CITY ADMINISTRATION

DESSIE WHELCHEL

CITY ADMINISTRATOR /

FINANCE DIRECTOR

ANITA GRIFFITH

CITY SECRETARY / MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK

UTILITIES & CUSTOMER SERVICE

KOLLIN MARKHAM

UTILITY BILLING CLERK

CHRISTI REDFEARN

CUSTOMER SERVICE CLERK

UTILITIES INFORMATION

NEW SERVICE & INFORMATION

For information on the process to begin new service with the City of Redwater, go to our Water/Sewer/Trash page by selecting the tab above or by clicking here.

For questions about your existing service or bill, call City Hall at 903-671-2775; or email the customer service clerk.

To make a payment online with a credit card, click here to go to our Online Payments page.

OPEN RECORDS REQUEST

INSTRUCTIONS

Click here for instructions on submitting an open records request for city records.

Send all requests to anitag@redwatertexas.com.

ELECTION INFORMATION


2025 GENERAL ELECTION

Future General Elections (Posted in accordance with TX. Legis. H.B. 305, effective September 1, 2019)


The general election for members of the City Council is held annually on the 1st Saturday in May. Find additional election-related dates and information at https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/important-election-dates.shtml#2023.


The May 3, 2025, General Election will be held at Redwater City Hall, located at 120 Redwater Blvd W. Filing for a place on the ballot is set by state statute and will run from January 15 to February 14, 2025. Find additional election-related dates and information at https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/important-election-dates.shtml  (posted in accordance with TX. Legis. H.B. 305, effective September 1, 2019).



Per the Sec. of State's CSO-3449 Advisory of August 3, 2020, candidate applications may be filed:

  • in person, with the City Secretary's office at City Hall;
  • by mail; an application submitted by mail is considered to be filed at the time of its receipt by the appropriate filing authority. (Secs. 143.007(b); 144.005(b)); or
  • by fax or email; "a signed, sworn scanned candidate application (and petition, if applicable) may be submitted by fax or email if there is no filing fee {the city of Redwater does not require a filing fee}." Please be advised that an application must be notarized prior to filing via mail, fax or email.


The following positions will be on the May 3, 2025 ballot for two year terms:


 City Council Member, Place 1

City Council Member, Place 3

City Council Member, Place 5


More Information

To register to vote, find upcoming election dates, and answers to Frequently Asked Questions, please visit the Texas Secretary of State's special voter page, VoteTexas.gov. For additional general information, please visit the Secretary of State's website.

CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR MUST BE:

  • A United States citizen
  • 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment
  • Not determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated; or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote
  • Not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities
  • A continuous resident in the state for 12 months
  • A registered voter in the City
  • A resident within the municipal limits for at least the 12 months preceding election day

CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL MUST BE:

  • A United States citizen
  • 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment
  • Not determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated; or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote
  • Not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities
  • A continuous resident in the state for 12 months
  • A registered voter in the City
  • A resident within the municipal limits for six months immediately preceding the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot

COUNCIL MEETING AGENDAS

MEETING MINUTES