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Dripping Springs council approves festival plan, GIS contract, attorney agreements and job descriptions
Summary
At its Nov. 18 meeting the council approved the 2026 Founders Day Festival site plan, a GIS contract with Burgess & Niple, a short-term services agreement with outgoing City Attorney Laura Mueller, appointed a successor city attorney (name recorded in motion), and approved job descriptions for two city positions.
The Dripping Springs City Council on Nov. 18 approved a set of routine and personnel items including event logistics, professional services contracts and job descriptions.
Council approved the 2026 Founders Day Festival site plan after a presentation from Emily Nelson, assistant director of community parks and community services, who described new festival zones, a relocated carnival footprint and a reimagined walking parade route staged on school property. "It's a walking parade," Nelson said, describing the revised staging and parade route.
The council also approved a budgeted agreement with Burgess & Niple to develop a geographic information system (GIS) database that will document the city’s water and wastewater infrastructure; staff said the contract exceeded the manager's $50,000 threshold and therefore required council action.
Council approved a personal services arrangement to retain outgoing City Attorney Laura Mueller on a short‑term contractor basis from Nov. 23 through Jan. 2, 2026, with not‑to‑exceed amounts for specified services; Mueller recommended approval and a motion carried. The council then moved to appoint Ani Salani (name recorded in the motion) as city attorney; the motion passed by voice vote.
Council also approved a resolution delegating the city’s nine votes in the Hays County Appraisal District board election to the mayor and approved job descriptions for a project manager and a utilities coordinator. Several motions were passed by voice vote; the transcript records the motions as carried but does not show individual roll‑call tallies.
Items pulled or deferred: one contract was pulled to the Dec. 2 meeting because of last‑minute non‑substantive changes, and staff said an AI policy will be posted to the Dec. 2 agenda for department head review.
The meeting recessed into closed session for specified real property and personnel matters and returned to open session, at which time council approved the personnel job descriptions and adjourned the meeting.
