District 5 Council Member· 2023-2027
Ricardo Medina
Pharr
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 5
- Total speaking time
- 5:34
- Avg per meeting
- 1:07
- Segments
- 59
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Top issues during term (10)(Development)
Development Services Cases
The developer will be responsible for infrastructure costs, including potential escrow for IT requirements.
Economic Development Projects (Project Apple and Project Spam)
Collections are running 3.46% above the city's budget for the fiscal year.
Pharr Travel Plaza Subdivision Preliminary Plat
Private commercial development costs borne by the applicant, with standard municipal utility connections.
Subdivision Requests Review
Home Occupation for Psychotherapy
Residents expressed concern that business activity could lead to increased property taxes.
Youth Internship Programs
The city is funding 48 hours of coursework per employee for this program.
Organizational Memberships and Sponsorships
Encourages community engagement and educational resource sharing.
Emergency Repair Program and Housing Recovery
Each qualifying household receives up to $15,000 in repair assistance funded through federal grants.
Pharr Trade Center Industrial Development Plat
Private industrial investment that will expand the city's commercial and industrial tax base through new warehouse facilities.
Citizen Participation Plan Updates and Advertising Changes
Reduces administrative advertising expenditures.
Moved or seconded (27)
Motions Medina personally put forward or seconded. Attribution comes from the minutes; where the minutes name somebody we cannot match to the roster we leave it out rather than guess, so this is a floor, not a total.
- secondedpassed2026-06-01
approve as recommended
- secondedpassed2026-06-01
approve as recommended
- secondedpassed2026-06-01
No conduit or hand-hole configurations exist on the property
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- secondedpassed2026-06-01
Any new subdivision with GATED COMMUNITY SECURITY SYSTEMS must obtain the Fire Department approved Knox Box Switch – Rapid Entry System made by the Knox Company (phone: 800-
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- secondedpassed2026-06-01
approve as recommended
- secondedpassed2026-06-01
approve as recommended
- movedpassed2026-04-06
Appointment to Keep Pharr Beautiful Board
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- movedpassed2026-04-06
Comm. Medina moved to approve as recommended.
- movedpassed2026-04-06
Comm. Medina moved to untable the item as recommended.
- secondedpassed2026-04-06
Comm. Caballero moved to table the item.
- secondedpassed2026-04-06
Comm. Pacheco moved to approve as recommended.
- movedpassed2026-04-06
Comm. Medina moved to approve as recommended.
- secondedpassed2026-04-06
Comm. Pacheco moved to approve as recommended.
- secondedpassed2026-04-06
Comm. Pacheco moved to approve as recommended.
- movedpassed2026-04-06
approve as recommended
- secondedpassed2026-04-06
Comm. Caballero moved to approve as recommended.
- movedpassed2026-04-06
Comm. Medina moves to excuse absent members.
- secondedpassed2026-02-23
Comm. Chavez moved to approve.
- secondedpassed2026-02-23
Comm. Chavez moved to approve.
- secondedpassed2026-02-02
approve as recommended
Decisions during term (9)
Recorded while Medina was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.