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Council directs city manager to propose interim legislative topics including disabled-veteran exemption reimbursement and annexation study

City of Copperas Cove City Council · February 4, 2026
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Summary

Council gave direction to the city manager to prepare a unified list of interim legislative topics for Senator Flores’ office, suggesting a 100% disabled veterans exemption reimbursement and a study of annexation impacts; a councilmember urged framing mental-health-related public-safety topics as quality-of-life initiatives.

The Copperas Cove City Council on Feb. 3 instructed the city manager to draft and forward suggested interim legislative topics to Senator Flores’ office, which represents the region, and recommended that the mayor sign a letter transmitting those topics.

City manager Ryan Havela outlined the interim process used by the Texas Legislature during…

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