NOTICE
THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN OF PONDER, TEXAS, WILL CONVENE IN PRE-COUNCIL AT 6:00 P.M. AND REGULAR SESSION AT 6:30 P.M. IN PONDER TOWN HALL, AT 102 W. BAILEY STREET, PONDER.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & TEXAS PLEDGE
Texas Pledge "Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible."
STAFF REPORTS
PRE-COUNCIL MEETING - 6:00PM (Council members may have preliminary discussions about agenda items, allowing them to come to the regular meeting with a better understanding of the items.)
REGULAR MEETING - 6:30PM
OPEN FORUM FOR CITIZEN INPUT (Please limit to 5 minutes per person and if you wish to speak on a particular agenda item, please list the agenda item next to your name.)
This is a time for the public to address the Town Council on any subject. However, the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the Town Council from discussing issues which the public has not been given seventy-two (72) hours’ notice. Issues raised may be referred to Town Staff for research and possible future action.
CONSENT AGENDA (All matters listed as Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the Town Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be a separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.)
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION
PROJECT UPDATES
EXECUTIVE SESSION
The Town Council reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed below, as authorized by Texas Government Code
A. Consult with attorney on a matter in which the attorney's duty to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct conflicts with this chapter and/or consult with attorney about pending or contemplated litigation or contemplated settlement of the same. Section 551.071.
B. Consult with attorney on a matter in which the attorney's duty to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct conflicts with this chapter and/or consult with attorney about pending or contemplated litigation or contemplated settlement of the same. Section 551.071.
a. Discussion pending or contemplated litigation with attorneys from the Town's tax counsel.
C. Discuss negotiated gifts or donations to the City (public discussion at this stage would have a detrimental effect on the City's bargaining position). Section 551.073.
D. Discuss the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment of duties, discipline, or dismissal of or to hear a complaint against a public officer or employee. Section 551.074.
a. Town Administrator
b. Town Attorney Services
E. Discuss the commercial or financial information received from an existing business or business prospect with which the City is negotiating for the location or retention of a facility, or for incentives the City is willing to extend, or financial information submitted by the same. Section 551.087.
F. Discuss the deployment or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices. Section 551.076.
G. Deliberations regarding economic development negotiations pursuant to Section
551.087.
ADJOURN
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the above notice was posted on the bulletin board at the Ponder Town Hall at 102 W. Bailey Street, Ponder, Texas on the 2nd day of December 2025, at 5:00 p.m.
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Rebecca Zielinski, Planning & Zoning Coordinator
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