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Council ratifies TIR report, approves audit and several ordinances; list of formal actions
Summary
At the March 25 meeting the council and related boards approved the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone report, accepted the FY2024 audit, approved multiple consent items and adopted several ordinances including a campaign‑treasurer cleanup rule, a traffic‑speed construction zone change and rules for use of city property during elections.
The Buda City Council took a series of formal actions at its March 25 meeting. Below are the agreed items, short descriptions and outcomes as recorded in the meeting minutes.
Votes at a glance
- Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIR) Zone No. 2 report (TIRS board special joint meeting): ratified and approved. Staff said the annual report was filed February 24 and reported captured value growth above the base value; the zone was created 11/08/2023. Motion carried during the joint TIRS special meeting.
- Consent agenda (J‑1, J‑2, J‑3, J‑5): approved by a single motion. Items included approval of the Mar. 4 regular meeting minutes (J‑1), a utility agreement authorizing allocation of impact fees for wastewater improvements (J‑2), and a resolution to continue criminal justice grant funding for the crime victims liaison (J‑3). J‑5 ratified the TIR Zone No. 2 submission. (J‑4 was removed for separate consideration.)
- J‑4: Ordinance adopting guidelines to terminate inactive campaign treasurer appointments (first and final reading): adopted. Staff and the city attorney recommended converting a resolution to an ordinance to align with the Election Code and to formalize a records‑retention and destruction policy for inactive campaign treasurer appointments.
- K‑1: Annexation ordinance (first and final reading) — approximately 1.57 acres on Daisy Lane: adopted (see separate article). K‑2 (rezoning to LI) was tabled to allow negotiation of required public improvements.
- K‑3: Fiscal year 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and federal single audit: accepted. The city received an unmodified (clean) audit opinion from Weaver & Tidwell; auditors reported no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. Staff will submit the ACFR to the Government Finance Officers Association for the Certificate of Achievement consideration.
- K‑4: Legislative session update: presentation only; no action required. Consultants briefed council on major state items to watch, with emphasis on water funding and school‑choice bills.
- K‑5: Resolution to create a Historic Preservation Guidelines ad hoc committee: adopted. Council appointed Council member Davison and Council member Bowles as the city council representatives; the committee will include representatives from the Historic Preservation Commission, Main Street advisory board, the EDC and other stakeholders.
- K‑6: Ordinance establishing a 45‑mph construction‑zone speed limit on Ranch‑to‑Market Road 967 (official construction‑zone limit): adopted on first‑and‑final reading at the request of TxDOT to formalize signage and enforcement during roundabout construction.
- Ordinance amending Chapter 14, article 14.09 (use of city property during an election period): adopted (first and final). The ordinance designates no‑campaigning zones within 100 feet of polling locations and clarifies curbside voting area protections.
What these votes mean: several items were routine approvals; the ACFR acceptance confirmed a clean annual audit. The council used procedural rules to convert one consent item into an ordinance (campaign finance document retention) and to adopt multiple items on first and final reading where permitted. The larger land‑use rezoning tied to Daisy Lane was deferred for negotiation of infrastructure commitments.
Ending: Council asked staff to return with negotiated infrastructure agreements (for any rezoning) and to publish the updated election‑period property‑use map ahead of upcoming local elections.
