As of October 9th, the College Station city council has held 19 regular meetings so far this year.
While the public portion doesn’t start any sooner than six p.m., five of the 19 meetings have gone past midnight and two of the last three have ended just after or just before one a.m.
At the end of the council’s October 9th meeting…just before one in the morning…a few minutes was taken discussing what could be done to reduce time.
The discussion was initiated by councilwoman Melissa McIlhaney, who said “I don’t really feel that on top of things, especially past midnight.”
Mayor John Nichols, who said his goal is to adjourn regular meetings by nine p.m., said he would visit with the city manager about possible options.
Three of this year’s 19 College Station council meetings ended before nine p.m., five more ended by 10 p.m., and six ended between 10 and midnight.
The topic was also discussed by the mayor during his October 15th visit on WTAW’s The Infomaniacs and by McIlhaney during her visit October 17th on The Infomaniacs.
Click below to hear comments from the October 9, 2025 College Station city council meeting and visits on WTAW’s The Infomaniacs with mayor John Nichols and councilwoman Melissa McIlhaney.
Listen to “Discussion about LONG College Station city council meetings” on Spreaker.
According to city of College Station blog posts, here are the times regularly scheduled city council meetings adjourned:
10/9/25 at 12:51 a.m.
9/25/25 at 11:54 p.m.
9/11/25 at 1:03 a.m.
8/28/25 at 9:54 p.m.
8/14/25 at 8:59 p.m.
7/24/25 at 10:07 p.m.
7/10/25 at 11:00 p.m.
6/26/25 at 9:15 p.m.
6/12/25 at 1:50 a.m.
5/22/25 at 8:56 p.m.
5/8/25 at 11:02 p.m.
4/24/25 at 9:13 p.m.
4/10/25 at 10:01 p.m.
3/27/25 at 9:47 p.m.
3/13/25 at 7:01 p.m.
2/27/25 at 12:40 a.m.
2/13/25 at 10:48 p.m.
1/23/25 at 9:49 p.m.
1/9/25 at 12:27 a.m.