San Benito's City Commission approved a series of motions Nov. 4 covering consent items, grants, contracts and payments.

Consent agenda: The commission approved the bulk consent agenda after removing items 3 and 5 for individual consideration. The consent package included subdivision and planning approvals such as the proposed 9-lot residential subdivision on Schneider Road (variance to connect to a 6-inch water line pending fire-hydrant and engineering requirements) and the Sun Subdivision (MHC Fun and Sun LLC) for a mobile-home development that will connect to city water and include 12 fire hydrants.

Grants and contracts: The commission accepted a fiscal-year 2025 COPS hiring grant for the San Benito Police Department in the amount of $250,000. It also approved award of RFP 2025-11-01 to CSRS LLC for a Safe Streets and Roads for All action plan in the amount of $274,000; staff said that plan will help the city pursue state and federal sidewalk and crosswalk funding. The commission approved a master services agreement with Axon Enterprises to add three fleet cameras with automatic license-plate-reader integration (funded from seized assets) and ratified a two-year agreement with Lex Bowl LLC for grant-writing services totaling $8,009.25 for the police department.

Payments and project bills: The commission approved payment #12 to CCRMA for the North William Road Phase 1 project in the amount of $89,764.26 and payment #4 to CCRMA for the Stenger Road concrete path project for $20,096.76.

Other items: The commission proclaimed November 2025 as Children's Grief Awareness Month and approved a standard resolution responding to Texas Gas Service Companies' statement of intent to increase rates; both were adopted by voice votes. All motions taken during the meeting were approved by voice; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the meeting transcript.