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Board Information

Board Information

Board of Directors

The Denton County Transportation Authority is governed by a 5 voting-member Board appointed by respective entities from Denton County and the cities of Denton, Highland Village, and Lewisville serving two-year terms. Large cities, small cities and other Denton County cities make up the remaining six non-voting members. Board members must have professional experience in the field of transportation, business, government, engineering or law. In accordance with DCTA by-laws, the Board adopts the annual operating budget and is responsible for setting policy. The CEO oversees the day-to-day operations of DCTA and implements policies set forth by the Board.

Board meetings are held every fourth Thursday of each month beginning at 10:00 am, except as otherwise posted, in the DCTA Board Room, located at 1955 Lakeway Drive, Suite 260, Lewisville, Texas, 75057 or virtually as posted.

The agenda for each Board meeting is posted on the Denton County official bulletin board located at 1450 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas. The agenda is also posted on the DCTA website 72 hours preceding the Board meeting. If you have any questions, please contact the DCTA administrative office at 972.221.4600.

All meetings are open to the public and are typically held at the DCTA Administrative Office, in the Board Room, at 1955 Lakeway Drive, Suite 260, Lewisville, Texas, 75057 unless posted as a virtual meeting.

Voting Board Members & Alternates

Chris Watts
Chris Watts, Board Chair
Denton
Chris Watts is the Chair of the DCTA board representing the city of Denton. He is the former mayor of the city of Denton and can be contacted at cwatts@dcta.net.
Cesar Molina
Cesar Molina, Board Vice Chair
Denton County Seat 1
Cesar Molina is the Vice Chair of the DCTA board representing Denton County Seat #1. You can contact him at cmolina@dcta.net
Sam Burke, Board Secretary
Sam Burke, Board Secretary
Denton County Seat 2
Sam Burke is the Secretary of the DCTA board representing Denton County Seat #2. He is a city council member for the city of Corinth and can contacted at sburke@dcta.net.
Dianne Costa
Dianne Costa
Highland Village
Dianne Costa represents the city of Highland Village on the DCTA board. She is the former Mayor of Highland Village and can be contacted at dcosta@dcta.net.
TJ Gilmore
TJ Gilmore
Lewisville
TJ Gilmore represents the city of Lewisville on the DCTA board. He is the city of Lewisville mayor and a former city of Lewisville council member. He can be contacted at tgilmore@dcta.net.
John Ryan
John Ryan, Alternate
Denton
John Ryan is the alternate Denton representative. He is a former Denton city council member and can be contacted at jryan@dcta.net.
Jody Gonzalez
Jody Gonzalez, Alternate
Denton County Seat #1
Jody Gonzalez is the Denton County Seat #1 alternate. He can be contacted at jgonzalez@dcta.net.
Paul Cristina
Paul Cristina, Alternate
Denton County Seat #2
Paul Cristina is the Denton County Seat #2 alternate. He can be contacted at pchristina@dcta.net.
Charlotte Wilcox
Charlotte Wilcox, Alternate
Highland Village
Charlotte Wilcox is the city of Highland Village alternate. She is the mayor of Highland Village and can be contacted at cwilcox@dcta.net.
Kristin Green
Kristin Green, Alternate
Lewisville
Kristen Green is the city of Lewisville alternate. She is the Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Place NO. 5 for the city of Lewisville and can be contacted at kgreen@dcta.net.

Non-Voting Board Members

Tom Winterburn
Tom Winterburn
Corinth
Tom Winterburn a non-voting board member representing the city of Corinth. He can be contacted at twinterburn@dcta.net.
Connie White
Connie White
Small Cities
Connie White a non-voting board member representing the small cities. She is the former mayor of the town of Trophy Club and can be contacted at cwhite@dcta.net.
Mark Miller
Mark Miller
Flower Mound
Mark Miller a non-voting board member representing Flower Mound. He can be contacted at mmiller@dcta.net.
Dennie Franklin
Dennie Franklin
Frisco
Dennie Franklin a non-voting board member representing Frisco. He can be contacted at dfranklin@dcta.net.
Joe Perez
Joe Perez
The Colony
Joe Perez a non-voting board member representing The Colony. He can be contacted at jperez@dcta.net.
Vacant
Little Elm
Meeting Information

During COVID-19, all public meetings for DCTA will have the option to join online until further notice.

Looking for board documents from previous years? Please contact Kisha Morris-Perkins at kmorris-perkins@dcta.net for requested items.

2021 Board Meeting Calendar

2021 Board Meeting Documents

January 28, 2021 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes  Recording Due to  technical difficulties, the first portion of the meeting is unavailable.
February 25, 2021 (Rescheduled to March 10 due to Inclement Weather Events)
March 10, 2021  Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes to be approved at April 22 Board Meeting Recording
March 25, 2021 Cancelled
March 31, 2021 Special Called DCTA/NTMC Joint Board of Directors Meeting  N/A   Recording
April 7, 2021 Special Called Meeting - MaaS Workshop Agenda Special Called Board  Meeting Packet Revised Board Meeting Packet (rev. April 6)   Recording
April 22, 2021 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet   Recording
May 27, 2021 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet   Recording
June 17, 2021Board Meeting AgendaBoard Meeting PacketRecording
June 24, 2021Board Meeting AgendaBoard Meeting PacketRecording
July 22, 2021Board Meeting AgendaBoard Meeting PacketRecording
August 26, 2021

2020 Board Meeting Documents

December 10, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes  Recording
November 12, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes Recording
November 5, 2020 Special Called Meeting of the Board of Directors Transformation Initiative Workshop Agenda     Recording
October 22, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes Recording
September 24, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes Recording
September 11, 2020 Board Visioning Workshop Agenda     Recording
August 27, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes Due to unfortunate technological difficulties, the recording for this meeting is not available. 
August 7, 2020:  Special Called Meeting of the Board of Directors Transformation Initiative Kickoff Meeting Agenda Packet Minutes Recording
July 23, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes  Recording There is a delay on the recording. The meeting was called to order at 9:06 am. Chair Costa did a role call of the voting Board members; all present. CEO is not in attendance. Vice Chair Gilmore led the  invocation. Carla Swagger and Albert Dirla made Public Comments. Chair Costa read Jim Owens public comments submitted via email and is in the middle of reading Paula Richardson's Public Comment when the recording began. All will be noted in the minutes. We apologize for any inconvenience. 
June 25, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes Recording
June 18, 2020 Budget Workshop Budget Workshop Agenda Budget Workshop Packet (Revised)   Recording
May 27, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes Adobe Connect Recording 1 Adobe Connect Recording 2  
April 23, 2020 Conference line for Board Meeting if not using Adobe Connect:  (254) 266-7685 ID: 710796548# Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes Recording
March 26, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes Recording
February 27, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes Video 1 Video 2
January 23, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda Board Meeting Packet Minutes Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4
DCTA Governance
DCTA Enabling Legislation Chapter 460
Board of Director Bylaws
New Member Policy
Title VI Policy
Legislative Agenda - 87th Texas Legislature
Past Committee Meeting Agendas

Executive Committee

20192018201720162015
12/3/201912/04/2018
11/5/201911/06/201812/5/1712/06/201612/08/2015
10/15/201910/16/201811/7/1711/08/201611/10/2015
09/17/201909/18/201810/17/1710/18/201610/13/2015
08/13/201908/27/2018 S.C.M.9/19/1709/13/201609/15/2015
07/10/201908/14/20188/15/1708/16/201608/18/2015
06/12/201907/17/20187/18/1707/19/201607/14/2015
05/14/201906/19/20186/13/1706/14/201606/16/2015
04/16/201905/15/20185/16/1705/17/201606/08/2015 S.C.M.
03/19/201904/17/20184/18/1704/19/201605/19/2015
02/12/201903/13/20183/14/1703/15/2016 
01/15/201902/13/2018

2/14/17

  
 01/16/20181/17/1701/19/2016 

Program Services Committee

20192018201720162015
11/5/201911/06/2018 12/06/201612/08/2015
09/15/201909/18/201810/17/1710/18/201610/13/2015
07/16/201907/17/20188/15/1708/16/201608/18/2015
05/14/201905/15/20186/13/1706/14/201606/16/2015
03/19/20904/17/20184/18/1704/19/2016 
01/15/20192/13/20182/14/1702/16/2016 

Finance Committee

20192018201720162015
 10/15/201810/17/201710/10/201611/19/2015
  07/10/201707/25/201611/09/2015
 07/16/201805/15/201705/17/201608/17/2015
 05/14/2018 03/14/201607/21/2015
 01/16/2018 01/18/201606/30/2015
01/14/2019 1/16/17 05/19/2015