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Votes at a glance: Cleburne council approves plats, pay ordinances, bond documents, hangar lease, zoning and infrastructure contracts
Summary
The City of Cleburne council approved a multi‑item consent agenda and several action items including a TWDB‑subsidized bond package for water projects, a master lease for Hangar 99, an overlay amendment to require SUPs for gas stations, a floodplain code clarification, and a water‑line construction contract; item 7.11 was approved with one abstention for a conflict.
Council voted on a number of ordinances, resolutions and contracts during the meeting. Key outcomes:
• Consent agenda (minus pulled item 7.11): Motion by Oliver Cosby, second by John Warren; motion carried unanimously. Items included plats for Frontier phases, civil‑service pay scale updates, pay provisions for police and fire certifications/recruitment incentives, CIP reporting, an interlocal contract for asphalt street maintenance (up to $250,000), a TWDB Drinking Water State Revolving Fund grant agreement, policy renewal for tax abatement guidelines, and a downtown building rehabilitation matching incentive agreement.
• Item 7.11 (downtown building Rehabilitation Matching Incentive Program agreement with June and Bradley Bates for property at 108 South Catter Street): Pulled earlier; motion to approve carried on a 3–0 vote with Mayor Pro Tem Blake Jones absent from the room and recorded as abstaining due to a filed conflict.
• Resolution designating areas as Mann Family Industrial Park (8.1): Motion made and carried unanimously; staff will develop a marker and identified no impact to current property owners.
• Ordinance authorizing issuance of City of Cleburne Water Works and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2026 (8.2): Council approved the ordinance. Staff said the TWDB grant/loan package covers $4.7M of projects with about $2.414M in loan forgiveness/grant and approximately $2.32M in subsidized revenue bonds; staff anticipated closing May 20.
• Resolution reauthorizing master tenant lease agreement with Plain Place Aviation LLC for Hangar 99 at the Cleburne Airport (8.3): Approved unanimously; lease includes lessee investment ($1.2M improvements), a 30‑year term with two 5‑year options, annual rent projected at $143,000 and city utility participation capped at $200,000 to support fire suppression infrastructure.
• Ordinance amending Henderson Street overlay to add a specific use permit requirement for gas stations in a specified area (8.4): After a public hearing with no speakers, council approved the amendment unanimously; Planning & Zoning had recommended approval 6–0.
• Ordinance amending the floodplain management code to require form‑board surveys and clarify when finished‑floor elevation certification occurs (8.5): Approved unanimously after a brief presentation; staff framed it as a technical clarification to avoid costly post‑construction noncompliance.
• Lake of Martie 16‑inch water transmission line improvement project contract award (8.6): Circle H Contractors LP recommended as best value (bid $1,017,093) with change orders up to $100,000, total project budget $1,117,093; council approved the contract unanimously.
Several items were informational or presented for future implementation (e.g., Evergreen study implementation, Lead/Copper inventory work). Where recorded, motions, seconders and vote outcomes are noted in council minutes and the public record.
