Bobby Gutierrez

Voted with a unanimous Bryan City Council on Sept. 8, 2026 to adopt a $569 million city budget. He also moved to cut the property tax rate slightly, to 62.35 cents per $100 of value. Only Council member Ray Arrington joined him, and the motion failed.

September 8, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Backed the council's July 31, 2023 approval of a 30-year deal with Texas A&M for a $17.5 million city-owned indoor tennis center at Midtown Park. A&M pays the city up to $675,000 a year. He said the center adds to sports tourism.

July 31, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted on Sept. 10, 2024 to rezone commercial land near the Premiere movie theater for about 150 apartments; it passed 4-3. He praised the developer for dropping three-bedroom units and adding a six-foot brick wall.

September 10, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

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Chaired the Bryan Planning and Zoning Commission on March 28, 2019, when it voted unanimously to recommend banning new manufactured homes on individual lots. He defended the plan, saying existing mobile homes could stay.

March 28, 2019Opposes Housing Affordability

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Moved the Texas Avenue medians item to the top of the Aug. 11, 2026 council agenda. The council then voted unanimously to let voters decide in November whether to remove the medians, after a citizen petition.

August 11, 2026

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Voted on June 26, 2026, with the three other council members present, to approve a new 10-year tax break for a $298 million data center at Texas A&M's RELLIS campus. The deal replaced one with a bankrupt developer and requires at least five full-time jobs.

June 26, 2026

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Voted with a unanimous council on Nov. 11, 2025 to hire former Bryan mayor Andrew Nelson as city manager. Gutierrez said Bryan runs like a business in many ways and praised Nelson's private-sector experience.

November 11, 2025

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Voted against rezoning land at Copperfield and Boonville for a luxury apartment complex in June 2024, when it failed 6-1. He then voted for the same rezoning on Aug. 12, 2025, when it passed 6-1.

August 12, 2025

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Said at the March 18, 2025 council meeting that a median down the middle of a widened two-lane FM 1179 'doesn't work.' He also agreed that TxDOT, the state highway agency, was willing to work with Bryan to remove the Texas Avenue median.

March 18, 2025

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Joined a unanimous council vote in July 2024 to approve a property tax break meant to attract a billion-dollar technology and manufacturing company to the RELLIS campus. He said the city was doing everything it could to bring the company to Bryan.

July 9, 2024

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Opposed College Station's plan to run a sewer line through a south Bryan neighborhood. At the June 13, 2023 council meeting, he apologized for calling the route a 'bloodbath.' He offered to accept College Station's higher ambulance charge if it dropped the route.

June 13, 2023

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Won election as Bryan mayor on Nov. 8, 2022 with 9,287 votes (52%), defeating Brent Hairston (31%) and Mike Southerland (17%).

November 8, 2022

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Pushed as a council member for a half-cent or one-cent property tax cut in August 2022. On Aug. 9 he switched and voted with a 5-2 majority to keep the proposed rate unchanged, saying the meeting was going nowhere.

August 9, 2022

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Received the endorsement of outgoing Bryan Mayor Andrew Nelson in the 2022 mayor's race. Nelson said he happily endorsed Gutierrez to keep up the city's growth.

July 11, 2022

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Objected as a council member to TxDOT's roughly $31 million plan for raised medians on Texas Avenue. He said limiting left turns hurts property values and worried about losing driveway access for businesses.

November 17, 2021

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