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Saginaw manager previews 2026 work plan, Proposition A outreach and possible street-maintenance fee
Summary
City Manager Gabe presented a first 2026 work-plan update covering an HR policy vendor (AirMason), Proposition A outreach (town hall, mailed inserts, video with ~12,000 views), potential street maintenance-fee study and workshops on signage and redevelopment incentives; council approved a consent agenda and adjourned to executive session on real property.
City Manager Gabe gave the Saginaw City Council an overview of the 2026 work plan, emphasizing staff progress on several items and planned public outreach for Proposition A, a street-focused bond measure.
Gabe said staff have identified a personnel manual vendor called AirMason and will review the vendor’s policy set with department directors, send selected policies for legal review, and later bring policies to council for consideration. He described the vendor as a cloud-based subscription service that allows employees to acknowledge policies electronically and enables departmental carve-outs for police and fire procedures.
On Proposition A outreach, Gabe said the city will host a Prop A town hall at 6 p.m. this Thursday; staff are distributing water-bill inserts through May, operating a bond website, mailing postcards and producing short informational videos. He reported the initial informational video has about 12,000 views. Councilmembers suggested additional in-person outreach (farmers market tables and handing out materials at community events) and requested an FAQ or short video addressing common misconceptions about taxable-assessed value vs. market value and project cost breakdowns such as the animal shelter line item.
Gabe also reviewed other work-plan topics: a planned workshop on citywide signage to create consistent templates and replace aging park and street signs; economic-development incentives and past redevelopment examples (a mill expansion, a roadway investment and reuse of an old fire station); a hotel market study for recruitment and a pending cybersecurity risk-assessment report to be distributed in the weekly council packet.
On infrastructure funding, staff discussed the merits of a dedicated street-maintenance fee modeled on approaches used by larger neighboring cities. Gabe said such a fee would be set aside for maintenance and could support a dedicated streets crew, but stressed that a dedicated fee would require additional study and legal/financial analysis before any council action.
Council approved the consent agenda earlier in the meeting (motion and second recorded; no roll-call tally provided). At the end of the public session the council voted to adjourn into executive session under Texas Government Code 551.087 for discussion of real property; that motion passed and the meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
Staff indicated they will continue public outreach on the bond, publish an FAQ addressing common questions, circulate the cybersecurity risk assessment to council, and schedule workshops on signage and the strategic plan for a later date.
