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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.

Filed under Aledo City Council · Topics: What has Aledo decided about the Dean Ranch development?; What has Shane Davis moved, seconded and said at the dais?; What has Summer Jones moved, seconded and said at the dais?; What has Ben Clark moved, seconded and said at the dais?; What has Todd Covington moved, seconded and said at the dais?; What has Matt Poston moved, seconded and said at the dais?; What has Melanie Allen moved, seconded and said at the dais?

LedgerAt a glance
Executive session
12:08 to 3:18 p.m., Dean Ranch development
Action
None

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