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Votes at a glance: Eagle Pass council approves ordinances, contracts and appointments; several items approved unanimously

6490514 · October 15, 2025

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Summary

Council approved a series of business items including a multifamily trash ordinance, appointments to boards, a landscape contract award, an ambulance services agreement, and PID/TIRZ items; the council also rejected a lapsed IT RFP and approved lighting and other awards.

Below are concise outcomes of formal votes taken at the City of Eagle Pass special meeting on Oct. 14, 2025. This summary lists each action recorded in the meeting minutes and the immediate next steps staff were asked to carry out.

• Multifamily refuse containers (Item 6): Council approved an ordinance to require multifamily properties with more than four residential units to use a three‑yard commercial container for refuse rather than multiple individual 96‑gallon carts. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Lamon; second by Councilwoman Diaz. Outcome: approved (consensus recorded). Staff noted billing will remain with the property owner where appropriate and that the ordinance codifies an existing operating practice.

• Consent‑agenda rescind and approval (consent items pulled): The mayor rescinded prior consent approval of item 3 to discuss toll/express card fees; council then approved remaining consent items 2 and 4 by unanimous vote.

• International bridge fee package (related items 8 and 3): See separate article — council approved commercial fee increases, and later amended the express/toll‑tag rate to $4 and cash to $6 for second reading.

• Library Board appointments (Item 9): Council approved appointments to the Eagle Pass Public Library Board for two‑year terms: Irma Gonzalez (Place 1), Claudia Delgado Valdez (Place 2), Maribel Ramirez (Place 3), Myra Batalia (Place 4), and Jesse Fuentes (Place 5). Motion passed unanimously.

• Animal Welfare Board (Item 10): Council tabled appointments for the animal welfare board; motion to table passed.

• Maverick County Appraisal District nomination (Item 11): Council nominated Mayor Aron Valdez as the city’s candidate to the board of directors for the Maverick County Appraisal District; motion passed unanimously.

• Amended and restated interlocal agreement for TIRZ (Item 12): Council approved an amended and restated interlocal agreement with Maverick County concerning participation in Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) No. 1; bond counsel and the county had already approved clarifications. Motion passed (one abstention recorded in the transcript during roll call). Staff said no substantive changes were made to the deal points but clerical clarifications were incorporated.

• PID preliminary service and assessment plan (Item 13): Council approved the preliminary service and assessment plan for Eagle Pass Public Improvement District No. 1 and directed staff to file the proposed assessment roll and to publish and mail notice of the statutorily required public hearing. Motion passed unanimously. Staff said the approval is a procedural milestone and that no bonds will be sold at this step.

• Ambulance services / software agreement (Item 14): Council authorized the city manager to enter into a three‑way agreement among the city, First2 Holding Inc., and Emergicon LLC to consolidate EMS/fire reporting and billing onto a single software platform and to contract billing services. Motion passed 4–0 (one councilmember absent). Staff said Emergicon will be compensated from EMS billing revenue per the proposed arrangement.

• IT management RFP (Item 15): Staff recommended rejecting the previously opened IT management proposals because the 90‑day acceptance window had lapsed; council voted unanimously to reject and to rebid.

• Citywide landscape and turf maintenance (Item 16): After evaluation of three proposals, council approved awarding the citywide landscape/turf contract to The Green Company Landscape and Irrigation as the highest‑scoring proposer; contract not to exceed approximately $949,140 (including optional items), per staff recommendation. Motion passed.

• Hondo Gadea Park lighting (Item 18): Council approved award to Barretas Electric for the park lighting project pending submittal and approval of required photometric plans; staff said the work will be funded from parkland dedication funds and that the photometric plan will ensure the trail is uniformly illuminated. Motion passed.

• Executive‑session outcomes: Council voted in open session on executive‑session matters: (Item 21) decline an offer for certain properties (230 Main St., 260 Washington St.) and direct staff to seek a broker; (Item 22) reappoint the municipal court judge and assistant municipal court judge with benefits as discussed in executive session; (Item 23) authorize the city manager to continue negotiations on a fire and EMS services agreement with Maverick County; and (Item 24) approve the city attorney contract amendment as discussed in executive session. All motions passed; records indicate unanimous support on each recorded motion.

The council asked staff to provide supporting documentation, refined budgets, and project timelines on several of these items ahead of further readings or contract execution.