Three properties leave Georgetown ETJ

City Council expresses frustrations with recent disannexation

  • City Council pulled the item from the statutory consent agenda to speak on the record about their thoughts on the new state law. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)
    City Council pulled the item from the statutory consent agenda to speak on the record about their thoughts on the new state law. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

    Three properties previously located within Georgetown’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, totaling 85.746 acres, were de-annexed and removed from the ETJ Tuesday, September 26, after City Council accepted a petition submitted by landowners. 

    Upon request from Council Member Jake French, District 6, the agenda item relating to the disannexation of property located south of State Highway 29 and eas…