Council denies incomplete petition to release 23.54 acres from Decatur ETJ

Council considered a petition submitted March 18, 2026, by Eric George seeking release of 23.54 acres from Decatur’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Staff told the council that recent legislative changes limit the city's current ETJ authority largely to billboard signs, and that the petition itself was missing required information — either a date of birth or a voter registration number — so under state law the application was technically incomplete.