Elgin City Council voted to authorize several administrative contracts and ordinances during its meeting, including hiring an interim city manager and approving vendor agreements and budgeted projects.

The council voted to authorize the mayor to enter into a contract with Isaac Turner to serve as interim city manager. The motion passed on a recorded roll call with council members voting in the affirmative (names recorded in the meeting transcript included McShane, Kosnowski, Gibson, Swayne, Love, Rodriguez and Dennis). No member was recorded as voting against the motion in the transcript.

Other formal actions approved by the council included:
- A funding agreement authorizing the mayor to execute a hotel occupancy tax (HOT) funding agreement between the City of Elgin and the Elgin Chamber of Commerce for operation of the visitor center (contracted amount noted in the meeting materials as approximately $52,000 for one year). The council voted to approve the amended agreement.
- A master professional services agreement and work authorization with Grading Solutions Corporation (Mansfield, Texas) for finance-related services, intended to help the city with grant compliance, auditing and related financial processing. Council approved moving forward with the contract.
- A contract award for the 2023–2024 annual street resurfacing program, including the Avenue B project (paving, curb and gutter and drainage work). Staff reported the project is within the previously encumbered budget and recommended approval. The council approved the contract.
- An ordinance amending city code time schedules for enforcement of school speed zones so posted enforcement hours match current school start and dismissal times. The ordinance does not change posted speed limits or speed-zone locations; it only adjusts enforcement hours.
- Appointment of a city staff member (Kaylee, Economic Development staff) to represent the city on the Chamber of Commerce board (council approved the appointment by motion and roll call).

Several items on the consent agenda were approved en bloc; the transcript recorded a roll call approving the consent agenda. Additional routine and informational items (CenterPoint Energy rate notice, board quarterly reports) were presented but required no council action.

The council recessed into executive session and reconvened before taking the personnel action to engage an interim city manager, among the items listed above.

Votes recorded in the meeting transcript were roll-call style and callers announced “yes” votes for each council member present; where specific numeric tallies were not read aloud, the transcript records individual yes votes rather than an aggregate count.

The council discussion and votes were procedural and within the meeting’s published agenda; staff will follow up to finalize contracts, publish ordinance changes, and implement the awarded resurfacing and finance services work as described in staff reports.