Former Garland City Council Member, District 8
On Tuesday, February 20, 2018 the city council heard public testimony regarding the proposed changes to our city’s smoking ordinances. The current ordinance is HERE The full text of the new proposed ordinance is listed HERE The public testimony can Read More …
As of 23:59 on February 28, 2018, after decades of serving Garland, Baylor hospital will close its doors. A representative of Baylor recently shared an update with the city council. That meeting is available here: http://garlandtx.swagit.com/play/02202018-1086 ITEM 3A City Council Read More …
The final public hearing for the City Charter will be at 7pm, February 6th, 2018 in the city council chambers. This is your LAST CHANCE to influence the wording, inclusion or striking of the proposed amendments before the council votes Read More …
(Edit, 2018-01-12: the city has a page up for the Charter Review: https://www.garlandtx.gov/gov/cd/secretary/charter.asp) A public hearing will be held tonight at 6pm at City Hall in the main council chambers regarding proposed changes to the City Charter. The City Charter Read More …
In 1981, your future councilman was born at Garland Memorial Hospital, later to be renamed Baylor Garland. The hospital has served my family through births, strokes, joint replacements, stints and bypasses, and has been there for us at the end Read More …
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 …
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 …
Since my election I’ve worked hard to keep the politics largely out of this site and give you all the facts that I can. My goal has always been to leave you better informed, give you insights into the decision-making Read More …
For those that joined us for the council meeting(s) last night, it was a long one. We had a series of issues to resolve all at the same time. This post is my attempt to assemble all of the important Read More …
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 …