center master plan, with yes votes from Bradley, Sabo, McCracken and Danny Lane. The packet memo said adoption does not authorize construction or borrowing.

Ordinance 2708, starting 99th Street water-main property acquisition, tied 2-2 (Bradley and McCracken yes; Sabo and Lane no). Mayor Rick Walker voted yes to break the tie, and the motion carries. A Sunflower Land Company LLC incentive application was presentation-only. Resolution 2106, setting a Dec. 17, 2026, 7 p.m. Homestead of De Soto TIF hearing, passed on consent. Official minutes were still not posted on the Agenda Center the afternoon of Nov. 6.

Source: Nov. 5 meeting video and auto-captions; Nov. 5 agenda; Agenda Center; Mayor & City Council roster; packet memos for Ord. 2707, community center, Sunflower and Res. 2106.