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The Watauga City Council met for a regular meeting on Monday, October 12, 2026 at City Hall Council Chambers. The council approved a budget amendment, awarded a construction contract for the Capp Smith Park Food Truck Improvements, and tabled a zoning text amendment. Employee and service awards were presented.
The council convened in executive session to deliberate on the anticipated retirement and transition of the City Manager and the recruitment and selection of a Municipal Court Judge. Upon reconvening, no action was taken on either item.
I call to order the Wataga City Council regular meeting Monday, October 12th, 2026, City Hall Council Chambers at 6 30 p.m. First item of business was roll call, place one. That's your born present. Place two is absent with notice. And Dre Neil, present. Place five. Stephen Wilch, present. Place six. Mark Taylor, present. Place seven. Jan Hill, present. And Mayor Art Minor present. Next up is the indication. Pastor JJ Stevens of the Victory Tabernacle Church, if you would say. Let's bow our heads and pray. Heavenly Father, we come before you here this evening, God, with Thanksgiving. We're so grateful for your goodness, God, your faithfulness to us. God, we thank you, Lord, for our mayor or city council. God, we're grateful for our first responders. Thankful for the city of Wataga, God. We just ask you to help us, Lord, throughout this uh meeting. God help the agenda, grant wisdom and strength. God allow us to be dependent on you, Lord, not to lean on our own strength or our own understanding, God, but to lean on you. God, we love you, and we thank you so much for this day that you've allowed us to have, God, in the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen. Thank you. And to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God. Indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Honor the taxes flag. Under God, one and indivisible. All right, next up, announcements, place one. None at this time, thank you. None at this time. Place four. Such enthusiasm, Mayor. I appreciate it. You know, it's officially spooky season out there, and it's getting scary. All the yards I'm seeing out there. But you know, first I'd like to thank the police, the fire, and all the other city departments that had uh tents out at the National Night Out. That was a lot of fun. Get out there. Um got to see everything from adoptable dogs to getting Frisbees and other goodies from the city. It was pretty cool. Now, if you really love Halloween, and maybe your neighbor does, or you do, and you've got all kinds of art, we'll use that very loosely, uh, in the yard, you can nominate yourself or your neighbor for the spectacular yard uh event. I believe the nominations run through the 19th.