BRENHAM CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER NAMING NEW CITY MANAGER
The Brenham City Council will potentially name a new city manager at its meeting today (Thursday).
Councilmembers will meet in executive session to discuss the topic before taking any action.
Last September, the council terminated the contract of former city manager James Fisher. Since then, Carolyn Miller has filled the role in the interim.
Miller began working with the city in 2005 and was selected as assistant city manager in 2015. Fisher was named city manager in 2018 after serving as the city manager in Forney.
Also at today’s meeting, councilmembers will hold a public hearing and take possible action on a specific use permit for a car wash at 1413 West Main Street. The Brenham Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously at its last meeting to approve the request from Todd and Tyson Felder to build the 24/7 automated car wash at the location, formerly the site of the auto detailing business, Executive Hand Car Wash.
The commission’s approval was contingent on the conditions that the car wash be built with the dryers or blowers within the car wash bay structure and have noise-lessening cones attached. It must also place the automated entrance machine or teller underneath a canopy, use hooded and downcast lighting, and submit a landscaping and screening plan that conforms to the city’s landscaping and bufferyard requirements.
In other business, the council will:
- Meet in executive session to discuss the possible acquisition of The Barnhill Center at the Historic Simon Theater. The council will meet in open session to potentially take action on the matter, including a possible addendum to the city’s memorandum of understanding with the Brenham Main Street Historical Preservation, Inc.
- Discuss economic development negotiations in executive session with a business prospect the city seeks to have locate in Brenham.
- Consult with the city attorney in executive session regarding City of Brenham v. WTG Gas Marketing, Inc.; Cause No. 37573; 335th Judicial District Court, Washington County. A hearing on the city’s motion for partial summary judgment, concerning WTG’s counterclaims against the city, is scheduled for today at 9:30 a.m.
- Consider a bid related to sludge removal and digester thickener cleaning at the city’s wastewater treatment plant.
- Discuss and review the Fiscal Year 2020-21 fourth quarter financial report.
The council will meet at 1 p.m. at Brenham City Hall.