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.
The Aledo City Council met Aug. 20, 2026, 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. During citizen appearances, Richard Nelson introduced himself as the new reporter for The Community News.
No one came forward at the public hearings on the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget, opened and closed at 6:05 p.m., or the proposed FY 2027 tax rate for tax year 2026, opened and closed at 6:17 p.m.
After City Manager Candice Edmondson's overview, the council approved Ordinance No. 2026-O-21 adopting the FY 2027 budget on a unanimous roll call vote. It then approved Ordinance No. 2026-O-22 setting the FY 2027 tax rate on a unanimous roll call vote, on a motion by Poston, seconded by Allen, that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a rate of $0.352415, which is effectively a 0.77% increase in the tax rate. Because the adopted budget generates more property tax revenue than the previous year, Local Government Code Section 102.007(c) requires a separate vote to ratify the increase, which the council took unanimously.
The council also unanimously approved the FY 2027 employee benefits package and authorized the city manager to execute the plan documents. Davis recognized patrol officers and public works employees for working in extreme heat and thanked staff for getting the meeting's live stream working; Poston recognized Chief Carol Riddle and the police department for the Bike Rodeo and for traffic and safety work during the first week of school.
The council met in executive session from 6:35 to 7:12 p.m. on Aledo and Fort Worth v. Willow Park, the Dean Ranch development, Capital Lane Advisors federal funding support, a real property deliberation, downtown development and the Bailey Ranch development, took no action, and adjourned at 7:13 p.m.
Sources: City of Aledo: approved minutes, Aug. 20, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo: agenda, Aug. 20, 2026 (CivicClerk); City of Aledo meetings portal
How this was sourced: Primary documents: the approved minutes and the posted agenda of the Aug. 20, 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.