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Votes at a glance: Llano City Council actions including event permits, budget amendment and engineering agreement
Summary
At its March 2025 meeting the Llano City Council approved a set of consent and regular-agenda items including a street closure and event permit for the Land of Crawfish festival, a budget amendment, a contract change order, and an engineering agreement; a resolution on surplus asset sales was tabled pending minimum-price review.
The Llano City Council on March 2025 considered and concluded a series of consent and regular-agenda items. Key outcomes included approval of event permits and street closures for an upcoming 'Land of Crawfish' event, adoption of a budget amendment, authorization of a construction contract change order, and approval of an amendment to an engineering services agreement for surface water rights analysis. A resolution to sell surplus city assets was tabled for review of minimum sale prices.
Votes and procedural outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript:
- Berry Street closure for Land of Crawfish kickoff party (consent agenda, Item E-2): Approved. The council approved closing a portion of Berry Street for the April 24, 2025 event; one councilmember asked staff to clarify the exact closure limits after packet maps appeared inconsistent.
- Ordinance 1551 (regular agenda, Item G-1): Approved. See separate story for full coverage of the zoning use chart revision and public hearing.
- Amendment to Ordinance 1550 (budget for fiscal year 24-25, Item G-2): Approved. Council moved and approved the budget amendment on voice vote.
- Crawfish special event application and event permit (Item G-3): Approved. Staff said the applicant provided last year’s emergency operations plan and will supply updates; council approved contingent on receipt of finalized materials.
- Change Order No. 1 to law enforcement/generator rehabilitation contract (Item G-4): Approved. Council approved additional work identified on site, including rehabbing a level indicator and exterior ladder work; staff said the change remains within project budget.
- Resolution R2025-8, sale of surplus city assets (Item G-5): Tabled. Councilmembers raised concerns about minimum prices for auctioned items and asked staff to research prior auction practices and report back. The council moved and seconded a motion to table the resolution until the next meeting.
- Amendment No. 1 to professional engineering services agreement (Freese & Nichols) for surface water rights reliability analysis (Item G-6): Approved. The council authorized the city manager to execute the amendment to move forward with water-rights work.
Several approvals occurred by voice vote with no roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript.
