City Council - Regular Meeting

Galveston County
Wednesday, September 2, 2026

The City Council accepted the 2025 fiscal year audit and approved up to $200,000 from the growth fund for Kemah Oaks sidewalk repairs. Discussions also covered Hotel Occupancy Tax sponsorships, an updated fee schedule, and extensive debate on the city's body-worn and block camera systems.

About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
Kemah, TX
Meeting Date
September 2, 2026

Published excerpts

Only published remarks appear here. The full transcript is not published.

13 sections (from 14 segments)

41:08 – 41:20•Darren Broadus

I thought it would only fit if you could put the sunset one last night behind me for a backdrop. So hopefully we're done soon enough and you'll catch another one soon. I look forward to it.

58:05•Darren Broadus

So you're going to ask me a quick question? What's the life expectancy of this product? Will we get this done if we get it done? Is it five years, 10 years?

1:02:52 – 1:03:29•Darren Broadus

I would just like to bring in a bit of attention that there's 232 homes in Kemah Oaks, just running rough numbers while I'm in Costa Rica, but you already have like $70 million worth of tax value. Yes, I didn't do it house by house, so it's going to be somewhere in that ballpark. So they generate about $130,000 to $125,000 in property tax for the town. So you're talking about, in essence, right, a 380 agreement for a year and a half if we were to fund this whole thing. just so everybody's aware of baseline numbers. I mean, that's exactly what we're doing, is right at 380, we're a year and a ha

1:07:19 – 1:08:16•Darren Broadus

said are we still at 80k and operating 50 for four minutes and just to educate the new council members i know what the audience said but there was like a million dollars that kcbc had put into for anders lane we bought the property behind pecto that's that was one of the big reductions in general fund the other thing is is the growth fund, which was supposed to max out at 3 million, and we're at 3.5 roughly now today. So we do have funds available. So for him, I understand as a CPA, as an auditor, you have to state the facts, and then it's the facts. But council in the past, with Robin include

1:12:54•Darren Broadus

Yes. I have one last question. Are you on my board?

1:13:07•Darren Broadus

We've got three new council members. You don't need to explain that because

1:20:23•Darren Broadus

Here's my question, Dustin. What is your mind-pass? Dustin, what is the word of our mind-pass? Do you have two?

1:20:33 – 1:21:06•Darren Broadus

I know. We don't need to compete with each other or complement each other one or the other but i'm just saying but i think you already built the hotels already so i mean i don't think that's a good idea so i mean um there's gonna be some coordination here because i'm like you're already into what i would envision in my head that way you would have a city parking in most parts of the world.

1:39:11•Darren Broadus

I will say that Mariana has actually reached out to me with fireworks. It's like a big...

1:40:29•Darren Broadus

. Latest expected date of the right now is . Yeah, I'm not saying. So we have the hotel with 83 rooms on board.

1:40:47•Darren Broadus

tight soon, something like April afterwards.

1:49:59 – 1:50:27•Darren Broadus

I just want to say thank you to Anola and Jerry for their time. I think it was February when we did this initiative and we actually put this on board and we come back and forth. Anola has spent hours and hours and hours researching other towns. We've had conversations, you know, what makes sense for FEMA. I think it's Because it's the closest we're ever getting to that.

2:07:48 – 2:07:59•Darren Broadus

And I just think... $225,000 a year costs, honestly. So, for every officer, you have to go to the street, $225,000. $225,000 a year.

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