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Alpine council approves ordinances, pool fee changes, tax-office agreement and grant; Stones votes against police grant
Summary
On April 15, 2025, the City of Alpine City Council approved a package of ordinances and agreements that included approvals related to short-term rentals, an Alpine alcohol ordinance, an ordinance updating the city swimming-pool regulations and fee schedule, an agreement with the Brewster County Tax Office, and a grant approval.
On April 15, 2025, the City of Alpine City Council approved a package of ordinances and agreements that included approvals related to short-term rentals, an Alpine alcohol ordinance, an ordinance updating the city swimming-pool regulations and fee schedule, an agreement with the Brewster County Tax Office, and approval of a grant. Council member Stones registered the only recorded vote against the police grant.
The actions were listed as approved during the meeting; the consent agenda also passed unanimously. The city also issued proclamations recognizing Administrative Professionals Week, National Travel and Tourism Week and Earth Month and presented a recognition to Johnny Morecast.
Why it matters: the ordinances and fee changes affect local business and facility operations; the tax‑office agreement affects how local property tax administration and collections are coordinated with Brewster County; the grant approval directs funds that may affect city operations, including police activity.
The record shows public hearings were held on several items. A speaker opposed one short-term rental during the public-hearing period. The meeting recap notes two public comments were recorded in total; the transcript does not identify the commenters by name.
Votes at a glance: the meeting transcript lists the following final actions. Specific motion texts, mover/second and vote tallies were not provided in the transcript except where noted below.
• Consent agenda — approved unanimously (no further detail provided in transcript).
• Short-term rental approvals — approved (transcript: approved unanimously; no motion text or roll-call tallies provided).
• Alpine alcohol ordinance (reference to Alpine code of city ordinances regarding alcohol) — approved (transcript: approved unanimously; details not specified).
• Ordinance updating the swimming-pool regulations and fee schedule — approved (transcript: approved unanimously; details not specified).
• Agreement between the Brewster County Tax Office and the City of Alpine Tax Office — approved (transcript: approved unanimously; agreement text not specified).
• Grant approval (police grant) — approved; Council member Stones voted against the approval (the transcript names Stones as the dissent; no vote counts or grant amount were provided).
Discussion and context: meeting remarks included brief updates from the Alpine Country Club, the Alpine Volunteer Fire Department and from Emergent Air; those presenters gave short updates and directed questions elsewhere, according to the meeting recap. A workshop earlier in the evening covered employee insurance; no decisions were reported from that workshop during the meeting.
The transcript directs interested viewers to the City of Alpine YouTube channel for the full meeting video.
