Quick take
- Thu., Oct. 22, 4 p.m.: Special-called council meeting in City Hall’s second-floor conference room on the 2027 budget, including Wonderland of Lights, the sanitation fund, fleet and the capital improvement plan.
- Thu., Oct. 22, 6 p.m.: Regular meeting in council chambers, 401 S. Alamo Blvd. Items include an engineering contract with Hayes Engineering for Phase I water treatment plant filter repairs and a change to the city’s no-parking ordinance.
- Also at 6 p.m.: A public hearing on rezoning 1906 Olive St. from single-family to mobile home, and an update on drainage work at the T&P Detention Pond.
- Sat., Oct. 24, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: National Drug Take Back Day. Marshall police take unwanted or expired prescriptions in the parking lot at Walgreens, 309 East End Blvd. N. It’s anonymous.
- Can’t make it Saturday? The Marshall Police Department lobby has a drop box open 24 hours a day.
Marshall has two things on the calendar this week: a pair of City Council meetings on Thursday and a prescription drug take back on Saturday.
Thursday: Budget work session at 4 p.m.
The council has a special-called meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in the second-floor conference room at City Hall, 401 S. Alamo Blvd. It’s a discussion session on the 2027 budget. The agenda lists updates on Wonderland of Lights, the sanitation fund and the city fleet, a talk about the capital improvement plan, changes to the adopted budget (the depot, council travel and personnel) and how the city handles budget amendments. No votes are listed.
Thursday: Regular meeting at 6 p.m.
The regular meeting agenda for 6 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall includes:
- Water treatment plant. Possible action on a contract with Hayes Engineering for Phase I of the water treatment plant rehabilitation. The work listed is replacing filter bottoms and filter media and adjusting the air and backwash piping.
- No-parking rules. An ordinance amending the city’s No Parking section, Chapter 27, Section 15.2. The agenda doesn’t list which streets are affected.
- Rezoning. A public hearing on rezoning 1906 Olive St., a 0.148-acre lot, from R-3 (single-family detached) to MH (mobile home).
- Drainage. A project update on drainage improvements at the T&P Detention Pond.
- Consent items. Among them, a Travel Budget Reallocation Policy and authorizing the city attorney to sign settlement documents to join the national opioid settlement with Albertsons.
The council also lists closed-door sessions on real estate and economic development talks with a business prospect.
Anyone who wants to speak on an agenda item can fill out a public comment form and gets three minutes, according to the agenda. The agenda says sign language interpreting is available with at least 72 hours’ notice. For Thursday’s meeting, that window closed Monday. The City Secretary’s Office is at 903-935-4446.
Saturday: Drug take back
Marshall police will collect unwanted, unused or expired prescription medicine for National Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, in the parking area at Walgreens, 309 East End Blvd. N., KTBS reported. It’s anonymous and voluntary.
Police told KTBS that most opioid addictions start with prescription pills found in home medicine cabinets, and that turning pills in cuts down on water pollution from medicine flushed down drains. If Saturday doesn’t work, police said, the department keeps a green drop box in its lobby that’s open 24 hours a day, all year.
Sources
- City of Marshall: Regular City Council Meeting agenda, Oct. 22, 2026 (posted Oct. 16)
- City of Marshall: Special-Called City Council Meeting agenda, Oct. 22, 2026 (posted Oct. 16)
- City of Marshall: Meeting portal, Oct. 22 City Council Meeting
- City of Marshall: City calendar
- KTBS: Marshall Police Department to host National Drug Take Back Day event (Oct. 20, 2026)