Place 1 Council Member· month-level start: August 2024 (first listed on the Van council agenda header/roll call Aug 8, 2024; appointment date not published); elected Place 1 May 3, 2025 per Van 'Unofficial Tabulation' May 3, 2025 (vantx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1347). month-level end: May 2027 (two-year term; places 1-3 are elected in odd years per vantx.gov/2397).
Samantha Smith
Van
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 3
- Total speaking time
- 7:16
- Avg per meeting
- 2:25
- Segments
- 93
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Top issues during term (4)(Business Jobs)
Business grant programs (sign and facade grants)
$11,500 in EDC funds (possibly $12,500) for the grease interceptor.
Strategic Planning Workshop
Costs of any workshop or planning effort weren't published.
Film friendly designation
A $25 film permit fee; no city money required — mostly potential free publicity.
Mobile food truck ordinance
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Smith was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Business Jobs.
Voting record (0)(Business Jobs)
No votes found matching Business Jobs.