That four-member quorum stood in contrast to this summer, when the commission couldn't muster enough members to act on the project's preliminary plat. Under state law, that plat was approved automatically.
Statewide, regular gasoline is up from $2.77 a gallon a year ago — an increase of nearly 33%. Nationally, the trend looks similar. AAA's national average stood at $4.14 a gallon this week, up from $3.19 a gallon a year ago, a jump of about 30%.
One commissioner said they'd gone into the meeting skeptical about putting a truck stop at one of the city's main entry points, but came away impressed after reviewing the company's site plan and existing locations, calling it a well-designed property.
The commission meets at 4 p.m. at City Hall. The only public hearing item on the agenda is Case PZ-2026-16, a bundle of three conditional use permits covering roughly 12.57 acres on Sidney Baker Street, on and around the site of a former Exxon station.
The move adds SSFCU to a recent wave of banks setting up shop in Kerrville, following Frost Bank, the Bank and Trust and Rio Bank.
LiftFund launches grants up to $10,000; Chamber Foundation reopens grant program; federal aid remains pending
Grants, not loans, available now regardless of Chamber membership
Kevin Thompson, Frost's Boerne market president and lead for Hill Country expansion, and Kyle Ogera, a representative at the new Kerrville financial center, joined The Lead Live on Wednesday to discuss the branch, which sits at Clay and Main streets.
Because Congress remained in session and Trump neither signed nor vetoed it within the constitutional 10-day window, the bill became law automatically.
State filings put the project at an estimated $850,000, with construction set to begin Aug. 3 and finish by Dec. 28. The work is privately funded, on private land for private use.
