City Council members hired Michelle Wright as Beeville’s new Main Street Program manager when they met Tuesday evening.

The new city employee is expected to begin working Monday morning.

City Manager Ford Patton said Wright is no stranger to this city. Her parents were Stanley and Zenia Wright and her father worked as the golf pro at the Beeville Country Club for several years.

“She grew up in Beeville and lived here most of her life,” Patton said. “Her children grew up here and attended and graduated from Beeville schools.”

The new Main Street manager worked for a number of private and non-profit organizations in South Texas before moving to San Gabriel, Calif. in 2005 where she worked for the San Gabriel Mission Schools.

Her most recent position was as an administrative assistant with the March of Dimes Chapter in Corpus Christi.

Patton said Wright is in town this week and is expected to be behind her desk in the Main Street manager’s office at the Beeville Community Center on Monday.

In other business the council:

— Heard a report from Patton concerning possible uses for leftover funds after work has been completed on some of the projects funded by a 2008 certificate of obligation. City Finance Director Robert Aguilar said Beeville could have as much as $1.3 million as a balance after grant funds have been received, if the grants are approved.

Patton said some of that money could be used for drainage improvements or to pay for restoration work on some of the city’s elevated water storage tanks.

— Granted permission for the city staff to request a proposal for $10,000 to be used to provide administration services for the city’s $150,000 Texas Department of Agriculture grant for the Main Street Program work to be done on St. Mary’s Street in the downtown area.

— Authorized Mayor Santiago “Jimbo” Martinez to sign documents necessary to file an application for a solid waste grant program award for the city.

The city has received such grants for the last four years, according to Code Enforcement Official Lanny Holland. The money has allowed the city to hire an assistant code enforcement official and to fund an annual spring cleanup effort in the city.