BRENHAM CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE 2025 ELECTION UPDATE

  

Brenham City Councilmembers will hold a work session during their meeting on Thursday to brush up on the municipal elections coming up on May 3, 2025.

City staff will provide the council with information about the general council election and the special charter amendment election, as well as a timeline for upcoming election-related tasks. 

Four council seats are up for election in the spring.  Those include the Ward 1 position of Shannan Canales, first elected in 2021; the Ward 3 seat of Dr. Paul LaRoche III, who won a special election in 2023 after Atwood Kenjura declared a run for mayor; the At-Large Position 5 seat of Clint Kolby, first appointed in 2018 and winning election in 2021; and the At-Large Position 6 seat of Leah Cook, first elected in 2021.

The council election is in addition to the charter amendment election, which will be the city’s first since 2015.  City Secretary Jeana Bellinger said at the previous council meeting that she estimates there will be between 9 and 12 charter propositions for voters to consider.

Also on Thursday, councilmembers will potentially accept a bid package for water main and sanitary sewer replacements, to be paid for through Fiscal Year 2024 bond proceeds. 

Through this project, the planned list of streets to address for the water main replacements includes Heritage Drive, Carriage Lane, Century Circle, West Mansfield Street from South Austin Street to South Market Street, and Church Street from West Stone Street to West Mansfield Street.  The sanitary sewer replacements are scheduled to take place on South Blue Bell Road along the Blue Bell Creameries frontage, a small portion of Heritage Drive near the cul-de-sac, Century Circle, and Church Street from West Stone Street to West Mansfield Street.

Five bid packages were submitted, with the lowest coming from JTM Construction LLC of Rosenberg for a total of $2,379,611.

In other business, the council will:

• Vote on an airport project participation agreement through TxDOT for the installation of a new automated weather observing system at the Brenham Municipal Airport.  The design and construction costs are estimated at $200,000, with the city’s share at $20,000. 
• Consider rejecting all bids submitted in relation to the Brenham Municipal Airport terminal building HVAC replacement project. 
• Act on an ordinance on its first reading to amend the 2023-24 adopted budget.  The amendment is to close out the budget and financial statements by cleaning up expense anomalies.
• Hold an executive session to discuss the appointment of a Brenham Municipal Court presiding judge.  The current presiding judge, John D. Winkelmann, was elected as the 335^th District Court Judge and will take office in January.  No action is slated to be taken.

The council will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. at Brenham City Hall.

Click here to view the agenda packet for Thursday's meeting.