Bonham City Council Regular Meeting

October 12, 2026 – 5:30 PM
Bonham City Hall – City Council Chambers
514 Chestnut St Bonham, TX 75418

Call to Order/Invocation

1. Citizen Opportunity to Speak: – All comments shall be made from the podium.  Please state your name and address for the record.  Citizens’ comments are governed by the City of Bonham Code of Ordinances Sec. 1.02.031.  Local practice limits comments to a maximum of three (3) minutes:

(a) Citizen Comments:  The City Council invites people with comments or observations to briefly address the City Council on topics not already scheduled for public hearing or on the agenda for the limited purpose of determining whether the matter should be referred to staff for study and response and/or be placed on a future meeting agenda.  The Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the City Council from discussing, considering, or deliberating on any item not listed on the posted City Council Agenda, other than to make statements of specific factual information in response to a citizen’s inquiry or to recite existing policies.

(b) Agenda Item Comments: The City Council invites people to speak to the Council when an agenda item is presented by City Staff.  The Texas Open Meetings Act allows, but does not require, the City Council members to respond to citizen comments on an agenda item.

2. Consent Agenda

All items listed under the consent agenda are considered routine and are recommended to the City Council for a
single vote approval.  If discussion of any item on the consent agenda is desired, the item may be removed from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda for a separate vote.

A. Consider and take action to approve the minutes of the September 14th regular meeting.

B. Consider and take action to accept the financial report for the month ending September 30, 2026

C. Consider and take action to declare the service weapon issued to retiring Police Officer Captain Terry
Edington as surplus property and authorize the sale of the weapon to Officer Edington for $1.00 in recognition of his service to the City of Bonham.

Regular Agenda

3. Consider and take possible action to award the bid for the DR-4485-0066 Pump and Lift Station Generators Project to H&H Electrical Contractors, Inc. as the lowest responsible bidder and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary contract documents.

4. Consider and take action to adopt an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Bonham, Texas amending Chapter 3 (Building Regulations), within the Bonham Code of Ordinances for the purpose of adopting rental housing registration fees and rental housing regulations; providing for an effective date; and, providing for a penalty clause. Tabled: July 13, 2026, August 10, 2026, & September 14, 2026.

5. Consider and take action on an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Bonham, Texas amending Chapter 3 (Building Regulations) within the Bonham Code of Ordinances; Providing for an effective date; providing for a penalty clause not to exceed $2,000 or the highest penalty amount allowed by law, whichever is less; and, providing for the publication of the caption hereof.

6. Adjourn

In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council reserves the right to convene in Executive Session, as deemed necessary, to seek legal advice from its attorney on any item identified in this agenda, as permitted by law, or to consult with its attorney about pending or contemplated litigation, settlement offers or any matter in which the duty of the attorney to the City Council under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Act.