Here are 5 takeaways from Monday evening’s regular city council meeting. 1. Lakeway City Council Monday evening approved the final 9.1-acre plat and a commissioning agent for the new police facility on Lohmans Crossing. The facility will be built on two existing parcels and the city expects to close on the land purchase deals within the next two to three weeks, City Manager Steve Jones told council. City staff expect the contractor to begin bidding out sub trades by the end of October. No date for a ground breaking was set. “We’re almost to the point of getting it together,” said Mayor Joe Bain. Council members also approved a commissioning agent for the $23 million project. Alderson and Associates will be paid $46,100 to oversee the implementation of the building’s design as well as elements such as installation of the HVAC system. 2. The City of Lakeway has reached its 25-home cap on short-term rental properties or STRs except for one home that will be reviewed at the next monthly council meeting. Zoning and Planning Commission gave its recommendation for approval at its Oct. 4 meeting. Any new applicants will be put on a list to wait for a property owner on the list to relinquish their permit. The 25 STR-listed homes do not include those in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, Building and Development Services Manager Ray Miller told council. Before forwarding each rental application on to council, city staff send notices to homeowners within a 200 foot radius of the subject property. As well no STR in Lakeway can be within 1,000 feet of another except those properties that were grandfathered in before the newest ordinance took effect. 3. A number of Lakeway residents expressed a desire for a new census to be completed on the city’s deer population as well as more humane treatment of animals culled annually to reduce the population. No action was taken. 4. On consent, the council approved a Governor’s grant application made by the police department for ballistic vests to protect the city’s 32 sworn officers from rifle rounds. Police Chief Todd Radford said he expects to receive the metal-plated armor early in the new year. 5. Former mayor and current City Treasurer Dave DeOme retired from his city public service duties Monday evening after presenting council a positive financial report for the final month of FY 2016-17. DeOme told council sales tax revenue was up 2.2 percent over the prior year budget. As well, development and building services revenues were up $797,000 over budget this past year. DeOme said the reason for such revenues had to do with fee increases, the volume of new home building and some people are building bigger homes. DeOme cited one example where a single homeowner paid $13,000 for a permit.