Houston City Council approves Fair Board picnic license, moves to closed session and adjourns

The Houston City Council met in special session Sept. 11, 2025, at Houston City Hall. Mayor Samuel L. Kelley called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m., the city clerk called roll, and a quorum was established.

The council approved a picnic license permitting the Fair Board to hold a fundraiser tournament at the municipal golf course. Alderman Don Romines made the motion to approve the license; the minutes state the motion "carried with three yes votes." The minutes do not specify which members cast each vote and contain inconsistent roll-call markings, so individual vote attributions are not provided in this report.

A separate motion to move into an executive (closed) session to discuss real estate under "Section 610.021 Subsection (2) Real Estate" was made by Alderman Fred Stottlemyre and seconded by Alderman Don Romines; the minutes record that motion as carried with four yes votes. The council then voted to adjourn; Alderman Don Romines moved to adjourn, Alderwoman Ann Tottingham seconded, and the minutes show the motion carried with four yes votes. The meeting adjourned at 5:51 p.m.

The minutes are signed by Mayor Samuel L. Kelley and attested by City Clerk Barbara Rodgers. The official minutes note two alderwomen—Sheila Walker and Chelsye Scantlin—as absent. The recorded vote totals in the minutes are stated as described above; where the minutes are internally inconsistent or omit individual roll-call attributions, this article reports the tallies only as they appear in the minutes.