Thursday, October 8, 2026

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 87. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 66, with temperatures rising to around 68 overnight. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Friday: Sunny. High near 88, with temperatures falling to around 86 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Friday Night, for the Bowie game at Tim Buchanan Stadium: Clear, with a low around 65. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

Air Quality Alert: the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Thursday, October 8, 2026, per the alert issued October 7 at 2:29PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX, in effect through 5:30 p.m. Thursday; the alert says atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone air pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Thursday, and lists sharing a ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work, avoiding drive-through lanes, conserving energy, and keeping your vehicle properly tuned as ways to help prevent ozone pollution. It was the only alert active for Aledo on the NWS alerts feed updated at 10:45 UTC.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for Aledo, updated 2026-10-08T10:36:18+00:00, and NWS active alerts for 32.6957 N, 97.6022 W, updated 2026-10-08T10:45:00+00:00, read Oct. 8

Burn ban: Parker County remains on the Texas A&M Forest Service list, 157 counties on the list stamped 10/7/2026 2:27:19 PM, 6 fewer than the 163 on the list stamped 10/6/2026 2:05:03 PM, the Ledger's arithmetic

Of Parker County's neighbors, Tarrant, Palo Pinto, Wise, Jack, Erath and Somervell are on the list and Hood, Denton and Johnson are not, the same nine as on the Oct. 6 list read for the Oct. 7 edition. The Ledger's day-by-day count since Sept. 17 is on the burn-ban page.

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 burn-ban county list, stamped 10/7/2026 2:27:19 PM, read Oct. 8 by pipeline/fetch_burnban.py; the Ledger's burnban_history.json for Oct. 7 and Oct. 8

Sales tax: the Comptroller's October 2026 allocation to the City of Aledo is $220,670.83, against $221,768.36 in October 2025, a period percent change of -0.49; payments to date are $2,221,574.70 against $2,043,810.94 a year earlier, up 8.69%

The Comptroller's Sales Tax Allocation, City dataset, read Oct. 8 by pipeline/fetch_sales_tax.py and at the dataset's API, lists report month 10 of 2026 for Aledo with a net payment this period of 220670.83, a comparable payment prior year of 221768.36, payments to date of 2221574.7 and previous payments to date of 2043810.94. The September allocation was $230,519.57. The Ledger's series from 2013 is on the sales-tax page.

Where it stands: Aledo ISD adopted $1.1775; the city adopted $0.352415 on Aug. 20; Willow Park adopted $0.429041 on Sept. 8, 5-0, per draft minutes in its Sept. 22 packet; Parker County adopted $0.284719 by Order 26-42, dated Sept. 28, all five members For, equal to the no-new-revenue rate in its notice. Estimate your bill at aledoledger.com/tools/tax-calculator/.

Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Sales Tax Allocation, City (data.texas.gov dataset vfba-b57j), Aledo, report month 10, 2026, read Oct. 8

Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee, Oct. 13: the agenda posted on October 7, 2026 7:15 AM lists one regular agenda item, Discussion on Aledo Parks Master Plan, for the meeting at 6:00 PM Tuesday, October 13, 2026; the agenda PDF gives the place as the Aledo Community Center, 104 Robinson Ct, and the CivicClerk listing gives the Aledo Municipal Complex, 200 Old Annetta Road

The one-page agenda, certified by Erika Cooper-Bateman, Director of Community Services, lists Call to Order, Regular Agenda with the single item Discussion on Aledo Parks Master Plan, and Adjourn. The Oct. 15 Regular City Council Meeting is listed with no agenda posted as of the build.

Source: CivicClerk event 102, Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Meeting, agenda posted October 7, 2026 7:15 AM, and the agenda PDF (pipeline/out/agenda-102.pdf), City of Aledo, read Oct. 8

Aledo City Council, Oct. 1: CivicClerk still lists the Regular City Council Meeting with its 2026.10.01 Agenda and 2026.10.01 AP and the City Council Work Session with its 2026.10.01 WS Agenda, hasMedia false for both and no minutes for either as of the build; the votes on the FY 2026 budget amendment, the FY 2027 fee schedule, the purchasing policy, the e-bike ordinance and the Parker County Public Utility Agency resolution are not on the record

CivicClerk's event list for Sept. 3, Sept. 17 and Oct. 1 read Oct. 8 shows hasMedia false for each and only the agenda and agenda packet as published files for each regular meeting. The Ledger's agenda page carries the posted Oct. 1 agenda and packet; the actions will run when the minutes or a recording post.

Where it stands: Fourteen public entities are identified as initial participants in a county public utility agency for long-term water supply; Aledo's annual contribution would be $20,000 from the Enterprise Fund, and the initial payment is returned if the agency is not created by May 31, 2027. Aledo's council votes Oct. 1 on Resolution 2026-R-19 and the funding agreement. Willow Park's council was asked Sept. 22 to join and pay a $20,000 share due by Sept. 30; its vote was not on the record as of Sept. 27.

Source: CivicClerk event list for Sept. 3, Sept. 17 and Oct. 1, 2026, City of Aledo, read Oct. 8

Christian Brothers Automotive, Hudson Oaks: the state filing registered 7/2/2026 shows new construction for an automotive repair shop at 100 Business Park Drive, 6,556 square feet, $1,100,000 estimated cost, start filed for 2/1/2027 and completion for 1/28/2028, status Review Complete

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's Architectural Barriers record TABS2026024407, project name CBA Hudson Oaks TX, lists the owner as CBH PROPERTIES HUDSON OAKS TX LLC of Houston, the design firm as Icon Architects, Inc. Read the brief

Source: TDLR Architectural Barriers project TABS2026024407, read Oct. 8 (pipeline/fetch_tabs.py and the project page); Texas Comptroller, Active Sales Tax Permit Holders, read Oct. 8 (pipeline/fetch_new_businesses.py)

Thursday, Oct. 8, 6:00 PM: Aledo Planning and Zoning Commission, Council Chambers, Aledo Municipal Complex, 200 Old Annetta Road; public hearings on the 325 Old Annetta Road, LLC request to rezone Property ID #115527, 1.557 acres, and Property ID #40526, 0.473 acres, from Single-Family Residential District (R-1) to Downtown District (D-T), and on amendments to the Unified Development Code related to minimum off-street parking requirements for residential uses; a discussion-only review of Monument Sign and Temporary Sign regulations; the August 13, 2026 minutes on the consent agenda, per the agenda posted on October 2, 2026 3:46 PM on CivicClerk

What you can do. Sign in before the start to speak at public comment or at either public hearing; the agenda and the agenda packet are on CivicClerk, and the Oct. 6 edition read the packet.

Friday, Oct. 9, 7:00 PM: Bearcats vs. Arlington Bowie, Tim Buchanan Stadium, Aledo, a district game; Aledo is 2-3 and 1-1 in District 3-6A and Arlington Bowie is 3-2 and 2-0, per MaxPreps as of Oct. 8; 6:30 PM: volleyball vs. Bowie at Aledo, per Aledo ISD Athletics

What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m. at Tim Buchanan Stadium; the game page carries the opponent's record and results per MaxPreps, refreshed Oct. 8; the NWS forecast for Friday night is clear with a low around 65.

Aledo is 2-3 and 1-1 in District 3-6A after the 35-21 loss to Arlington Martin, per MaxPreps; Arlington Bowie was 3-2 and 2-0 as of Sept. 26. No Aledo game was listed for Oct. 2.

Where it stands: Aledo is 2-3 overall and 1-1 in District 3-6A after a 35-21 loss to Arlington Martin at Tim Buchanan Stadium on Sept. 25, per MaxPreps; no game is listed for Oct. 2, and Arlington Bowie, 3-2 and 2-0 per MaxPreps as of Sept. 26, comes to Tim Buchanan Stadium Oct. 9 at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 10, 9:00 AM: Swimming invite, NISD Aquatic Center, Northlake, per Aledo ISD Athletics

What you can do. Every varsity schedule and result is on the Ledger's sports page; no result is posted for the Oct. 3 swimming invite as of the build.

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 6:00 PM: Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Meeting, Aledo Community Center, 104 Robinson Ct, per the agenda posted October 7, 2026 7:15 AM on CivicClerk, one item, Discussion on Aledo Parks Master Plan; 6:30 PM: volleyball vs. Arlington at Aledo, per Aledo ISD Athletics

What you can do. The agenda lists no public comment item; the agenda PDF is on CivicClerk.

CivicClerk lists the meeting for 6 p.m. at the Aledo Municipal Complex, 200 Old Annetta Road, with no agenda posted as of Oct. 4.

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: PCCC Membership Luncheon-Former Mayor Betsy Price, New River Fellowship 3252 E I-20 Hudson Oaks, 76087, per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

What you can do. The chamber's listing is linked.

Thursday, Oct. 15, 6:00 PM: Regular City Council Meeting, Council Chambers, Aledo Municipal Complex, 200 Old Annetta Road, per CivicClerk, with no agenda posted as of the build; cross country District meet, Athletic Performance Ranch, Fort Worth, per Aledo ISD Athletics; 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Ribbon Cutting - Spectrum, Los Vaqueros (Before B2B) 4899 E Interstate 20 Service Rd S Willow Park, TX 76087, per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

What you can do. Watch CivicClerk for the council agenda; the chamber's listing for the ribbon cutting is linked.

CivicClerk listed the meeting with no agenda posted as of Oct. 4. The Oct. 1 votes on the FY 2026 budget amendment, the FY 2027 fee schedule, the purchasing policy, the e-bike ordinance and the Parker County Public Utility Agency resolution were not on the record as of Oct. 4; the Oct. 1 minutes are the document to watch for.

Burn ban: Parker County's status by day since Sept. 17, from the Texas A&M Forest Service list

Growth Ledger: the projects the Ledger tracks through permits, plats and agendas