City of Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg’s municipality changed in 1991, when its citizens adopted the Home Rule Charter.

This type of government is the legislative and governing body of the city, and consists of a mayor and four council members. They are elected from the city at large.

The term for the mayor and council members is two years. No mayor or council member may serve more than four consecutive two-year terms in the same office.

The terms of the council members are staggered so that two members are elected to a regular term each year.

Fredericksburg City Council

(Term expiration in parentheses) Mayor Charlie Kiehne (May 2022) Jerry Luckenbach (May 2022) Tom Musselman (May 2022) Kathy Sanford-O’Neill (May 2023) Bobby Watson (May 2023)

Generally, the city council’s regular meetings are held on the first and third Mondays of each month, beginning at 6 p.m., in the meeting room of the Gillespie County Law Enforcement Center, 1601 East Main Street.

Fredericksburg’s City Hall building is located at 126 West Main Street. The phone number is 830-997-7521.

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City Staff

City Manager: Kent Myers Asst. City Manager: Clinton Bailey Public Information Officer: Lea Feuge City Secretary: Shelley Goodwin Municipal Judge: Shelley Becker Associate Judge: James Heupel Court Clerk: Rebecca Hogue City Attorney: Daniel Jones Director of Human Resources: Tammie Loth Fire Dept. Chief: Lynn Bizzell Emergency Management Coordinator: Justin Calhoun Fire Marshal: Reagan Rabke Police Dept. Chief: Steve Wetz Director of Development Services: Jason Lutz Historic Preservation Officer: Anna Hudson Building Inspectors: Michael Erwin, Kyle Staudt Associate Planner: Shelby Collier City Code Enforcement Officers: Ray Ortegon, Ted Boyer Permit Technician: Karen Hilje Director of Finance: Laura Hollenbeak Senior City Accountant: David Kellam City Accountant: Krista Wareham Accounting Administrative Assistant: Nicole Moellering Accounting Clerk: Mary Gonzalez Director of Public Works and Utilities: Clinton Bailey

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Asst. Director of Public Works: Kris Kneese Asst. City Engineer: Garret Bonn Staff Engineer: Evan Williamson Public Works Construction Inspector: Brian Peters

Parks and Recreation – 997-4202

Director: Andrea Schmidt Park Maintenance Superintendent: Trevor Dupuis Special Events Coordinator: Jennifer Krupa Recreation Superintendent: Katelyn Brazell

Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Golf Course Pro Shop – 997-4010

General Manager: Chris Meade Superintendent: Dale Hough

Street Department – 997-7521

Superintendent: Garrett Durst Assistant Superintendent: Chris Lancaster

Electric Department – 997-7521

Superintendent: Lee Stubblefield Line Foreman: Jeff Wanek

Sanitation Department 997-3459

Superintendent: Kerry Schmidt Assistant Superintendent: Josh Treiber

Water Department – 997-7521

Superintendent: Jeff Rich

Gillespie County Health Division 997-7521

Sanitarian: Kelli Olfers, R.S. Food Safety Inspector: Rebekah Cathey, R.S., M.S.

City Boards Zoning Board of Adjustment

Appointed by the city council, the Zoning Board of Adjustment has the power to grant variances from zoning property development regulations and certain provisions of the sign ordinance.

The Zoning Board of Adjustment meetings are only scheduled when an application is submitted.

Board Members

(Term expiration in parentheses) Cynthia Scroggins, chairwoman (July 2023) Jim McAfee (July 2023) Marcus Vidrine (July 2023) Ashley Hunter (July 2022) Devin Mullen (July 2022) Travis Neal (July 2023)

Alternates (Vacant)

2022 Scheduled Meetings

Feb. 7 (Deadline Jan. 27) March 24 (Deadline Feb. 24) April. 21 (Deadline Mar 31) May 19 (Deadline April 26) June 23 (Deadline May 26) July 21 (Deadline June 30) Aug. 18 (Deadline July 28) Sep. 22 (Deadline Aug. 25)

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Oct. 20 (Deadline Sep. 29) Nov. 23 (Deadline Oct. 20) Dec. 29 (Deadline Nov.23)

Historic Review Board

The Historic Review Board looks over all applications proposing alterations, changes, construction, demolition or relocation within the Historic District and Historic Landmarks.

HRB Members

Sharon Joseph, chairman (July 2021) Larry Jackson, vice chairman (July 2021) Richard Laughlin (July 2023) David Bullion (July 2023) Mike Penick (July 2023) Michael McCrea (July 2021) Jessica Mittel (July 2021) Barry Kaiser (July 2021) Joe Salinas Jr. (July 2023)

2022 Scheduled Meetings

Feb. 15 (Deadline Feb 1) March 15 (Deadline March 1) April 12 (Deadline March 29) May 10 (Deadline April 26) June 14 (Deadline May 31) July 12 (Deadline June 28) Aug. 9 (Deadline July 26) Sept. 13 (Deadline Aug 30) Oct. 11 (Deadline Sept. 27) Nov. 15 (Deadline Nov 1) Dec. 13 (Deadline Nov 29)

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Planning and Zoning

In its capacity as zoning commission, the Planning and Zoning Commission has the power and has as its duty to hold public hearings and make recommendations to the city council on all requests or proposals for amending, changing or adding to the zoning ordinance.

P&Z Board Members

Janice Menking, chairwoman (July 2023) Vacant (July 2021) Jim Jarreau (July 2022) Daryl Whitworth (July 2023) Steve Thomas (July 2023) Tim Dooley (July 2023) Emily Kirchner (July 2023) Jeff Lawrence (July 2022) Polly Rickert (July 2023)

2022 Scheduled Meetings

Feb. 9 (Deadline Jan. 4) March 9 (Deadline Jan. 31) April 6 (Deadline Feb. 28) May 4 (Deadline March 28) June 8 (Deadline April 25) July 6 (Deadline May 27) Aug. 3 (Deadline June 27) Sept. 7 (Deadline July 25 Oct. 5 (Deadline Aug. 29) Nov. 9 (Deadline Sept. 26) Dec. 7 (Deadline Oct. 31)

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