Rio Grande City Grulla ISD agendas take up 2026 tax rate, 100-acre tract sale and DHS property license
Rio Grande City Grulla ISD trustees were set to consider the Tax Year 2026 tax rate and the possible sale of about 100 acres of district land north of La Union Elementary School at a special meeting on Sept. 30, 2026. Minutes for that meeting and for an Oct. 5 workshop have not been published, so the posted agendas do not establish what, if anything, the board decided. The items below come from those agendas and from the agenda for the board's next regular meeting.
Sept. 30: tax rate, land sale, highway property
A public hearing and meeting was scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 30, with a public hearing on the proposed 2026 tax rate and a public comment period. The agenda does not state the proposed rate.
A special board meeting was scheduled for 5:45 p.m. the same day. Its agenda listed adoption of the Tax Year 2026 maintenance and operations and debt service tax rate, and a resolution to begin the sale process for all or part of an approximately 100-acre district tract north of La Union Elementary School.
Also listed: awarding Request for Sealed Offer #27-10 for the sale of real property at 5353 E. U.S. Highway 83, Starr County, Texas; approving the annual compliance certification under Texas Education Code §39.008 for submission to the Texas Education Agency; and a request from Sanctuary Hot Yoga Studio to use the Amphitheater outside the Early Childhood Academy for a community Pilates class for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Oct. 5 workshop: DHS license, construction payments
The Oct. 5 workshop agenda, set for 5:30 p.m., listed an egress and ingress license of district property to the Department of Homeland Security, under the Superintendent's Office. It also listed amendments to the compensation plan.
Construction and finance items included a final pay application from A&A Villa Construction LLC for the Grulla Middle School Kitchen; first payments to CHLH Engineering LLC for the Ramiro Villegas Gymnasium and RGCGISD Auditorium renovations; Budget Amendment #2027-2; September 2026 tax refunds; donations to the district; and the award of RFP #27-11 for preventive maintenance of commercial refrigeration equipment for the Child Nutrition Program.
The workshop agenda listed these as items for discussion and possible action and stated no dollar amounts.
Coming up
The board's regular meeting is scheduled for Oct. 13, 2026. Agenda items include a Texas Education Agency compliance review that the agenda describes as finding no district-level noncompliance, and several agreements with the City of Rio Grande City concerning property use and the Robert E. Lee House.
The agenda also lists a proposed conditional donation of the Robert E. Lee House to the City of Rio Grande City for museum use, and discussion of voluntary annexation of the Fort Ringgold property into the city.
Other items include payment to A&A Villa Construction LLC for the Grulla Middle School Kitchen; payments to CHLH Engineering LLC for the Ramiro Villegas Gymnasium and Auditorium renovations; and a proposed termination of employees identified in the agenda as AB, JT, and HH.
No outcomes are established for the Sept. 30 or Oct. 5 meetings in the records reviewed here; the linked official agendas and any later-published minutes are the authoritative documents.