Lytle approves putting gas utility up for sale, Castroville votes NO

Mayor Ruben Gonzalez looks forward another term

LYTLE
In Lytle, the biggest contested issue on the election ballot was a proposal to put the city’s natural gas distribution utility up for sale owing largely to the preference for electricity in the city’s latest subdivision development. That proposal was approved by voters 142 to 47.
“I want to thank our community for supporting our efforts to sell our gas system to be able to operate more efficiently,” Mayor Ruben Gonzalez said.
City Administrator Zachary Meadows said the vote give the city the opportunity to “explore options that we did have before.”
“We’re obviously happy to more forward and start the process on biding the…

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