The number of May elections scheduled to be held in Hays County has shrunk. Municipal elections slated in both Dripping Springs and Wimberley will not be held, since there are no contested races in either city. In Dripping Springs, Mayor Todd Purcell was up for re-election, as were Place 2 council m...

Under Wimberley’s current form of government, Mayor Susan Jaggers doesn’t get a vote when it comes to deciding city policy – and she intends to change that. Jaggers told council at its most recent meeting that she wants to give voters a choice when they go to the polls May 2 on whether to abandon th...

Wimberley City Council is beginning to set end dates and deadlines for the wastewater project that has taken at least three years of negotiations. The council agreed on Wednesday that in order to cross Cypress Creek to get to Aqua Texas, the city needs to complete easement negotiations with landowne...

By Nathalie Cohetero Wimberley City Council voted to adopt a final draft of the Cypress Creek Nature Preserve and Trail Master Plan at their recent meeting. In partnership with the Wimberley Valley Watershed Association (WVWA), the city of Wimberley approved a master plan addressing challenges regar...

After a year of work, the controversial Short Term Rental (STR) Committee in Wimberley will conclude its services after city leaders Aug. 1 voted 3-2 to deny a one-year extension and workshop. Council members Gary Barchfeld and Craig Fore both cast dissenting votes. Conceived in August 2018, the com...

A heated debate over email privacy and access to other city officials’ accounts led to the discovery that Wimberley Mayor Susan Jaggers occasionally monitors city staff emails without their knowledge. On Aug. 1, Jaggers explained she wished to have access to Mayor Pro Tem Rebecca Minnick’s city emai...

A new resolution passed by the Wimberley city leaders reinstates the city administrator as the primary contact for matters relating to its wastewater project. The action repealed a previous resolution which labeled the city’s mayor and mayor pro tem, as well as the city administrator, as points of c...

A new Mayor Pro Tem for the City of Wimberley has been selected after a controversial fallout that postponed the decision for a week. Newly elected Councilmember Rebecca Minnick was elected Mayor Pro Tem in a 3-1 vote on May 21 after a previous effort to select a new Mayor Pro didn't have enough par...

In a final vote before a new council is sworn in, the Wimberley city leaders approved a zoning change that would allow additional development at The Water’s Point Hill Country Wedding Venue. The council approved the Wimberley Planned Development District (WPPD) in a 3-1 vote. Councilmember Allison D...

Concerns about meeting required creteria necessary to obtain a $5.5 million Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) loan for wastewater system upgrades led Wimberley city leaders to table action on authorizing the debt. Instead, Wimberley city leaders approved by a 4-0 vote April 18 a resolution statin...