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, JUNE 28 – FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2021
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DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: IN PERSON & LIVE VIDEO STREAM
TIME: 6:00 PM
WANT TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN PERSON?
This meeting will be held at the DSHS auditorium located at 940 Highway 290 West Dripping Springs, TX 78620.
WANT TO WATCH THE VIDEO STREAMED MEETING?
The public may access this meeting by clicking HERE.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
Those wishing to provide comments for the Public Forum portion of the board meeting must complete a Public Forum form indicating the agenda item or topic on which he/she wishes to address to the Board and submit it to the Superintendent’s Executive Assistant prior to the beginning of the meeting. Forms will not be accepted once the meeting begins.
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 REGULAR MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: LIVE STREAM & IN PERSON
TIME: 6:00 PM
WANT TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN PERSON?
This meeting will be held in the Kunkel Room at the Historic Buda Upper Campus, 300 San Antonio Street, Buda, Texas 78610.
WANT TO ATTEND THE 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. On-Line – 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 LIBRARY BOARD REGULAR MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: VIRTUAL MEETING ONLY
TIME: 5:30 PM
WANT TO JOIN THE VIRTUAL MEETING?
Join the virtual meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3958931241?pwd=eGE3aGZSMHFZNn BRUU1hNmFyZS9JZz09.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
Persons wishing to speak during the citizen comment period please submit your written comments to dinsley@sanmarcostx.gov no later than 12:00 pm on the day of the meeting. Comments shall have a time limit of three minutes each.
FIND UPCOMING & PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, MEETING MINUTES, WATCH LIVE OR PAST MEETINGS
- View this week’s agenda HERE.
- View previous meeting minutes HERE.
- View board description, current members, openings, and application to become a board member HERE.
SAN MARCOS CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: ONLINE OR TV VIEWING ONLY
TIME: 3:00 PM
WANT TO JOIN THE MEETING?
To view the meeting please go to http://sanmarcostx.gov/421/City-Council-Videos-Archives or watch on Grande channel 16 or Spectrum channel 10.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
Persons wishing to participate (speak) during the Citizen Comment portion of the meeting must email citizencomment@sanmarcostx.gov prior to 12:00 PM the day of the meeting. A call-in number to join by phone or link will be provided for participation on a mobile device, laptop, or desktop computer.
FIND UPCOMING & PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, MEETING MINUTES, WATCH LIVE OR PAST MEETINGS
- View this week’s agenda HERE.
- View this week’s agenda packet HERE.
- View live or previous meetings HERE.
- View previous meeting minutes HERE.
- Watch meeting live on the following cable stations
1. Grande Communications: Cable Channel 16
2. Spectrum: Cable Channel 10
SAN MARCOS CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: ONLINE OR TV VIEWING ONLY
TIME: 5:00 PM
WANT TO JOIN THE MEETING?
To view the meeting please go to http://sanmarcostx.gov/421/City-Council-Videos-Archives or watch on Grande channel 16 or Spectrum channel 10.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
Persons wishing to participate (speak) during the Citizen Comment portion of the meeting must email citizencomment@sanmarcostx.gov prior to 12:00 PM the day of the meeting. A call-in number to join by phone or link will be provided for participation on a mobile device, laptop, or desktop computer.
FIND UPCOMING & PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, MEETING MINUTES, WATCH LIVE OR PAST MEETINGS
- View this week’s agenda HERE.
- View this week’s agenda packet HERE.
- View live or previous meetings HERE.
- View previous meeting minutes HERE.
- Watch meeting live on the following cable stations
1. Grande Communications: Cable Channel 16
2. Spectrum: Cable Channel 10
SAN MARCOS CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: ONLINE OR TV VIEWING ONLY
TIME: 4:00 PM
WANT TO JOIN THE MEETING?
To view the meeting please go to http://sanmarcostx.gov/421/City-Council-Videos-Archives or watch on Grande channel 16 or Spectrum channel 10.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
Persons wishing to participate (speak) during the Citizen Comment portion of the meeting must email citizencomment@sanmarcostx.gov prior to 12:00 PM the day of the meeting. A call-in number to join by phone or link will be provided for participation on a mobile device, laptop, or desktop computer.
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.
- Watch meeting live on the following cable stations
1. Grande Communications: Cable Channel 16
2. Spectrum: Cable Channel 10
SAN MARCOS CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: ONLINE OR TV VIEWING ONLY
TIME: 4:00 PM
WANT TO JOIN THE MEETING?
To view the meeting please go to http://sanmarcostx.gov/421/City-Council-Videos-Archives or watch on Grande channel 16 or Spectrum channel 10.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
Persons wishing to participate (speak) during the Citizen Comment portion of the meeting must email citizencomment@sanmarcostx.gov prior to 12:00 PM the day of the meeting. A call-in number to join by phone or link will be provided for participation on a mobile device, laptop, or desktop computer.
FIND UPCOMING & PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, MEETING MINUTES, WATCH LIVE OR PAST MEETINGS
- View this week’s agenda HERE.
- View previous meeting minutes HERE.
- Watch meeting live on the following cable stations
1. Grande Communications: Cable Channel 16
2. Spectrum: Cable Channel 10
SAN MARCOS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: VIRTUAL MEETING ONLY
TIME: 5:45 PM
WANT TO JOIN THE VIRTUAL MEETING?
The Zoom link has not been released to the public as of yet. Find it HERE when it does become available.
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
For instructions to submit public comments and meeting details, see the agenda link below. For additional questions, please contact the City Clerk.
FIND UPCOMING & PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, MEETING MINUTES, WATCH LIVE OR PAST MEETINGS
- View this week’s agenda HERE.
- View agenda packet HERE.
- View past meetings HERE.
- View previous meeting minutes HERE.
- View board description, current members, openings, and application to become a board member HERE.
WIMBERLEY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: IN PERSON
TIME: 6:00 PM
WANT TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN PERSON?
This meeting will be held at Wimberley City Hall located at 221 Stillwater Drive, Wimberley.
WANT TO ATTEND THIS MEETING VIRTUALLY?
Visit… https://www.cityofwimberley.com/transparency
HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT?
Anyone wishing to offer public comments, participate in any public hearing, or offer written questions or comments must notify City Secretary, Laura Calcote, at lcalcote@cityofwimberley.com, at least two hours before the meeting.
FIND UPCOMING & PREVIOUS MEETING AGENDAS, MEETING MINUTES, WATCH LIVE OR PAST MEETINGS
- NOTE: Agenda has not been released to the public as of yet. When it is, we will update this event with the Meeting Agenda.
- To view the official Meeting Minutes, click 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.
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Please send citizen comments to the HPC if you are concerned about the CIP and the Dunbar old African American School House aka Home Economics Building. We are on to the city about them wanting to turn it into a bathroom. FOR SHAME.
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My first Open Records in 34 years to be sent to AG regarding the Dunbar school house. Our team has caught a line in the document that says, "In this case, release of the email would disclose communications from an attorney in the City Attorney's Office to city officials and staff to offer legal advice." If it is legal advice on a city matter, then it should be public record. That is what the city attorney does, right? Council frequently asks for advice from the attorney during meetings so I am wondering why this advice needs to be protected? How do you have attorney-client privilege on a public building? Aren't the citizens of San Marcos the "client" on this one? What is the City Council privy to the citizens are not? What is the city hiding? Why did Laurie Moyer not make "the binder" public for the CIP PZ Public Hearing? There may be an Ethics Violation. Finally, there is no email correspondence how this even became a CIP item. Zilch.
https://tx-sanmarcoscity.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/331/City-Charter-With-Changes-Through-November-7-2017-"City-Election-PDF Sec. 8.02. - Preparation and submission of budget.
(a) By January 31st of each year, council shall hold a visioning session. By February 27th of each year the city council shall hold a budget policy workshop.
(b) By March 31st of each year, after a public hearing, the city council shall formulate a policy statement to be used by the city manager as direction during the preparation of the proposed budget.
(c) The city manager, not less than 30 days prior to the time the city council makes its tax levy for the current fiscal year, shall file with the city clerk a proposed budget, which budget shall provide a complete financial plan for the fiscal year, and shall contain a budget message explaining the budget, containing an outline of the proposed financial policies of the city for the ensuing fiscal year, setting forth the reasons for salient changes from the previous fiscal year in expenditure and revenue items, and explaining any major changes in financial policy. Copies of the proposed budget shall be made available at the San Marcos Public Library, at City Hall, and on the city's website."