Mondayâs New Braunfels City Council meeting will feature some housekeeping items from the May 1 election and the swearing-in of the cityâs next police chief.
Council members are expected to canvass the election of two members of the council, which would make the results official.
Incumbent Harry Bowers and Lawrence Spradley captured races for council seats representing districts 3 and 4, respectively.
According to unofficial results, Bowers defeated challenger Kevin Robles, with 1,027 votes (84.25%) to Roblesâ 192 votes (15.75%). Spradley defeated Joy Harvey, 522 votes to 475, or 52.36% to 47.64%.
Council members will also canvass the results of the special election, where all 18 proposed city charter amendments were approved by voters.
Work continues on the North Kuehler 30-inch and 33-inch Interceptor Upgrade Project in central New Braunfels, part of New Braunfels Utilitiesâ wastewater capital improvement projects to replace and upgrade aging infrastructure.
The project consists of replacing existing 21-inch, 24-inch, and 27-inch interceptors in NBUâs Wastewater Treatment Plant drainage basin with 30-inch and 33-inch inch interceptors.Â
The interceptor replacement includes 12,000 linear feet of sanitary sewer main.Â
The project alignment begins east of the Guadalupe River, runs across the river and Cross River Street, runs north on Washington Avenue, runs east on South Street, through Prince Solms Park, through Hinman Island Park, east on Elizabeth Avenue, through the Wurstfest grounds, across Landa Street, through the Knights of Columbus property, and then continues along the Dry Comal Creek to across Walnut Avenue.
Judge stops planned 1,500-acre quarry near Bracken Bat Cave
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Sabrina Houser Amaya speaks during the Friends of Dry Comal Creek community awareness meeting held Thursday Oct. 5, 2017 at the Bulverde-Spring Branch Activity Center in Bulverde, TX. The meeting was on Vulcan Materials Company s application for an air quality permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), for a rock crushing quarry at the intersection of Highway 46 and FM 3009 in Comal County.Edward A. Ornelas, Staff / San Antonio Express-News
A group of Comal County residents has won a big battle in a four-year legal fight to stop a proposed quarry north of San Antonio that they say will harm the environment and their quality of life.