Benavides public meetings in 2025
8 substantive meetings from 2025, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Meeting
The Benavides City Council will discuss and vote on several personnel and operational items, including increasing employee salaries, adjusting sanitation worker hours, setting a new rate for commercial accounts, and approving overtime. The council will also consider adding the city of Realitos for sanitation services, purchasing a trash truck box, and providing a Christmas holiday incentive to employees.
- Discuss and approve increasing employee's salary
- Discuss and approve new rate for city commercial account (No Bins)
- Discuss and approve adding the city of Realitos for sanitation (trash pick) services
- Discuss and approve to purchase trash truck box for the sanitation trash truck
- Discuss and approve to provide a Christmas holiday incentive to city employees
December 2 2025
The Benavides City Council met on December 2, 2025. The council voted not to increase employee salaries, stating the raises were not included in the new city budget. They approved a $250 holiday incentive for full-time employees and $150 for part-time employees, and approved overtime as needed with approval from two members. The council also tabled a decision on providing sanitation services to the City of Realitos pending a full audit review.
- Approved council meeting minutes (motion passed)
- Voted not to increase employee salaries (motion passed)
- Approved sanitation workers must work 8 hours on trash day (motion passed)
- Voted not to increase amount billed for city commercial accounts (No Bins) (motion passed)
- Approved personnel overtime as needed, with two members required to approve (motion passed)
- Tabled sanitation services for the City of Realitos pending a full audit review (motion passed)
- Approved training for judge on February 2, 2026 in Galveston, TX (motion passed)
- Approved $250 holiday incentive for full-time and $150 for part-time employees (motion passed)
October 20 2025
The Benavides City Council will discuss and vote on several operational items including employee salary increases, new rates for city trash bins, and purchasing asphalt for road repairs. The agenda also includes a public hearing, department reports, and an executive session on personnel matters.
- Discuss and approve increasing employee's salary
- Discuss and approve new rate for city trash bins
- Discuss and approve purchasing more Asphalt for road repairs
- Discuss and approve hiring a company to repair AC system for City Hall and Police Department
- Discuss and approve 2026 HOLIDAY CALENDAR
Meeting
The Benavides City Council will hold public hearings and vote on an ordinance adopting the city budget for fiscal year October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, and on an ordinance setting the ad valorem tax rate for the same period. The council will also discuss personnel matters in executive session and consider approval of bills.
- Public hearing and action on ordinance adopting the city budget for FY 2025-26
- Public hearing and action on ordinance establishing the ad valorem tax rate for FY ending September 30, 2026
- Executive session on personnel (resignation/reassignment/hiring/termination)
- Consider and approve bills
September 15 2025
The Benavides City Council will consider repealing the property tax rate adopted on August 20, 2025, and take a record vote on a proposed tax rate for Tax Year 2025. They will also discuss and approve a new trash fee, the 2025-2026 budget, and ratify public hearings on the tax rate and budget. Other items include adopting a city tree for the water district, approving attendance at a conference, and discussing the Federal Multiple Use Agreement.
- Consider repeal of the property tax rate for Tax Year 2025, adopted August 20, 2025
- Discuss and approve new trash fee
- Discuss and approve 2025-2026 budget
- Ratify public hearing on proposed property tax rate for September 29, 2025
- Discuss and approve purchase of dog equipment
Ordinance No
The Benavides City Council is considering an ordinance to formally establish the Chief of Police as a municipal officer, create the Benavides Police Department, and set rules for appointing and qualifying police officers and a reserve police force. The ordinance also repeals conflicting prior ordinances and includes severability and effective date provisions.
- Ordinance No. 2025-03-07 establishing the Office of Chief of Police as a municipal officer
- Creation of the Benavides Police Department as a municipal department
- Establishment of a Police Reserve Force under Texas Local Government Code Section 341.012
- Appointment of Chief of Police by majority vote of City Council; removal with or without cause
- Reserve force members must be approved by governing body before carrying a weapon or acting as peace officer
Meeting
The City Council will propose to adopt the FY 2024-2025 budget, which raises total property taxes by $16,525 (8.38%) over last year, including $157.28 from new property. The meeting is scheduled for September 30, 2024, at 6:00 PM at City Hall.
- Proposed adoption of FY 2024-2025 budget
- Property tax increase of $16,525 (8.38%)
- $157.28 in tax revenue from new property added to tax roll
Meeting
The Benavides City Council approved a police body camera policy, changes to the city cemetery, the 2025 holiday calendar, and a contract with South Texas Auctioneers at a 7% discount. No action was taken on employee disciplinary action for tampering with technology and on personnel matters. All votes were unanimous.
- Approved police body camera policy (unanimous)
- Approved changes to Benavides Cemetery (unanimous)
- Approved 2025 holiday calendar (unanimous)
- Took no action on employee disciplinary action for tampering with technology (unanimous)
- Approved contract with South Texas Auctioneers at 7% discount (unanimous)
- Approved municipal judge training in Corpus Christi (unanimous)
- Took no action on personnel matters (unanimous)