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)(Roads)
Speed limit on West Florida Street
Keeping the limit at 30 mph avoids enforcement costs that a lower limit would create.
Stop signs at West Kansas and Cherry Streets
No cost impact since no signs are being removed or installed right now.
Interlocal road agreement with Van Zandt County Precinct 4
One road will be fixed next year via a county project even if city funds are short.
East Ohio Street seal-coating
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Smith was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Roads.
Voting record (0)(Roads)
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