D. Lee Edwards
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 27
- Total speaking time
- 3:30:43
- Avg per meeting
- 7:48
- Segments
- 3654
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Top issues during term (20)(Business Jobs)
City Attorney and City Manager Searches
Executive search fees and future compensation packages for top city officials will be determined by these personnel processes.
City Leadership Recruitment
Executive salaries and recruitment expenses will impact the city administrative budget.
Interim City Attorney Employment Terms
Legal fees will be paid to the interim firm per hourly or contracted rates.
Entrepreneurship Incubator Program
Up to $1,200,000 in Economic Development Corporation funds.
Project Maiden Economic Development
Potential economic incentives or tax agreements may be proposed depending on the outcome of negotiations.
Economic Development Negotiations with Gener8tor
An expenditure of up to $1,125,000 from economic development funds.
210 S. Castell Contract Extension Request
None directly from the extension.
City Executive Leadership Search & Real Estate Lease
Executive compensation and search expenditures will affect the municipal administrative budget.
Data Center Regulations
Legal costs and future tax or infrastructure agreements related to data center developments could be affected.
Towing Ordinance Reform
Increased towing and recovery fees for motorists involved in accidents or police impounds.
Germany Resident Travel and Communication
Comal and Guadalupe Counties Workforce Study
Tourism Public Improvement District (TPID)
Generates millions in dedicated marketing funds through a 2% assessment on participating hotels without tapping city tax revenues.
Texas State Technical College Economic Development
The potential partnership could involve future city investment or incentives.
Commissioner Training on Chronicle Software
There is no direct financial impact on residents from this training session.
SPARK Small Business Center Q2 Performance Update
Childcare Accessibility and Quality
The city will provide $100,000 annually for three years.
Connections Lease Real Property Deliberation
Lease terms and property valuation details will impact city facility leasing expenditures or revenues.
Faust Hotel Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement
Rebates city hotel occupancy taxes up to $1 million over 5 years, while generating an estimated $2 million in total HOT revenue and $10 million in property value.
Chapter 380 Economic Development Program Policy Updates
Modifies the framework for how general fund revenues can be used for economic incentives and grants.
Moved or seconded (40)
Motions Edwards 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.
- secondedpassed2026-07-27
motioned to approve Councilmembers Spradley, Labowski, and Shaw as the representatives of the Ad Hoc Committee.
- secondedpassed2026-07-27
motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-07-27
motioned to approve this item.
- secondedpassed2026-07-27
Councilmember Labowski motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-07-13
to approve this item.
- secondedpassed2026-07-13
to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-07-13
to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-07-13
Councilmember Edwards motioned to approve items A, C, E, H, I of the consent agenda.
- movedpassed2026-07-13
Councilmember Edwards motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-07-13
CONSENT AGENDA City of New Braunfels, Texas Page 1 Posted On: 7/7/2026 6:02:39PM
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- movedpassed2026-07-13
Lee Edwards, Councilmember (District 3) Lawrence Spradley, Councilmember (District 4) Mary Ann Labowski, Councilmember (District 5) Nikki Shaw, Councilmember (District 6)
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- movedpassed2026-06-22
Councilmember Edwards moved to postpone this item until the July 13 city council meeting.
- moved2026-06-22
Councilmember Edwards nominated Councilmember Capizzi for Mayor Pro Tem.
- movedpassed2026-06-22
Councilmember Edwards moved to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-06-08
Councilmember Edwards motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-06-08
Councilmember Edwards motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-06-08
Councilmember Edwards motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-05-26
Councilmember Edwards motioned to approve this item.
- secondedpassed2026-05-26
Mayor Pro Tem Spradley motioned to approve this item.
- secondedpassed2026-05-11
motioned to approve this item
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Edwards was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
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Voting record (0)(Business Jobs)
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