In a called meeting Monday night, the Italy City Council voted to discontinue the salaries of the mayor and council members. By law this cannot go into effect until after their term expires. At present the mayor receives a yearly salary of $15,600. Each council member receives $600 yearly.
The Italy City Council will have a called meeting on Monday, September 15, 2014 in the Italy City Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm.
The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, August 11, 2014. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm and will be held in the Italy City Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy.
The Italy City Council will have a called meeting on Tuesday, July 29th at 6:00pm. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy.
The Italy City Council met in regular session on Monday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. After calling the meeting to order, the council spent 3 ½ hours in executive session deliberating the appointment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of City Administrator Teri Murdock. After reconvening in regular session, the mayor stated this issue would be addressed in the second executive session.
The Italy City Council will have their monthly meeting on Monday, July 14, 2014. Meeting time is slated for 3:00 inside the Italy Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy.
The Italy City Council will have a work session on Monday, June 23, 2014 at 6:00pm. The meeting will be held in the Italy Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy.
The Italy City Council met in a called meeting Tuesday afternoon with 16 citizens in attendance. Deliberations regarding real property and the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, dismissal or discipline of City Administrator, Teri Murdock, were held in closed session.
The Italy City Council will have a special called meeting on Tuesday, June 17th, 2014. The meeting will be held at 3:00pm in the Italy Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy.
The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, June 9, 2014. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm and will be held in the Italy City Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy.
The Italy City Council will have a called meeting on Thursday, May 29, 2014. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm.
In a called meeting Monday night of the Italy City Council, Paul Cockerham and Steven Farmer were sworn in as new members. Franky Jackson was also elected but was not in attendance to be sworn in.
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The Italy City Council will have a called meeting on Monday, May 19, 2014. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm and will be held in the Italy Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy.
Over a year ago the Italy Police Department began a program to prove it’s compliance to independent assessors of the Texas Law Enforcement Best Practices Committee. The audit is a voluntary program.
The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, May 12, 2014. The meeting will be held in the Italy City Hall Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy. The meeting is slated for 6:00pm.
Paul Cockerham and myself would like to thank the community for their support this past Saturday. It was very refreshing to see everyone come together.
On Saturday, May 10, 2014 Italy will have the elections for school board seats as well as city council seats. Milford will have a city council election as well as mayoral election. Early voting will begin on Monday, April 28. For our readers convenience we have compiled a list of locations, dates and times for early voting as well as election day voting.
If you have been concerned about the tone of the current political atmosphere in Italy, Steven Farmer and Paul Cockerham would like to invite you to voice your concerns this Saturday (April 26) from 11am to 1pm at the Italy Pavilion Downtown. Free hot dogs and drinks will be provided. Steven and Paul are both running for City Council and need your input and support to help make Italy a better place to live and raise our kids.
I would encourage everyone that is interested to watch the video from the last council meeting. You will see that the City Council stated that Department Heads have operational control of their departments. In the case of the Police Department, the Chief has operational control which includes determining who is on the wrecker rotation. The only business discussed was wrecker service for the Police Department when they needed a vehicle towed.
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In the regular meeting Monday night, the Italy City Council voted to purchase equipment for the Public Works Department to use for street repairs. They also approved a Resolution to borrow the money for the equipment from Government Capital.
Hello, my name is Franky Jackson, lifelong resident of Italy, and graduate of Italy High School. I also attended Hill College in Hillsboro. I have served 8 years as a council member and 14 years as mayor. I attended 11 meetings out of twelve.
The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, April 14, 2014. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm and will be held in the Council Chambers located at 105 West Main Street, Italy.
Kate and I have lived in Italy since 1992 when I retired from the U.S. Army. We have 3 sons; Harvey and his wife Jenny reside in Pearland; Joshua and Amber reside in Italy with Reagan, Tatum and Mia; Jordon and Jennifer reside in Waxahachie with Maddox and Liam. I have been a Special Education teacher since 1996 in the Desoto and Itasca school districts. I am currently the DAEP teacher for Itasca ISD.
On Monday night approximately 30 citizens of the Italy community met at the Italy Community Center to ask questions of council candidates. Paul Cockerham, John Droll, Steven Farmer and Pete Hinohosa were given an opportunity to let the citizens know why they were running for the council and give their views on city issues. Incumbents Frank Jackson and Dennis Perkins, Jr. are running for reelection but did not attend.
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My name is Paul Cockerham and I am seeking a position on the city council because I believe the citizens of Italy are calling for a new direction.
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Our community has been hurting for some time now and I think we need new leadership to help bring this town back to what it once was. I personally am running because I want to be a voice for the community. If elected I promise there will be no personal agendas and there will be more transparency.
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Before I filed to seek a seat on the Italy City Council, I had prayed about it, thought about it and talked to several people I respect and trust including my husband, Brian.
On Monday, April 7, 2014, there will be a question and answer session for the 2014 Italy City Council Candidates. The event will begin at 6:00pm and will be held in the Italy Boze Community Center at 161 W. Main Street, Italy.
In an email received by the Italy Neotribune, Mr. Jerry E. Tekell stated that he has decided to bow out of the upcoming Italy City Council race.
In the city council meeting the citizens spoke openly with Mayor James Hobbs and the council members expressing their opinions regarding the purchase of street and water equipment. Jimmie Hyles addressed the chug holes and the cost of the equipment to repair the matter.
The Italy City Council will have a special called meeting on Monday, March 17, 2014 in the Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm. The agenda includes three agenda items requested by the mayor to readdress the two resolutions and one ordinance that was voted on at last week’s meeting along with two other agenda items.
Drama continues at city hall as the mayor and the council continue to resist each other. After the mayor declared that some of the “motions were not proper” the council disagreed and actually voted to go into executive session while the mayor continued on with the next items. Once the council had moved out of the chambers the city attorney had to stop the mayor by telling him that there was no quorum. After a long closed session, the council quickly approved all of the remaining items, including the ones restoring Dean Carrell and Teri Murdock.
The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, March 10, 2014. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm and will be held in the Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy.
Editors Note: Page 2 of Agenda added at 5:35pm 3/8/14
The Italy City Council met on Thursday night in a work session to discuss changes to several city policies and ordinances. Mayor James Hobbs, Ed Voss, City Attorney, and several department heads were also in attendance.
The Italy City Council has a work session scheduled for Thursday, February 27th. The work session is slated for 6:00pm and will be held in the Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy.
Controversy was on the agenda again Monday night at the Italy City Council meeting.
Note: Video added 2/12/14 – 2:15pm
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The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, January 10 in the Italy Municipal Building at 105 West Main Street, Italy. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm.
The upcoming local elections are scheduled for Saturday, May 10, 2014. There will be two school board seats and three city council seats up for election.
Italy Police Officer Shelbee Richardson was named Officer of the Year at a ceremony held Tuesday night prior to the Italy City Council meeting.
Editors Note: Video of meeting added 1/26/14, 2:25pm.
The Italy City Council will have a special meeting on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. The meeting will be held in the Italy City Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm.
The Italy City Council took no action regarding allegations against Dean Carrell, public works director, at its monthly meeting held Monday evening.
Editors Note: Video added 12/13/13-9:10am
The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, December 9, 2013. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers of the Italy Municipal Building at 105 West Main Street, Italy.
The council met in front of a full audience to discuss department reports and 15 items on the agenda.
Note: Complete video added 11/20/13, 10:10pm.
I have put in several requests in at City Hall to receive records under the Freedom of Information Act. Here are the following records I have requested.
The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, November 11, 2013. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm. In conjunction with this meeting, there will also be a public hearing regarding a financing by the Italy Higher Education Facilities Corporation. The meeting and hearing will be held in the Italy City Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy, Texas.
The called city council meeting on October 21, 2013 was to discuss actions regarding the recent termination of Italy’s City Secretary/Administrator Teri Murdock.
The Italy City Councill will have a called meeting on Monday, October 21st at 6:00pm. The meeting will be held in the Italy Munincipal Building’s Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy.
The Italy City Council took “no action” following a 40-minute executive session regarding personnel matters relating to the public works department Monday evening in council chambers.
The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, October 14, 2013. In addition to the monthly meeting, there will also be a Proclamation Reception recognizing the Italy Youth Athletic Association’s volunteer of the year. Agendas for both the meeting and reception is attached.
The Italy City Council approved an ordinance (#13-0926-01) adopting and approving the fiscal year 2012-2013 operating budget to ratify final expenditures made from Oct. 1, 2012 through Sept. 30, 2013.
