Government
BY ALEX REECE
Brandon Grumbles takes Place 6 on Celina council Brandon Grumbles, owner of R&R Pest Control, was the only candidate to le for an empty Place 6 seat on the Celina City Council. As a local business owner who has lived in Celina for the past 43 years, one of Grumbles’ main reasons for applying for the council seat was to solidify Celina as a city his children would want to stay in, he said. Grumbles sat down with Community Impact in November. As a longtime resident, how have you seen the city change over that time? When I was in high school, I think the population was about 1,100 people. That’s just the biggest thing that I’ve seen is just the growth and where these houses are going—in all these pasture lands that, when I was a kid, had horses and cows and corn and wheat all in it. They’re houses now, subdivisions.
What got you to run for council? [My] dad was on [Celina] City Council. He was mayor pro tem back in the ‘90s. And I’ve been inter- ested in the small-town, the local politics for many years. I just want to have a voice for the actual hometown Celina resident. I see the growth that’s happening, and I really want it to be something that my grandparents, my great-grandparents would be proud [of]. I want this town to really be where my kids want to come back to live. What lessons from being on Celina’s Planning and Zoning Commission will you bring to council? First o , what I’ve learned with Planning and Zoning is the design standards that are required in the city. They’re really good. They want good trees, they want good parks. It looks as if they are trying to make Celina a family-oriented community.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. For a longer version, visit communityimpact.com .
Brandon Grumbles was the lone applicant for Celina City Council’s vacant seat.
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