Kyle council votes to end council-issued credit cards, forms compensation review process

The Kyle City Council on Dec. 6 directed the city manager to return proposed policy and ordinance language to eliminate city-issued Citi credit cards for council members and to convene a compensation-review committee under section 3.09 of the city charter to evaluate council pay and expense procedures.

Council members Mark McKinney and Melissa Medina led the effort, saying council-issued cards and reimbursements overlap and that a fixed stipend would simplify accounting and reduce staff time spent reconciling receipts. McKinney said the stipend should cover small community expenses such as meeting materials or coffee for constituents, while eliminating routine credit-card use.

Brian Langley, the city manager, told the council staff would return a resolution to form the compensation committee and an ordinance that amends the council expense policy, and that council would still review and adopt any final changes as part of the FY2026–27 budget process. Langley said ordinances would require first and second readings unless approved unanimously.

Council members emphasized they expect the committee to have sufficient time to review options before budget adoption and noted the charter requires that compensation changes go through the committee. The motions to direct staff to prepare the committee resolution and amend expenditures passed by voice vote and recorded roll call where required; the motions were seconded and entered as council direction to staff.

The changes follow extended public comment and council discussion about transparency and prior concerns over council credit-card charges. The council’s direction does not immediately change pay or remove cards; staff will return specific ordinance language, implementation details and fiscal impacts for a future council vote.