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Stephens City council adopts outside‑storage ordinance, approves $2.46 million USDA bond resolution
Summary
At its Aug. 13 meeting, the Stephens City Town Council adopted a new ordinance limiting the use of outside storage containers and passed two USDA‑related resolutions, including a $2,460,000 general obligation bond to advance an old‑school renovation; votes were recorded as unanimous.
Stephens City’s Town Council adopted an ordinance to limit use of outside storage containers and approved two USDA resolutions needed to advance renovation of the town's old school at its Aug. 13 regular meeting.
The clerk read the ordinance by title as "An Ordinance to Add Section 23‑210, Outside Storage, to the Stephens City Code for the Purpose of Limiting Use of Storage Containers." Vice‑Mayor Fravel moved to approve the first reading and the motion carried with the minutes recording Aye votes from L. Fravel, P. Fravel, Smith, Stevens, Swygert‑Smith and Woodruff. Councilwoman Regina Swygert‑Smith then moved to approve the second reading; that motion also carried with the same recorded Aye votes, and the ordinance was adopted.
Town Attorney Dave Griffin explained the council needed to pass a resolution authorizing the issuance of a $2,460,000 general obligation bond to move forward with the planned renovation. Vice‑Mayor Fravel moved to pass the USDA bond resolution; the roll‑call vote recorded M. Diaz and the listed councilmembers as Aye and the resolution carried. Griffin also said bond counsel required a separate loan resolution using USDA form RD 1942‑47 to satisfy the loan letter of conditions; the council adopted that resolution on the same roll call.
All formal votes recorded in the meeting minutes list the same six councilmember Aye votes (L. Fravel, P. Fravel, Smith, Stevens, Swygert‑Smith, Woodruff) where shown; the minutes record Mayor Michael A. Diaz participating in the roll‑call votes for the USDA resolutions. The records provided at the meeting did not specify any Nay or abstain votes for these items.
Next steps noted by staff include continued assembly of USDA paperwork and submission of required loan documents; the Town Manager later told the council that resubmitting paperwork to USDA will delay the town's bid process for related work by an estimated 30–90 days.
Authorities referenced at the meeting included the new local ordinance (Section 23‑210) and the USDA loan/ bond forms; the minutes identify the USDA loan form as RD 1942‑47 and the bond amount as $2,460,000.
The council closed the meeting after routine committee reports and department updates. The next regular council meeting was set for Sept. 3, when a public hearing is scheduled on a Planning Commission text amendment to B‑1 23‑362.
