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Residents criticize City Council’s decision to pass on sidewalk grant | For Subscribers Only | #citycouncil

Several residents made their disapproval known to City Council Tuesday about their passing on applying for the Texas Department of Transportation’s Transportation Alternatives Program grant last month. The Council rejected one of two grant applications to the program that would have provided 80% of the funding for sidewalk improvements. The rejected project would have built […]

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City Council votes on approving a meet and confer agreement with SMPD | News | #citycouncil

A file photo of the San Marcos City Council meeting chamber. At its May 16 meeting, San Marcos City Council voted on a new police contract agreement to be made for San Marcos Police Department (SMPD). The former agreement was repealed by local activist group Mano Amiga. Mano Amiga is pushing to end vacation forfeiture […]

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City Council hears presentation on COVID-19 aid money, flood plans | News | #citycouncil

Star file photo At its Jan. 3 meeting, San Marcos City Council received a staff presentation about the reallocation of COVID-19 response money into new programs for COVID-19 issues. The Community Development Block Grant-Entitlement (CDBG) is a program that provides grants to communities to develop areas. San Marcos has $188,443 from CDBG to reallocate to […]

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