2025 10 23 CC WSMINUTES OF THE WORK SESSION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
October 23, 2025
The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, met in a Work Session on Thursday, October 23,
2025, at 5:30 P.M. in the Council Chamber of Baytown City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown,
Texas, with the following in attendance:
Jacob Powell
Mayor Pro Tern
Laura Alvarado
Council Member
Sarah Graham
Council Member
Kenrick Griffith
Council Member
James Franco
Council Member
Mike Lester
Council Member
Charles Johnson Mayor
Jason Reynolds
City Manager
Scott Lemond
City Attorney
Angela Jackson
City Clerk
Miriam Hernandez
Acting City Clerk
John Stringer
Sergeant at Arms
Mayor Charles Johnson convened the October 23, 2025 City Council Work Session with a quorum
present at 5:32 P.M. All members were present with the exception of Council Member Laura
Alvarado and Council Member James Franco.
1. CITIZEN COMMENTS
Mayor Charles Johnson announced no citizens signed up to speak.
2. DISCUSSIONS
Council Member Laura Alvarado entered the meeting at 5:37 P.M.
a. Receive a presentation regarding the City of Baytown`s new performance dashboard.
Assistant to the City Manager Sabrina Martin, presented the City's new performance dashboard
that has been in development for two years. The dashboard categorizes City services into four main
areas: service delivery, customer experience, employee experience, and compliance. It provides
metrics on various City operations and includes monthly narrative updates from department
directors and the City Manager. (Exhibit A)
Council Member James Franco entered the meeting at 5:52 P.M.
Key elements of the dashboard include:
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• The ability to track workloads and trends across departments
• Enhanced cross -departmental communication
• Data -driven decision making capabilities
• Increased transparency with the public
Council Members expressed appreciation for the dashboard and suggested several improvements,
including:
• Adding citations for data sources
• Including citizen feedback mechanisms
• Creating hyperlinks to department pages
• Implementing surveys to measure public perception
The performance dashboard is now live on the city website under the Access page, and further
enhancements, including strategic priorities tracking, are planned for 2026.
b. Discussion regarding updates to the Unified Land Development Code.
Mayor Charles Johnson announced this item will be pulled from this meeting.
C. Discuss the process for the Municipal Court Judge position.
City Manager Jason Reynolds presented three discussion points regarding the upcoming vacancy
in the Municipal Court Judge position following Judge Escalante's retirement in January 2026.
City Council Members expressed the need to establish a process for hiring a new judge for the
court of record. Recommendations were provided to form an Ad Hoc committee consisting of
three Council Members. With potential nominations of Council Member Sarah Graham (as chair),
Council Member Mike Lester, and Council Member James Franco. The committee will research
how other Cities have handled similar appointments, explore potential recruitment options, and
develop a hiring process recommendation to bring back to the City Council. Council Members
emphasized the importance of starting this process promptly due to holiday schedules and the need
to maintain court credibility. They also discussed the need to understand the differences between
courts of record and non -courts of record, as this will impact the selection process.
3. ADJOURN
With there being no further business to discuss, Mayor Charles Johnson adjourned the October 23,
2025, City Council Work Session at 6:17 P.M.
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