City Council
NOTICE OF MEETING
City Council
6:00 PM – Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Weatherford City Hall, City Council Chambers
303 Palo Pinto Street, Weatherford, TX
Paul Paschall, Mayor
Zack Smith, Place 2, Mayor Pro Tem
Heidi Wilder, 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.
Consider approval of the minutes of the City Council meeting held February 24, 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 reappointments of Jamie Bodiford, John Gengler, and Chad Bettinger to the Historic Preservation Commission.
(Heidi Wilder Place 1/Matt Ticzkus, Place 3)
(Matt Leppla, Director of Public Works)
Suggested Action:
Staff recommends authorizing the City Manager to execute a construction contract with JR West Texas Concrete, LLC for the Tin Top Road Drainage Improvements project in the amount not to exceed $489,537.
(Kiason Turner, Director of IT)
Suggested Action:
Staff recommends approval.
(Matt Leppla, Director of Public Works)
Suggested Action:
Staff recommends approval.
STAFF REPORTS
General Plan Discussion
(Scott McDonald, Director of Development Services)
Pursuant to Chapter 551, Texas Government Code (Open Meetings Law), and in accordance with the authority contained in:
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 Iron Saddle.
(Ashley Seiler, Director of Economic Development)
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.
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