The Arlington City Council met on February 10, 2026, at 6:30 PM in the City Hall Council Chamber. The meeting covered a wide range of items including consent agenda approvals, public hearings for secondary living unit permits, and a highly debated first reading of an amended Anti-Discrimination ordinance. The meeting was adjourned at 7:56 PM.
Good evening, everybody, welcome to the Arlington City Council meeting on February tenth, twenty twenty-six. I'm gonna ask Father Joseph Francis with Saint Alban's Church to please come forward and lead us in an invocation. If you can, please stand for the invocation. Bless our nation and especially the city of Arlington, with honorable industry, sound learning and pure conduct. And do with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in thy name we entrust the authority of government, especially our mayor, and the members of this city council, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to thy law, we may show forth thy praise among the nations of the earth. In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in thee to fail, all which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Please join us in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. One nation under God with Liberty and Justice. One state, under God, one and individual. Thank you. You may be seated. Mr. Buskin, uh Speaker Guidelines, General Decorum, please. Thank you, Mayor. We ask that the citizens and other visitors in attendance assist in preserving the order and decorum of this meeting and to provide for attendance at and participation in the meeting without fear of intimidation, threats, or hostility. Any person making personal, profane, hostile, slanderous, or threatening remarks, who uses vulgar or obscene language, who engages in any other actions that disturb or are calculated to disturb the meeting, or who becomes disruptive while addressing the mayor and the city council or while attending the city council meeting may be removed from the council chambers. All speakers shall address the city council and not the audience or city staff and shall not call out individually named members of city staff or the public. For speakers tonight, when your name is called, please come to the microphone at the podium and state your name and city of residence for the record. Speakers may not use music, videos, other forms of media signs, or props. During public hearings for zoning cases, the applicant will be asked to speak first and will be given five minutes to make a presentation. Speakers in support or opposition of the item will be given three minutes each to make their statements. The applicant will then be given three minutes for any rebuttal. For all other items on the agenda, speakers will be given three minutes to speak. If multiple speakers plan to provide the same or similar comments, those speakers may, if they so desire, designate one or more individuals to provide public comment on behalf of the group. A bell will signal the end of each speaker's time. In consideration of other speakers, please conclude your comments promptly when you hear the bell. We ask that you address your comments to the mayor and council. Thank you, Mr. Buskin. Do we have any appointment to boards or commissions this evening? No, sir. No appointments this evening. Thank you. Consideration of minutes, please. Thank you, Mayor. Minutes for consideration this evening or the afternoon and evening meetings from January 27th, 2026. Thank you, sir. Consider uh council members, do y'all? Do you all have any corrections or additions? Seeing none, Mr. Buskin. Any speakers on this item? No, sir, no speakers on this item. I have a motion and a second. I have a motion from Councilmember Odom Wesley. A second from Council Member Pham. Please cast your vote. The motion passes.