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Votes at a glance: Council approves consent agenda, charter canvass, budget amendments and appointments
Summary
At Monday27s Bastrop City Council meeting the council approved a consent agenda of routine items, canvassed charter amendment results from the November special election (with amendments to clarify which propositions failed), approved budget amendments, and made an appointment to the Cultural Arts Commission.
The Bastrop City Council completed a number of routine and procedural actions on Monday, approving consent-agenda items, canvassing election returns on charter amendments, and authorizing budget and personnel actions.
Key outcomes
- Consent agenda: The council approved the consent agenda, which included minutes, several second-reading ordinances related to B3 technical manual updates and an interlocal agreement with Bastrop County for household hazardous waste operations. The motion to approve the consent agenda passed unanimously.
- Charter canvass: Council approved Resolution R-2025-07 canvassing returns and declaring results of proposed Home Rule Charter amendments from the November special election. Council amended the resolution on the floor to clarify that propositions G and L were rejected, and then approved the resolution as amended.
- Budget amendments: Council approved a set of budget amendments (ordinance and resolution packet item 11h) covering insurance claim proceeds for hail damage, development-services housekeeping transfers, land purchases tied to the wastewater treatment project previously authorized by council, and related bond issuance adjustments.
- Appointment: Council appointed Karen Kincaid Brady, executive director of the Bastrop Museum and Visitor Center, to Place 7 of the Cultural Arts Commission for a three-year term (Resolution R-2508).
- Public improvement plan: Council approved a public-improvement plan agreement (PIPA) with PRC1 Bastrop LLC for the Sendero project that establishes inspection quantities and security amounts for water, wastewater, storm and street improvements; staff will verify and adjust bond amounts prior to acceptance.
- Other: Council also approved a resolution supporting staff member Kennedy Higgins that clarifies prior language in a December council resolution.
All votes for the listed items were unanimous unless otherwise noted on the record.
