District 8 Council Member· 2024-2028
Alyssa Cigarroa
Laredo
About
Alyssa Cigarroa’s platform centers on a 'people over politics' approach, emphasizing fiscal responsibility and critical oversight of large-scale city bond projects. She positions herself as a reform-minded leader who challenges the status quo and current city leadership.
Campaign promises (1)
- transparencyPrioritize the needs of the people over political interests regarding city financial decisions.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 22
- Total speaking time
- 58:20
- Avg per meeting
- 2:39
- Segments
- 729
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Top issues during term (4)(Parks Rec)
Community Events and Affiliate Updates
Negligible administrative costs associated with award ceremonies.
Library Operations and Facility Management
No direct financial impact was noted on the published agenda.
Poet Laureate Selection for 2026-2028 Term
Involves minimal administrative or honorary stipends associated with the Poet Laureate appointment.
Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program Project Funding
Funded through federal TA set-aside dollars with local 20% matches.
Moved or seconded (7)
Motions Cigarroa 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.
- movedpassed 0-02026-07-27
Motion to close and introduce and bring back on the following City Council meeting.
- movedpassed 0-02026-07-27
Motion to table and bring back on the following City Council meeting.
- movedpassed 0-02026-07-27
Motion to close and introduce and bring back on the following City Council meeting.
- movedpassed 8-02026-04-20
Motion to go into Executive Session.
- movedpassed 5-02026-04-07
Motion to close and introduce and bring back on the following City Council meeting.
- secondedpassed 8-02026-02-11
Motion to approve and restore to what it was before with $8.5 Million for restoration.
- movedpassed 5-02026-01-20
Motion to close and introduce and bring back on the following City Council Meeting.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Cigarroa was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Parks Rec.
Voting record (0)(Parks Rec)
No votes found matching Parks Rec.