STATE OF TEXAS             )( )(
                                                                                 COUNTY OF RUNNELS    )( )(
	                CITY OF BALLINGER        )( )(
	
	On this the 14th day of August 2019 the Ballinger City Council met in regular session at 5:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber of City Hall located at 700 Railroad Avenue with the following members present:

	         Sam Mallory                         Mayor
                    Jason Gore                          Commissioner # 1
                    Richard “Rick” Morrish         Commissioner # 2
	         Bob McDaniel                       Mayor-Pro tem
	         Kristi Goetz      	           Commissioner # 4

	City Staff:

	         Bonita Shields                       City Secretary
	         Tommy Turney, Jr.                City Administrator
	         William “Pat” Chesser           City Attorney
	         Stanley Maresch                   Chief of Police
	     	     	
	Others present- Bill Hancock-Runnels County Register, Robert Langston-Citizen.

	CALL TO ORDER:
Mayor Sam Mallory called the meeting to order at 5:36 p.m.

PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
	Comm. Bob McDaniel was asked to lead the group in a word of prayer and the pledge of allegiance.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE IN BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020.
Tommy Turney, Jr. reported to the Council that they finished the airport
fund, water sewer fund and the fire department of the general fund. The other departments and general fund revenue will be reviewed tonight. The Council convened in budget workshop until 9:47 p.m. and decided that there would not be a budget workshop meeting on Friday, August 19th.

	ADJOURN:
	Comm. Bob McDaniel made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:48 p.m. Second by Jason Gore and was unanimously approved.
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		     Sam Mallory
                                                                                      Mayor

ATTEST:
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Bonita F. Shields
City Secretary