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Votes at a glance: Llano City Council approves audits, repairs, personnel changes, appointments and contracts
Summary
The council approved extending the audit engagement with Brooks Watson & Company, authorized insulator replacements after storm flashovers, adopted a nepotism policy change (ordinance 15‑96), appointed an airport planning advisory committee, accepted subdivision infrastructure (Resolution R 20 26-20), approved a grounds‑maintenance contract, and authorized RFPs/RFQs for TWDB funds.
At a single meeting the Llano City Council approved a series of administrative motions and contracts:
- Audit engagement: Council voted to extend its engagement with Brooks Watson & Company for audits through the next period; staff said the firm delivers timely audits and an RFP would be required to change auditors. (Motion carried.)
- Utilities repair: Council approved prompt replacement of porcelain insulators on the city's oldest river crossing (PG 110 H structure and substation) after staff reported storm-related flashovers affecting homes and businesses; the work was described as urgent to avoid further outages. (Motion carried.)
- Personnel policy (nepotism): Council approved ordinance 15‑96 to revise chapter 3, section 4 of the personnel policy to allow more hiring latitude in a small labor market while keeping safeguards against direct administrative oversight by relatives. (Motion carried.)
- Airport advisory appointments: Council appointed John Cochran, Kate Whitson, Laura Allman, Kelly Tudick, JD Baker and Daniel Boyle to serve on a public advisory committee to guide the Llano Airport Layout Plan. (Motion carried.)
- Infrastructure acceptance: Council approved Resolution R 20 26-20 to accept water, sewer, street, curb and gutter improvements on Walden Way in the Rail Yard River Estate subdivision following staff verification that improvements met city specifications. (Motion carried.)
- Grounds maintenance contract: Council approved a corrected agreement with Rocking LA Productions for ground maintenance at the JLK arena; council thanked staff for correcting a typographical error in the contract page. (Motion carried.)
- Grant services RFP/RFQ: Council authorized staff to solicit proposals for grant administration and engineering services for projects funded through the Texas Water Development Board. (Motion carried.)
Most actions were preceded by brief staff presentations and short council discussion; motions were made, seconded and carried with no opposing votes recorded on the items summarized above.
