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Votes at a glance: Lockhart council approves GBRA budgets, joins Water Secure MOU, delays CO vote and directs zoning review
Summary
This is a concise list of formal actions taken by Lockhart City Council on July 15, 2025.
This is a concise list of formal actions taken by Lockhart City Council on July 15, 2025. Text below reflects motions and outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript.
1) GBRA FY2025‑26 operating budgets (Lockhart water and wastewater plants) Motion: Approve the proposed FY2025‑26 GBRA operating budgets for Lockhart water and wastewater O&M (agenda item 5a). Mover: Mayor Pro Tem Gonzales Sanchez; Second: Councilman John Larson. Outcome: Approved (recorded as unanimous vote).
2) Memorandum of Understanding — GBRA Water Secure project Motion: Authorize the city to enter a nonbinding MOU to participate in GBRA’s Water Secure planning process (agenda item 5b). Mover: Mayor Pro Tem Gonzales Sanchez; Second: Councilman John Larson. Outcome: Approved (recorded as unanimous vote).
3) Resolution 2025‑22 — delay action on proposed Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation (up to $20,000,000) Motion: Approve resolution delaying action on the ordinance authorizing certificates until a regular council meeting on August 5, 2025 (agenda item 5c; resolution cited in packet as 2025‑22). Mover: Councilman Michaelson; Second: Mayor Pro Tem Gonzales Sanchez. Outcome: Approved 7‑0.
4) Directive to staff to initiate zoning amendments — manufactured housing Motion: Direct staff to initiate the process to amend Chapter 64 to restrict manufactured housing in specified residential zoning districts (agenda item h). Mover: Mayor; Second: Council member (unspecified in transcript). Outcome: Approved 6‑1. Staff to research legal implications (SB785) and coordinate with Planning & Zoning Commission; a joint workshop was requested.
5) Appointment — City Manager Motion: Approve contract appointing Joseph Rezendes as Lockhart City Manager, effective immediately with a start date in September. Mover: Mayor; Second: Mayor Pro Tem Gonzales Sanchez. Outcome: Approved 7‑0.
Other formal items noted in the meeting packet (presentation or acceptance items that did not record a separate council vote in the transcript) included: an investment report under the Texas Public Funds Investment Act for the quarter ending 06/30/2025 and a presentation from CARTS requesting $40,000 for FY2025‑26 (no final vote on the funding request was recorded at the meeting).
