Clinton J. Powell

I hope you are all having a great week. In May there will be an election for five positions on the city council.

I hope you are all having a great week. Let’s talk about volunteerism. In rural Texas, the spirit of volunteerism thrives as a connection to your community. While bigger cities boast numerous volunteer opportunities, the significance of volunteering in rural areas cannot be overstated. Here, amidst the brush country and small-town atmosphere, volunteers play a pivotal role in addressing community […]

I hope you are all having a great week. Tomorrow is our regularly scheduled council meeting at 5:30 p.m. Please attend if you have the time. If you can’t make it in person, you can always watch it live stream off of the city website. Following is an abbreviation of the agenda. There will be three public hearings on voluntary […]

I hope you are having a great week. I want to include some updates on projects we are working on here in our city. We met with the new San Antonio TxDOT district engineer, Charles Benavidez, and our area TxDOT engineer, Frances Merecka, P.E., to continue discussions on Drainage and Hwy. 97 expansion of the H-E-B segment between Bryant and […]

I hope you are all having a great week. Next month a delegation from the City of Pleasanton will go to Washington and discuss the city’s priorities and objectives. The group will meet with different agencies and members of Congress. This is the third year that I have participated in the trip. We have not only brought back millions of […]

I hope you are all having a great week. On Thursday last week, council was presented with the fiscal year 2022/23 audit. The audit was done by AIP CPAs, and presented by Mr. Michael Del Toro. The overall analysis proved that the city is financially sound with 13 months of operating capital. Of course, they found areas that can be […]

I hope you are all having a great week. Tomorrow is our regularly scheduled city council meeting. There are three ordinances and two resolutions. Two of the resolutions have to do with the issuance of certificates of obligation. The third ordinance deals with setting fees for the city, park, pool and sports complex. The two resolutions involve the city requesting […]

I hope you are all having a great week. Last week a delegation from the City of Pleasanton went to Washington, D.C. to promote our legislative agenda and look for assistance for city projects. The delegation consisted of five council members, our City Manager, our City Secretary, our Finance Director, our City Attorney and three representatives from EMC Consulting. This […]

I hope you are all having a great week. In May I will have collectively served 13 years on the Pleasanton City Council.

I hope you are all having a great week. This is one of my last articles. I would like to go over the agenda for the meeting tomorrow.