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At a glance: Fate council votes Nov. 11 — annexations approved, speed‑limit change passes narrowly

Fate City Council · November 11, 2024

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Summary

Council unanimously approved two annexation ordinances (6A and 6B) and the consent agenda; it also approved a downtown speed‑limit change 4–3, postponed Rockwall CAD vote allocation, and took no final action on utility‑account or trespass code proposals (staff directed to return with drafts).

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.