Garland City Council District 8
The future funding of the Garland Day Labor Center is being debated by the Garland City Council as a part of our annual budget process. This blog post covers the history, operations, financing, and future of the facility from my Read More …
As a wise man once said, “You never know what the Texas legislature is going to do”. While the debate continues in Austin over the future of red light cameras in Texas, the city council has not been idle on Read More …
—– As I was writing this post, another blogger hit the net with a different point of view on the SH78 issue that council recently worked on. My post is a higher level view of that issue, and only partially Read More …
Today I am formally announcing my re-election bid for Garland City Council District 8. The past two years have been a whirlwind of activity in Garland. We have made a strong commitment to our infrastructure and local economy. We are Read More …
One of the issues that I ran on in 2017 was traffic congestion relief on Naaman School Road. While we know that this will be a difficult, expensive project, we also know that it shouldn’t take fifteen minutes during rush Read More …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …