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Votes at a glance: Cleveland council approves routine amendments, grants, street closure and disaster recovery applications (March 18, 2025)
Summary
Cleveland City Council on March 18 voted, mostly unanimously, to approve the consent agenda and multiple resolutions, permits and administrative updates, including DRRP applications, a street closure for a tent revival, cemetery fee changes and a booster replacement authorization.
The Cleveland City Council took a series of affirmative votes on routine and programmatic items at its March 18 meeting. The actions below were recorded on the agenda and carried by unanimous votes unless otherwise noted.
Votes (summary)
- Consent agenda (multiple routine items): Motion carried 5-0. Motion recorded as mover: Buckley; second: Mike Waters.
- Item 17: Approve monument honoring Dr. Stan Jones at East Houston and Travis (location to be checked for permits). Motion carried 5-0.
- Item 18: Approve street-closure permit for a sanctuary tent revival April 24–27, 2025 (application and letter from Cleveland ISD on file). Motion carried 5-0. (Mover: Buckley; second: Rachel Hall.)
- Item 19: Approve resolution authorizing submission of a Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (DRRP) application to the Texas General Land Office (project group A). Motion carried 5-0.
- Item 20: Approve resolution authorizing submission of DRRP Application 140011094 (water and wastewater), resolution number 2025-03-18-02. Motion carried 5-0.
- Item 21: Approve resolution authorizing submission of DRRP Application 141-1095 (flood and drainage), resolution number 2025-03-18-03. Motion carried 5-0.
- Item 22: Adopt master fee schedule updates for cemetery fees (see separate article for details). Motion carried 5-0.
- Item 23: EDC annual report presented (no vote required on report). Item 24: Council approved EDC recommendation to adopt the new official Cleveland, Texas branding logo. Motion carried 5-0. (Mover: Buckley; second: Roscoe Ward.)
- Item 25: Approve water conservation and drought contingency plan and accompanying resolution (resolution number 2025-03-18-05). Motion carried 5-0.
- Item 26: Authorize use of up to $150,000 from fund balance, in addition to approximately $43,000 received from TML, to purchase a replacement booster vehicle/equipment after supplier price increases; motion carried 5-0. Staff said total purchase price was about $186,000 and the previously requested amount was smaller; council authorized increasing the fund-balance authorization to $150,000 to allow for unexpected cost increases.
- Later in the meeting (post-public session): Motion to reissue the RFQ/RFP for Hangar L after an initial bid deadline produced no responses; motion carried 5-0.
What passed and next steps: Several items were routine resubmissions of grant-application resolutions required by the Texas General Land Office for disaster-recovery funding; staff noted each application will be filed individually and is part of the city's eligibility process. The cemetery-fee changes and booster-purchase authorization include implementation steps assigned to departments; staff will return with maps and purchase completion details as required.
For full vote tallies and motion text consult the official meeting minutes and the agenda packet; council recorded most outcomes as "Motion carries 5 to 0."
