Michael Herrera
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 21
- Total speaking time
- 3:17:19
- Avg per meeting
- 9:24
- Segments
- 3299
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Top issues during term (20)
Traffic Congestion and Neighborhood Safety
Funded through one-time budget allocations for software licenses and communication upgrades.
City Planning and Advisory Committees
Administrative efficiency through streamlined board meetings and volunteer coordination.
Infrastructure and Subdivision Application Extensions
Extension of active file timelines preserves existing development rights and utility planning investments.
TIRZ Financial Forecast
Generates millions in surplus tax revenues with an estimated $54.6 million in project funds available for programming through 2031.
Historical Property Marker Program
Costs associated with moving and reinstalling the markers are currently being evaluated.
City Charter Review
Potential future costs associated with charter amendment elections.
Employee Benefits Trust Creation
Saves the city approximately $150,000 annually in insurance premium taxes.
Tree Removal Requests for Commercial and Residential Developments
Funded through the existing tree mitigation fund containing approximately $7 million.
Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and Tax Rate Adoption
Maintains the tax rate at $0.417282 per $100 valuation while increasing total tax revenues by 7.6% due to new growth.
75 Oaks Special Use Permit for Agricultural and Farm Uses
Generates localized economic activity through retail farm store sales.
Phase 2 Raw Water Delivery System Delays
Represents multi-million dollar capital investments in major water treatment plant expansions and pipeline infrastructure.
Law Enforcement Data Access Agreement
Removes approximately $45,000 annually from the police department's proposed technology budget.
Water Security and Aquifer Usage
Ensures controlled growth without outstripping municipal infrastructure capacity.
Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance Update
Cost of $229,930 funded through existing municipal stormwater or CIP allocations.
Traffic Congestion and Neighborhood Safety
Involves multiple contracts totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars in engineering and construction costs.
Solid Waste Collection Services Contract
Staff resources for survey distribution and analysis.
Commercial Dumpster Noise Regulation
Unknown.
Fire Department Fleet Expansion
Capital expenditure of $4,232,024 utilizing HGAC Buy contract pricing.
Dunkley Subdivision Replat
None anticipated.
Stormwater Master Plan Adoption
Establishes planning baseline for future capital improvement drainage projects.
Moved or seconded (4)
Motions Herrera personally put forward or seconded. Attribution comes from the minutes; where the minutes name somebody we cannot match to the roster we leave it out rather than guess, so this is a floor, not a total.
- secondedpassed 5-02026-06-04
Approve the Consent Agenda Items 8 through 14.
- secondedpassed 7-02026-04-02
Approve First Reading of an ordinance regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0205, following a discussion.
- secondedpassed2026-03-19
Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Annexation Case A-25-0024 for Hero Way Elevated Storage Tank (EST) for the voluntary annexation of 11.369 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R025382 and Travis Central Appraisal District Parcel 353992; and
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- secondedpassed 3-02026-02-17
Approve the canvass as read into the record.
Decisions during term (391)
Recorded while Herrera was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Consent Agenda Approval
Fee Schedule Amendment & ASR Pool Permit Waivers/Reimbursements
Adoption of Stormwater Master Plan (CPA-26-0020)
Tree Mitigation Fund Ordinance Amendment
Sullivan Tract Preliminary Plat Heritage Tree Removal (PP-26-0084)
Crossroads Site Development Heritage Tree Removal (TRP-26-0059)
1717 Garlock Drive Heritage Tree Removal (TRP-26-0060)
Wildspring Phase 3 Heritage Tree Removal (TRP-26-0057)
Purchase of Fire Engines and Ladder Truck
TML Region 10 Director Election Ballot
Upper Brushy Creek WCID Resolution on Lakewood Park
Approval of the minutes for the regular City Council meeting held on September 17, 2026, and special called City Council meeting held on September 22, 2026.
Approval of Task Order TR-HDR-CIPS23-019-01 with HDR Engineering, Inc., for the Phase 1 engineering and design consulting services for the San Gabriel Parkway West roadway project (CIP T.42), in an amount not to exceed $1,051,324.00; and…
Approval of a Roadway Impact Fee (RIF) Offset Agreement with V2R Holdings, LLC, for the development known as the Leander Memory Care Center on a 2.2-acre tract being generally located at the southeast corner of Sonny Drive and Leander…
Approval of an Interlocal Cooperation Contract between the City of Leander and the Department of Public Safety (DPS) for the Texas Conviction Reporting (TXCR) application for the purpose of reporting of all court-reported convictions to a…
Approval to enter into a Software as a Service (SaaS) agreement with GovernmentJobs.Com, Inc., dba NEOGOV for human resources software and cloud services for the term of one (1) year in the amount of $105,381.94 utilizing cooperative…
Discuss and consider action on the approval of the Oakwood Hills Phasing Plan associated with Subdivision Case CP-25-0051 which includes the development of 188 single-family lots in three (3) phases on seven (7) parcels of land 337.18…
2027 Employee Health Benefits Award
Designation of Frost Bank as Trust Depository and Signatories
Consent Agenda Item Number Three
Voting record (44)
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