Conversation with Mountain City mayor about that semi-forgotten ILA

That interlocal agreement among the cites of Kyle and Mountain City along with Hays County was the subject of some intense debates and lively meetings back in June, but it seems to have faded from the public interest of late.

So I asked someone for whom I have a lot of respect, Mountain City Mayor Tiffany Curnutt, what's the latest on the deal. Here is the gist of that conversation.

Kyle Report: Is it dead?

Mayor Carnutt: No, it’s still in negotiations. We’re still working on it.

Kyle Report: Do you think an agreement might be reached?

Mayor Carnutt: To be determined. I think we are coming to a version that can be proposed to our council but I can't guarantee that it will pass.

Kyle Report: What is the status of Anthem now that the ILA appears to be, at least, stalled?

Mayor Carnutt: It's been a work in progress and hasn't actually stalled. However, we haven't put a new version out there for our council and residents to review yet since it almost had to be completely rewritten after the first draft was provided by the county and I think we all knew it would take some time. Especially since Mountain City doesn't have full time legal resources. Also, we are taking our time with it to be sure that we take everything into consideration for the future of Mountain City. So this also takes time and we wanted to be sure that the version proposed is something presentable to our council and residents, though it may require additional tweaking or modifications once proposed

Kyle Report: What action, if any, is Mountain City prepared to take on this matter?

Mayor Carnutt: We haven't put the item on the agenda to take action at this point. We will wait for the next version to complete before we put it back on the agenda. And we also want to be sure that our residents and council all have ample time to review. We have some great resources in the city and they may catch something that we didn't."

The mayor added that Mountain City’s next city council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 12, "We haven’t created a final agenda for this meeting," the mayor said, "but the action item may be incorporated if it’s presentable prior to then."

It is worth noting that the ILA is scheduled to be a part of the proposed executive session at Wednesday's Kyle City Council meeting.