Votes at a glance: Josephine City Council actions on May 12, 2025

Below are the final motions and recorded outcomes from the City Council meeting of May 12, 2025 (items list reflects motions made and recorded outcomes in the meeting minutes/audio):

- Consent agenda: Motion to approve consent agenda as presented — carried (3 votes in favor, 0 against). No individual items pulled on the record.

- Annexation and annexation services agreement (830 E Street): Motion to approve annexation service agreements and ordinance annexing a 1-acre tract contiguous to city limits (830 E Street) — carried (3-0). Public hearing opened and closed with no public speakers on the annexation item.

- AGCM project update (public safety / community center): Motion to accept the AGCM report — carried (3-0). Staff/contractor reported construction progress; minor floor condition being monitored.

- Dunaway engineering report (development updates including Morningside, Morgan Farms, wastewater plants): Motion to accept Dunaway engineering report — carried (3-0).

- Kimley-Horn monthly engineering report (Greenville Ave, stormwater utility, parks/trails and ground storage tank modeling): Motion to accept Kimley-Horn report — carried (3-0). Council approved an amendment to IPO No. 30 (on-call engineering) to raise the cap so on-call services can continue (item 4.8) — motion carried (3-0); the amendment amount presented was an amount not to exceed $50,000 (as stated in agenda item text).

- Milton Street sanitary sewer and street rehabilitation: Motion to reject all bids received for the Milton Street project (lowest bid presented as 1.5; highest as 3.2, amounts as stated in meeting) — carried (3-0). Follow-up motion to approve Dunaway Engineering to provide engineering design, administration and inspection for a revised Milton Street 12-inch gravity line extension project — carried (3-0).

- Development agreement amendment: Motion to approve amendment to the development agreement between City of Josephine and Double R Land Company, with amendments to specify approximately 14 acres for commercial land use (to be verified by staff) and 85 homes using farmhouse elevations — carried (3-0). Staff will verify acreage and include the verified acreage in the final amendment text and minutes.

- Agreement with Nevada Special Utility District: Motion to approve agreement regarding transfer of certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) — carried (3-0). The swap transfers portions of service area between the city and Nevada SUD; staff noted maps and that the corresponding Mud application had been filed with TCEQ.

Procedural notes: Most recorded motions carried unanimously among the three members present; absent councilmembers were noted at roll call. Where dollar amounts or acreage were discussed, council required staff verification before finalizing contract or amendment language. Several items were informational (construction reports); where residents raised concerns (notably Magnolia Point), staff committed to follow-up but no immediate ordinance or moratorium was adopted.