City Council
NOTICE OF MEETING
City Council
6:00 PM – Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Weatherford City Hall, City Council Chambers
303 Palo Pinto Street, Weatherford, TX
Paul Paschall, Mayor
Zack Smith, Place 2, Mayor Pro Tem
Rod White, Place 1
Matt Ticzkus, Place 3
Luke Williams, Place 4
James Hotopp, City Manager
Chad Marbut, Assistant City Manager
Dawn Brooks, Assistant City Manager
Rob Allibon, TOASE, City Attorney
Andrea McDonald, City Secretary
The Mayor/Chair requests that all electronic devices be silenced and phone conversations taken outside the Council Chambers. Weatherford City Hall is wheelchair accessible and special parking is available on the south side of the building. If special accommodations are required, please contact the City Secretary at 817-598-4202 a minimum of 24 hours in advance.
The City Council, Municipal Utility Board, and other boards/commissions/committees of the City of Weatherford, as allowed, reserve the right to enter into Executive Session at any time during the course of this meeting to seek legal advice from the City Attorney on any posted agenda item as authorized by Texas Government Code, Section 551.071. Unless a Work Session Agenda, or otherwise indicated, action may be taken on any of the following agenda items.
Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.0415, the City Council may report on the following items: (1) expression of thanks, congratulations or condolences; (2) information about holiday schedules; (3) recognition of individuals; (4) reminders about upcoming City Council events; (5) information about community events; and (6) announcements involving imminent threat to public health and safety.
Proclamation in Recognition of the 100th Anniversary of Schulman Theatres.
(Paul Paschall, Mayor)
Consider approval of the minutes of the City Council meeting held July 28, 2026.
(Andrea McDonald, City Secretary)
All Consent Agenda items are considered routine and self-explanatory and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate consideration of these items unless the Council or Board removes an item from the Consent Agenda for individual consideration.
Consider the appointment of Assistant City Manager/CFO Dawn Brooks to the Weatherford Economic Development Board as an ex-officio member, the reappointments of Dawn Brooks and Eric Shumar to the to the Animal Shelter Advisory Committee; and the appointment of Kevin Cleveland to the Municipal Utility Board.
(Zack Smith, Mayor Pro Tem / Luke Williams, Place 4)
(Scott McDonald, Director of Development Services)
Suggested Action:
Staff recommends approval of the Encroachment Agreement.
(Scott McDonald, Director of Development Services)
Suggested Action:
Staff recommends approval of the Encroachment Agreement.
(Jonathan Peacock, Fire Chief)
Suggested Action:
Staff recommends approval.
(Dawn Brooks, Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer)
Suggested Action:
No action is required.
(Dawn Brooks, Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer)
Suggested Action:
Accept "Notice of Tax Rates."
(Chad Marbut, Assistant City Manager)
Suggested Action:
Staff recommends approval.
Pursuant to Chapter 551, Texas Government Code (Open Meetings Law), and in accordance with the authority contained in:
Sec. 551.072. Deliberation Regarding Real Property: to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property: Being an approximate 1.21-acre tract of land, described as Block 9, B.F. Draper Survey, Abstract No. 405, City of Weatherford, Parker County, Texas.
(Matt Leppla, Director of Public Works)
Sec. 551.087. Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations: to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect: Project Verde.
(Chad Marbut, Assistant City Manager)
Sec. 551.087. Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations: to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect: Project Ignite.
(Ashley Seiler, Economic Development Director)
To take action, if necessary, pursuant to Chapter 551, Texas Government Code (Open Meetings Law).
Residents may address the Council/Board/Commission/Committee regarding an item that is not listed on the agenda. Residents must complete a speaker card and turn it in to the Secretary five (5) minutes before the start of the meeting. The Rules of Procedure state that comments are to be limited to three (3) minutes. Speaker rules are posted at the back of the Council Chambers. The Texas Open Meetings Act provides the following: (a) If, at a meeting of a governmental body, a member of the public or of the governmental body inquires about a subject for which notice has not been given as required by this subchapter, the notice provisions of this subchapter do not apply to: (1) A statement of specific factual information given in response to the inquiry; or (2) A recitation of existing policy in response to the inquiry. (b) Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.
CERTIFICATION
Date/Time Removed _____________________________________