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Trustees approve minutes; hear parking, toll and financial reports and rollout plans for new payment system
Summary
The board approved May 15 minutes and received financial and parking-lot reports for August 2025, heard staff describe higher commercial traffic and pedestrian counts, and learned an upgraded toll/parking payment system will keep express cards and add stickers and a mobile app after full integration.
The City of Eagle Pass Bridge Board of Trustees approved minutes from its May 15, 2025 meeting and received financial, traffic and parking-lot reports for August 2025 during a special meeting Monday.
The presiding officer opened the meeting and asked for citizen communications; none were offered. A motion to approve the May 15 minutes was moved by Miss Valdez and seconded by Mister Sandoval; "Motion carries," the presiding officer said.
The finance report for the month ending Aug. 31, 2025, showed an increase of $109,294 (6.54%) in revenues compared with the same period in fiscal 2024, staff reported. "The actual year-to-date fiscal year 2025 revenues is 19,155,441 or 97.92% of the budgeted revenues at 91.67% of the fiscal year," the finance presenter said. Year-to-date operating expenditures were reported as $2,300,530 (93.44% to date). The staff report listed operating transfers to the city to date as $1,276,100; an "actual year-to-date transfer" figure in the recording was unclear and not specified.
Traffic counts and parking-lot figures: staff said noncommercial vehicle counts in August 2025 declined versus August 2024, while commercial traffic showed a marked increase. The board was told commercial crossings rose substantially; staff cited a "very good increase on commercial traffic" and attributed the change to long lines of commercial traffic heading to Mexico.
Pedestrian crossings were reported as 57,570 in August 2025 compared with 44,620 in August 2024; the report listed a net difference of 12,406 (27.8% increase). Motorcycle counts and other mode splits were also discussed in the presentation.
On parking-lot revenue, staff reported notable shifts between cash and card payments. The report said cash payments in August 2024 were 12,203 and in August 2025 were 4,623 (a decline). Credit-card revenue increased; staff said the parking system recorded credit-card receipts of $19,710.18 in August 2025 compared with $12,203 in August 2024. The report also noted an increase in tickets issued and an average price per ticket for August 2025 of $5.86.
Payment-system upgrades and operations: staff and parking operations personnel said the city is completing a toll/parking system integration. Existing express cards will remain valid. "We're gonna keep the same express cards for the people who are customer, they already have one," staff said. City staff said stickers for vehicles are expected in two to three weeks and a mobile app rollout will follow once full integration is complete; staff estimated the app could appear about 60 days after full integration.
Board members asked whether express cards would be phased out; staff replied the plan is to go "full blown" to a new system over time but existing express cards will continue to work.
Ending: The presiding officer asked for any other questions and then called for a motion to adjourn; the motion to adjourn was moved by Mister Sandoval and seconded by Miss Valdez and the meeting was adjourned.
