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At a glance: major votes and council actions from the May 15 Eagle Pass meeting
Summary
Council approved the consent agenda, adopted the child-safety residency ordinance after executive session, approved a land-lease/MOU with Verifiber, awarded procurement contracts for lobbying and downtown brokerage, and tabled the scooter ordinance and the summer schedule pilot for further work.
Key votes and outcomes from the Eagle Pass City Council meeting on May 15:
- Consent agenda: approved unanimously. - Item 6 (child-safety residency ordinance): adopted after executive session; establishes a 1,500-foot residency restriction for registered offenders whose offenses involve children; staff to implement signage and public maps. - Item 7 (motor-assisted scooters ordinance): moved to executive session and tabled for further review. - Item 8 (certificates of obligation up to $15M): staff and PFM presented a notice-of-intent proposal; council debated capacity and sequencing with larger bridge projects and did not authorize publication or a binding sale at the meeting (sponsor rescinded a pending motion); staff will return with financing scenarios. - Item 9 (golf course advisory board revision): council approved clarified resolution and appointed the mayor to the council seat on the seven-member advisory board. - Item 10 (federal legislative and lobbying services – RFP): council approved awarding the Normandy Group a contract to provide lobbying services, with a requirement for reporting and a six-month review. - Item 11 (downtown properties brokerage RFQ): council authorized negotiation with Aranda Real Estate for downtown brokerage services. - Item 13 (land lease/MOU with Verifiber): approved unanimously to allow Verifiber equipment placement at the recycling-center property; lease terms and monthly rent described in presentation. - Item 14 (summer schedule pilot): council directed staff to return with one- and two-month pilot plans and tabled final action to the next meeting. - Item 15 (Safe Streets CSAP): consultants presented the draft CSAP; staff will bring the plan back for adoption May 19 to enable SS4A grant application by May 26. - Executive session outcomes (items 6, 16, 17, 18): council returned from closed session and approved item 6 (ordinance adoption) and directed staff on waterworks negotiations (item 16), an extension (item 17), and fire/EMS negotiations with Maverick County (item 18).
Several votes were recorded as unanimous in open session; multiple items were tabled or deferred pending additional staff analysis.
