Joint City Council Workshop with Planning Board
Regular MeetingPort Lavaca, TX · October 27, 2025
Minutes
Port Lavaca, TXJOINT CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP WITH PLANNING BOARD October 27,
2025
JOINT CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP WITH PLANNING
BOARD
Monday, October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nautical Landings Office Building Conference Room, located at 106 S. Commerce Street, Suite 1-B
(South door entrance), Port Lavaca, Texas, Port Lavaca TX 77979
MINUTES
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF CALHOUN §
CITY OF PORT LAVACA §
On this the 27th day of October, 2025, the City Council of the City of Port Lavaca, Texas,
convened in a joint workshop session with the Planning Board at 5:30 p.m. at the Nautical Landings Office
Building Conference Room, located at 106 S. Commerce Street, Suite 1-B (South door entrance), Port
Lavaca, Texas, with the following members in attendance:
I. ROLL CALL
Jack Whitlow Mayor
Daniel Aguirre Councilman, District 1
Tim Dent Councilman, District 2
Allen Tippit Councilman, District 3
Rosie G. Padron Councilwoman, District 4, Mayor Pro Tem
Justin Burke Councilman, District 6
Justin Weaver Planning Board Chairman
Steve Butler Planning Board Member
Melinda Cain Planning Board Member
Cynthia Escalera Planning Board Member
Gary Crone Planning Board Member
And with the following absent:
Rose Bland-Stewart Councilman, District 5
Betty Birdwell Planning Board Member
Sheryl Cuellar Planning Board Member
Constituting a quorum for the transaction of business, at which time the following business was transacted:
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Port Lavaca, TXJOINT CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP WITH PLANNING BOARD October 27,
2025
WORKSHOP SESSION
II. CALL TO ORDER
• Mayor Whitlow called the meeting to order at 5:38 p.m. and presided.
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• Chairman Justin Weaver, also called the Planning Board to order.
III. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
(Limited to 3 minutes per individual unless permission to speak longer is received in advance).
• Mayor Whitlow asked for comments from the public and there were none.
IV. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION - Council will discuss the following items).
1. Discuss amendments to Ordinance (G-15-25) Chapter 20, Environmental and Health,
Article V. - Junk Vehicles, Abandoned Motor Vehicles, Junked Boats, Junked Trailers,
Junked Towable Recreational Vehicles, Sec. 20-97 - Unlawful to Maintain a Nuisance;
Exceptions. Presenter is Derrick Smith
Council discussed this agenda item.
No action necessary and none taken.
2. Discuss amendments to Ordinance (G-16-25) Chapter 34, Peddlers, Solicitors, Itinerant
Vendors, Garage Sales and Mobile Food Units; Article III, Mobile Food Units; and adding
Sec. 34-53 Street Vendors. Presenter is Derrick Smith
Council discussed this agenda item.
No action necessary and none taken.
3. Discuss amendments to Ordinance (G-17-25) Chapter 36, Signs, Sec. 36-7 Temporary Signs.
Presenter is Derrick Smith
Council discussed this agenda item.
No action necessary and none taken.
4. Review and discuss amendments to Ordinance Chapter 20, Environmental and Health,
Article XII – Litter; Sec. 20-512, Littering, Dumping Prohibited. Presenter is Derrick Smith
Council discussed this agenda item.
No action necessary and none taken.
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2025
5. Discuss investigative report and next steps actions on the storm pipe on Harbor Drive West.
Presenter is Jody Weaver
Council discussed this agenda item.
No action necessary and none taken.
V. ADJOURN WORKSHOP
Mayor Whitlow announced the Workshop was adjourned.
Meeting adjourned at 7:29 p.m.
These minutes were approved on November 10, 2025.
ATTEST: Jack Whitlow, Mayor
Mandy Grant, City Secretary
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Agenda
JOINT CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP WITH PLANNING
BOARD
Monday, October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nautical Landings Office Building Conference Room, located at 106 S. Commerce Street, Suite 1-B
(South door entrance), Port Lavaca, Texas, Port Lavaca TX 77979
PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETING
The following item will be addressed at this or any other meeting of the city council upon the request
of the mayor, any member(s) of council and/or the city attorney:
Announcement by the mayor that council will retire into closed session for consultation with
city attorney on matters in which the duty of the attorney to the city council under the Texas
disciplinary rules of professional conduct of the state bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the
open meetings act (title 5, chapter 551, section 551.071(2) of the Texas government code).
(All matters listed under the consent agenda item are routine by the city council and will be enacted
by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that
item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately.)
AGENDA
Council will consider/discuss the following items and take any action deemed necessary.
MEETING PROCEDURE
Public notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Port Lavaca, Texas, will conduct a
Joint Workshop Session, with the Planning Board, on Monday, October 27, 2025 beginning at 5:30
p.m. at the Nautical Landings Office Building Conference Room, located at 106 S. Commerce Street,
Suite 1-B (South door entrance), Port Lavaca, Texas to consider the items listed.
[After publication, any information in a council packet is subject to change during the meeting]
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Port Lavaca, TXJOINT CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP WITH PLANNING BOARD October 27,
2025
I. ROLL CALL
II. CALL TO ORDER
III. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
(Limited to 3 minutes per individual unless permission to speak longer is received in advance. You
may make public comments as you would at a meeting by logging on with your computer and using
"Join Zoom Meeting" information on first page of this agenda).
IV. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION - Council will consider/discuss the following items and take any
action deemed necessary
1. Discuss amendments to Ordinance (G-15-25) Chapter 20, Environmental and Health,
Article V. - Junk Vehicles, Abandoned Motor Vehicles, Junked Boats, Junked Trailers,
Junked Towable Recreational Vehicles, Sec. 20-97 - Unlawful to Maintain a Nuisance;
Exceptions. Presenter is Derrick Smith
2. Discuss amendments to Ordinance (G-16-25) Chapter 34, Peddlers, Solicitors, Itinerant
Vendors, Garage Sales and Mobile Food Units; Article III, Mobile Food Units; and adding
Sec. 34-53 Street Vendors. Presenter is Derrick Smith
3. Discuss amendments to Ordinance (G-17-25) Chapter 36, Signs, Sec. 36-7 Temporary
Signs. Presenter is Derrick Smith
4. Discuss amendments to Ordinance Chapter 20, Environmental and Health, Article XII –
Litter; Sec. 20-512, Littering, Dumping Prohibited. Presenter is Derrick Smith
5. Review and discuss investigative report and next steps actions on the storm pipe on Harbor
Drive West. Presenter is Jody Weaver
V. ADJOURNMENT
Port Lavaca, TXJOINT CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP WITH PLANNING BOARD October 27,
2025
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING NOTICE
This is to Certify that the above foregoing notice of a Joint Workshop Session of the City Council
of the City of Port Lavaca, Texas, and the Planning Board, to be held Monday, October 27, 2025
beginning at 5:30 p.m., was posted at City Hall, easily accessible to the Public, as of 5:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
________________________________
Mandy Grant, City Secretary
ADA NOTICE
The Port Lavaca City Hall and Council Chambers are wheelchair accessible. Access to the building is
available at the primary north entrance facing Mahan Street. Special parking spaces are located in the
Mahan Street parking area. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Port
Lavaca will provide for reasonable accommodations for persons attending meetings. To better serve you,
requests should be received 24 hours prior to the meetings. Please contact City Secretary Mandy Grant
at (361) 552-9793 Ext. 230 for assistance.
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