Garden City City Council
Who serves, and the Garden City City Council meetings and work sessions written up since 2026: what was on the agenda, what the council decided, and links to the official minutes, agenda and video for each. Newest first by default; choose oldest first to follow events over time.
Next meeting: None posted. Check the city's notices.
At a glance
Garden City has 3 meetings written up, from September 10, 2026 to November 3, 2026: 3 City Council.
Those meetings recorded 1 counted vote; 0 were not unanimous.
Topics residents raised most often: short-term rental enforcement (1 meeting), short-term rental fines (1 meeting), low-flying aircraft (1 meeting), and cemetery water shares (1 meeting).
- Meetings
- 3
- From approved minutes
- 0
- Work sessions
- 0
- Canceled
- 0
How minutes work. Minutes are the official record of a meeting. The council approves them at a later meeting, so the newest meetings have only an agenda, or draft minutes, until then. Meetings marked Approved minutes are written from that approved record. Ones marked Agenda only describe what was scheduled; we add the results once the minutes are posted.
2026
November 2026
Tue, Nov 3 · City Council · 5:00 p.m.
Garden City council set a special Nov. 3 meeting on short-term rental licensing, enforcement and zoning
The Garden City Town Council scheduled a special meeting for Nov. 3 at 5 p.m. with a single topic, short-term rentals in the town: residential issues, code enforcement and violations, licensing, and zoning and size restrictions. Results were not yet posted.
October 2026
Thu, Oct 8 · City Council · 5:00 p.m.
Garden City council agenda: new procurement code, fine schedule, drone and aircraft rules and two preliminary plats
The Garden City Town Council's Oct. 8 agenda included a public hearing on Ordinance 26-26, which would replace Chapter 3-700 of the town code on procurement, preliminary plats for a Sweetwater Resort single-family phase and a five-lot, 7.8-acre subdivision, the infraction fine schedule resolution, and ordinances on business license renewals, height exceptions, temporary use permits, low-flying aircraft and architectural standards. Minutes were not yet posted.
September 2026
Thu, Sep 10 · City Council · 5:00 p.m.
Garden City council weighs $2,500 to $10,000 rental fines, tables aircraft ordinance and denies one lake-lot encumbrance
At its Sept. 10 meeting the Garden City Town Council discussed a resolution updating its infraction fine schedule, with a code officer proposing $2,500 for a first infraction and $5,000 for a second, and a member moving $10,000 before withdrawing the motion after another called it punitive; no action was taken and the matter returns in October. The council held a hearing on an ordinance restricting aircraft flying within 1,000 feet, then sent it back for edits, and it denied one request to combine a parcel with a lakefront parcel pending a subdivision amendment. Minutes were unsigned when posted.