October 21, 2025 - Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the governing body of the above-named City will be held on the 27th day of October 2025 at 5:30pm 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. 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.
a. (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.)
5. Department Reports:
a. Public Works
b. Municipal Court
c. Police Department
d. City Secretary
e. Fire Department
6. Discussion and possible action on approving the minutes for the September 2025 City Council Meeting(s).
7. Discussion and possible action on approving the financials for September 2025.
8. Discussion and possible action for authorization to issue requests for proposals (RFP) for administrative services and a request for qualifications (RFQ) for engineering services for the 2024 Disasters Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Programs (2024 Disasters CDBG-DR) administered by the Texas General Land Office (GLO)
9. Discussion and possible action on approval to order an ABS Submersible Wastewater Pump from Lufkin Electric Co in the amount of $10,936.72 plus freight.
10. Discussion and possible action on approval to pay Dodson Trucking for invoice # 38085 in the amount of $7,963.11.
11. Discussion and possible action on approval to pay Holley Services, Inc for invoice # 2-5726 in the amount of $13,668.51.
12. 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)
(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. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the officer or employee who is the subject of the deliberation or hearing requests a public hearing.
13. 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.
14. Adjourn
