Monday, October 12, 2026

Columbus Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Monday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 73, with temperatures rising to around 75 overnight. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 100. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Wednesday: A slight chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

No watches, warnings or advisories were active for Aledo on the NWS alerts feed updated 2026-10-12T10:47:25+00:00. The forecast lists a 14 percent chance of precipitation Columbus Day and Monday night, 5 percent Tuesday and 2 percent Tuesday night.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for Aledo (gridpoint FWD 59,101), generated 2026-10-12T10:03:22+00:00, and NWS active alerts for 32.6957 N, 97.6022 W, updated 2026-10-12T10:47:25+00:00, read Oct. 12

Thursday's council packet, 64 pages: staff propose a $20 annual registration for individual food trucks with no Specific Use Permit and no minimum lot size, and ask the council whether food trucks may operate outside designated food truck parks and in which zoning districts; a 24-month, $135,082 maintenance agreement with Kingdom Technology Services for the wastewater plant's UV disinfection system; Ordinance No. 2026-O-29, which removes building-permit provisions adopted in 1977, including the $50.00 permit threshold and the requirement that the City Council approve or disapprove individual building permit applications

The food truck memo from the city manager says the draft ordinance was presented at the September 17 work session after a July 16 overview of House Bill 2844 and Senate Bill 1008, under which the Texas Department of State Health Services is responsible for food truck permitting, licensing and health inspections; staff recommend generally retaining the existing food truck park rules, a Specific Use Permit, site plan approval and a Certificate of Occupancy, and the work session is to give final direction before a final ordinance comes to a future meeting. The public works director's memo says Kingdom Technology installed the new UV system in June 2025; the agreement carries a $50,000 deposit at contract signing and a $3,545 monthly subscription fee over 24 months, covers two technicians on site twice a year and all parts, lamps, glass tubes and electronics, and the $135,082 was included in the FY 2026-2027 budget; the vendor's proposal is dated 10/01/2026 and valid until November 1, 2026. The permit technician's memo on Ordinance No. 2026-O-29 says the amendments also remove application deadlines tied to City Council meetings and establish the Building Official or designee as the officer who reviews and issues building permits. The city manager's memo on Ordinance No. 2026-O-30 says the Rate Review Mechanism tariff was negotiated between Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division and the Atmos Cities Steering Committee, in which the council recently approved membership, and that Atmos is anticipated, in the memo's word, to begin natural gas service to customers inside the Aledo city limits in 2027. The Berkley Group senior planner's memo on monument and temporary signs is a discussion item only, with questions on the maximum height, maximum area and number of monument signs per property and a list of temporary-sign items for clarification, among them garage sale signs, banners, directional signs, signs in TxDOT right-of-way and signs for property for sale or lease. The city secretary's memo recommends Travis Askins, Director of Public Works, as the voting member and Candice Edmondson, City Manager, as the alternate on the Fort Worth Wholesale Water Customer Advisory Committee for FY2027. The Texas Municipal League Region 8 director ballot in the packet is for a two-year term and must reach the TML office by 5:00 p.m. Central Time on November 5, 2026. The Oct. 1 draft minutes on the consent agenda record the settlement vote for Aledo and Fort Worth v. Willow Park, Beall-Dean Ranch, and Parker County, passed by unanimous vote with Councilman Todd Covington abstaining due to a conflict of interest, as Saturday's edition reported; the executive session lists Dean Ranch Development and Downtown Development under consultation with attorney, the Zoning Board of Adjustment under personnel matters and the Dean Ranch Development Agreement under economic development negotiations, with appointments to the Zoning Board of Adjustment listed for possible action afterward.

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Where it stands: Aledo and Fort Worth's suit against Willow Park over the 320-acre Beall-Dean Ranch tract, with Parker County added as a defendant, was pending in the 43rd District Court as of Oct. 11. The draft minutes in Aledo's Oct. 15 packet record that the council on Oct. 1 approved the settlement for Aledo and Fort Worth v. Willow Park, Beall-Dean Ranch, and Parker County by unanimous vote, Councilman Todd Covington abstaining due to a conflict of interest; the Oct. 15 agenda lists Dean Ranch Development in executive session under consultation with attorney and the Dean Ranch Development Agreement under economic development negotiations. The settlement's terms are not in the packet. No ruling on the injunction has been published.

Source: City of Aledo, Regular City Council Meeting of Oct. 15, 2026, agenda packet (2026.10.15 AP, 64 pages, CivicClerk file 3293), downloaded and read Oct. 12: staff memos on pages 3, 4-5, 16-18, 19, 26, 28, 35 and 42, the Kingdom Technology proposal on page 29, the Oct. 1 draft minutes on pages 20-25 and the TML ballot on page 58

October sales tax allocation to the city: $220,670.83, against $221,768.36 in October 2025, the first month of 2026 below the same month a year earlier; 2026 stands at $2,221,574.70 through ten months, 8.7% ahead of the same months of 2025 by the Ledger's arithmetic

The brief carries the ten-month totals back to 2021, the 2026 months and the fiscal-year sum for the allocation months of October 2025 through September 2026, $2,685,464.74, all from the Comptroller's city allocation dataset read this morning. Read the brief

Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Sales Tax Allocation, City (data.texas.gov dataset vfba-b57j), city of Aledo, read Oct. 12 by pipeline/fetch_sales_tax.py

Burn ban: Parker County remains on the Texas A&M Forest Service list, 154 counties on the list stamped 10/8/2026 8:25:13 AM, the fourth edition in a row read from the same list

The Forest Service feed had not been restamped since 10/8/2026 8:25:13 AM as of the Oct. 12 fetch at 10:47 UTC. 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 Oct. 9, Oct. 10 and Oct. 11. The Ledger's day-by-day record on the burn-ban page shows Parker County on the list at each of its 21 reads since Sept. 17, when the list carried 214 counties; the count peaked at 218 on the Sept. 24 read and has not risen at any read since, the Ledger's reading of its own record.

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 10/8/2026 8:25:13 AM, read Oct. 12 by pipeline/fetch_burnban.py; content/data/burnban_history.json, the Ledger's capture at each build since 2026-09-17

The watched record, Monday morning: no new agenda, packet or minutes on CivicClerk since the Oct. 15 council packet; the city's news list's newest entry is still dated Aug 20, 2026; the county's news flash feed and the Ledger's live feed carried no items; the district's athletics site shows no result for the Oct. 9 volleyball match vs. Bowie, the Oct. 10 swimming invite or the Oct. 9 football game, which MaxPreps lists as W 45-7 over Arlington Bowie with Aledo at 3-3

CivicClerk, read Oct. 12 at 10:46 UTC, lists 15 upcoming meetings and 2 with agenda text: the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Meeting of Oct. 13, Agenda Posted on October 7, 2026 7:15 AM, and the Regular City Council Meeting of Oct. 15, Agenda Posted on October 8, 2026 3:06 PM; the Nov. 5 council meeting and the Nov. 12 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting show no agenda posted. The city's news list carries five entries, the newest dated Aug 20, 2026. The Parker County news flash RSS, built Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:48:02 -0600, carried no items, and the Ledger's live feed carried none. The Community News feed carried the headline Aledo wins home game 45-7 over Bowie, dated Sat, 10 Oct 2026. The district's athletics site, read Oct. 12, shows volleyball at 2-2-0 with no result for Oct. 9 vs. Bowie and the next match Tuesday, Oct. 13, 6:30 PM vs. Arlington at Aledo. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation registrations showed 0 new projects since the last run, 81 projects in the three cities since 2025. The district's news page was fetched, but its list of articles did not render in the page the Ledger read, so nothing from it is reported today.

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Source: CivicClerk portal for the City of Aledo, read Oct. 12 by pipeline/fetch_civicclerk.py; https://www.aledotx.gov/_includes_/published/news_list.json, https://www.parkercountytx.gov/RSSFeed.aspx?ModID=1&CID=All-newsflash.xml, https://aledoledger.com/live/feed.xml and https://www.aledoisd.org/aledo-isd-news, read Oct. 12; The Community News RSS, read Oct. 12 by pipeline/fetch_rss.py; Aledo ISD Athletics schedules, read Oct. 12 by pipeline/fetch_athletics.py; MaxPreps Aledo football schedule, read Oct. 12 by pipeline/fetch_maxpreps.py; TDLR Architectural Barriers registrations, read Oct. 12 by pipeline/fetch_tabs.py

Five new sales-tax permits in the footprint, all inside city limits as the Comptroller's list marks them: Mr Gatti Hudson Oaks, arts, entertainment or recreation, 2801 E Interstate 20, Hudson Oaks, permit issued 10/6/2026 with a first sales date of 9/1/2026 as listed; Bandidas Willow Park, LLC, restaurant or food service, 490 Shops Blvd, Willow Park, issued 10/8/2026, first sales 1/4/2027; Southwest Ford, Inc., retail, 3120 E Interstate 20, Hudson Oaks, issued 10/9/2026, first sales 10/5/2026; Jack's Pool Co, business services, home-based, Aledo, issued 10/7/2026, first sales 6/1/2026; Divine Creations Bakery, manufacturing, home-based, Aledo, issued 10/9/2026, first sales 11/1/2026

The categories are the Ledger's reading of each outlet's NAICS code on the Comptroller's list: 713120 for Mr Gatti Hudson Oaks, 722511 for Bandidas Willow Park, LLC, 441110 for Southwest Ford, Inc., 561790 for Jack's Pool Co and 311811 for Divine Creations Bakery. The list names Family Entertainment Group, LLC as the taxpayer for Mr Gatti Hudson Oaks. Addresses are given only for the permits on commercial corridors; a permit on the list is not an opening date.

Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Active Sales Tax Permit Holders (data.texas.gov dataset jrea-zgmq), outlets in ZIP 76008 and the cities of Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, Annetta, Annetta North and Annetta South with permit issue dates since 2026-10-03, read Oct. 12 (pipeline/fetch_new_businesses.py and pipeline/out/src/comptroller_oct.json)

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 6:00 PM: Regular Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Meeting, one item, Discussion on Aledo Parks Master Plan; the agenda PDF gives the place as the Aledo Community Center, 104 Robinson Ct, and the CivicClerk listing gives it as the Aledo Municipal Complex, 200 Old Annetta Road, per the agenda posted October 7, 2026 7:15 AM on CivicClerk; 6:30 PM: volleyball vs. Arlington at Aledo, per Aledo ISD Athletics

What you can do. The agenda lists Call to Order, the Regular Agenda item and Adjourn and no public comment item; check the place against the agenda PDF on CivicClerk before going.

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 the agenda posted October 8, 2026 3:06 PM on CivicClerk: work sessions on food trucks and on monument and temporary sign regulations, the Oct. 1 minutes and the Fort Worth Wholesale Water Customer Advisory Committee appointments on consent, the Kingdom Technology Services UV maintenance agreement, Ordinance No. 2026-O-29 on building permits, Ordinance No. 2026-O-30 on the Atmos Energy Rate Review Mechanism tariff, the Texas Municipal League Region 8 Director Election vote, a proclamation recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Dean Ranch Development, Downtown Development and the Zoning Board of Adjustment in executive session; cross country District meet, Athletic Performance Ranch, Fort Worth, per Aledo ISD Athletics

What you can do. Sign in before the start of the meeting to speak at Citizen Appearances; the agenda and the 64-page packet are on CivicClerk, and today's record item carries what the staff memos say.

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.

Texas law requires agendas to be posted at least 72 hours before a meeting. Citizen comments at Aledo council meetings are limited to three minutes; sign in before the meeting starts.

Friday, Oct. 16, 7:00 PM: Bearcats at Arlington, Arlington, a district game, per Aledo ISD Athletics and MaxPreps; Aledo is 3-3 after the 45-7 win over Arlington Bowie on Oct. 9, per MaxPreps as of Oct. 12

What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m. at Arlington; the game page carries the schedule and results per MaxPreps.

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. 17, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.: ALEDO-FEST, Aledo High School - south parking lots 1008 Bailey Ranch Road Aledo Texas 76008, per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

What you can do. The chamber's listing is linked; the city's news list carried no entry on the festival as of Oct. 12.

Monday, Oct. 19: early voting begins for the Nov. 3 election and runs through Oct. 30, at Parker County early-voting sites

What you can do. Willow Park voters decide Proposition A, the proposed Home Rule Charter, and Proposition B, the $10,110,000 certificates of obligation, labeled THIS IS A TAX INCREASE on the county's sample ballot; applications for a ballot by mail must be received by Friday, October 23, 2026, per the Secretary of State; the Ledger's election page has the sample ballots.

Source: Texas Secretary of State, Important Election Dates, November 3, 2026 Uniform Election Date (first day of early voting Monday, October 19, 2026; last day Friday, October 30, 2026; last day to apply for ballot by mail Friday, October 23, 2026), read Oct. 12; Parker County Elections, sample ballot for Ballot Style 16 (DocumentCenter 14209), read Oct. 12

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New businesses: every sales-tax permit in the footprint since April, by city and category