Votes at a glance: minutes, sidewalk grant, CDBG application and forensic audit approved

The Crockett City Council took a series of actions on routine and substantive items, approving the prior meeting's minutes, authorizing grant applications for downtown sidewalk reconstruction, and directing staff to begin securing forensic audit services for the Crockett Economic and Industrial Development Corporation.

On a consent/procedural vote, the council approved the minutes of the previous regular meeting after a councilor recommended adoption.

Wanda Vance, a city consultant with Quailer and Associates, described two resolutions the council considered and approved: a proposed $500,000 application to reconstruct sidewalks on three blocks of Lilliard (downtown) and a Texas Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application for downtown revitalization. The mayor and city administrator were authorized to act as the city's representatives in matters pertaining to the applications.

During the police department report, the chief reported that 13 officers responded to roughly 580 calls for service in May and described a recent investigation that recovered approximately $30,000 in stolen property from suspects identified in the Houston area; a separate early‑morning recovery returned an estimated $10,000–$15,000 in stolen tobacco.

Finally, after extensive public comment and council debate, the council voted to proceed with steps to secure an independent forensic audit of CEIDC and asked staff to return with scope and funding recommendations.

Votes recorded on the meeting floor were announced by the mayor as "motion carries" for the minutes, the two grant resolutions and the forensic audit authorization; the transcript does not include roll‑call tallies.