Brenham public meetings in 2023
3 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
City Council
City Council approved the FY2023-24 budget and ratified a property tax increase despite a lower tax rate, due to rising property values. The council also approved a sales-tax reimbursement agreement for Academy Sports + Outdoors.
- Approved $89.5 million budget for FY2023-24 (7-0)
- Ratified property tax increase of $629,495 over last year's budget (7-0)
- Approved Chapter 380 Agreement for $1,500,000 sales-tax reimbursement to Academy, Ltd. d/b/a Academy Sports + Outdoors (7-0)
City Council
City Council approved several professional services agreements for water infrastructure and a tax phase-in agreement for MIC Group, LLC. A proposed tax incentive for 209 S. Market Street was tabled. Council also elected Adonna Saunders as Mayor Pro Tem for the meeting.
- Elected Councilmember Adonna Saunders as Mayor Pro Tem (5-0)
- Approved Statutory Consent Agenda items 5.a. through 5.h. (5-0)
- Approved $110,000 digital marketing agreement with Madden Media (5-0)
- Approved $120,000 on-call engineering agreement with Strand Associates, Inc. (5-0)
- Approved $465,069 payment to Brazos River Authority for raw water supply (5-0)
- Approved Resolution R-23-030 for MIC Group, LLC Commercial Tax Phase-In Agreement (5-0)
- Approved $2,520,000 agreement with Strand Associates, Inc. for Surface Water Treatment Plant Rehab and Expansion (5-0)
- Approved $160,000 agreement with Strand Associates, Inc. for Groundwater Supply Phase 1 (5-0)
City Council
City Council approved a first-reading ordinance to create Reinvestment Zone Number 51 for MIC Group, LLC to support a $6 million capital investment. The council also approved a revised noise nuisance ordinance on its second reading. Proposed zoning changes regarding food trucks and residential districts were tabled for further discussion.
- Approved first reading of Reinvestment Zone Number 51 for MIC Group, LLC (5-0)
- Approved Ordinance No. O-23-019 amending noise nuisance regulations on second reading (5-0)
- Tabled proposed zoning amendments for food truck sites and R-1/R-2 districts (5-0)
- Approved $41,158.16 final payment to Collier Construction Inc. for Hohlt Park Nature Trail (5-0)
- Approved electrical construction agreement with Techline Construction, LLC up to $125,750.00 for MLK Parkway (5-0)
- Approved electrical construction agreement with Techline Construction, LLC up to $78,500 for South Market Street (5-0)
- Approved noise variance for Lewis Family Reunion at Hohlt Park (5-0)
- Approved two negative change orders for sewer and generator projects totaling -$7,669.00 (5-0)