Remarks by Michael Capizzi
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“Time is five o'clock. We'll call this City of New Braunfels executive session to order. The date is September 14th, 2026. In accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.071, the City Council may convene in a closed session to discuss any of the items listed below. Any final action or vote on any executive session item will be taken in open session. Item A, delivery.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Item A, deliberate issues regarding economic development negotiations in accordance with Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code 1, Project Sherpa. And B, deliberate the appointment and employment of a city attorney and city manager including matters related to the search and selection of candidates pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074, Personnel Matters. If necessary, we'll reconvene into open session and take any action relating to the executive session as described above. And the time is 5.02 going into closed session.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Council Member Spradley will deliver the invocation followed by the pledges.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay, we have anybody here for Constitution Week? Come on up. All right. the state of Texas, County of Comal, City of New Braunfels, whereas the Constitution of the United States of America, the guardian of our liberties, embodies the principles of limited government and a republic dedicated to rule by law, and whereas September 17th, 2026 marks the 239th anniversary of the framing of the Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention, and whereas it is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to this magnificent document and its memorable anniversary,…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“All right, we have another proclamation for hunger awareness, I believe it is. Anybody here for that? All right. State of Texas, County of Comal, City of New Braunfels, whereas hunger and poverty are issues of vital concern in the United States, in New Braunfels, and in Texas, where nearly one in five Texans, over six million, struggle with hunger, and of them, one in four are children, and one in seven are seniors, and nearly 50 million Americans face food insecurity and potentially do not know where their next meal will come from. And whereas the New Braunfels Food Bank is committed to…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“All right, at this time, we'll now open it to citizens communications. Our public comment period where our citizens are heard. In the interest of time and structure, this period is specifically for individuals to address the City Council on issues and items of concern that are not listed on this agenda. There will be no City Council action taken at this time. Citizens will be provided with the right to speak on posted agenda items, which we will recognize later when those specific items are called.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“All right, seeing no one else, we'll move on to consent agenda. All items listed below are considered to be routine and non-controversial by city council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless the council member or citizen so request, in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as part of the normal order of business. Citizens must be present to pull an item. The items would be item A through H, as well as the individual items of item I, approval of the first reading of an ordinance allowing the…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“F and H. F and H. Does council wish to pull any additional items from consent?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay, so I'll entertain a motion on the items excluding F and H, and then we'll take up those two items individually.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Motion carries. We'll now take up item F, approval of a... contract modification with River North Transit LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Via Transportation Incorporated for transit services to the New Braunfels Urban Transit District.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Any questions, comments from council?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Seeing no one else, any other comments or discussion from council?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So essentially the information and the resolution is still, everything's exactly the same. It's just that the actual numbers that were in the document did not reflect what we discussed and what we passed.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And I appreciate you doing that. I know it's never tough to, it's never easy to admit these things and have to come back up here and do this again too. But as you said, we are all human. So I appreciate that. All right, we'll open this item up to public comment. Seeing no one, any discussion or comment from council?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I just wanna make a couple of comments before I open this up to public comment. I think this is a good project, I like the project, and I wanna see it move forward. I think it has value, and all communities should make an effort to move these types of projects forward in some way, shape, or form. So I have no issue or concerns with the project itself. To Councilmember Shaw's point, I do have a concern with the impact fees. I think she brought up a very good valid point that not long ago we did raise rates. I was a part of that. I voted for it because I believed in it, still believe in it. It…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“All right, we'll open it up to public comment at this time.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Seeing no one else up here, we'll open it back up for discussion on the dais. Council Membership.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026