The Texas MPO Association voted to adopt its 2026 meeting calendar and held elections for chair, vice chair and three executive committee slots at its annual gathering in Laredo.

The association approved a proposed 2026 meeting schedule, which sets dates for March, July (coinciding with the TxDOT planning conference in San Antonio), a virtual meeting in October and a December meeting in Austin. The motion to adopt the calendar was moved and seconded during the business meeting and passed by voice vote with no recorded dissent.

The association then opened nominations for its five leadership positions (chair; vice chair; TMA place 2; non‑TMA place 2; non‑TMA place 3). Nominations were taken from the floor and collected into a slate. Candidates put forward at the meeting included Clay Barnett, Michael Howe and Eduardo Calvo for chair; Ryan Nelson for vice chair; Rob McDonald and Martin Lucero for the TMA seat; Maggie Bergeron and Major Hoffings for the non‑TMA seat; and Michael Howe for the second non‑TMA seat.

Voting was conducted using an anonymized Menti poll accessed by a QR code. Meeting staff confirmed roughly 16–17 director votes were cast. Results announced at the meeting were:

- Chair: Clay Barnett (elected)
- Vice Chair: Ryan Nelson (elected, uncontested)
- TMA place 2 (executive committee): Rob McDonald (elected)
- Non‑TMA place 2 (executive committee): Major Hoffings (elected)
- Non‑TMA place 3 (executive committee): Michael Howe (elected)

Organizers emphasized that only MPO directors were eligible to vote and asked online attendees to refrain from using the poll. The meeting recording indicates the polling window closed before the results were announced.

The calendar adoption and election outcomes will be recorded in the meeting minutes and the association’s website; newly elected officers were introduced briefly after results were announced.