Aledo Municipal Complex, 200 Old Annetta Road

Council spends a three-hour midday work session in closed session on the Dean Ranch development

No action was taken.

The Aledo City Council held a work session Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, at 12:08 p.m. at 200 Old Annetta Road with Mayor Shane Davis, Mayor Pro Tem Summer Jones and Councilmembers Ben Clark, Todd Covington, Matthew Poston and Melanie Allen present.

The council went directly into executive session at 12:08 p.m. on the Dean Ranch development, posted under both the attorney-consultation and economic-development-negotiation provisions of the Open Meetings Act, and returned to open session at 3:18 p.m. No action was taken, and the meeting adjourned at 3:18 p.m.

Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, Aug. 10, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, Aug. 10, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal

How this was sourced: Primary documents: the approved minutes and the posted agenda of the Aug. 10, 2026 meeting on the city's CivicClerk portal. Every vote, number and name above appears in those documents; the Ledger did not review a recording of the meeting. Public commenters who are not officials are not named. Written Sept. 4, 2026, for the archive.

Aledo Council Chambers, 200 Old Annetta Road

Council adopts the FY 2027 budget and a $0.352415 tax rate, a 0.77% increase, after hearings at which no one spoke

A separate vote ratified the property tax revenue increase in the budget, as state law requires, and the council approved the FY 2027 employee benefits package.

Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, Aug. 20, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, Aug. 20, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal

Aledo Council Chambers, 200 Old Annetta Road

Council adopts the 2026 certified tax roll, proposes a $0.352415 rate, and tables the Friends of the Library agreement

The certified taxable value is $1,057,685,374; the roll carries $41,014,945 in new improvements and no value under protest; the TIF zone's incremental value is $69,846,799. The tax-rate hearing was set for Aug. 20.

Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, Aug. 6, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, Aug. 6, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal

Aledo Council Chambers, 200 Old Annetta Road

Work session: new state law strips the city's power to permit or inspect food trucks, and the ordinance will be rewritten

The city attorney recommended dropping permits, moving zoning rules into the development code and reconsidering bathroom and hours requirements; the council asked for amendments and clarity on fire inspections.

Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, July 16, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, July 16, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal