The Simonton City Council hold a Regular City Council Meeting, Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM at Simonton City Hall.

There’s not much on the agenda that is of consequence. However, the City Council will consider video for the City Council Chambers. Depending on the features that may be adopted, this could come at a significant cost.

Also, the Executive Session appears to have a discussion of an employment matter.

Also, there are some items of “Unfinished Business” that are at the end of the agenda.

Note that there are NO “Supporting Documents” provided with the posted agenda.

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The meeting includes the preliminary items as well as the following these relevant items:

4. Consent Agenda
a. Monthly Payment Listing (January 2026)
b. Monthly Financial Statement (January 2026)
c. Quarterly Financial Report (Oct 2025-Dec 2025)
d. Meeting Minutes February 24, 2026 – Regular Meeting
5. New Business
a. Consider and take action on Lamar CISD’s Elementary School #40 submittal of building plans.
b. Discussion and possible action on Audio Video Project for Council Chambers.
6. Adjourn to Executive (Closed Session)
Section 551.071 – Consultation with Legal Counsel
Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer  or employee: City Administrator. No action shall be taken during this closed session.
7. Reconvene to Open Session
8. Consider and Take Action resulting from Executive Session
9. Reports
a. Mayor
Update on Fiscal Year 2025 Audit, Update on Junk Vehicles on Hackamore
b. City Council
c. City Attorney
d. City Staff
e. Keep Simonton Beautiful
f. EDC A & EDС В
10. Public Information Requests
a. 3/5/2026 – request for a copy of all employees for the year of 2025 full name, and gross annual wages.
b. 3/6/2026 – Request all information about 36824 Lariat assessments, fines, fees, tickets, unpaid taxes, and liens.
11. Unfinished Business
a. Langford Grant Review (I, j, k, n)
b. Roadway Update

Interested parties should review the agenda to better understand the issues to be discussed. 

The public is encouraged to attend and to participate in sharing their thoughts and concerns via “Public Comments”.

CLICK HERE for the Meeting Agenda on the City’s website.

See you there!

Watch the meeting live or watch it later
As before, I plan on live-streaming the meeting via my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SimontonTexas/ 

In the event that I am unable to stream the meeting, I will post the video as quickly as possible. Of course, it will be presented prominently on this website as well.

Important Notice and Disclosure:
I do not edit and have never intentionally edited a Simonton City Council meeting except to add titles where necessary, to exclude portions of the video immediately prior to and immediately following the official meeting, and where personal attacks are used to intentionally harrass, slander, defame, harm, injure, or otherwise attack persons in the gallery, including myself as I will not be party to such behavior. 

Consequently, I reserve the right, at my sole discretion, to silence, redact or fully remove portions of the final video where any person intentionally uses the videos I produce as their personal platform, wherein the video record may otherwise be used in an effort to create and a record of or otherwise document any personal attack on any member of the gallery, including myself.

Note, however, when comments are made that relate specifically to the city and their business, I fully intend to ensure that those comments are heard.

Regarding Internet Bandwidth Drop Outs:
Any “skips” that may occur during a live-stream, causing the video to be interrupted momentarily, are beyond my control and occur when the bandwidth from my internet provider drops out during a live stream broadcast. These are going to happen from time to time and are unavoidable when wireless internet is used.

In general, as the public will see by the online record, in order to provide the most complete recording possible with the best audio I am able to provide, I have begun posting the full, higher-quality video from my video camera on YouTube the following day or as soon as possible after the meeting.