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Council adopts hazard plan, allocates appraisal-district votes and approves routine items
Summary
At the Nov. 12 meeting Burton City Council approved a Small Business Saturday proclamation, allocated its eight appraisal-district votes between two nominees, adopted the Washington County Hazard Mitigation Plan, accepted the consent agenda and approved the purchase of four barricades (cost shared).
Burton City Council approved several formal items on Nov. 12, 2025. The council accepted the consent agenda (minutes and financial reports), approved a Proclamation designating Nov. 29 as Small Business Saturday, adopted Resolution 20251112RA to divide the city's eight votes for the Washington County Appraisal District board between Leslie Boehnemann Jr. and Halee Stark Kalkhake, and adopted Resolution 20251112RB to accept the Washington County Hazard Mitigation Plan as the county's official mitigation plan.
The meeting also included a motion to remove an older permitting-fee ordinance item to allow staff more time for research, and approval for the city to pay one-third of the cost to replace four break-away barricades used for local events and by community partners. Motions were moved and seconded as recorded in the minutes; the meeting record lists the voting blocks for each motion as noted in the council minutes.
Key recorded actions (motion makers and recorded votes as shown in the minutes): - Consent agenda accepted (motion: Paul McLaughlin; second: Tommie Gilmon); "THE MOTION PASSED." - Proclamation for Small Business Saturday approved (motion: Paul McLaughlin; second: Jeff Eckhardt; FOR: Gilmon, Tidwell; THE MOTION PASSED). - Resolution 20251112RA allocating eight appraisal-district votes (motion: Jeff Eckhardt; second: Paul McLaughlin; FOR: Gilmon, Tidwell; THE MOTION PASSED). - Resolution 20251112RB adopting the Hazard Mitigation Plan (motion: Tommie Gilmon; second: Jeff Eckhardt; FOR: McLaughlin, Tidwell; THE MOTION PASSED). - Item to amend permitting-fee ordinance removed from agenda to allow further research (motion: Jeff Eckhardt; second: Tommie Gilmon; THE MOTION PASSED). - Approval to pay one-third of barricade costs (motion: Tommie Gilmon; second: Paul McLaughlin; FOR: Eckhardt, Tidwell; THE MOTION PASSED).
Council adjourned at 6:47 p.m.
