Members of the Kyle City Council and staff “deserve to be praised to high heaven” for the amount of work they are doing — “above and beyond the call to service,” Mayor Travis Mitchell said in responding to questions about a “visioning” workshop council and some city staff attended in Fredericksburg in February.
“Our council is simply the hardest working, most proactive and collaborative council I’ve been around,” Mitchell said. “They are hungry to learn and to contribute.”
The workshop was held Feb. 8-9 and in addition to council, was attended by City Manager Scott Sellers, City Attorney Paige Saenz, Chief of Staff Jerry Hendrix, City Secretary Jennifer Vetrano and Communications Director Samantha Armbruster. The “facilitator” for the workshop was Douglas Thomas of Strategic Government Resources. Of the $18,150.12 spent on the trip, $10,000 went to Thomas, who also billed the city for $1,069.31 in travel expenses.
