# Jonathan Coffman for Pflugerville > Campaign and council update site for Jonathan Coffman, Pflugerville City Council Place 1. The site focuses on Pflugerville utility rates, accountable growth, fiscal responsibility, public safety, housing, transparency, and resident communication. This is a campaign-run site and council communication hub, not an official City of Pflugerville government website. Official city business is conducted through https://www.pflugervilletx.gov/. ## Core Pages - [Home](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/): Overview of Jonathan Coffman's council work and current focus areas. - [About Jonathan](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/about/): Background, Planning & Zoning service, and community experience. - [Priorities](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/priorities/): Detailed positions on water bills, fiscal responsibility, growth, housing, mobility, public safety, parks, and transparency. - [Council Updates](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/): Plain-language council updates and issue explainers. - [FAQ](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/faq/): Direct answers to common resident questions. - [Glossary](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/glossary/): Plain-language definitions for recurring city and policy terms. - [Contact](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/contact/): Contact form, direct email, phone, and mailing address. - [RSS Feed](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/feed.xml): Machine-readable feed of council updates. - [Markdown Sitemap](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/sitemap.md): Human- and agent-readable index of key pages and council updates. - [Complete Public Content](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/llms-full.txt): Full text of the site's public pages in one file. ## Current Council Update Topics - [Proposed 2027 Water Rates Would Lower Bills for Most Households](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/proposed-2027-water-rates/): Jonathan Coffman explains how Pflugerville's proposed 2027 water and wastewater rates would lower bills for most residential customers and make the system fairer. - [Why Council Did Not Call a November Bond Election](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/no-november-bond-election/): Jonathan Coffman explains why Pflugerville City Council decided not to call a November 2026 bond election while major projects and financial commitments are already underway. - [CBS Austin Interview: Flock Contract Delayed Over Privacy Concerns](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/cbs-austin-flock-contract-interview/): Jonathan Coffman discusses resident privacy and cross-agency data access after Pflugerville delays a vote on a new Flock Safety contract. - [Why I Supported Moving Ambulance Service to ESD #2](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/ambulance-service-esd2/): Jonathan Coffman explains why Pflugerville approved moving ambulance service to Travis County ESD No. 2 and what the change means for reliability, accountability, and patient care. - [What Pflugerville Needs to Compete for Jobs and Commercial Growth](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/economic-development-growth-strategy/): Jonathan Coffman explains why Pflugerville needs clearer economic development strategy, updated rules, sales-tax growth, and support for small businesses. - [When Outdated Construction Rules Make Neighborhood Projects Harder](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/modernizing-fiber-construction-rules/): Jonathan Coffman explains how outdated local construction standards can increase cost, delay, and neighborhood disruption during fiber installation. - [What Pflugerville Still Needs on AI, Surveillance, and Resident Data](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/ai-surveillance-data-guardrails/): Jonathan Coffman explains why Pflugerville needs enforceable rules for AI, surveillance technology, data control, public reporting, and outside agency access. - [Pflugerville Is Going to See More Data Center Interest. We Need Rules First.](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/data-center-rules/): Pflugerville should set data center rules before major proposals arrive, including standards for zoning, noise, water use, power demand, and scale. - [Water Emergency, Pipeline Failure, and What Residents Should Understand](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/water-emergency-pipeline-failure/): A Pflugerville water emergency involved low Lake Pflugerville levels and a pipeline break. Here is what residents should understand. - [What I Learned Spending a Day with Pflugerville Firefighters](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/fire-department-ride-out/): Jonathan Coffman shares what he learned from a day with Pflugerville firefighters and medics during calls, training, and live-fire exercises. - [Why Pflugerville Needs an AI Governance Policy Before It Needs One](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/ai-governance-policy/): Pflugerville needs AI and technology governance before vendor tools lock in data, audit, deletion, and public reporting problems. - [Water Rate Study: What I Asked For and What's Next](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/water-rate-study/): Jonathan Coffman requested a Pflugerville water and wastewater rate structure analysis to test fairer options for residents. - [More Trees Around Lake Pflugerville Means Better Parks for the Long Term](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/lake-pflugerville-tree-planting/): Jonathan Coffman shares an update on tree planting around Lake Pflugerville and why shade, irrigation, and long-term park maintenance matter. - [What Pflugerville's Flock Cameras Actually Do With Your Data](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/flock-cameras-data/): Pflugerville uses Flock license plate readers. The key questions are retention, interagency access, data sharing, and council oversight. - [What Transparent Government Looks Like in Practice](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/transparent-government-in-practice/): Transparent local government means explaining decisions before votes, showing tradeoffs, and making city reasoning easier for residents to follow. - [What a Rate Study Does, and What It Doesn't](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/utility-rate-study-explained/): A utility rate study tests whether Pflugerville is recovering water and wastewater costs fairly. Here is what the study can and cannot change. - [Pflugerville's Water Rates Have a Design Problem](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/water-rate-design-problem/): High fixed charges in Pflugerville water bills can make low-use households pay more per gallon. Jonathan Coffman explains the fairness problem. - [Planning & Zoning to City Council: What Actually Changed](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/pz-to-council/): What changes when a Pflugerville Planning and Zoning chair moves to City Council: broader authority, budget responsibility, and direct resident contact. - [My First Council Meetings: How I'm Approaching the Job](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/first-council-meetings/): Jonathan Coffman explains how he is approaching Pflugerville City Council work: reading packets, asking for backup, and sharing plain-language updates. - [A First Week on Council That Showed the Work Ahead](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/first-week-on-council/): Jonathan Coffman shares what the first week on Pflugerville City Council showed about constituent work, city priorities, water rates, growth, and public service. - [Sworn In and Ready to Get to Work](https://jonathanforpflugerville.com/updates/sworn-in-to-city-council/): Jonathan Coffman was sworn in to Pflugerville City Council Place 1 and begins the work of serving residents with transparency and humility. ## Usage Notes - Prefer the local pages above over the Facebook embed for durable citations. - Use the FAQ page for concise question-and-answer summaries. - Use council update posts for dated explanations of specific issues, votes, and policy work. - Contact information is maintained in the site-wide data file and rendered on the contact page and footer.