300 West Walker

City of League City, TX

League City TX 77573

Meeting Minutes

City Council

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

6:00 PM

Council Chambers

200 West Walker Street

The City Council of the City of League City, Texas, met in a regular meeting in the

Council Chambers at 200 West Walker Street on the above date at 6:00 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 6:00 p.m. and called the roll. All members of

Council were present.

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Mayor Nick Long, Mr. Andy Mann, Mr. Tommy Cones, Mr. Tom Crews, Mr.

Courtney Chadwell, Mr. Scott Higginbotham, Mr. Chad Tressler and Mr. Sean

Saunders

Present

INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE U.S. FLAG AND PLEDGE OF

ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS FLAG

The invocation was given by Pastor Natasha Young with Word Power Church. Mayor Long

led in the pledges of allegiance to the flags.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

June 10, 2025 Regular Meeting

3A.

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Mayor Long asked if there were any corrections. He said hearing none, these minutes are

approved.

PROCLAMATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AWARDS, AND COMMUNITY

SPOTLIGHT

PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL

Members of the public are invited to give comments at this time, lasting not longer than 3

minutes. Comments may be general in nature or may address a specific agenda item.

NAME

Maryanne Delgado

Amber Carlson

Heather Llanes

Eddie Llanes

Eric Carlson

Jennifer Ponshock

Larry Kindel

Caleb Michic

Jaime Westheimer

CONSENT AGENDA

Approval of the Consent Agenda

Item 6E was pulled by staff.

A motion was made by Mr. Crews, seconded by Mr. Tressler, to approve the Consent Agenda.

The motion passed by the following vote:

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Mayor Long, Mr. Mann, Mr. Cones, Mr. Crews, Mr. Chadwell, Mr. Higginbotham,

Mr. Tressler and Mr. Saunders

For:

Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a water capital recovery fee credit

agreement with West FM 517, LTD., a Texas limited partnership, for the construction of an

oversized water main associated with the Pedregal Subdivision, consistent with the City’s

Master Water Plan (Executive Director of Development Services)

6A.

6B.

6C.

6D.

Approved on the Consent Agenda - Resolution No. 2025-112

Consider and take action on a resolution amending Resolution 2024-188 to authorize

cumulative expenditures not to exceed $2,300,000 with Sysco, Gordon Food Service, and/or

Ben. E. Keith at The Ballpark for food supply services at The Ballpark at League City through

September 30, 2027 (Executive Director of IT, Facilities and Ballpark)

Approved on the Consent Agenda - Resolution No. 2025-113

Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an agreement with King’s Vending

Solutions, Inc. for vending machine services for the following locations: Helen Hall Public

Library, the City of League City Community Center, Lynn Gripon Park at Countryside Pavilion,

and Hometown Heroes Park & Recreation Center (Director of Parks and Cultural Services)

Approved on the Consent Agenda - Resolution No. 2025-114

Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing the renewal of the interlocal agreement

between the City of League City and Galveston County Parks and Cultural Services

Department for use of Hometown Heroes Park to continue to provide congregate meal

services for eligible clients from October 1, 2025 - September 30, 2026 (Director of Parks and

Cultural Services)

Approved on the Consent Agenda - Resolution No. 2025-115

Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing an after-school care program to begin in

August 2025 for the 2025-2026 school year and authorizing funding in FY2025 for costs

associated with the after-school care program, including the addition of three (3) part-time

Camp Counselor positions (Director of Parks and Cultural Services)

6E.

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No Action

Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing the sale of a 0.1016-acre (4,424 square

feet) property as Temporary Construction Easement identified as P00091281 (Parcel 332 TCE)

to TxDOT related to the construction of SH 99 Segment B1 in the amount of $4,247 (Executive

Director of Capital Projects)

6F.

6G.

6H.

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Approved on the Consent Agenda - Resolution No. 2025-116

Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing the sale of a 0.2301-acre (10,024 square

feet) property as Temporary Construction Easement identified as P00091284 (Parcel 335 TCE)

to TxDOT related to the construction of SH 99 Segment B1 in the amount of $9,622 (Executive

Director of Capital Projects)

Approved on the Consent Agenda - Resolution No. 2025-117

Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with

ARKK Engineers for design, bid, and construction phase services related to the Sanitary

Sewer Annual Rehabilitation - Manhole Rehabilitation Project (WW1801L) in an amount not

to exceed $92,500 (Executive Director of Capital Projects)

Approved on the Consent Agenda - Resolution No. 2025-118

END OF CONSENT AGENDA

PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS FROM PUBLIC HEARING

Hold a public hearing on an ordinance re-adopting Standards of Care for the League City

Youth Recreation Programs to address staffing ratios, health standards, and staff

qualifications (Director of Parks and Cultural Services)

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Mayor Long opened the public hearing at 6:25 p.m.

No members of the public requested to address the Council.

Mayor Long closed the public hearing at 6:25 p.m.

7B.

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Consider and take action on an ordinance re-adopting Standards of Care for the League City

Youth Recreation Programs to address staffing ratios, health standards, and staff

qualifications; providing for publication, and establishing an effective date (Director of Parks

and Cultural Services)

A motion was made by Mr. Tressler, seconded by Mr. Crews, to approve Ordinance No.

2025-21, re-adopting Standards of Care for the League City Youth Recreation Programs to

address staffing ratios, health standards, and staff qualifications; providing for publication,

and establishing an effective date on First Reading. The motion passed by the following vote:

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Mayor Long, Mr. Mann, Mr. Cones, Mr. Crews, Mr. Chadwell, Mr. Higginbotham,

Mr. Tressler and Mr. Saunders

For:

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

10.

FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES

Consider and take action on an ordinance disannexing approximately 1.3347 acres of land

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currently located within the corporate limits of League City, Texas, and authorizing related

boundary adjustments with the City of Friendswood (City Attorney)

Staff requests approval on first and final reading.

A motion was made by Mr. Tressler, seconded by Mr. Cones, to approve Ordinance No.

2025-22, disannexing approximately 1.3347 acres of land currently located within the

corporate limits of League City, Texas, and authorizing related boundary adjustments with

the City of Friendswood on First Reading. The motion passed by the following vote:

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Mayor Long, Mr. Mann, Mr. Cones, Mr. Crews, Mr. Chadwell, Mr. Higginbotham,

Mr. Tressler and Mr. Saunders

For:

A motion was made by Mr. Tressler, seconded by Mr. Saunders, to approve Ordinance No.

2025-22 on First and Final Reading. The motion passed by the following vote:

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Mayor Long, Mr. Mann, Mr. Cones, Mr. Chadwell, Mr. Higginbotham, Mr. Tressler

and Mr. Saunders

For:

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Mr. Crews

Opposed:

Consider and take action on an Ordinance to set a 35 miles per hour (mph) speed limit along

Hobbs Rd between Ervin St and Patagonia St, a distance of approximately 1.78 miles

(Executive Director of Development Services)

10B.

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Staff requests approval on first and final reading.

A motion was made by Mr. Cones, seconded by Mr. Tressler, to approve Ordinance No.

2025-23, to set a 35 miles per hour (mph) speed limit along Hobbs Rd between Ervin St and

Patagonia St, a distance of approximately 1.78 miles on First Reading. The motion passed by

the following vote:

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Mayor Long, Mr. Mann, Mr. Cones, Mr. Crews, Mr. Chadwell, Mr. Higginbotham,

Mr. Tressler and Mr. Saunders

For:

A motion was made by Mr. Cones, seconded by Mr. Tressler, to approve Ordinance No.

2025-23 on First and Final Reading. The motion passed by the following vote:

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Mayor Long, Mr. Mann, Mr. Cones, Mr. Chadwell, Mr. Higginbotham, Mr. Tressler

and Mr. Saunders

For:

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Mr. Crews

Opposed:

11.

12.

ITEMS ADDED AFTER ELECTRONIC AGENDA COMPLETED

REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS

Announcements concerning items of community interest. No action will be taken or

discussed.

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COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS/REPORTS

Announcements concerning items of community interest. No action will be taken or

discussed.

Mayor Pro Tem Tommy Cones – Thank you, Mayor. I would like to, first of all, tell

everybody up here on Council that Mrs. Rita Ghirardi passed away June 12. She was 100

years old. She was one of the oldest and first families of League City, her and her husband

Johnny. Really a great lady. She will be missed. She was a dear friend of mine and will be

missed greatly in League City. So, prayers will go out to her and her family. Second, I

would like to just talk briefly about the Sunset Bazaar. I’m not for sure really what is

correct and what’s right. I’ve heard a lot of rumors that there was issues. I’ve talked to the

Mayor, I’ve talked to Mr. Baumgartner, I’ve talked to Amber trying to get all the facts

together and everything. It seems like a great event, especially for four hours on one

Saturday night, once a month. I’m not for sure what we can do, but I would like to ask the

Mayor and Mr. Baumgartner to meet with Amber and try to work out a solution. I’m not

for sure what that would be, if that’s once a month or if it’s once every two months. I know

we got some issues out there with people complaining. I’m not for sure if it’s factual. You

hear a lot of stuff, but without trying to research it more I think we do owe the Sunset

Bazaar a thank you for the community involvement that they’ve been giving to the

community, and that’s what the park’s about. There again, I understand the concerns that

we have. I heard music was an issue, I heard parking was an issue, I heard a lot of things.

Hopefully, maybe the Mayor can sit down with Mr. Baumgartner and Amber and if we

need to form a committee and let’s talk about a solution. I think there’s room for you here.

I served on the Holiday in the Park board for 25 years. I understand the passion that it

takes to run one of these events, but again, your four hours, also understand that people

live near this and you’re not the only event that is at the park. I think it’s possible to get

together, Mayor, and try to talk about a resolution for this. I heard good things about it,

saw it on Facebook that it was really a big event. That’s what the community is all about,

but we need to be good neighbors to everybody there and we need to be pro-business when

it comes to local businesses. That’s my thoughts.

Andy Mann – I just wanted to go a step further with that and maybe we could just put an

item on the agenda for two weeks from now. We can just openly discuss all the issues,

because this is new to me. I think I received a single email from one person about it.

That’s all I got. It looked like to me, it was one of those I read it and I think by the time I

respond to this it will be resolved because the optics look too bad. I guess I was wrong.

Sounds like y’all are spun up. While I would be open to the Mayor and the City Manager

reaching out and talking to y’all about it, getting something resolved. I think also if that

doesn’t happen we could put something on the agenda in two weeks and we could all just

air it out, because this is a new one for me. So thank y’all, and thank y’all for coming out,

people get on Facebook and complain and complain.

They very rarely go to the actual channel that is built for them to advocate. So, thank you

for that.

Tom Crews – No Comments

Courtney Chadwell – I’d like to recognize a really good friend and a great citizen of

League City. About eight months ago, Brock Howe came up here and we awarded him with

the Art Hewitt Spirit Award for his dedication to volunteering in the community. Tonight,

he’s at home recovering from brain surgery he had late last week. He’s doing well, but just

want to let Brock know that we love him, appreciate his commitment to the community and

we’re hoping for a speedy recovery.

Scott Higginbotham – No Comments

Chad Tressler – No Comments

Sean Saunders – No Comments

Mayor Long – I’ll be quick. Happy to meet with anybody about the Sunset Bazaar. We can

talk then and then put it back on the agenda or do whatever we want with that from there.

To be fair, we received pro Sunset Bazaar emails. received some anti Sunset Bazaar

emails, as well. I’m sure everybody has different opinions. don’t know which one is real or

not. It doesn’t even really matter to me, I’m sure everybody has different opinions about

it. I’m sure there’s a way that we can accommodate it somewhere in the city and figure out

a good way to make it so that small businesses owners can do what they need to do and

then the established brick and mortar businesses can function as well and the citizens that

live around that park won’t be affected as well. I’m sure there’s a way for everybody to

co-exist and work that out. We can start there and if that doesn’t work out to everybody’s

satisfaction, we can move it to the next step and bring it on the agenda.

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EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)

At 6:35 p.m. Mayor Long announced the City Council will now go into executive session to

discuss the following items:

Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.074 Government Code - Personnel Matters

14A.

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Discuss employment, appointment, or evaluation of a public officer or employee, to-wit: City

Auditor (Mayor Long)

Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.072 Government Code - Deliberations about real

property

14B.

14C.

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Discuss potential purchase or sale of real property interests (Executive Director of Capital

Projects)

Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.071 Government Code - Consultation with Attorney

Consultation with City Attorney on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the

governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State

Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter, to-wit: Galveston County Consolidated

Drainage District (City Attorney)

At 7:08 p.m. Mayor Long reconvened the regular meeting and announced there was no

final action, decision or vote with regard to any matter considered in the executive session

just concluded.

15.

ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)

Consider and take action on discussion regarding the employment, appointment or evaluation

of a public officer or employee, to-wit: City Auditor (Mayor Long)

15A.

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No Action

15B.

Consider and take action on discussion concerning potential purchase or sale of real property

interests (Executive Director of Capital Projects)

A motion was made by Mr. Higginbotham, seconded by Mr. Tressler, to authorize staff to

proceed with the acquisition of Parcel 1 - 1.68864 acres (73,557 square feet) to support the

Pat Hallisey (Bay Colony) Park project (CIP #PK2001) from Transco Management Group,

LLC as discussed in executive session. The motion passed by the following vote:

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Mayor Long, Mr. Mann, Mr. Cones, Mr. Crews, Mr. Chadwell, Mr. Higginbotham,

Mr. Tressler and Mr. Saunders

For:

15C.

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Consider and take action regarding consultation with City Attorney, to-wit: Galveston County

Consolidated Drainage District (City Attorney)

No Action