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)(Taxes Budget)
EDC FY2026-2027 budget and grants
Growing sales tax bankrolled this year's unbudgeted water and sewer projects.
Repeal of open-records limitation ordinance
Saves staff time previously spent logging every records request against a running tally.
Official newspaper designation
Publication costs for legal notices continue under the existing arrangement.
FY 2027 tax rate and budget
Same rate, but about $9,000 less revenue and a tighter budget with a frozen position.
TMRS employee contribution increase
Employees contribute an additional 1% of pay; the city's matching obligation rises accordingly.
Council members holding concurrent city board seats
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Smith was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Taxes Budget.
Voting record (0)(Taxes Budget)
No votes found matching Taxes Budget.