Sunday, September 27, 2026

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny. High near 95, with temperatures falling to around 93 in the afternoon. Heat index values as high as 98. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for Aledo, read Sept. 27

Air Quality Alert: the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Sunday, September 27, 2026; the National Weather Service alert lists Parker County and expires at 6:45 p.m. Sunday

Source: NWS Fort Worth, active alerts for Aledo, read Sept. 27

Golf carts and e-bikes: what the adopted ordinances say. Golf carts may use public streets posted at 35 mph or less with a DMV license plate, two headlamps and two tail lamps, reflectors, a parking brake, mirrors, a slow-moving-vehicle emblem, proof of insurance and a licensed driver; riders under 17 must wear a helmet on a bicycle or e-bike; ATVs, utility vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles stay off streets and sidewalks

Ordinance 2026-O-24 defines a golf cart as one with an attainable top speed of not greater than 25 mph, limits occupants to the manufacturer's seating and lets a cart cross an intersection where the cross street is posted higher; carts are prohibited on FM roads and on the state or federal highway system. Read the brief

Where it stands: Raised by the police chief June 4; work session Sept. 3. Ordinance No. 2026-O-24 (golf carts, ATVs, off-road, utility and recreational off-road vehicles) and Ordinance No. 2026-O-25 (bicycles and e-bikes) passed by unanimous vote Sept. 17, per the minutes in the Oct. 1 packet. Ordinance 2026-O-28, removing the prohibition of class 1 e-bikes on paved and unpaved trails in city parks, is on the Oct. 1 agenda.

Source: Ordinances 2026-O-24 and 2026-O-25 as attached to the Sept. 17 packet, pages 76 to 91 (CivicClerk), adopted as presented per the Sept. 17 minutes; read Sept. 27

What the council passed Sept. 3, from the draft minutes on pages 43 to 47 of the Sept. 17 packet: the Freese and Nichols professional services agreement (the FM 1187 work) and the agreement taken off the consent agenda as item 6d by unanimous vote; the Axon Enterprises agreement and Ordinance 2026-O-23, rezoning 0.242 acres at 112 Robert Street from R-2 to C-2, with Todd Covington casting a dissenting vote; Resolutions 2026-R-15 and 2026-R-16, joining the Oncor and Atmos cities steering committees, by unanimous vote

All six members were present; Councilman Covington asked that item 6d be removed from the consent agenda for further discussion, and the consent agenda as amended passed by unanimous vote. Read the brief

Where it stands: TxDOT is rebuilding FM 1187 through Aledo; the city must move about 9,000 feet of water line and 3,300 feet of sewer first. The council approved the $932,729 Freese and Nichols design contract Sept. 3 by unanimous vote, per the draft minutes in the Sept. 17 packet; the memo puts construction of the FM 1187 utilities at an estimated $5,310,000.

Source: Draft Sept. 3, 2026 minutes, pages 43 to 47 of the Sept. 17 packet (CivicClerk fileId 3273), read Sept. 27

Correction, logged Sept. 27: the Sept. 21 edition and the Aledo ISD Sept. 22 agenda brief described a class-size waiver memo posted to BoardBook Sept. 18 that listed seven campuses and classes of 23 to 27 students; BoardBook shows that attachment was replaced Sept. 22 at 11:29 a.m., and the version now posted lists five campuses, Coder, McCall, Stuard, Vanda and Walsh, for kindergarten through fourth grade classes of 23 to 25

The Sept. 18 version is no longer available on BoardBook, and the Ledger has not seen a record of the board's Sept. 22 vote. The correction sits at the top of the brief and on the corrections page.

Source: The Aledo Ledger corrections log, Sept. 27; BoardBook document 14459103

The Growth Ledger's fifth edition, week of Oct. 2, is posted: 20 project rows, 23 openings and 9 infrastructure items, updated this morning from the Willow Park Sept. 22 packet, the Aledo Oct. 1 packet, Aledo ISD's BoardBook memos, the state's construction registrations and the Comptroller's permit list

Source: content/growth.json, edition 5, written Sept. 27 (the Sunday review)

Burn ban: Parker County remains on the Texas A&M Forest Service list, 216 counties on the list stamped 9/27/2026 8:31:32 AM, the same count as the list stamped 9/25/2026

Where it stands: 90,400 acres in Palo Pinto County, 83% contained as of InciWeb's Sept. 12 update; cause listed as equipment use, under investigation. Parker County remains under a burn ban, one of 216 counties on the Forest Service list stamped 9/26/2026 8:23:40 AM.

Source: Texas A&M Forest Service county list, read Sept. 27 (pipeline/fetch_burnban.py)

Tuesday, Sept. 29, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Parker County Transportation Town Hall #3, Aledo (Thoroughfare Plan update), Don R. Daniel 9th Grade Campus Cafeteria, 990 Bailey Ranch Rd

What you can do. Open to the public; the county's flyer is linked.

The Aledo session of the county's three Thoroughfare Plan town halls, per the county's Sept. 8 newsflash; the flyer says the county wants input from anyone who lives, works, attends school, owns a business or travels through the county.

Tuesday, Sept. 29, 6:30 p.m.: Bearcats volleyball at Lamar (Arlington); Friday, Oct. 2, 6:30 p.m.: volleyball vs. Granbury at Aledo, per Aledo ISD Athletics

What you can do. Every varsity schedule and result is on the all-sports page.

Thursday, Oct. 1, 5 p.m.: Aledo City Council work session on Dean Ranch, Executive Conference Room; 6 p.m.: regular meeting, Council Chambers, with public hearings on the FY 2026 budget amendment and the FY 2027 fee schedule, the Parker County Public Utility Agency, class 1 e-bikes on park trails (Ordinance 2026-O-28) and board appointments

What you can do. Citizen appearances at the start of the 6 p.m. meeting; the public hearings are items 7a and 7b; agenda and packet on CivicClerk.

Friday, Oct. 2 and Saturday, Oct. 3: Bearcats cross country at the Chile Pepper XC Festival, University of Arkansas; Saturday, Oct. 3, 9 a.m.: swimming invite at the Keller ISD Pool, per Aledo ISD Athletics

What you can do. Results post on the all-sports page when the district lists them.

Saturday, Oct. 3, 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Willow Park comprehensive plan public workshop #1, Willow Park City Hall, 120 El Chico Trail, Suite A (expected; per the Sept. 8 packet)

What you can do. Expected date; confirm with the city before going.

Monday, Oct. 5: the deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 3, 2026 election, and the last day for a change of address that counts for it, per votetexas.gov

What you can do. Register or update your address by Oct. 5; the Ledger's guide covers the county office, the registration lookup and where to vote.

Guide: registering to vote by Oct. 5 for Nov. 3, the county elections office, the registration lookup and where to vote

Source: The Aledo Ledger, checked Sept. 27 against votetexas.gov and the county's pages

Moving to Aledo: the relocation planner, seven questions answered from the Ledger's sourced guides

Source: The Aledo Ledger