Melissa Jewett, Publisher
There’s an old saying, “all politics start at the local level.” Important decisions on rules, laws, ordinances, codes, annual budget, and a large portion of our taxes are decided at the local level during meetings that most residents don’t give a second thought about.
The issues that affect your city, county, schools, and every day of your life are discussed and decided on during these meetings, including your tax rates. It is up to all of us to keep our local officials honest and shape the future of our county, school districts, and cities.
These weekly meetings, where important decisions are made for Hays County, school districts, and the surrounding local municipalities of Buda, Dripping Springs, Kyle, San Marcos, and Wimberley are listed below.
Each page includes links to the official agenda, meeting minutes, agenda packets, and live or archived videos and/or audio (if available) for each of the government entities.
It is up to all of us to keep our local officials, elected or not, honest and ethical. And each of us needs to play an active role and take responsibility for shaping our communities. How it ends begins with you…Melissa Jewett, Publisher
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS SCHEDULED
MONDAY, MAY 17 – FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2021
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DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: IN PERSON & LIVE ON YOUTUBE
TIME: 6:00 PM
WANT TO ATTEND THIS MEETING?
This meeting will be held at the Dripping Springs High School auditorium, located at 940 US-290, Dripping Springs, TX 78620.
WATCH THIS MEETING ON YOUTUBE
The public may access this meeting by clicking HERE. A recording of the meeting will be available on the District’s website.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
Those wishing to provide comments for the Public Forum portion of the board meeting should call 512.827.7365 to record comments and must be recorded by 3 PM on the day of the meeting. Written comments will no longer be read. Comments will be played during Public Forum in the order they were received.
NOTE: For agenda review, workshop, and special meetings, Public Forum comments will be heard only on posted agenda items. Before placing a call, please prepare remarks with consideration to the following guidelines:
1. After the phone greeting, you will hear a beep indicating that the recording has started.
2. State your name, spell your last name, and the agenda item you are addressing at the beginning of your comments. Comments received without a name will not be played.
3. For agenda review, workshop, and special meetings, comments must pertain to a posted agenda item.
4. Comments can be up to three minutes in length.
5. If comments involve a complaint regarding a district employee or student, the speaker shall refrain from mentioning the employee or student by name.
6. To issue a complaint, please call the Superintendent’s Executive Assistant at 512.858.3002.
FIND UPCOMING & PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, MEETING MINUTES, WATCH LIVE OR PAST MEETINGS
- View this week’s agenda HERE.
- View live or previous meetings HERE.
- View previous meeting minutes HERE.
HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: ONLINE LIVE STREAM & IN-PERSON
TIME: 5:00 PM
WANT TO ATTEND THIS MEETING VIRTUALLY?
Watch meeting live online at https://www.hayscisd.net/site/Default.aspx?Page ID=196.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
Members of the public who wish to provide citizen comments have the following options:
1. In person – Lehman High School Cafeteria, 1700 Lehman Road, Kyle, Texas.
2. Online – submit online comment form found at https://www.hayscisd.net/boardcomment. Comments must be submitted between the hours of 8:00 AM and 12:00 noon on the day of this meeting. All of such comments will be made available to all Board Members prior to this meeting.
FIND UPCOMING & PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, MEETING MINUTES, WATCH LIVE OR PAST MEETINGS
- To view the official agenda, click HERE.
- To view the official meeting minutes, click HERE.
- To view Hays CISD meetings by video, either live or archived click HERE. (To view the videos, go to the video screen near the bottom of the page and click on either Live or Board Meeting [archived] that is located directly above the video placeholder.)
HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: ONLINE LIVE STREAM & IN-PERSON
TIME: 6:00 PM
ATTEND THIS MEETING IN PERSON
The meeting will be held at the Kunkel Room at the Historic Buda Upper Campus, 300 San Antonio Street, Buda, Texas 78610.
WANT TO ATTEND THIS MEETING VIRTUALLY?
Watch meeting live online at https://www.hayscisd.net/site/Default.aspx?Page ID=196.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
Members of the public who wish to provide citizen comments have the following options:
1. In person – Lehman High School Cafeteria, 1700 Lehman Road, Kyle, Texas.
2. OnLine – submit online comment form found at https://www.hayscisd.net/boardcomment. Comments must be submitted between the hours of 8:00 AM and 12:00 noon on the day of this meeting. All of such comments will be made available to all Board Members prior to this meeting.
FIND UPCOMING & PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, MEETING MINUTES, WATCH LIVE OR PAST MEETINGS
- To view the official agenda, click HERE.
- To view the official meeting minutes, click HERE.
- To view Hays CISD meetings by video, either live or archived click HERE. (To view the videos, go to the video screen near the bottom of the page and click on either Live or Board Meeting [archived] that is located directly above the video placeholder.)
SAN MARCOS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: LIVE STREAM VIDEO & IN PERSON
TIME: 6:00 PM
WANT TO ATTEND IN PERSON?
This meeting will be held at San Marcos High School, Criminal Justice Classroom (11), 2601
Rattler Road, San Marcos, TX 78666-5077.
WANT TO ATTEND THE LIVE MEETING?
YOU CAN VIEW IT LIVE AT https://www.smcisd.net/Page/320.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
To submit a public comment please email Clementine Cantu, Board of Trustee President at clem.cantu@smcisd.net, and please cc Georganne Logue at georganne.logue@smcisd.net, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent and Board of Trustees.
FIND UPCOMING & PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, MEETING MINUTES, WATCH LIVE OR PAST MEETINGS
- To view the official agenda, click HERE.
- To view the official meeting minutes, click HERE.
- To view live or archived meeting videos, click HERE.
WIMBERLEY ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: LIVE STREAM ONLY
TIME: 6:00 PM
WANT TO ATTEND THE MEETING VIRTUALLY?
The public may access this meeting via live stream here. A recording of the meeting will be available on the District’s website.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
If you wish to address the Board of Trustees on an agenda or non-agenda topic for regular meetings, or an agenda item for agenda review and special meetings, submit this form one hour before the meeting begins on the day of the meeting.
Comments will be read by the Board President or designee in the order they are received. All other public comment rules will be followed.
After the close of public comment, the Board will proceed with the rest of the agenda that may be heard by the public online.
FIND UPCOMING & PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, MEETING MINUTES, WATCH LIVE OR PAST MEETINGS
- To view the official Meeting Agenda, click HERE.
- To listen to the official Audio Recordings, click HERE.
DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: IN PERSON & LIVE ON YOUTUBE
TIME:12:00 PM
WANT TO ATTEND THIS MEETING?
This meeting will be held at the Dripping Springs High School auditorium, located at 940 US-290, Dripping Springs, TX 78620.
WATCH THIS MEETING ON YOUTUBE?
The public may access this meeting by clicking HERE. A recording of the meeting will be available on the District’s website.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
Those wishing to provide comments for the Public Forum portion of the board meeting should call 512.827.7365 to record comments and must be recorded by 3 PM on the day of the meeting. Written comments will no longer be read. Comments will be played during Public Forum in the order they were received.
NOTE: For agenda review, workshop, and special meetings, Public Forum comments will be heard only on posted agenda items. Before placing a call, please prepare remarks with consideration to the following guidelines:
1. After the phone greeting, you will hear a beep indicating that the recording has started.
2. State your name, spell your last name, and the agenda item you are addressing at the beginning of your comments. Comments received without a name will not be played.
3. For agenda review, workshop, and special meetings, comments must pertain to a posted agenda item.
4. Comments can be up to three minutes in length.
5. If comments involve a complaint regarding a district employee or student, the speaker shall refrain from mentioning the employee or student by name.
6. To issue a complaint, please call the Superintendent’s Executive Assistant at 512.858.3002.
FIND UPCOMING & PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, MEETING MINUTES, WATCH LIVE OR PAST MEETINGS
- View this week’s agenda HERE.
- View live or previous meetings HERE.
- View previous meeting minutes HERE.
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TEXAS OPEN MEETING AND PUBLIC INFORMATION ACTS
Members of all Council-appointed boards/commissions are required by state law to receive training in Texas open government laws.
The Office of the Attorney General offers training courses and course completion certificates in the Open Meetings Act and Public Information Act and can be accessed at the Attorney General’s website.
*Note: Not all local government agencies are required to give prior notice of certain types of meetings, or agendas, agenda packets, meeting minutes, or audio, video, or live streaming services on all sessions.
