Following a heated discussion at an earlier Wimberley City Council meeting, city officials late last month formally accepted a federal grant that will go toward the development of the Central Wimberley Wastewater facility.

The $1.1 million reimbursement grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) passed by a 3-2 vote.

It was accepted after a second application was submitted by the council to the EDA for the development of a wastewater facility that would be owned and operated by the c...