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Latest meeting: Oct 19
What council did on Oct 19, 2026, and what comes next.
The regular council meeting was held Monday, Oct 19, 2026, at 6 PM. The agenda was posted Oct 13, well before the 72-hour minimum. [Oct 19 agenda (city meetings page)] [Tex. Gov't Code §551.043]
- Item 1: The Oct 5, 2026 minutes were approved. [Oct 19 packet p3–6 (city meetings page)] [transcript 2026-10-19 10:35 · video — auto-captions]
- Item 2: A proclamation named Nov 8–14, 2026 National Nurse Practitioner Week. No vote needed. [Oct 19 packet p7 (city meetings page)] [transcript 2026-10-19 10:49 · video — auto-captions]
- Item 3 (report, no vote): The trash contractor wants two trucks running Monday to Friday instead of Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Route options lined up with the city's five precincts were said to come to the next meeting, probably Nov 2. [transcript 2026-10-19 17:22 · video — auto-captions] [transcript 2026-10-19 23:18 · video — auto-captions]
- Item 4 (report): Fire Department, September 2026: 44 calls, 30 in the city and 14 in the county. [Oct 19 packet p8–10 (city meetings page)] [transcript 2026-10-19 23:35 · video — auto-captions]
- Item 5 (report): Police Department, September 2026: 417 calls. [Oct 19 packet p11 (city meetings page)] [transcript 2026-10-19 24:20 · video — auto-captions]
- Item 6: [segment omitted] [Oct 19 agenda (city meetings page)]
- Item 7: The revised police policy manual was adopted, after a vote to end debate. [transcript 2026-10-19 1:10:14 · video — auto-captions] [transcript 2026-10-19 1:11:26 · video — auto-captions]
- Item 8: A resolution picked a firm to run the state (Texas General Land Office) Mitigation Reallocation Program grant. Its fee is 7% of any award, paid only if the grant is won. Staff said the contract will come back to council. [Oct 19 packet p12 (city meetings page)] [transcript 2026-10-19 1:11:58 · video — auto-captions] [transcript 2026-10-19 1:17:09 · video — auto-captions]
- Item 9: A resolution picked an engineering firm for the same grant. The contract will come back to council. [Oct 19 packet p13 (city meetings page)] [transcript 2026-10-19 1:18:35 · video — auto-captions] [transcript 2026-10-19 1:20:31 · video — auto-captions]
- Item 10: A resolution approved closing state right-of-way for Christmas in Crockett. Event organizers carry the insurance. [Oct 19 packet p14–27 (city meetings page)] [transcript 2026-10-19 1:21:35 · video — auto-captions] [transcript 2026-10-19 1:22:47 · video — auto-captions]
- Items 11–12: After a closed session on personnel (Gov't Code 551.074), council accepted the fire chief's retirement and appointed an interim fire chief. [Oct 19 agenda (city meetings page)] [transcript 2026-10-19 2:09:44 · video — auto-captions] [transcript 2026-10-19 2:10:21 · video — auto-captions]
- No new items were added to a future agenda. [transcript 2026-10-19 2:11:37 · video — auto-captions]
Next meeting: Monday, Nov 2, 2026, 6 PM. The Oct 19 minutes should be up for adoption then. [crocketttexas.org/meetings]
Items the record says may come back
| Status | Said on | What was promised | By (role) | Due | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| overdue | 2026-04-06 | Pool referred to Parks & Rec board + 2 council members to "bring back a recommendation ... within 60 days" | Parks & Recreation Advisory Board / committee | ~2026-06-05 (60 days) | [Minutes 2026-04-06 p3] | No committee recommendation item found on any agenda 2026-04-20 to 2026-10-05; pool next appears 2026-08-03 #4 via a New Business request, not a committee report |
| open | 2026-09-21 | Police policy manual: "next meeting or meeting in October, I would like to come back and have that policy adopted" | Police Chief | next meeting or October 2026 | [transcript 2026-09-21 17:29 · video — auto-captions] | Not on 2026-10-05 agenda; October 19 still possible |
| open | 2026-09-21 | Southside WWTP clarifier emergency repair tabled "until all the estimate to repair the clarifier is available" | Council (motion 5-0) / City Administrator | unspecified (when estimates available) | [Minutes 2026-09-21 p3] | Not on 2026-10-05 agenda. Minutes call it an emergency repair; plant running on one of two clarifiers |
| open | 2026-10-05 | GLO MRP: RFP/RFQ responses due Oct 14, "graded and brought to council at the next meeting" for grant admin + engineering awards | City Administrator | next meeting (2026-10-19) | [transcript 2026-10-05 51:37 · video — auto-captions] | Due date not yet passed (today 2026-10-16) |
These come from what was said or voted at past meetings. They are not a prediction of the agenda.