Round Rock City Council Meeting - November 20, 2025
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Round Rock City Council Meeting - November 20, 2025
The Round Rock City Council held its regular meeting on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. The council recognized the fall 2025 University graduating class, received a presentation from Community Neighborhood Services, approved a series of equipment purchases and agreements, conducted a public hearing on a rezoning request, and made committee appointments. All votes were unanimous.
Consent Calendar
- Approved minutes from the November 6, 2025, City Council meeting.
- Adopted Resolution F2 authorizing a merit execution agreement with Granger Inc. for facilities maintenance, repair, operations, and industrial supplies.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Kiana Jones, an artist and art teacher in Round Rock ISD, expressed gratitude for the city's support of the arts and asked the council to continue supporting arts programs, citing their social and economic benefits.
- During the H1 public hearing, Anna Osborne (908 Wilderness Path) raised concerns about the proposed PUD, citing unknowns about the plat, traffic, utilities, noise, and compatibility with the neighboring daycare.
- Jim Bill expressed concerns that the property might be used by an Islamic community and referenced Sharia law and prayer calls; he urged the council to consider the matter carefully.
- Deborah Damon, a Williamson County Republican precinct chair, read a resolution passed unanimously by 83 precinct chairs opposing CAIR and urging local governments to halt expansion of facilities tied to CAIR-supported organizations.
- Ann Hinkleman (2918 Pioneer Way) opposed the rezoning, questioning whether the condos might be used for Islamic students and whether density could increase.
- Mohammed Mohideen, a resident of Safa Cove and representative of the developer ZIM Realty, clarified that the homes would be built and sold to the public, with no connection to the Islamic Center, and that he would follow all laws.
Discussion Items
- University Graduation Presentation: Staff presented the 14th graduating class of the "University" citizen academy, an 11-week program totaling 33 hours, bringing alumni to 240 graduates. Commencement speakers Mike Beach and Tatiana Forgash shared their positive experiences. Council members congratulated the class.
- Community Neighborhood Services Update: Director Joe highlighted relationships and refinement. Key points included: home repair program; $250,000 additional general fund support for nonprofits; environmental code cases down 30% due to the Tool Depot; CET team collected 23,774 pounds of trash (nearly 12 tons); Tool Depot won a national award; Love the Rock involved 900 volunteers from 31 congregations; 13,834 volunteers contributed 55,210 hours worth $1.85 million; and a story of assisting a 78-year-old cancer survivor and her bedridden sister.
- G1: Police command bus purchase from Siddons Martin Emergency Group for $1.85 million, with a $30,000 trade-in for the old bus. Replacement expected by November 2026. Approved unanimously.
- G2: Purchase of a skeeter rescue side brush truck for $277,535, replacing a 2011 truck. Approved unanimously.
- G3: Purchase of a fire enforcer aerial truck for $1,753,536, replacing a 2009 75-foot ladder truck. Approved unanimously.
- G4: Purchase of a mini pumper ($400,100) and air truck ($520,000) for a total of $921,600. Approved unanimously.
- G5: Settlement agreement with Lake Forest Community Homeowners Association to acquire 0.650 acre for Gaddis School Road improvements, for $450,000. Approved unanimously.
- G6: Engagement of McCall Parkhurst & Horton as bond counsel for the regional wastewater treatment plant expansion, with an estimated $117 million total project cost (Round Rock's share $105 million). Approved unanimously.
- G7: Resolution authorizing an application to the Texas Water Development Board for Clean Water State Revolving Fund funding for the Brushy Creek East wastewater treatment plant expansion. Approved unanimously.
- G8: Contract with DN Tanks LLC for a two million gallon reuse ground storage tank for $4.3 million (75% city cost, 25% Bureau of Reclamation). Approved unanimously.
- H1: Public hearing on an ordinance rezoning 2.73 acres at Wendy Park Drive from SF2 to PUD No. 158 to allow detached single-family condos. Staff noted the PUD is necessary because the tract is too narrow for traditional subdivision. Approximate density estimated at 15-20 units. Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval 6-0. The public hearing included the opposition comments above. Council discussed fair housing, density, and infrastructure. The ordinance was approved unanimously and the second reading was dispensed with.
Key Outcomes
- Approved consent agenda (minutes and Granger Inc. agreement) unanimously.
- Approved Resolutions G1 through G8 unanimously.
- Approved Ordinance H1 (rezoning to PUD) unanimously, and voted to dispense with the second reading.
- Appointed Brian Kuhn as primary member and Gerald Palmer as alternate member to the Campo Techno Technical Advisory Committee unanimously.
- Council members offered Thanksgiving greetings and a reminder of the upcoming community celebration.
Meeting Transcript
Good evening. Tonight's invitation will be given by Pastor Todd Southard of Hope Bible Fellowship. Pastor. First of all, thank you for the opportunity to uh do the invocation. Not every city does this. And so it's a privilege to be able to do it. Let's uh bow our heads, please. Heavenly Father, we come before you this evening with gratitude. And this week before Thanksgiving, we pray for this gathering that pray for the city council and the mayor and and uh their staffs and all who are involved. Uh we give you thanks for the blessing of being here, of living here and working here and serving here. We pray that uh you will help us uh all to enjoy the fruits of the labors of this board and of this city uh in this vibrant community. We thank you for the the growth and the prosperity of Brown Rock and and uh acknowledge the challenges that such growth presents to our city council members in planning and budgeting and so on, and so we pray for them and ask for your hand of favor upon them. May you grant this council and our mayor wisdom and discernment, give them unity in their communication. Uh we pray that you will guide their discussion this evening, that you would help them uh in in working through their agenda, aid them in making thoughtful and formed decisions and to take the actions that are in keeping with carefully prepared plans and help them to be flexible too, Lord, in light of the emerging needs that may come up in discussion. Uh I pray that you would make their load light that you may help them to find joy and satisfaction in the work that they perform and that their work would be easy uh in spite of the difficulties and challenges that they face. Pray for your hand of favor upon them. Pray for your uh safety and security of both them and their families, as indeed uh all the members and families of Round Rock and the businesses as well. May everybody here this evening uh be attentive in their listening, discerning, be with and and uh be so with open hearts. Where there may be disagreements, we pray that everybody would be agreeable and respectful and honorable and honoring uh of each other. Help them to be gracious and mutually respectful. May their communication be a collaboration that is mindful of the complexities and the competing needs of diverse uh uh diverse peoples in a city of this size. Help them to rise to meet the needs of the budgets and the challenges that stress the systems here. Uh just pray for your blessing upon this time. It's in your name that we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you. You want to make an announcement about Sunday night? Oh, yes, thank you. Um every year the uh the the Big Sea Church in Round Rock, the the you know, assembly of all the churches hosts an annual Thanksgiving uh celebration, Hope Bible Fellowship where our pastor has the opportunity this coming Sunday at 6 p.m. to host that at our church. We're located at 3805 Stonebridge Drive. You have to cross that great river I-35 to get there, but uh we're on that other side uh at 3805 Stonebridge Drive. We're almost in Cedar Park, but we're over in the Brush Creek area. We'd love to have you guys join us. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you. All right. Call 6 o'clock City Council to order and please call the roll. Mayor Morgan here, Mayor Pro Tim Stevens. Councilmember Lee. Here, Councilmember Flores. Here, Councilmember Fleming? Here, Councilmember Ortega? Here, Councilmember Montgomery. Here. All right. We have the pledges. Uh we have Troop 157.
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