Buda bolsters defenses as complaint looms

As a Texas Workforce Commission complaint looms, Buda elected officials June 4 passed an agreement aimed at bolstering the city’s defenses.

By a 5-0 vote, the Buda City Council approved a Joint Defense and Allied Litigant agreement involving the city and the Buda Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Mayor Pro Tem Wiley Hopkins and council member Evan Ture were absent from the meeting and did not vote.

Buda Mayor George Haehn said the agreement between the two entities is meant to create a “joint defense” against any claims made by previous personnel who might have worked with the EDC. Haehn did not specifically identify who the previous EDC employee was.