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Harlingen commission approves multiple ETJ releases and routine consent items, including speed‑hump locations
Summary
On first readings and consent motions the commission approved several extraterritorial‑jurisdiction (ETJ) releases/de‑annexations, authorized up to $40,000 for a planning counter, overhired three firefighters, and approved a set of speed‑hump locations after pulling items from consent for discussion.
The Harlingen City Commission approved multiple land‑use ordinances and routine actions during its session, including first‑reading ordinances to release portions of land from the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction, capital authorization for a planning counter, and personnel and intergovernmental agreements.
Land‑use votes: The commission read and approved on first reading several ETJ release/de‑annexation ordinances describing tracts by acreage and subdivision legal descriptions. Staff explained many petitions for ETJ release are ministerial under recent state law; in public discussion a commissioner noted that if the city denies a…
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