The City of Baytown has a Council-Manager form of government. Under this form of government, the elected City Council sets the policies for the operation of the city's government. The administrative responsibility rests with the City Manager who is appointed by the City Council. The City Council consists of seven members, a Mayor and six Council members.

The City Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, TX 77520. Special Meetings and Work Session can also be scheduled at the request of the City Council as needed.

City Council meetings are open to the public.

1. Persons desiring to speak on items on the agenda must register to do so on a form provided by the City Clerk (on the table at the entrance of the Council Chambers). Each person will be allowed three (3) minutes to speak unless time is extended by majority vote of the Council.
2. Persons desiring to speak on matters not included on the agenda must register to do so on a form provided by the City Clerk’ Office. This form must be submitted to the City Clerk 80 hours prior to the Council meeting. Each person will be allowed five (5) minutes to speak unless time is extended by majority vote of the Council.  The meeting request form is also available online here.
3. In order to speak, one must be recognized by the presiding officer and must step to the podium stating their name and address.
4. When discussing items not on the agenda, Council refer all inquiries, requests, etc. to City Administration for processing and a response to the citizen will be made at a later time.
5. All complaints concerning city employees are to be directed to the Supervisor of that employee or the City Manager during normal office hours.
6. For Meeting information concerning Boards and Commissions visit the Boards and Commissions Agenda page on this site.

For additional information on speaking before Council, call the City Clerk at 281-420-6504.
 
Note: Agendas are in Adobe PDF format.