Aledo

Council raises water and wastewater impact fees on new connections

The Feb. 19 ordinance shifts more of the cost of growth onto new development.

Published Friday, February 20, 2026, by The Aledo Ledger. Publisher: Christopher Weaver.

The Aledo City Council adopted an ordinance on Feb. 19 increasing the impact fees charged to developers for new water and wastewater connections. Impact fees are one-time charges meant to recover the cost of the system capacity that new construction consumes, and Texas law requires cities to update the underlying studies periodically.

For a town adding rooftops as fast as Aledo, the fee schedule is one of the few levers that decides whether growth pays for itself. The city's fee schedule is posted on its finance pages; the Ledger will add the new water and wastewater figures to the Growth Ledger's reference table.

Sources: The Community News: Aledo; City of Aledo: fee schedule

How this was sourced: The Community News' report on the Feb. 19 meeting. The Ledger has not yet pulled the ordinance or the new fee figures from the city's records.

12900 Old Weatherford Road, Aledo

Parker and Tarrant Counties Municipal Utility District No. 1: a Nov. 3 election at 12900 Old Weatherford Road on up to $1,800,000,000 in bonds

The district's notice, posted by the county elections office, asks the district's voters to confirm its creation, vote on five directors and authorize water, sewer, drainage and road bonds and two maintenance taxes.

Sources: Parker and Tarrant Counties Municipal Utility District No. 1, Notice of Confirmation Election, Director Election, Bond Elections, and Operation and Maintenance Tax Elections (posted on the county's election notices page); Parker County Elections, Notices page, read Sept. 19, 2026; Parker County Elections, Notice of General Election, Nov. 3, 2026

Willow Park

Willow Park's planning commission meets Tuesday on preliminary and final plats for an 8.441-acre Tractor Supply Addition and initial zoning for the two Willow Bend Court pieces

The Sept. 15 agenda, posted Sept. 9, lists public hearings on a C Commercial District classification for approximately 0.82 acres owned by BAR-KO Land Company and approximately 0.33 acres owned by Willow Park Services, and plats for Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Tractor Supply Addition, Property ID 118980.

Sources: City of Willow Park, Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting agenda, September 15th, 2026; Willow Park Texas Meetings Hub, Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting, September 15th, 2026; City of Willow Park, City Council Meeting September 8th, 2026 Agenda, items 11 to 14

Aledo, Willow Park, Fort Worth

Aledo's council approved a settlement Oct. 1 in the Dean Ranch annexation lawsuit against Willow Park; the terms are not public

Aledo's council approved the settlement Oct. 1 by unanimous vote, one member abstaining, and Willow Park's council voted 4-0 on Sept. 22 to accept and sign the mediated settlement agreement and mutual release, both per draft minutes. The Ledger has not found a Fort Worth council vote or a court filing closing the case.

Sources: Fort Worth Report: Fort Worth joins the lawsuit; Weatherford Democrat: the suit; Star-Telegram via AOL: cities say Willow Park doubled down; The Real Deal: $500M project caught in annexation battle; Weatherford Democrat via Yahoo: Willow Park approves preliminary plat; City of Aledo: Aug. 20 agenda (CivicClerk); City of Willow Park: Oct. 20 council packet with the Sept. 22 draft minutes Corrected Oct. 19