Monday, September 28, 2026
Compiled from the record with an editorMonday: the week ahead at city hall, with Thursday's public hearings on the FY 2026 budget amendment and the FY 2027 fee schedule; the county's transportation town hall in Aledo Tuesday; an Ozone Action Day today
Why it matters. The budget amendment on Thursday's agenda raises revenue appropriations across all funds by $1,831,476 and expenditure appropriations by $1,658,469, a net $173,007 to fund balance, per the memo in the Oct. 1 packet.
The Aledo City Council meets Thursday, Oct. 1, with a 5 p.m. work session on Dean Ranch and a 6 p.m. regular meeting; the regular agenda also carries a purchasing-policy resolution raising the competitive sealed-bid threshold from $50,000 to $100,000, an ordinance removing the prohibition of class 1 e-bikes on paved and unpaved trails, and the resolution and funding agreement creating the Parker County Public Utility Agency, with Aledo's annual contribution set at $20,000 from the Enterprise Fund. Parker County holds its Transportation Town Hall #3 in Aledo Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Don R. Daniel 9th Grade Campus cafeteria. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Monday, September 28, 2026, per the National Weather Service alert that lists Parker County. The Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 9/27/2026 8:31:32 AM carries 216 counties under a burn ban, Parker among them.
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counties under a burn ban on the Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 9/27/2026 8:31:32 AM, Parker County among them; the same count as the list stamped 9/25/2026 More
Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban list, read Sept. 28
Weather
Monday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Heat index values as high as 98. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Monday night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Tuesday: Mostly sunny. High near 94, with temperatures falling to around 92 in the afternoon. Heat index values as high as 99. South southeast wind 5 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Source: National Weather Service forecast for Aledo, updated 2026-09-28T06:26:20+00:00, read Sept. 28
Air Quality Alert: the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Monday, September 28, 2026; the National Weather Service alert, issued September 27 at 5:25PM CDT, lists Parker County and expires at 8:30 p.m. Monday
Source: NWS Fort Worth, active alerts for Aledo, read Sept. 28
The record
Aledo City Council, Thursday, Oct. 1: a 5 p.m. work session on Dean Ranch in the Executive Conference Room, then the 6 p.m. regular meeting with public hearings on Ordinance No. 2026-O-26 amending the Fiscal Year 2026 Adopted Budget and Ordinance No. 2026-O-27 adopting the FY 2027 Municipal Fee Schedule; agendas posted Sept. 25
The budget amendment memo says that across all funds the amendment increases revenue appropriations by $1,831,476 and expenditure appropriations by $1,658,469, for a net increase in fund balance of $173,007 compared to the adopted budget. Read the brief
Where it stands: Aledo and Fort Worth's suit against Willow Park over the 320-acre Beall-Dean Ranch tract is pending in the 43rd District Court. Aledo's Sept. 17 minutes record an executive session on a potential Settlement Agreement with no action taken; the Oct. 1 agenda opens with a 5 p.m. work session on Dean Ranch and lists the case in closed session. Willow Park's Sept. 22 agenda listed it with the words Mediated Settlement Agreement & Mutual Release; no minutes from that meeting were posted as of Sept. 27. No ruling on the injunction has been published.
Source: CivicClerk: the Oct. 1 work-session and regular-meeting agendas (posted September 25, 2026, 1:06 PM and 12:09 PM) and the 107-page packet, read Sept. 28
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, unchanged from Sunday's edition
Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban list, read Sept. 28
Coming up
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. Attend; the county's notice 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, 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Ribbon Cutting - Rain Water Harvesting System - Town of Annetta, 450 Thunder Head Lane Annetta, 76008, per Parker County Chamber of Commerce
What you can do. Attend; details at the chamber's listing.
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. Schedules for every varsity sport are on the Ledger's 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, e-bikes on trails and board appointments
What you can do. Sign in before the start of the 6 p.m. meeting to speak at citizen appearances; the public hearings are items 7a and 7b; agenda and packet on CivicClerk.
Public hearings on Ordinance 2026-O-26, the FY 2026 budget amendment ($1,831,476 in revenue and $1,658,469 in expenditures across all funds per the Sept. 25 memo), and Ordinance 2026-O-27, the FY 2027 fee schedule; Resolution 2026-R-19 and the funding agreement for the Parker County Public Utility Agency, $20,000 from the Enterprise Fund; the Sept. 17 minutes on consent.
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 to the district's athletics site; the Ledger's sports page carries them the next morning.
Monday, Oct. 5: the deadline to register and be eligible to vote in the November 3, 2026 Election, per votetexas.gov
What you can do. Register or update your address by Oct. 5; the Ledger's guide links the county elections office and the registration lookup.
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