Round Rock City Council Meeting - June 12, 2025
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Round Rock City Council Meeting - June 12, 2025
The Round Rock City Council met on June 12, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the City Council Chambers. The meeting covered a wide range of topics including a police department update, approval of license plate readers, a major development project on the city's northeast side, and recognition of youth volunteers. All votes were unanimous unless noted.
Consent Calendar
- Approved minutes from the May 22, 2025 meeting.
- Adopted Amendment No. 1 to the FY 2024-2025 Operating Budget (Second Reading).
- Authorized an agreement with Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC for fire service apparatus vehicle parts.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Tina Steiner (Chair of the Round Rock Cemetery Association) invited the public to the Juneteenth Slave Grave Remembrance Ceremony on June 19, 2025, from 10:00 AM to noon.
- No public testimony was offered during the public hearings for the Westinghouse Road development items (I1–I4) or the rezoning (I5).
Mayor's Special Recognition
- The Council presented a special recognition to the Team Brock Junior Committee, a youth-led group raising awareness and funds for childhood cancer research. The committee, formed eight years after the death of 7-year-old Brock Fleming from DIPG, has raised over $24,000 through events and advocacy. Committee chair Giselle Kintoo spoke, noting the group includes 20 students from six schools and three districts.
Staff Presentations
- Police Department Update (Chief Alan Banks): The chief presented 2024 statistics: approximately 125,000 total calls for service (self-initiated and dispatched), 166,000 calls into the communications center, and 6,000 citations issued. Reported crimes remained stable; property crimes decreased slightly. The department handled 21 internal affairs investigations. The chief highlighted the Special Assignments Unit (e-bike patrol), the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority grant, and the upcoming Juneteenth remembrance. The department awarded the Medal of Valor to officers who responded to the 2024 Juneteenth tragedy.
- UniverCity Graduating Class: The 13th UniverCity class was recognized. The 11-week program gives residents behind-the-scenes access to city departments. This year's class included 32 participants from various neighborhoods. Three graduates spoke: David Rackley, Edwin Price, and Delonica McDonald, praising the program and city staff.
Discussion Items
- H2 – Flock License Plate Readers: Council authorized a supplemental order with Flock Group, Inc. for 40 additional cameras (30 mobile, 10 fixed) costing $181,000 from a state grant. The chief explained the cameras only capture rear license plates, are used solely for criminal investigations, and data is stored for 30 days. He assured no discrimination or privacy violations.
- H1 – Fire Station No. 11 Architectural Services: Approved an agreement with McKinney York Architects for design of the new fire station at AW Grimes and US 1431. The station will include a roughly 800 sq ft satellite police office.
- H3 – Hazard Mitigation Plan Update: Approved the 2025 update, which identifies 12 natural and 5 human-caused hazards and lists 42 mitigation actions. The plan makes the city eligible for FEMA funding. Council discussed evolving risks due to growth and changes in federal disaster funding.
- H4 – Lake Creek Trail Change Order: Approved a $524,998 change order with Muniz Concrete & Contracting for unforeseen water line issues on the trail connecting Round Rock West Park to Centennial Plaza.
- H5 – South Creek Channel Improvements: Awarded a $327,991 contract to Gage and Cade Construction, LLC for drainage improvements on the east side near Gaddis School.
- H6 – Water/Wastewater CIP Semi-Annual Report: Received a presentation showing over 38,000 water meters, 2.6 million gallons per day average reuse water, and $2.6 million collected in impact fees in the first half of FY25. The city's combined water/wastewater impact fee for a single-family home is $7,833. Council noted the need to monitor high-end water use after recent tiered rate increases.
- H7 – Roadway Impact Fees CIP Semi-Annual Report: Presented collections of nearly $15 million since 2021. The report noted a temporary negative balance in Service Area B due to a developer rebate for the College Park project. Approximately $8.4 million remains available for projects.
- H8 – South Mays Street Wall Stabilization: Awarded a $2,046,416 contract to Austin Filter Systems for repairing the historic
Meeting Transcript
Tonight's invocation. Whoa. Tonight's invocation is being given by Pastor Gerald Johnson of Faith Culture Church. Pastor, good seeing you again. Thank you. Pleasure to be here. Let us pray. Eternal Father, in God, in the name of Jesus Christ, we invoke your presence and ask for your goodness and your mercy over our meeting as we make decisions that's pertinent to our city's future. We ask that your blessings would be here upon every single individual, and that uh your will would be done over our town. We also, Lord, ask for your blessings in advance on nearly the anniversary of an event that happened that shook our city. June 10 last year. We're asking, Lord, that complete healing will come upon us. Complete healing for the family of the victims, Ara and Lindsay, complete healing for those who are injured, 14 people, complete healing for the first responders, and um for our our police chief Alan Banks, who so wonderfully uh mitigated everything as best as he could, the media and all things. He a shining star for our city, complete healing for the police force, the ambulances, complete healing for even our mayor, Greg Morgan and our our city council. We thank you, Lord, that healing is happening even now. And those who were actually assailants, teenagers, 15, 17, 18, who are misguided and guided by a force that all of us are challenged with. We even ask for somehow for healing in that area as justice is uh moving forward right now. We thank you, Lord God, that even though that happened to our city, that's not who we are. It's just what happened. And sometimes when things happen that are tumultuous that crush us, sometimes the crushing of the olive brings the oil. And because of that, we're better. We thank you that this year uh that we have taken the necessary steps to make sure that everyone is protected and that we can celebrate in a proper way uh the day that we look forward to as remembering our liberation. We thank you for our great city, round Rock, Texas, and we we bless you and we bless everyone involved with this city in Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Thank you, Pastor, for that. Thank you. Thank you. We'll call six o'clock city council meeting in order. Ann, please call the roll. Mayor Morgan here, Mayor Pro Tim Stevens. Here, Councilmember Lee. Here, Councilmember Flores. Here, Councilmember Fleming. Here, Councilmember Ortega. Here, Councilmember Montgomery. Here. All right. If uh you can stand for me with for the pledges. I pledge allegiance through the flag of the United States of America. Under God, individual liberty and justice for all. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one and indivisible. All right, sisters and communication assistants which are speaker and sister in communication regarding item on or off the agenda, may do so after completing the required registration card. All comments must be no more than three minutes in length per section 2-26B5 of the Round Rock Code of Ordinances 2018 edition. Any comments regarding items not on the post gym may not be discussed or responded to by the city council per state law. I have one uh card. Uh Tina Steiner. Although we know you please state your name. Okay, good evening. Um, as chair of the Round Knock Cemetery Association Board, Slave Brave section, I'm also Secretary of the Round Knock Cemetery Association Board.
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