Gunter council to consider replacement agreement for homebuilder and public wayfinding signs

Gunter’s City Council will consider a replacement agreement for directional signs next week, covering homebuilder sign plazas and signs guiding people to public facilities and local attractions.

The proposed agreement with National Sign Plazas Inc. is on the agenda for Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, at 6 p.m. Central time in the Gunter Public Safety Building, 105 N. Fourth St. The packet describes it as an amended and restated version of an agreement dating to March 2022. Council has not yet acted on this proposal.

Under the draft, the company would install and maintain shared sign structures with panels directing drivers to subdivisions, model homes and sales offices. The document identifies reducing scattered off-site directional signs as one of the program’s goals.

Gunter would control the number and placement of sign plazas in its rights of way and approve final designs. The proposed specifications cap structures at 12 feet and allow up to 10 panels on each plaza.

Public destinations are also part of the plan. The contractor would provide, at no cost to Gunter, the equivalent of at least 10% of permitted homebuilder sign plazas for directions to municipal or community-service facilities.

Builders would lease panels from the contractor. The proposed city administrative fee is the greater of $10 per panel side per month or 10% of the builder’s fee, excluding public-service panels. Gunter would have no obligation to purchase additional wayfinding signs.

The proposed initial term is five years. No installation schedule or list of new sign locations is identified in the packet. Residents wishing to speak on an open-session agenda item are asked to submit a speaker registration form to the city secretary before the meeting.

Read the official agenda and proposed agreement: https://www.guntertx.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10152026-519