Willow Park

Willow Park Proposition B: voters decide $10,110,000 in certificates of obligation on Nov. 3

Parker County's ballot lists Willow Park's $10,110,000 certificates-of-obligation question as Proposition B; a voter petition sent the debt to the ballot.

Published Saturday, September 19, 2026; updated Monday, October 26, 2026, by The Aledo Ledger. Publisher: Chris Weaver.

The county's notice of the Nov. 3 general election names one special election in the Aledo area, the City of Willow Park's. Willow Park voters will see two city questions on the county's sample ballot: Proposition A, on adopting a proposed Home Rule Charter, and Proposition B, which the ballot labels a tax increase: whether the city may issue $10,110,000 in certificates of obligation for water and sewer facilities, for streets, roads and intersections, for the municipal drainage utility system and for professional services tied to those projects. The certificates may mature over not more than 25 years, per the election ordinance in the council's Aug. 11 packet, Ordinance No. 944-26. The city's own final notice of special election, like that ordinance, calls this question "Proposition A"; this story uses Proposition B, the label voters will see on the county ballot.

The ordinance recites how the question reached the ballot. The council approved a notice of intention to issue the certificates on Dec. 9, 2025, by Resolution No. 2025-17; the city then received, and accepted, a petition signed by at least five percent of its qualified voters protesting the issuance; and under Section 271.049 of the Texas Local Government Code the certificates may not be issued after such a petition unless voters approve them at an election.

The ordinance also states the city's position on the day of adoption: $64,610,000 in outstanding debt principal, $25,534,941 in interest owed through maturity, a debt service tax rate of $0.2259 per $100 of taxable assessed valuation, and a maximum interest rate of 4.75% for the certificates, which the city estimates would amortize over 20 years. The Ledger read the ordinance as drafted in the packet; the minutes of the Aug. 11 meeting were not posted as of Sept. 19, 2026.

Willow Park voters cast this ballot at the county's sites: early voting runs Oct. 19 through Oct. 30, with branch sites at the Aledo ISD Admin Building and the Hudson Oaks Public Safety Building, and Election Day sites include Cross Timbers Church - Willow Park, 601 Ranch House Rd, per the county's notice. The ordinance says a sample ballot will be posted on the city's website not less than 21 days before Election Day.

Sources: City of Willow Park, City Council packet for Aug. 11, 2026, Item 7, Ordinance No. 944-26 ordering the election; Parker County Elections, Notice of General Election, Nov. 3, 2026; Parker County Elections, Early Voting Sites and Hours, Nov. 3, 2026; City of Willow Park, Final Notice of Special Election, Nov. 3, 2026, as posted by Parker County Elections; Parker County Elections, sample ballots for Ballot Style 16 (precincts 400, 450) and Ballot Style 18 (precincts 410, 415, 435), Nov. 3, 2026, read Oct. 11, 2026; Parker County Elections, official sample ballot, Nov. 3, 2026 (City of Willow Park Proposition A, Home Rule Charter; Proposition B, $10,110,000 certificates of obligation), read Oct. 26, 2026; Parker County Elections, official sample ballot, Nov. 3, 2026 (same Willow Park Propositions A and B), read Oct. 26, 2026 Corrected Oct. 11

How this was sourced: Primary documents: the election ordinance as drafted in the Willow Park council's Aug. 11, 2026 packet, and Parker County's Notice of General Election, which lists the City of Willow Park's special election, both read Sept. 19, 2026. Not reviewed: the minutes or video of the Aug. 11 meeting (minutes not posted as of Sept. 19), the petition itself, Resolution No. 2025-17, or the city's project list and cost estimates. The ballot labels were checked Oct. 11, 2026 against Parker County's posted sample ballots for Ballot Styles 16 and 18. Rechecked Oct. 26, 2026 against the county's sample ballots (DocumentCenter 14209 and 14211), which list the certificates as City of Willow Park Proposition B and the Home Rule Charter as Proposition A, and against the city's Final Notice of Special Election, which calls the certificates Proposition A.

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