300 West Walker

City of League City, TX

League City TX 77573

Meeting Minutes

City Council

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

5:00 PM

Council Chambers

200 West Walker Street

The City Council of the City of League City, Texas, met in a budget workshop in Council

Chambers at 200 West Walker Street on the above date at 5:00 p.m.

Mayor:

Nick Long

City Council Members:

Andy Mann

Tommy Cones

Tom Crews

Courtney Chadwell

Scott Higginbotham

Chad Tressler

Sean Saunders

City Manager:

John Baumgartner

Rick Davis

Assistant City Manager:

Assistant City Manger-CFO:

Interim City Attorney:

Angie Steelman

Michelle Villarreal

Diana M. Stapp

Cliff Woitena

Ron Bavarian

Christopher Sims

Kimberly Corell

James Brumm

Chien Wei

City Secretary:

Chief of Police:

Executive Director of Capital Projects

Executive Director of Development Services:

Director of Finance:

Director of Human Resources/Civil Service:

Director of Parks & Cultural Services:

Director of Public Works:

Jody Hooks

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS

Mayor Long called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. and called the roll. All members of

Council were present except Andy Mann.

1 -

Mr. Andy Mann

Absent

7 -

Mayor Nick Long, Mr. Tommy Cones, Mr. Tom Crews, Mr. Courtney Chadwell, Mr.

Scott Higginbotham, Mr. Chad Tressler and Mr. Sean Saunders

Present

PUBLIC COMMENTS

NAME

Amylin Hicks

Peggy Zahler

DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY PROPOSED FY2026

BUDGET AND FY2026 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

FY2026-2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

FY 2026 Proposed Property Tax Rate - $0.36355/$100 valuation

Angie Steelman, Assistant City Manger and CFO - So as we come to the end of the budget

process for FY2026, tonight is our last scheduled workshop. During our council meeting

tonight we will have two items, one is the public hearing on the budget, and the first reading

of the budget ordinance. There have only been two small changes that have occurred since

we met last time.

Changes to the General Fund - Other Adjustments - $55,485

Adopted change to the Volunteer Fire Department Donation Fund $78,908. This will

increase the expenditures by $78,908 for the purchase of a grant funded rapid response

medical UTV previously budgeted in the donation fund.

There is also a change to the revenue by $23,423 representative of the City’s match and

we anticipate that it will be reimbursed by the school district. There is also a change to the

Volunteer Fire Department Donation Fund, decrease of $23,423 where the City’s match

was budgeted to come from.

Changes to the Utility Fund – Other Adjustments - $816,373

A change recommended by the City’s external auditors. We have a debt service payment,

principal and interest on debt that was issued as part of a cash call for the City of Houston

waterline along State Highway 3. It doesn’t change the expenses and it doesn’t change

how it is being paid for, it is covered by water CRF’s, but what has changed is the external

auditors did not want to see it in our debt service fund for utilities. They wanted to see it

as an operation’s cost to the utilities as water contract purchases. The revenue and

expense are being moved to the Utility Fund to implement the change they recommended.

This is an increase into the operations because the debt service is not part of our

operational budget, it is actually segmented and separate.

Finally, how it all rolls up to the Citywide - $871,858, just the expense side.

ADJOURNMENT