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The Fredericksburg City Council convened in regular session on June 16, 2026, at 9:00 AM at New City Hall. The meeting featured employee recognition, public hearings on a Walmart PUD amendment and an Edward Jones expansion, an appeal of a short-term rental permit denial, approval of street closures for a film, and an extensive update on the New World Screwworm emergency response.
Item 7A: Walmart PUD Amendment (Z-2609)
Item 7B: County Express Food Mart (Z-2610)
Item 7C: Edward Jones Conditional Use Permit (Z-2611)
Item 8A: Appeal of STR-Unoccupied Permit Denial (604 S. Creek Street)
Item 8B: Street Closures for "The Colonel" Film
City Council, City staff, those of you present in the chamber and online, please join me in prayer. God of mercy, God of grace and peace. We pray to you, we come to you with Thanksgiving for these elected officials for all the city staff. Many times their jobs are thankless jobs. Lots of criticism, sometimes not enough thanks. God, you know about thankless jobs. You sent your son to a thankless people, even to the point of sending him to his death on the cross. For all those who govern, we pray that wisdom might guide them, that your holy spirit might guide their decisions. For all those who labor in the service of our country, we pray to you. And now we come to you with a desperate plea. Guide scientist and entomologists and leaders to quickly eradicate the screw worms that are moving northward in our state. We remember from years ago, we need protection for our livestock, our wildlife, our pets, even our local livestock auction that's right here within our own city limits. So keep us and hold us gracious God. Amen. Honored with the Texas flag. One stage, under God, one individual. So we start off this morning with ceremonial matters and employee recognition. So I will turn it over to our city manager. Okay, thank you, Mayor. Mayor Council. So every year we have uh four different employee awards that we hand out during our city picnic. Uh these awards are voted on uh by the um entire base of city employees. So when you look at these names, uh these are are folks that not only serve the our external customers but serve our internal customers as well. Um I'd like to start with Margie Rivera, who was our customer service award winner. If you know Margie, uh there's probably not a more helpful individual in City Hall than Margie, always willing to uh step out. Also a wonderful office decorator. Um just in case you need that, anyone. Uh but both internal and external customer, uh customer service, uh just excellent. Uh Seth Mellering. Uh here's a picture, Seth is second from the left here. Seth Mellering um is the recipient of the Stephen It's Johnny Hussle Award. Uh if you knew Stephen It's when he retired, we swore that it would take ten people to replace him, and I think that's holding true. Uh so the ward is aptly named, and if you know Seth, you see him running around everywhere. Uh he played a huge part in the remodel of City Hall. Uh you'll see him on a mower outside. He's everywhere all the time. Uh the third recipient, Garrett Bond, uh, supervisor of of the year ward. And Garrett does not like this type of recognition. I was gonna have him stand up and make a speech today, but uh he refused. Very well deserved.