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Giddings council adopts pole-attachment license, hazard plan, building-code update and fee increases
Summary
The Giddings City Council on Feb. 9 adopted a licensing agreement with Sparklight for pole attachments, approved the 2025 Lee County Hazard Mitigation Plan, updated the city's building codes to the 2024 International Codes, raised permit and inspection fees, approved a subdivision preliminary plat and authorized the sale of a small alley.
GIDDINGS, Texas — The Giddings City Council on Feb. 9 approved a package of routine measures that included a pole-attachment licensing agreement with Cable One, Inc. d/b/a Sparklight, adoption of the 2025 Lee County Hazard Mitigation Plan, amendments to local building codes and increases to permit and inspection fees.
Interim City Manager Heather Garner told the council the Sparklight agreement is “the last of the pole attachment agreements from the pole audit we did last year,” and that the contract has been reviewed by both the city’s attorney and Sparklight’s attorney. By motion, the council adopted Resolution No. 617-2026 authorizing Garner to execute the license agreement. The vote listed council members Linda Pruitt, Jacob Janda, Mark Muniz and Kevin Rinn as voting aye; Joel Lopez was not present.
The council also approved Resolution No. 618-2026 to adopt the 2025 Lee County Hazard Mitigation Plan; Garner said consultant Langford worked on the plan and that it has been approved by the Texas Division of Emergency Management pending approval by participating entities. Council members voted to resolve to execute the actions in the plan.
On land use and development matters, the council approved the Planning & Zoning Commission’s recommendation for the revised Cibolo Trails preliminary plat, a multi-phase subdivision generally located southwest of Giddings Elementary School and south of E. Industry Street. Council approved the general layout and noted that future final plats and engineering plans will require staff and Council approval prior to development.
Council members voted to adopt Ordinance No. 919 to update the city’s building codes from the 2018 International Codes to the 2024 editions published by the International Code Council. They also adopted Ordinance No. 920 to adjust permit and inspection fees (permit fees proposed to increase from $20 to $25; inspection fees from $25 to $50; reinspection fees from $40 to $80) to better reflect service costs.
The council approved a request from Faye Birnbaum Airhart to purchase an alley behind 397 S. Harris St.; City Secretary Andrea Ray noted the applicant’s letter originally stated the alley as 20 by 50 feet and needed to be corrected to 20 by 100 feet before the sale was approved. Council voted to authorize the sale and consolidation with the adjoining property.
All measures recorded in the meeting minutes passed with unanimous votes among members present. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Pro-Tem Alan Casey at 7:02 p.m. and adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
