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Rowlett Board of Adjustment swears in appointees, unanimously elects chair and vice chair
Summary
At a brief meeting that began at 6:32 p.m., the Rowlett City Board of Adjustment administered the oath of office to newly appointed members, unanimously elected Joshua Hughes as chair and John Dougherty as vice chair, approved corrected minutes from Nov. 12, 2025, and adjourned.
The Rowlett City Board of Adjustment met in a brief session that began at 6:32 p.m. and administered the oath of office to newly appointed members before conducting elections for leadership and approving corrected minutes.
Derek Hall, Community Development Director, told the board that "whenever we have new board members... we are required to administer the oath of office" and led the group through the oath pledging to "faithfully execute the duties of the office of the board of adjustment of the city of Rowlett." Hall said each member must sign the oath and that a notary was present to notarize signatures.
Several newly appointed members introduced themselves before the leadership votes. Kendall Patton said, "I work for JPMorgan. I do risk management... I wanted to be a part of... give back and grow with the city." Gavin Schultz, who said he has lived in Rowlett for more than 40 years, said he works locally for a concrete company. An unnamed committee member said they moved from the planning and zoning committee and are retired. Greg Horniman, who identified himself as "with NREL," described his background in sales, marketing and consulting and welcomed the new members.
The board then opened nominations for chair. A member nominated Joshua Hughes for a one-term chairmanship. After the meeting experienced technical difficulties with the electronic voting system, a staff member said, "We're having technical difficulties with the voting on the system," and the board completed a hand vote. The chair announced the ayes and the appointment of Joshua Hughes was approved unanimously.
The board next elected a vice chair. John Dougherty was nominated and seconded, and the motion carried by unanimous voice/hand vote.
During the consent agenda, members reviewed the minutes of the Board of Appeals meeting dated 11/12/2025. Members requested two corrections: the call-to-order time listed in the minutes should read 06:31 (rather than 6:00 p.m.), and Alternate Adam Mordecai should be recorded as present at that prior meeting. A motion to approve the minutes as corrected was moved and seconded (as stated in the meeting) and approved by the board.
With no further business, a motion and second to adjourn received no objections and the meeting was closed.
The actions taken at the meeting were procedural: administering oaths, electing leadership, approving corrected minutes, and adjourning. No public comments were received during the citizens input period.
