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 (6)(Public Safety)
E-bike and golf cart safety regulation
Possible small costs for signs and a bike rack; state-funded police training is free.
Hazard Mitigation Plan action items
New Emergency Medical Services provider
Terms not fully detailed, but the incoming provider would not require a subsidy and would honor existing memberships.
Funding fire protection outside city limits
Replacing bunker gear runs ~$90,000; new fire engines cost $300,000+ and a tanker is already 4 years past its service life.
Late hours for hotel bar alcohol service
Uncollected municipal court fines and warrants
Uncollected fines total roughly $300,000, though only about 15% of typical fine revenue comes back to the city.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Smith was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Public Safety.
Voting record (0)(Public Safety)
No votes found matching Public Safety.