Edit: Town Hall Presentation 2018-04-26 (Powerpoint Presentation) Town Hall Presentation 2018-04-26 (PDF) There will be a Town Hall Meeting for District 8: April 26th, 2018 6pm – 8pm City Hall Council Chambers 200 N 5th St The format will be Read More …
Category: Safe Streets
Red Light Camera Study
At my town hall event this evening, I presented a study of Garland’s red light camera system. The study is located here: http://www.robertjsmithtx.com/redlightcams/Red_Light_Camera_Study.pdf I’ve been asked what prompted this study. The answer is simple. Whenever a program is created that Read More …
Town Hall Meeting Nov 30th
Update: http://www.robertjsmithtx.com/presentations/townhall_agenda.pdf http://www.robertjsmithtx.com/presentations/townhall20171130.ppsx There will be a Town Hall Meeting for District 8: November 30th, 2017 6pm – 8pm City Hall Council Chambers 200 N 5th St The format will be a series of short presentations with plenty of time Read More …
Operations and Maintenance Budget 2017-2018
Overview The city has a fiscal year that starts on October 1st and ends on September 30th. Garland splits its budget into two parts- ops and maintenance (think salaries, office supplies, furniture, small equipment purchases, etc.) and CIP (buildings, large Read More …
Street Maintenance, 2017-2019
In 2017 the streets department created a three year plan for full street/alley replacement. The council authorized additional spending on top of the original funding to help in speeding up our recovery from the 2011-2014 drought and the hundred year Read More …
Naaman School Rd Traffic
The Problem People want to get from Brand & Naaman school road to the other side of highway 78. To accomplish that, we provide one lane, a long light and a railroad track. This causes backups from 78 all the Read More …