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Votes at a glance: Alice City Council actions — March meeting
Summary
Council approved consent minutes and several resolutions, adopted a hazard mitigation plan, approved a waterline MOU with Jim Wells County, ratified grant submissions, and approved drought plan revisions and a water supply contract amendment.
At its March meeting the Alice City Council took action on several routine and substantive items. The following is a summary of motions and recorded outcomes on agenda items that produced formal council action.
• Consent agenda (item 5.1): Council approved the consent agenda, including February council minutes. The motion passed by voice vote.
• Resolution objecting to CenterPoint Energy rate increase (item 6.1): Council approved a standard coalition resolution to object to a proposed rate increase by CenterPoint Energy Resources Corporation and authorized continued participation in the Texas Coast Utilities Coalition of Cities. The motion passed by voice vote.
• Jim Wells County multi‑jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan update (item 6.2): Council adopted a resolution approving the county’s updated hazard mitigation plan and appointed the mayor to carry out required notifications and annual reviews. Staff said FEMA and the state had previously reviewed and approved the plan. The motion passed by voice vote.
• Memorandum of Understanding for waterline extension (item 6.3): Council approved an MOU with Jim Wells County for construction of a 12‑inch, 2,200‑foot loop to serve the multimodal transit facility on FM 1554. On the record, county materials were quoted at $140,074 and the city’s reimbursable labor at $42,000; council approved the MOU by voice vote.
• Operation Lone Star grant submission (item 6.4): Council adopted a resolution ratifying submission of a fiscal‑year 2026 Operation Lone Star grant application to the Office of the Governor for overtime and equipment funds for police and fire/EMS. The chief said the city has participated in the program since 2021. The motion passed by voice vote.
• Drought contingency plan revisions (item 6.5): Council approved revisions to the retail and wholesale drought contingency plan that tighten watering restrictions for ornamental turf at current drought stages and explicitly allow watering of food‑bearing gardens and trees. Staff cited reservoir levels and pending alternative supply (second well/desalination) testing. The motion passed by voice vote.
• Sixth amendment to water supply agreement (executive session, agenda 8.2): After a closed‑session consultation with counsel, council voted in open session to approve the sixth amendment to the water supply agreement between the City of Alice and 7 Seas Water Solutions and authorized the city manager to sign necessary documents. The motion passed by voice vote.
Votes recorded on the meeting transcript are consistently recorded as voice votes of “aye”/“motion passes”; the transcript does not include a roll call tally listing each councilmember’s individual vote for these items. Where financial figures were discussed during debate, those figures are noted above as stated on the record. No ordinance readings requiring separate hearings were recorded at this meeting.
Items that were informational and required no council vote included the street improvement plan presentation, parks and recreation update, SpyderTech software implementation report, and the January financial report.
The council adjourned at 1:20 p.m.
