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Votes at a glance: Freeport City Council actions on March 17
Summary
The council approved minutes and three land-use items, granted a short-term license for Cirque Deluxe LLC, tabled some agenda items and failed to appoint a Charter Review candidate; recorded vote tallies and key details are listed.
The Freeport City Council took several recorded actions on March 17. Below are the motions, vote outcomes and key details as reflected in the meeting record.
Minutes (Agenda item 2a) — Action: approval of minutes from the March 3, 2025 meeting. Motion to approve by Councilman Matt Morris; motion carried 4-1.
Cirque Deluxe LLC license (Agenda item 2b) — Action: approval of a license agreement allowing Cirque Deluxe LLC to perform March 21–23. Council approved the license 4-1; Councilman Jeff Pena voted no. City staff confirmed the contractor provided liability coverage of $1,000,000 per incident and a $22,000,000 general umbrella policy.
Replat: Lot 4C, Coastal Country River Estates (Agenda item 4a) — Action: approval of a replat for a five-lot subdivision composed of Lot 4C and a reserve tract recorded in Brazoria County plat records; staff recommended approval and the Planning & Zoning Board had unanimously approved the replat at a prior public hearing. Motion to approve carried unanimously.
Replat: County Road 819 Subdivision (Agenda item 4b) — Action: approval of a replat to split property into eight 1-acre lots in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction; staff recommended approval and Planning & Zoning had approved it previously. Motion to approve carried unanimously.
Charter Review Commission appointment (Agenda item 4c) — Two actions in the meeting record: (1) a motion to table consideration of appointments to allow packet materials to be completed was put to a vote and carried (vote recorded as 3-2 in favor of tabling). (2) A later motion to appoint Eric Hayes to the Charter Review Commission failed 2-3. Council discussed concerns about applicant materials not being in the packet and potential household relationships between applicants and current commission members; no appointment was made.
Agenda rules and guidelines (Agenda item 4d) — Action: motion to table consideration of agenda rules and guidelines per cited ordinances; motion carried.
Budget-salary motion (Agenda item 4e) — Action: motion to keep the budget as presented and adopted in September (including previously adopted salary adjustments) carried 3-2; council did not adopt additional pay adjustments during the meeting.
Several items were handled by unanimous voice votes; where a roll call was recorded, the tally above follows the meeting record. Items taken to executive session were listed on the agenda for closed discussion at the end of the meeting.
