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Council approves consent items, amends city manager and city secretary agreements; all measures pass 7‑0
Summary
Highland Village City Council unanimously approved consent items including a budget ordinance amendment and two administrative items, and authorized mayor to sign amendments increasing paid personal days and retirement/401A contributions for city manager and city secretary.
The Highland Village City Council unanimously approved consent items and two personnel contract amendments during its April meeting.
Council voted 7‑0 to approve the consent agenda, which included minutes from the April 8, 2025 regular meeting; an ordinance adopting amendments to the FY 2024‑25 budget (identified in the meeting as "ordinance 2025‑13‑25" in staff reading); a resolution authorizing a contract with 512 Painting and Remodeling LLC for the Lake Vista Ground Storage Tank repainting project; and an ordinance adding a code provision related to termination of campaign treasurer appointment for inactive candidates or committees (staff read the ordinance and code citation during the consent presentation).
After a closed session under the Texas Government Code, the council took two actions related to city personnel. By a 7‑0 vote, the council authorized the mayor to negotiate and sign an amendment to the city manager’s employment agreement to increase paid personal days to a total of 10 for calendar year 2025, increase the total to 12 effective calendar year 2026 and after, and to increase the city’s contribution to the city manager’s 457 account from 2% to 3% effective Oct. 1, 2025. The council then voted 7‑0 to authorize the mayor to negotiate and sign an amendment to the city secretary’s employment agreement to increase the city’s contribution to the city secretary’s 401(a) account to $14,500 effective Oct. 1, 2025.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda (items 10, 11, 13, 14 as read): Approved 7‑0. Items read into the record included: minutes (04/08/2025); ordinance adopting budget amendments for FY 2024‑25 (read as "ordinance 2025‑13‑25"); resolution 2025‑3184 (Lake Vista Ground Storage Tank Repainting Project contract with 512 Painting and Remodeling LLC); and an ordinance adding section 2.020.003 to Chapter 2 of the city code concerning termination of campaign treasurer appointment (first reading for that ordinance).
- City manager employment agreement amendment: Approved 7‑0. Motion authorized mayor to negotiate and sign amendment increasing paid personal days to 10 for 2025 and to 12 for 2026 onward, and increasing city contribution to manager’s 457 account from 2% to 3% effective 10/01/2025.
- City secretary employment agreement amendment: Approved 7‑0. Motion authorized mayor to negotiate and sign amendment increasing city contribution to city secretary’s 401(a) account to $14,500 effective 10/01/2025.
The meeting minutes and staff briefing materials provide the ordinance and resolution identifiers read into the record; if readers require formal citation numbers or full text of ordinances and contracts, the city secretary’s office holds the official records.
No controversial votes were recorded; each motion carried unanimously by voice vote and the presiding officer announced each outcome as "carries seven‑zero."
