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Votes at a glance: San Benito City Commission actions, April 1, 2025
Summary
The commission approved a disaster declaration, ratified towing expenditures, approved a conditional use permit for a 240 sq ft storage building, approved a preliminary plat for Villa Dolce subdivision, confirmed several board appointments, and deferred action on a primary depository services RFA.
At its April 1 meeting the San Benito City Commission took the following recorded actions and voice votes (motions and seconder listed when given):
- Conditional use permit (CUP) for storage building at 29935 Zillowick Road (applicant Isabel Castillo). Motion to approve by Commissioner Goodman; second by Mayor Pro Tem Galvan. Outcome: approved. Staff advised the storage building is 240 square feet and that the permit is not annual but may be revoked if problems arise.
- Preliminary plat: Villa Dolce Subdivision, a proposed 12‑lot residential subdivision (Stone Spring Investments LLC) in the city's 1‑mile extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Motion to approve by Commissioner (recorded as Mayor) Paul Tim Galvan; seconder recorded. Outcome: approved. Presentation noted lots will connect to existing San Benito water, lots will use septic tanks, and developer proposes two fire hydrants and on‑site detention per city requirements.
- Order 2025-0401: Declaration of disaster due to heavy rainfall resulting in widespread flooding in the city of San Benito. Motion to approve by Mayor Paul Tim Galvan; second by Commissioner Morales. Outcome: approved.
- Ratification of expenditures associated with severe-weather stranded vehicles, towing services and relocation. Motion to approve by Commissioner Navarro; second by Commissioner Goodman. Outcome: approved. Staff said the commission will be presented with a full accounting and may need a budget amendment.
- Consent agenda items 3, 4, 5 and 6 were approved as a group (motion and seconder recorded). Items 1 and 2 were removed from the consent agenda for separate consideration (those items are the CUP and Villa Dolce preliminary plat listed above).
- RFA 2025-2-1: Primary depository services contract for the City of San Benito and San Benito Economic Development Corporation. Staff recommended no action at this meeting; the commission deferred the item to the next meeting.
- Board appointments: The commission approved multiple appointments to the Building Standards and Renewal Board, including Noelia Nadine Barrera, Ricardo Guerra, Ernesto Garcia and Anna Yanez (motions and second recorded). Outcome: appointments approved.
- Executive session: The commission entered executive session and later reported a motion to enter into an agreement for purchase and legal review; no detailed public actions or vote tallies were provided in the meeting minutes beyond a voice vote to adjourn.
All votes during the meeting were recorded as voice votes in the transcript; no roll‑call vote tallies with named yes/no/abstain counts were read into the record during the meeting transcript.
Ending Items that were deferred or noted for follow-up include the RFA for banking services and staff commitments to return with a detailed accounting of storm‑related expenditures and with UTRGV study results for drainage monitoring.
