Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 Agenda Notice Raises Questions as to its Validity and Authority
By Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2026 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.
A newly posted agenda for the Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at the Maverick County Clerk raises questions about the legality of said Notice of Agenda calling for a regular board meeting on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, signed by Interim General Manager Randy Edwards may be defective and null and void under the Texas Open Meeting Act.
Randy Edwards signed the notice as interim general manager even though the board majority had removed him from that position and subsequently replaced him as board president.
Under those board actions, Edwards remains a director but is no longer interim general manager or president. His continued use of the managerial title places the agenda’s authorization and validity in question.
The notice schedules a regular meeting for Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 5 p.m. at the district’s Radar Base offices, 1622 Maverick Industrial Park Road.
Its certification identifies Edwards as interim general manager. It also states that the notice was posted before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4, 2026, although November 4 falls on a Wednesday. The certification is incorrect because Tuesday was November 3, 2026, not November 4.
The discrepancies add another layer to an ongoing leadership dispute involving management appointments, access to district facilities, financial concerns and control over meeting agendas.
According to the previously reported chronology, directors appointed Edwards to the board and elected him president before appointing him interim general manager following the September 8, 2026 termination of General Manager Brenda McCalip.
Edwards subsequently rehired McCalip as assistant general manager the following day on September 9, a decision that became a point of contention among directors.
At an October 20, 2026 special meeting, directors Juan Perez, Trinidad Flores and Louis Valderrama voted to remove Edwards as interim general manager, overturn McCalip’s rehiring and appoint Homero Galindo as interim general manager. Edwards and Henry Moses did not attend.
The November 4 posted notice was signed by Randy Edwards as Interim General Manager, which is incorrect as the Board removed him as Interim General Manager prior to November 4 when he posted the agenda.
The three directors also voted to replace the district’s legal counsel with Langley & Banack.
Questions concerning the earlier meeting’s validity and posting remain part of the dispute. On November 4, the same three directors met outside locked district gates and voted to reaffirm Galindo’s appointment.
During that meeting, Valderrama was elected president, replacing Edwards. Flores replaced Moses as vice president, while Perez continued as treasurer. Edwards remained a director.
The majority also changed its agenda procedures, removing a provision that had given the president final authority over agenda items. Under the process described during the meeting, directors can submit proposed items to the interim general manager, with legal review before posting.
Despite those actions, the November 4 notice bears Edwards’ signature and identifies him as interim general manager, the position from which the majority removed him on October 20, 2026.
Texas Water Code Section 49.053 provides that a majority of the entire board membership is sufficient to transact district business. Section 49.054 provides for the board’s election of officers and assigns executive responsibilities to the president.
Sections 49.056 and 49.057 place managerial authority under the board’s control. The general manager operates subject to board orders, while the board remains responsible for managing district affairs.
Under legally effective removal votes, Edwards’ former appointment provides no continuing managerial authority. His remaining position as a director does not itself restore the powers of interim general manager or president.
The central question therefore concerns what authority permits Edwards to issue this agenda and certify it under a managerial title he no longer holds under the board majority’s decisions.
Determining whether he has separate authority as a director to authorize the notice requires examining the district’s current bylaws, resolutions and any applicable special law. The notice’s designation as a regular meeting also requires establishing whether the board previously scheduled November 10 and who authorized its particular agenda.
The certification error presents a separate concern but does not alone establish invalidity. Water Code Section 49.063 protects board actions from an insubstantial defect in meeting notice. Actual posting compliance remains a separate requirement.
Government Code Section 551.043 generally requires meeting notices to be posted at least three business days before the scheduled meeting date.
The proposed agenda includes removing previous price restrictions while pursuing sales of up to 5,000 acre-feet of water, border barrier access documents, general manager recruitment and a public hearing on McCalip’s governance grievance.
Edwards’ removal from management makes his authority to issue the agenda questionable. However, the available records do not establish that the notice is automatically null and void. Government Code Sections 551.141 and 551.142 make actions violating the Open Meetings Act voidable and permit interested persons to seek court intervention to prevent or reverse violations.
