07/09/2025
𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽
Last night’s meeting was full of important updates, thoughtful discussions, and significant action items that reflect both current needs and future planning for our community. Here are the highlights:
𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆
Mayor Hebert began our meeting with a somber statement and moment of silence for the Burgess family and others lost in the tragic Central Texas floods. The statement read:
"𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘱𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.
𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴.
𝘞𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 — 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥.
𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥.
𝘚𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘯𝘴."
𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
Residents raised thoughtful suggestions, including requests for:
• A public pool in Liberty
• Recruitment efforts to bring Aldi to town
• Sidewalk improvements along North Main
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
We welcomed Ray Theriot, our new Building Official. Ray brings 26 years of experience from the City of Houston and has hit the ground running. We’re glad to have him aboard.
𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 & 𝗨𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲
City staff reported on:
• Electric system upgrades (recloser installation) now underway
• Forest Hills water line project ahead of schedule
• Five lift stations and wastewater components needing urgent repair ($462K estimated)
• Progress at the new northside water well location
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱
Council adopted a detailed master plan following community input from over 800 survey responses. Focus areas include improving Liberty Municipal Park, neighborhood park upgrades, expanded playgrounds, better lighting, trails, restrooms, and shaded seating.
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 & 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
• 209 Chesson – Declared unsafe; demolition ordered within 30 days
• 722 Maryland – An initial motion to demolish failed (4–3). Council then voted to table the matter until September, allowing time for the possible new owner to:
– Show legal proof of ownership
– Allow city staff to inspect the structure
– Begin meaningful rehabilitation
𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗥𝗠𝗣𝗔
Bruce Mintz of the Sam Rayburn Municipal Power Agency shared:
• SRMPA has served Liberty, Jasper, and Livingston since the 1970s
• Liberty benefits from a fixed-rate power contract
• SRMPA's energy supplier will phase out coal power by 2030
• High-load demands from data centers and a change in energy supply are effecting market prices and placing pressure on future grid planning
𝗜𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱
✅ Approved an ordinance to require deposits for airport hangar leases
✅ $25K in LCDC funds approved for the Lights of Liberty Christmas parade
✅ Approved expenditure of funds by LCDC who contracted with Placer.AI to enhance economic development with visitor data
✅ Approved agreement with LISD to expand school resource officers from 2 to 4
✅ Approved a two-year extension of the city’s disaster debris removal contract
✅ Approved a contract with HR Green for a drainage feasibility study in a few areas of town
✅ Approved an greement with Roadway Asset Services for pavement condition assessments
📌 This recap is based on my personal notes and should not be considered official. Approved minutes will be available once approved by City Council and published at:
🔗 https://www.cityofliberty.org
