The Fate City Council on Nov. 11 took the following recorded actions during a special meeting:
• Consent agenda: Passed by motion and voice vote, 7–0.
• Agenda 6A (annexation of approximately 4.3 acres; ordinance O2024‑460): Public hearing opened and closed with no public speakers; council approved the ordinance by voice roll call, 7–0.
• Agenda 6B (annexation of approximately 4.39 acres; ordinance O2024‑061): Public hearing opened and closed with no speakers; council approved the ordinance by vote, 7–0.
• Agenda 6C (change downtown speed limits from 30 mph to 25 mph on a council‑specified list of streets, with exclusions): Council amended the ordinance to exclude Black Hawk Lane and a segment of Fayette Main Place east of Daisy Lane; the motion to adopt the amended ordinance passed 4–3.
• Agenda 6D / 6Gs (direction to consider requiring utility accounts in the owner’s name and discussion of deposits): No ordinance voted; council directed staff to draft ordinance language, to propose a 12‑month compliance window for existing accounts, and to study deposit‑notification and possible differentiated deposit amounts.
• Agenda 6E (Charter Commission appointments): Council provided direction on Charter Commission size and process, settling on a 2 council/7 citizen structure; council debated eligibility rules for commissioners and recorded a hand vote on proposed restrictions during the meeting record.
• Agenda 6F (criminal trespass and nuisance issues): Staff presented legal and policy tools and cautioned about constitutional constraints; no ordinance was adopted and staff were asked to return with draft code language.
• Agenda 6H (Rockwall Central Appraisal District board votes): Council postponed allocating its 125 votes pending background information on candidates; motion to postpone passed 6–1.
• Executive session: Council recessed into executive session under Texas Government Code for real property and economic development deliberations and returned at 8:29 p.m. with no action taken in open session.
These outcomes reflect motions and roll‑call counts recorded in the meeting minutes and on the meeting audio.