Residents press council on alleged reporting errors, city staff respond they corrected TCEQ filing

Several residents used the public‑comment period at the March 24 council meeting to press for accountability over public‑works work and reporting.

Resident Michael Fanino urged the council to verify whether the city manager lives inside city limits, saying he had been approached by "serious people" who raised the question and offering to submit a procedural recommendation to the city secretary. "Given the validity of the people who have approached me, it's not the question that's absurd," Fanino said during his remarks.

Resident James Seals made a series of allegations against the city manager and the city engineer, including that a promised construction timeline "never existed," that MS4 reports to TCEQ were altered and that the city failed to correct published errors. "Lack of accountability is a virus that paralyzes progress," Seals told the council, and he urged responses grounded strictly in documented fact.

Public‑works staff (referred to in the meeting as Zager) acknowledged an error in the city's annual report to TCEQ related to septic tanks, said the city notified TCEQ and followed required correction procedures, and described prior septic‑tank elimination programs and ongoing projects to bring sewer to currently unserved areas. On the traffic complaints raised for Llewellyn Drive, staff said a speed study confirmed excessive speeds and that the city is first pursuing signage, radar feedback signs and increased police presence before considering other physical traffic‑calming measures.

Council members responded that citizen concerns should be met with documented information; staff indicated it would continue to update the council and pursue remedial steps.