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Liberty Hill council approves downtown truck restrictions, loading zone, budget amendment, Pedernales franchise and wastewater pump
Summary
At its March 26 meeting the Liberty Hill City Council approved multiple ordinances and purchases including a downtown truck-restricted ordinance, a Main Street loading zone, an amendment to the FY2024–25 budget, a five-year franchise with Pedernales Electric Cooperative and purchase of a diesel bypass pump for Lift Station 19.
Liberty Hill City Council on March 26 approved several ordinances and staff actions affecting downtown traffic, utilities funding and operations, and the city's electric franchise.
The council voted to adopt an ordinance restricting heavy truck traffic from deviating off Main Street and Highway 1869 onto downtown side streets (Ordinance No. 2025-0015, version 5). The ordinance had been discussed at a prior workshop; the motion passed on a unanimous recorded roll call of votes as read aloud in the meeting (recorded as “All in favor? 5 0” at the time the motion was closed).
The council also amended the downtown parking rules to allow a loading zone on Main Street (Ordinance No. 2025-0014). That ordinance was approved (recorded vote: 6–0).
Council approved the city’s first budget amendment for fiscal year 2024–25 (Ordinance No. 2025-016), which included funds for two new software tools for finance (a purchasing/contract-management tool and a sales-tax/property-tax aggregator), fit-out costs to relocate utility billing staff into the lobby (including two cubicles), and an item described as a payment related to Gracie Lane to be moved to the correct departmental line later. The budget amendment passed 6–0.
The council adopted a five-year franchise agreement with Pedernales Electric Cooperative (Ordinance No. 2025-017). Representatives from Pedernales, including Jared Fields and Dawn Southwell, attended and described ongoing local cooperation; the ordinance passed 6–0.
Public-works staff presented requests for wastewater operations: the council authorized purchase of a Pioneer diesel bypass pump for Lift Station 19 from Hydrosource Services for $81,930.40, with the remaining budgeted amount to be used for accessories; that purchase was approved 6–0.
Several items were postponed or deferred for later: a task order to HR Green for engineering on the San Gabriel wastewater interceptor (phases 2 and 3) was postponed to a future agenda; a discussion about the formation and function of informal council workgroups was postponed to the next meeting so proper agenda backup could be prepared.
Quotes and meeting context
“We appreciate the cooperation,” said Jared Fields of Pedernales Electric Cooperative after the franchise was introduced, noting PEC’s local office and participation in community events.
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance 2025-0015 (truck traffic restrictions downtown): approved, vote recorded as 5–0. - Ordinance 2025-0014 (Main Street loading zone): approved, 6–0. - Ordinance 2025-016 (FY2024–25 budget amendment): approved, 6–0. - Ordinance 2025-017 (Pedernales Electric Cooperative franchise): approved, 6–0. - Purchase: Pioneer diesel pump (Hydrosource Services) $81,930.40: approved, 6–0. - Consent agenda (minutes as corrected for March 12 and other consent items): approved (vote recorded 5–0).
What the council directed staff to do
- The council postponed further discussion of HR Green task order and the council workgroup agenda item for a later meeting so staff can provide a complete cover sheet and backup.
Meeting note
All votes and roll calls are reported as they were announced during the meeting. Where votes were recorded only by tally (e.g., “6 0”) the report records those tallies without attributing individual member votes.
