McGregor council approves package of grants, infrastructure and economic development measures

The McGregor City Council on Oct. 13 approved a series of resolutions, contracts and motions covering short-term rentals, a utility rate case intervention, grant signatories for a General Land Office (GLO) award, a TxDOT funding agreement for pedestrian signals, and several economic-development transactions.

The measures approved included a specific-use permit for a bed-and-breakfast/short-term rental at 302 Pierce Street; Resolution R-16-2025, recommending denial of Encore Electric Delivery Company’s rate increase filing and seeking reimbursement of the city’s reasonable rate‑case expenses; Resolution R-18-2025 and R-19-2025 to establish authorized signatories and civil‑rights policies required by a Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation (GLO) Resilient Communities Program (RCP) award; acceptance of an advanced funding agreement amendment with the Texas Department of Transportation for pedestrian-activated crossing signals on State Highway 317; authorization to join the Central Texas Water Alliance; and approvals related to Project Merlin, Project Star and a wastewater reuse agreement with SpaceX.

Council members voted without recorded roll-call tallies on the routine “aye/nay” voice votes shown in the meeting. For each item the council called for verbal aye/nays and the motions…