Case File 25-1968

Context: Council Member Hernandez's amendment setting the school-based fee at $150/inspection passed 9-0 on 2026-02-17, then the ordinance was adopted on consent with no discussion on 2026-02-24 (Enactment No. 033880).

Recommended: Pull the codified text under Enactment No. 033880 to confirm the $150 per-inspection cap for school-based food establishments — added by floor amendment on first reading — actually carried through to final adoption, since it never appeared on the original published item and the consent-agenda second reading got no further debate to catch a clerical drop.

Context: De Shields addressed Council on 2026-02-17 immediately before Hernandez's motion set the school-based rate at a flat $150/inspection, and the underlying fee schedule is absent from the minutes.

Recommended: Follow up with Texas Restaurant Association Coastal Bend Chapter Chair Matthew De Shields on why his group weighed in on an ordinance that ended up carving out school cafeterias, and request the city's general (non-school) inspection fee for comparison — the record shows the ask and the 9-0 vote but never states the baseline fee schools are being discounted from.

Context: Hernandez's amendment passed 9-0 on 2026-02-17 immediately after Texas Restaurant Association Coastal Bend Chapter Chair Matthew De Shields addressed Council on the fee ordinance.

Recommended: With Hernandez's motion to carve a discounted $150 inspection fee for school-based food establishments passing unanimously, food-service groups beyond the Texas Restaurant Association now have a template and a proven sponsor pair — Hernandez (motion) and Paxson (second) — to request similar carve-outs for other categories, like food trucks or nonprofit food pantries, before this fee schedule closes out.