A special called meeting of the Teague City Council was held Monday, March 4, 2019 to conduct a brief public hearing regarding the replat of three lots in the Meadow Ridge subdivision. The hearing was quickly opened and closed as no citizens’ came forward to voice their input. City Administrator/Secretary Theresa Prasil presented the survey of the property and explained that the owners are seeking to combine the three narrow lots to build a house on. With no utilities present on the property, the Council voted unanimously to approve the application to replat and combine the three lots. Prasil informed Aldermen that they may see more requests soon, as the subdivision has several narrow lots that property owners may want to combine. At the previous meeting, Aldermen voted to table action on paying eleven outstanding invoices to McCreary, Veselka, Bragg, and Allen, P.C., the collection agency for Teague’s municipal court. Prasil and Judge Shirley Mays requested extra time to review the invoices to confirm that the fees represented in the invoices had not already been paid. According to Prasil, she and Judge Mays determined that the City did in fact owe for the past due invoices, totaling $1,712.37, from fees collected during fiscal year 2017. “How did we have that big of a mix up?” questioned Aldermen Chris Nickleberry. Prasil explained there was an oversight within Mays’ office following the departure of the previous court clerk last summer, after which invoices were not being correctly processed. She assured the Council that this has not been an issue in the past, but has been identified and should not continue. The Council was informed that they would be able to make the payment from this year’s budget without issuing an amendment and Aldermen voted unanimously to pay the overdue invoices. In executive session, the Council conducted an evaluation of Prasil. After an hour and a half, Aldermen returned to open session, taking no further action. Teague City Council will meet in regular session Monday, March 18th at 6 p.m. Megan Hempel reporting
