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Council approves consent agenda, two rezonings and minor code clarification on trash collection
Summary
The Abilene City Council approved consent agenda items 3–9, a minor amendment to Chapter 7 of the city code clarifying municipal solid waste responsibilities, and two rezoning requests (202602 at 2002 Jamieson Street and 2026-07 at 5401 Memorial Drive). All measures passed by voice vote; one abstention was noted on item 9.
The Abilene City Council on [date not specified] approved the consent agenda and several routine items, adopted a small amendment clarifying city responsibilities for municipal solid waste, and approved two separate rezoning requests.
A single motion carried the consent agenda (items 3–9) after a council member moved and another seconded; the clerk recorded 'All yeses' and one speaker asked that an abstention be noted on item 9. The motion carried.
Public works director Max Johnson presented a minor ordinance change to Chapter 7 of the city code to clarify when refuse and municipal solid waste collection is the city's responsibility — for example when construction and demolition debris is mixed with regular municipal solid waste — and to reaffirm permitting for recyclables and exceptions for construction roll-offs. Johnson said the change 'clarifies a little bit to ensure that we have the teeth to be able to enforce.' The council opened and closed the public hearing with no speakers, then voted to adopt the clarification.
Tim Littlejohn, director of planning and development, presented zoning case 202602 (HIT Ventures LLC) to rezone about 3.65 acres at 2002 Jamieson Street from Planned Development District 116 to General Commercial. Notices produced no returned opposition; Planning & Zoning recommended approval and the council voted to approve the rezoning.
Littlejohn also presented zoning case 2026-07, a request to change about 3.87 acres at 5401 Memorial Drive from General Retail to Light Industrial. The city received one returned notice in opposition (noted in the record as 17.29% in opposition). Clint Rosenbaum, the applicant’s agent, told the council the developer plans to have the property face Windmill Circle and does not plan to create a connector to Memorial. The council approved the rezoning.
Clerk-recorded votes were announced by voice; the transcript records unanimous 'All yeses' on the motions following standard procedural seconds and one abstention noted on item 9. The mayor declared the motions carried.
The council recessed into executive session later in the meeting and reconvened without reporting formal votes from that session.
