District 4 Council Member· 2024-2027
Lawrence Spradley
New Braunfels
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 34
- Total speaking time
- 2:16:06
- Avg per meeting
- 4:00
- Segments
- 3344
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Top issues during term (20)(Business Jobs)
City Attorney and City Manager Searches
Leadership salaries and recruitment expenses will impact the administrative budget.
Economic Development Negotiations with Gener8tor
Up to $1,125,000 from Economic Development Corporation funds over multiple years.
Data Center Regulations
Potential long-term economic development impacts tied to high-tech infrastructure investments.
City Leadership Recruitment
Executive recruitment and compensation packages will involve city administrative expenditures.
Interim City Attorney Employment Terms
Details regarding compensation or financial terms were not disclosed in open session.
Germany Resident Travel and Communication
Financial impacts depend on whether public funds or private sponsorships support the trips.
Comal and Guadalupe Counties Workforce Study
Null
210 S. Castell Contract Extension Request
Potential future incentive grants up to $4.5 million contingent on project completion and sales tax generation.
City Executive Leadership Search & Real Estate Lease
Executive compensation and search expenditures will affect the municipal administrative budget.
Entrepreneurship Incubator Program
Up to $1,200,000 in EDC funding.
Project Maiden Economic Development
Potential economic incentives or tax agreements may be proposed depending on the outcome of negotiations.
Chapter 380 Economic Development Program Policy Updates
Directs financial assistance to eligible downtown businesses for storefront and property improvements.
Commissioner Training on Chronicle Software
Financial impact details were not provided.
Tourism Public Improvement District (TPID)
Generates an estimated 2% assessment on participating hotels with 5+ rooms to fund supplemental marketing and sales.
TIRZ No. 1 Leadership Appointments
None.
SPARK Small Business Center Q2 Performance Update
Operational funding support for local small business incubation.
Faust Hotel Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement
Rebates municipal hotel occupancy taxes generated specifically by the Faust Hotel up to $1.0 million over five years.
Childcare Accessibility and Quality
The city will provide $100,000 annually for three years.
Terminal Restaurant Planning
Financial impacts remain unknown as the meeting record is unavailable.
Texas State Technical College Economic Development
The potential partnership could involve future city investment or incentives.
Moved or seconded (31)
Motions Spradley 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.
- movedpassed2026-08-11
Schedule Public Hearings for FY 2027 Budget and 2026 Tax Rate
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- secondedpassed2026-07-27
motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-07-27
Councilmember Spradley motioned to approve items A, C, G of the consent agenda.
- secondedpassed2026-07-27
Mayor Pro Tem Capizzi motioned to approve this item.
- secondedpassed2026-07-13
Interim City Attorney and Outside Counsel Action
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- secondedpassed2026-07-13
Councilmember Labowski motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-07-13
Mayor Pro Tem Spradley motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-07-13
Mayor Pro Tem Spradley motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-06-22
Councilmember Spradley moved to approve the consent agenda with the exceptions of items A. and E.
- secondedpassed2026-06-22
Mayor Pro Tem Capizzi moved to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-06-22
motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-05-26
Mayor Pro Tem Spradley motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-05-26
Mayor Pro Tem Spradley motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-05-26
Appointment of Interim City Attorney Firm
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- movedpassed2026-05-11
Termination of City Attorney Val Acevedo
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- movedpassed2026-05-11
motioned to approve this item
- secondedpassed2026-05-11
motioned to approve this item
- movedpassed2026-05-11
motioned to approve this item
- movedpassed2026-05-11
Mayor Pro Tem Spradley motioned to approve this item.
- movedpassed2026-04-13
Mayor Pro Tem Spradley made a motion to approve the consent agenda with the exception of Item I.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Spradley was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Business Jobs.
Voting record (0)(Business Jobs)
No votes found matching Business Jobs.