As Kyle crafts the fiscal year 2019 budget, officials are looking into putting a lobbyist on the payroll to help the city take advantage of federal grant money available for cities.

When Mayor Travis Mitchell first proposed $50,000 from the budget to go toward hiring a lobbyist earlier this month, fellow council members said they wished he had asked for more input from the rest of the dais. Since then, and after “robust discussions,” they seem to have come around, Mitchell said.

The ne...