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Elgin council approves consent items, new police admin position and election ordinance
Summary
Council approved the consent agenda (minutes and drainage-property-acquisition resolution), authorized a funded police administrative assistant position to handle increasing open-records workload, and adopted an ordinance calling the May 2, 2026 general election; roll-call votes were recorded for each motion.
The City of Elgin City Council approved several items at the meeting, including consent items, a police-department staffing resolution, and an ordinance calling the May 2, 2026 general election.
Consent agenda: The council approved the January 20 meeting minutes and a resolution authorizing the city to execute property-acquisition contracts for the Kennedy Street and County Line Road drainage projects. A motion to approve the consent agenda was made and seconded; roll call recorded affirmative votes (Love; Saint Pierre; Rodriguez; Grim; McShannon; Kesnoski; Gibson; Twain) and the motion carried.
Police department administrative position: Commander Todd Johnson outlined a request for one full-time-equivalent administrative assistant in the police department to manage open-records requests (including redaction of body- and dash-cam video), which have increased sharply (staff reported a monthly average of 111 requests and multiday processing times for complex requests). Johnson said the position is funded for the remainder of the fiscal year from salary savings. A council motion to approve the resolution passed on recorded votes (Rodriguez; Grama; McShane; Kuznovsky; Gibson; Wayne; Love; Saint Pierre).
Election ordinance: Council considered an ordinance calling the general election for May 2, 2026, designating precincts and polling places. Staff said the city will use the North Bastrop County Annex at 704 Bull Run Road for the city election and explained differences in primary polling arrangements tied to county logistics and turnout. The council voted to adopt the ordinance (roll call recorded favorable votes including Crimp, Mcchen, Kosnovsky, Gibson, Love, Saint Pierre, Rodriguez and others as recorded).
Executive session note: The council recessed into executive session under Texas Government Code section 551.071 and later reconvened, reporting no action on the Emergency Services District No. 3 agreement or matters relating to Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 2.
Votes and motions recorded at this meeting are summarized below.
