Round Rock City Council Staff Briefings and Chamber Update - April 8, 2025
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Round Rock City Council Staff Briefings and Chamber Update - April 8, 2025
The Round Rock City Council held a packet meeting on April 8, 2025, to discuss staff briefings, a proclamation, consent agenda items, and a quarterly update from the Round Rock Chamber. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 AM with all council members present: Mayor Morgan, Mayor Pro Tem Stevens, Council Members Lee, Flores, Fleming, Ortega, and Montgomery. The meeting served as a pre-briefing for items on the April 10, 2025 city council meeting agenda.
Proclamation & Staff Briefings
- Council Member Lee announced that the city won the Top 10% City award from the ETC Institute again. The mayor will present the award to the community at the April 10 council meeting.
Consent Calendar
- H1 – Michael presented a close-out change order for the Kenny Fort 4 roadway project (completed May 2024). The change order totals $559,000 (split between change orders $289,000 and quantity adjustments $296,000), bringing the total contract to $19,740,000 (a 3% change order amount). The project is a six-lane divided roadway from Jody Maggio to Old Settlers Boulevard. Staff recommended approval.
- H2 – David Carter presented a contract for citywide office supply services with Office Depot, procured through the Omnia Partners Cooperative Program. The contract expires June 30, 2025, but is expected to be extended. No amendment required. Staff recommended approval.
- H3 – Michael presented an out-of-city water service agreement for a church site (five living unit equivalents) in the city’s ETJ on County Road 175. The property is not contiguous to city limits. The applicant will pay a $24,000 water impact fee and install a 1.5-inch meter. The 20-year agreement is transferable and includes a requirement for voluntary annexation if the city becomes contiguous. Council Member Flores asked about annexation of a tax-exempt property; Michael explained the agreement preserves the city’s ability to annex if usage changes. Staff recommended approval.
Discussion Items
- Quarterly Update from the Round Rock Chamber – Jordan presented the Q1 2025 update. Key highlights:
- Leadership: Celestia Sanchez Adame (Board Chair), Tammy Marcel (Chair Elect), Aaron Dominguez (Treasurer), Dina Kavanaugh (Secretary), Jessica Scanlon (Past Chair).
- 2024 results: Nearly 150 new prospect leads (goal 120), 8 announced projects (goal 5), including expansions and new companies from Korea.
- Q1 2025: 52 leads in first three months; three prospect visits in Round Rock; participation in MDM West (medical device), Korea trip (Semicon, life science seminar), South by Southwest, and Site Selectors Guild conference.
- Business Retention & Expansion: 37 meetings scheduled over three days, results to be presented at May 29 Momentum Breakfast.
- Chamber Foundation: Celebrating 75th anniversary, relaunched 501(c)(3) foundation to focus on workforce development, entrepreneurship education, and community prosperity. Funded through a Founder’s Wall campaign seeking 75 donors.
- Events: 57th Annual Business Awards (Mike Robinson Lifetime Achievement), first Women Who Mean Business conference, Taste of Round Rock (April 22), Round Rock Startup Day (May 1), and Inner City Visit to Phoenix area.
- Legislative advocacy: Active at Texas Capitol, opposing House Bill 134 (sales tax origin-to-destination change) and supporting economic development tools.
- Council Member Flores asked about the foundation’s sustainability; Jordan explained future funding may include grants, donor contributions, and optional member donations. Flores also asked about lead types; Jordan noted most leads are manufacturing/industrial, competitive across Williamson County.
Key Outcomes
- No formal votes were taken during this packet meeting. All consent agenda items (H1, H2, H3) were presented with staff recommendations for approval and are expected to be acted upon at the April 10, 2025 city council meeting.
- The chamber update was presented for information; no action required.
- The meeting adjourned after the chamber presentation.
Meeting Transcript
Good morning. I'll call 7 30 packet meeting to order. And please call the roll. Mayor Morgan. Here. Mayor Pro Tim Stevens. Here. Council Member Lee. Here. Councilmember Flores. Here. Councilmember Fleming? Here. Council Member Ortega? Here. Councilmember Montgomery. Here. All right. So it's in communication. Seeing none. Staff briefings. Do you want to consider staff briefings and council member discussion and a questions regarding items on the agenda for the April 10th, 2025 city council meeting? Well, proclamations, Councilmember Lee, I believe you're reading that. You know, we could break another record, depending on how fast you read. Just through F4. Well, I got to do an F1. That's what I was going to ask. Yeah, so F1 of my. Yeah, so we'll we'll get you the information, but you know, we won the award as a top 10% city from ETC Institute again. So have the mayor present that to the community. I'm presenting it. Yes, sir. Okay. Just make sure we get this right. All right. Consent agenda. Anybody have any questions on the consent? H1 considered resolution authorized mayor to execute QA change order with Jordan Foster. Michael. Good morning, Mayor and Council. This is a close-out change order for a project that we completed uh last uh May. Uh Kenny Fort 4. Uh basically you see here on the map. It starts at uh Jody Maggio uh and then heads north, ties into old settlers boulevard. It's a six-lane divided roadway, uh goes right by Old Cellars Park. Uh very good road. Uh we've completed it uh over the past 10 months. We've been just doing cleanup, punch light on punch uh list item uh improvements. Uh some of that was some concrete work, uh, manhole work, uh some curbing gutter uh fixing up that. So the total amount is $559,000.
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