City Council

The Mayor/City Council, a 5-member body elected by the people of the City of Fredericksburg, sets laws and regulations governing the City of Fredericksburg. 

Council members are elected at large (citywide) for two-year terms. Council members are governed by the City Charter, which can be found at Municode.com. 

Meet Your Elected Officials

Meetings

• 9:00 a.m. (unless noted otherwise)
• First and Third Tuesday of each month, unless the meeting falls on a recognized holiday, at which time the meeting will be held the next day
• Community Room at New City Hall at East Campus
  2818 E. U.S. Hwy. 290
  Fredericksburg, TX 78624 (unless noted otherwise)
• Meetings are typically live streamed and available for re-watch on FBGTX.org.
• Governed by the Texas Open Meetings Act and the Fredericksburg City Council Rules of Procedure.

Agendas & Minutes

Agendas are available before the meetings. The official agenda is posted at City Hall in accordance with state law. Copies available online are for general information only. In the event of a conflict between these copies and the posted agenda, the posted agenda shall prevail. Questions concerning agendas should be directed to the City Secretary. Minutes are also available following approval. 

• View Agendas & Minutes Prior to January 2023
• View Agendas & Minutes After January 2023

Connect With Your Council

The City Council encourages citizen comments on Agenda Items, which can be done in person or by written comments, for more information (Citizen Comments).  See the Contact Us tab on the right for email, phone number, and address to City Hall.  Contact the City Secretary (830) 997-7521,  for additional information.

Additional Information

Member Selection & Terms

As per the Home Rule Charter, adopted by the citizens of Fredericksburg in 1991, the legislative and governing body of the City of Fredericksburg consists of a mayor and four council members. They are elected from the city at large. The term for the mayor and council members is two years. No mayor or council member may serve more than four consecutive two-year terms in the same office. The terms of the council members are staggered so that two members are elected to a regular term each year.

Requirements

Each member of the City Council must be a resident citizen of the City of Fredericksburg and have been so for a period of not less than 12 months immediately preceding his/her election. Each member must also be a qualified voter of the State of Texas and shall not be indebted to the City of Fredericksburg.

Sessions 

Closed/executive sessions may be called by the mayor or by two or more council members for any purpose specifically authorized by state law. Any allowed subject matter deliberated in the closed/executive session will be voted on once the council reconvenes into the public session of the council meeting.

Additional Meetings 

Special meetings may be held on the call of the mayor or two council members and whenever practicable, and written public notice thereof must be given as required by the Statutes of the State of Texas.

Meeting Requirements 

State law prescribes several specific requirements for council meetings:

• A quorum, three members of the council, be present for the transaction of business
• Any question before the council is decided by a majority vote of the members present and voting, except where the law requires more than a simple majority.
• The mayor always presides, if present.
• Every meeting of the City Council must be conducted in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Government Code, the Texas Open Meetings Act. Elements of requirements include written notice of the date, hour, and location of every Council meeting, together with an agenda specifically describing all of the items to be considered, be posted three business days in advance of such meeting on a bulletin board in City Hall accessible to the public day and night. The Open Meetings Act provides a few exceptions, such as emergency or urgent public necessity and closed / executive session purposes.