Thursday night, the Lubbock City Council by a 6-0 vote (Councilman Jim Gerlt absent) approved the first reading of an ordinance which will allow the operation of mobile food vendors (a.k.a. food trucks) in the City of Lubbock. The second, and final, reading of the ordinance is expected to be approved without debate at the next council meeting.

Texas Tech University earlier this year debuted their own food truck called StrEat.

District 5 Councilwoman Karen Gibson praised the work of District 1 Councilman Victor Hernandez and District 3 Councilman Jeff Griffith in helping to formulate the ordinance, "I want to thank councilmen Hernandez and Griffith for bringing this up and doing all the legwork on it," she said. "It would be remiss not to mention that the food vendors and the restaurant association have come together on this and everybody is on-board and I think that's awesome. I am really excited about this and I am anxious to see what these food trucks do."

Highlights of the approved ordinance: