September 16, 2025 - Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the governing body of the City of Tenaha will be held on the 22nd day of September 2025 at 5:30 pm at the Tenaha Municipal Building, 238 North George Bowers Drive, Tenaha, Texas, for the Regular Meeting at which time the following subjects will be considered, to-wit:
1. Call to Order and establish a quorum
2. Invocation
3. Pledge
4. Public Hearing
Proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Property Tax Rate:
5. Citizens Input: This time it is provided for members of the public to address the City Council on items that appear within the agenda, or a matter not listed on the agenda. Each speaker is limited to 3 minutes. A Citizens Input Form must be filled out and filed with the City Secretary prior to the meeting.
(Be advised that the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the City Council from taking formal action, discussion, deliberation, or comment on citizen input for a matter not listed on the agenda. The law authorizes the following: make a statement of factual information, recite existing policy, advise that a subject be placed on the agenda for a subsequent meeting. Citizens should not engage in shouting, unruly behavior, defamation, personal attacks, profanity, or threats of any kind. Comments shall be addressed to the Mayor and Council. Citizens who violate these rules will be asked to cease the violation and if the violation continues, they will be asked to leave the meeting.)
6. Department Reports:
(a) Public Works
(b) Municipal Court
(c) Police Department
(d) City Secretary
(e) Fire Department
7. Discussion and possible action on approving the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year Budget.
8. Discussion and possible action on approving the Proposed tax rate for Tax year 2025; The proposed tax rate is $0.1953 per $100 of value. The proposed tax rate would increase total taxes in CITY OF TENAHA by 7.13%.
9. Discussion and possible action on approving the minutes for the August 2025 City Council Meeting(s).
10. Discussion and possible action on approving the financials for July 2025. (tabled from August)
11. Discussion and possible action on approving the financials for August 2025.
12. Discussion and possible action on nomination for the 2026-2027 term for Appraisal District Board of Directors.
13. Sec. 551.074. Personnel Matters; Closed Meeting.
(a) This chapter does not require a governmental body to conduct an open meeting: (Chief of Police Position, Amanda Treat, City Secretary)
(1) to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee; or
(2) to hear a complaint or charge against an officer or employee.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the officer or employee who is the subject of the deliberation or hearing requests a public hearing.
14. Council Items: Reports by the members of the City Council on matters not on the agenda will be made at this time. A total does not exceed 10 minutes will be devoted to these reports.
15. Adjourn
Notice of the meeting of the Governing Body of the City of Tenaha
The Council reserves the right to retire into executive sessions considering any of the items listed on the agenda whenever it is considered necessary and is legally justified under the Open Meetings Act.
This agenda is posted as required under the Government Code Section 551.041. For more information or for a copy of the open meetings act please contact the Attorney General of Texas at 1-800-252-8011 or the City Secretary at 936-248-3841.
