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Decatur council canvasses charter election, approves land-use and zoning changes and casts 228 votes for appraisal-district nominee
Summary
The Decatur City Council met Nov. 10 and unanimously approved a canvass of Nov. 4 charter-election results and a package of second-reading ordinances addressing land use, zoning, landscape design and a reinvestment zone, approved an interlocal fire-services agreement with Wise County and cast the city's 228 votes for Chance Overton to the Wise County Appraisal District board.
The Decatur City Council met Nov. 10 and unanimously approved a slate of routine and policy items, including a formal canvass of the Nov. 4 special election that approved home-rule charter amendments, multiple second-reading ordinances tied to development in and near the city, an interlocal fire-services agreement with Wise County and a city vote cast for a local nominee to the Wise County Appraisal District board.
City staff opened the meeting by asking the council to "formally canvas" the special-election results supplied by the Wise County Elections Office. A motion to approve Resolution R2025-11-30 to canvas those returns carried on a voice vote after a brief staff presentation; the staff member presenting said the ordinance language "allows us to formally adopt those voter-approved amendments" and records the results into the charter.
The council proceeded with first readings and second readings on several ordinance items. On the first reading, staff presented an ordinance to adopt the charter amendments approved by voters on…
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