An evening meeting of the City of Laredo Planning and Zoning Commission scheduled for Dec. 18, 2025, was recessed after commissioners determined they did not have a quorum, an unidentified presiding speaker said.

The meeting was called to order at 6:04 p.m., and the presiding speaker conducted a roll call. Hector J. Garcia, Rolando Casares, Mercurio (Mercury) Martinez and John D. Beckenheimer were recorded as present. Cindy I. Cantu was noted as absent but the transcript records she was expected to arrive within 15 minutes; Michael Barron was recorded absent.

The presiding speaker later stated that the commission did not have a quorum and therefore could not make any formal decisions or votes. For the record, staff confirmed at 6:16 p.m. that a quorum was not present. The presiding speaker apologized to applicants and others in attendance "for the purposes of establishing quorum" and said staff would meet with applicants to reschedule their items.

No formal motions, votes, hearings, presentations, or substantive deliberations occurred before the session was recessed. Commissioners and staff thanked attendees and offered holiday wishes before the meeting closed; the transcript indicates staff will follow up to set a new hearing date.

Attendance and procedural details in the transcript were limited to roll call and the quorum determination; the commission took no official actions at this session.