Mayor Sandy Cox was not in attendance due to illness, but the Feb. 18 Lakeway City Council meeting saw some lively discussion and policy action take place. From the ushering in of a new victims services coordinator to a city policy amendment centered on temporary food vendors, here is a breakdown of the Tuesday night meeting.

The Lakeway Police Department will soon welcome a new victims services coordinator to its ranks due largely to a state grant approved Oct. 1. Read the full story here.

About 32% of Lakeway residents are retired. Roughly 54% of all households have two people, and almost 69% of all residences have no children under the age of 18 living in them. Theses numbers constitute a small snapshot of results from a Lakeway community survey issued in late September and early October 2018. Read the full story here.

As a historic cabin that in 2011 was relocated adjacent to City Hall continues to deteriorate, the Lakeway Heritage Committee has intervened with a request to conduct a due diligence study on the needs of the Liebelt Cabin that was built in 1869. Read the full story here.

Lakeway City Council approved an ordinance amendment during its Feb. 18 meeting that allows for temporary and mobile food vendors to operate at city-permitted special events. Information from the city states prior to the amendment, there was no mechanism in Lakeway’s code of ordinances allowing for council to approve such vendors. Read the full story here.