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Votes at a glance: Groves City Council, Sept. 22, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions and council votes taken Sept. 22, 2025, including ordinance approvals, event funding, procurement and administrative appointments.
The Groves City Council took the following formal actions on Sept. 22, 2025. Votes are recorded as stated on the meeting record.
1) Approve minutes of the Sept. 8, 2025 council meeting and joint public hearing. Outcome: passed (vote recorded: Mayor 'aye'; Mayor Pro Temkinidis 'aye'; Councilmember Holmes 'aye'; Councilmember Gay 'aye'; Councilmember McGowan 'aye').
2) Supplemental hotel-occupancy-tax funding request by the Groves Pecan Festival. Outcome: approved (vote recorded: unanimous of members present).
3) Hotel-occupancy-tax funding request by Groves Chamber of Commerce ($6,300). Outcome: approved (vote recorded: unanimous of members present).
4) Carnival license for the Groves Pecan Festival (Lions Park, Oct. 12, 2025). Outcome: approved (vote recorded: unanimous of members present). Conditions: vendor must provide insurance naming the city as an additional insured and pass independent ride inspections.
5) Approve closure of segments of West Washington Avenue and Doyle Street for National Night Out (Oct. 7, 2025). Outcome: approved (vote recorded: unanimous of members present).
6) Amend previously approved resolution 2025-06 authorizing MVCPA grant application (clerical correction). Outcome: approved (vote recorded: unanimous of members present). Staff said the MVCPA award is about $64,000 with a city match bringing the total near $76,000.
7) Adopt ordinance 2025-18 authorizing increase in TMRS employee contribution rate to 7% and authorizing service-credit updates. Outcome: adopted (vote recorded: unanimous of members present).
8) Appoint mayor, city manager and finance director as the 2025 audit-selection review committee for auditing-services RFP responses. Outcome: approved (vote recorded: unanimous of members present).
9) Adopt ordinance 2025-19 granting a specific-use permit for apartments at 2238 Main Ave. Outcome: adopted (vote recorded: unanimous of members present). Planning and zoning recommended approval; drainage questions reported answered.
10) Purchase of traffic sign printer and associated equipment (approx. $54,000). Outcome: approved (vote recorded: majority; one councilmember expressed questions during discussion).
11) Purchase of a skid-steer track loader (funding reallocated from demolition and sanitation funds). Outcome: approved (vote recorded: unanimous of members present).
12) Approve Sept. 22, 2025 invoice list (included large items such as garbage containers $46,641; chassis for a grapple truck ~$107,000; ZOLL CPR device $23,126.74). Outcome: approved (vote recorded: unanimous of members present).
13) Enter executive session under Texas Government Code Sec. 551.071 to consult with the city attorney on pending or contemplated litigation. Outcome: executive session held; no further action recorded in open session on the litigation matter.
Where the transcript did not identify a mover or seconder for a motion, those fields are recorded as not specified. Where individual roll-call names were used in the transcript they are shown by title as recorded in the meeting (for example, "Mayor" rather than a full name in the verbatim vote line).
