Also Thursday: Nov. 19 meeting may be canceled, an engineering order, library policies

Staff recommend canceling the Nov. 19 regular meeting, citing "the limited agenda and the meeting's proximity to the Thanksgiving holiday"; a special meeting could be called if needed. The council will consider appointing City Manager Candice Edmondson and Public Works Director Travis Askins to the Parker County Public Utility Agency board, and a fiscal 2027 on-call engineering order with Kimley-Horn. That order has no fixed amount and is billed hourly; the FY 2027 budget includes $225,000 for general engineering not tied to a capital project. Also listed: revisions to five library policies and the library's agreement with the Friends of Aledo Public Library, a work session on privacy, programming and TalkBox booth policies, the fourth-quarter investment report ($22.4 million in cash and investments on Sept. 30), and a proclamation for the Aledo Children's AdvoCats in their 24th year. The executive session, as posted, lists consultation with the city attorney (Section 551.071) on: Dean Ranch Development; Downtown Development; Bailey Ranch Development; and deliberation regarding economic development negotiations (Section 551.087) on: Dean Ranch Development Agreement.

What you can do. Aledo's council will likely meet only once this month, on Thursday, if it approves canceling the Nov. 19 meeting.

Source: City of Aledo, Nov. 5 agenda and packet staff memos