Monday, October 5, 2026
Compiled from the record with an editorToday is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 3 election, per VoteTexas.gov
Why it matters. The county's cover page says $2,823,841, or 92 percent, of that increase is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year, and that the tax rate used in the budget is the same as the no-new-revenue rate.
Registration applications must be postmarked or received by Oct. 5 for the Nov. 3, 2026 election, per VoteTexas.gov, and the Secretary of State's calendar puts early voting at Oct. 19 through Oct. 30. The Municipal Utility Board's Aug. 27 minutes, now on Granicus, record a 5-0 vote recommending that the council approve the agreement creating and initially funding the Parker County Public Utility Agency, the item the council's Sept. 22 agenda carried as Resolution R2026-20; the Sept. 22 council and Sept. 24 utility board minutes are still not posted as of 5:19 a.m., 13 and 11 days after the meetings. Parker County is one of 191 counties on the Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban list stamped 10:26 a.m. Sunday, one fewer than the list the Ledger carried Oct. 4, and today is sunny with a high near 81.
$3,086,126
More total property taxes than last year's budget in Parker County's adopted 2026-27 budget, or 3.7 percent, per the statement on the budget's cover page, stamped received and filed for record by the county clerk Sept. 28: $4,070,514 more for General Fund Maintenance and Operations, $381,715 more for the Lateral Road and Bridge Fund and a $1,366,103 decrease for Debt Service. The detail report generated Sept. 29 totals the budget at $138,745,487 across all funds. More
Source: Parker County 2026-2027 Adopted Budget and Cover Letter (document 14256) and Supplemental Budget Detail Report (document 14258), county Financial Transparency page, read Oct. 5
Weather
Sunny, high near 81; clear tonight, low around 58; no NWS watch or warning listed for the courthouse point at 5:13 a.m.
Sunny today, high near 81, northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight clear, low around 58, with temperatures rising to around 60 overnight, north-northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Tuesday sunny, high near 82, northeast wind 0 to 5 mph; Tuesday night clear, low around 58. The National Weather Service active-alerts feed for 32.7593 N, 97.7972 W listed no watches, warnings or advisories at 5:13 a.m.
Source: National Weather Service forecast for the courthouse point, generated 5:19 a.m. Oct. 5, and the NWS active-alerts feed for the point, updated 5:13 a.m. Oct. 5
The record
Parker County's adopted 2026-27 budget is on the county's site: $3,086,126 more in property taxes per the cover page, $138,745,487 across all funds per the detail report, the Sheriff's Office at $42,637,390
The 2026-2027 Adopted Budget and Cover Letter, 65 pages, is posted on the county's Financial Transparency page with its first page stamped received and filed for record by the county clerk on Sept. 28, 2026. The cover page states that the budget will raise more total property taxes than last year's budget by $3,086,126 or 3.7 percent ($4,070,514 for the General Fund Maintenance and Operations, $381,715 for the Lateral Road and Bridge Fund, and a $1,366,103 decrease for Debt Service), that $2,823,841 or 92 percent of that amount is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year, and that the tax rate used in the budget is the same as the no-new-revenue rate. Read the brief
Source: Parker County 2026-2027 Adopted Budget and Cover Letter (document 14256; cover page read from the page image and checked by OCR) and 2026-2027 Supplemental Budget Detail Report (document 14258), county Financial Transparency page, read Oct. 5
Municipal Utility Board, Aug. 27 minutes on Granicus: a 5-0 recommendation that the council approve the Parker County Public Utility Agency agreement; Zack Smith appointed vice chair
The minutes of the board's Aug. 27 meeting, listed with that meeting on Granicus, record that on the motion of Ken Davis, second by Dr. Tom Novak, the board voted 5-0 to make a recommendation to City Council to approve an agreement regarding the creation and initial funding of the Parker County Public Utility Agency, after Director of Water Utilities Rick Shaffer reviewed the information presented in July. The council's Sept. 22 agenda carried that recommendation as item 7.e, Resolution No. R2026-20 to join in the formation of the agency and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement; the Sept. 22 minutes are not posted, so the Ledger has not reported the council's vote. Also on Aug. 27: on the motion of Ken Davis, second by Kevin Cleveland, the board voted 5-0 to appoint Zack Smith as Vice Chair, Kevin Cleveland to the Risk Management Committee and Dr. Tom Novak to the Audit Committee; Budget Coordinator Ashley Esquivel presented the FY27 Proposed Municipal Utility System Budget, with approval to be requested at the Sept. 24 meeting; Hudson Oaks City Administrator Sterling Naron gave a final update on the Wholesale Wastewater Contract between the Weatherford Municipal Utility System and the City of Hudson Oaks; and the board met in executive session from 1:05 to 1:51 p.m. on security devices or security audits at the Water Purification Plant, with no action taken. Present were Mayor/Chair Paul Paschall, Zack Smith, Kevin Cleveland, Ken Davis and Dr. Tom Novak; absent were Howard McClurkin and Rod White. The meeting was called to order at 12:01 p.m. and adjourned at 1:52 p.m.
Source: City of Weatherford: Municipal Utility Board minutes, Aug. 27, 2026 (Granicus clip 3513), and the City Council agenda for Sept. 22, 2026 (Granicus clip 3521), read Oct. 5
Sept. 22 council and Sept. 24 utility board minutes still not posted as of Oct. 5, 13 and 11 days after the meetings; no agenda yet for the Oct. 13 council meeting; city and county feeds empty at 5:19 a.m.
The Granicus archive lists the Sept. 22 City Council meeting and the Sept. 24 Municipal Utility Board meeting with an agenda, a packet and a 1 hour 6 minute video each and no minutes; the Sept. 8 council minutes remain the newest council minutes posted. The Granicus agenda feed's newest entry is the Sept. 24 board agenda, and no agenda is posted for the Oct. 13 council meeting, which the upcoming-meetings list and the city's calendar both show at 6 p.m. The city's news flash and alert center feeds and the county's news flash feed carried no items at 5:19 a.m., and the district's news page has posted nothing since the Sept. 21 facility-committee notice.
Source: City of Weatherford Granicus archive, upcoming-meetings list and agenda RSS; City of Weatherford news flash, alert center and calendar RSS; Parker County news flash RSS; Weatherford ISD news page; all read 5:19 a.m. Oct. 5
Burn ban: 191 counties on the state list stamped 10:26 a.m. Oct. 4, one fewer than the day before; Parker County listed with eight of its nine neighbors, Johnson County not
The Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 10:26 a.m. Oct. 4 carries 191 counties under a burn ban, Parker County among them, with Tarrant, Hood, Palo Pinto, Wise, Jack, Erath, Somervell and Denton also listed and Johnson County not listed. The list stamped 10:43 a.m. Oct. 3, as the Ledger carried it Oct. 4, had 192 counties.
Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban list, feed stamp 10/4/2026 10:26:35 AM, read Oct. 5; the Oct. 3 count from the Ledger's Oct. 4 edition
Coming up
Today: the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 3 election
Texas law requires eligible voters to register by the 30th day before Election Day, and the voter registration deadline for the November 3, 2026 Uniform Election is October 5, 2026, per VoteTexas.gov, whose FAQ says the deadline can be either the postmark date or the date the application is received in the office of the voter registrar. The Secretary of State's calendar lists Oct. 19 as the first day of early voting by personal appearance, Oct. 23 as the last day to apply for a ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) and Oct. 30 as the last day of early voting.
What you can do. Confirm your registration at the Secretary of State's Am I Registered portal, or submit an application today; the election page carries the early-voting and mail-ballot dates.
Source: VoteTexas.gov, Register to Vote page and registration FAQ, and the Texas Secretary of State's Important Election Dates page, all read Oct. 5
National Night Out, 5 to 8 p.m., 317 Santa Fe Drive
The city's calendar lists National Night Out: You've Got a Friend in WPD for Oct. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. at 317 Santa Fe Drive, a free, family-friendly evening with activities for the kids, inflatables, a corn maze, live entertainment, free hot dogs and snow cones and first responders. The Aug. 25 council minutes listed it at Heritage Park.
What you can do. 5 to 8 p.m. at 317 Santa Fe Drive, per the city's calendar; free.
Source: City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 5; Aug. 25, 2026 council minutes (Granicus clip 3511), read Oct. 5
Volleyball at Arlington Sam Houston, 6:30 p.m.
What you can do. First serve 6:30 p.m. at Sam Houston High School in Arlington, per Weatherford ISD Athletics.
Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics volleyball schedule, read Oct. 5
Ribbon cutting, JAG Metals, 10 a.m., 1813 Banks Drive
Source: per Parker County Chamber of Commerce
Applications due for the Weatherford ISD Facility Planning Committee
The committee will examine the district's long-term facility and capital needs and help develop recommendations for consideration by the Board of Trustees; the notice says the work does not assume that a bond proposal will move forward, that applicants must live within Weatherford ISD boundaries, and that four meetings are planned: Oct. 26, Nov. 9, Dec. 7 and Jan. 7, 2027, with times and locations to be announced when finalized.
What you can do. Apply through the link in the district's Sept. 21 notice by Friday, Oct. 9.
Source: Weatherford ISD news, published Sept. 21, 2026, read Oct. 5
Kangaroos at Arlington Lamar, 7 p.m., District 3-6A
Weatherford is 3-2 and 1-1 in district and Arlington Lamar 3-2 and 1-1, with Arlington Martin 5-0 and 2-0 and Arlington Bowie 3-2 and 2-0 at the top of the district, per the Ledger's compilation of MaxPreps team pages refreshed Oct. 5; the district's schedule lists the site as University of Texas at Arlington.
What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m., per Weatherford ISD Athletics; volleyball plays at Arlington Lamar the same evening at 5:30 p.m., per the district's page as of Oct. 5.
Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics football and volleyball schedules, read Oct. 5; MaxPreps Weatherford schedule and District 3-6A team pages, compiled Oct. 5
Weatherford College Lone Star Region Rodeo, 6:30 p.m., Parker County Sheriff's Posse, 2251 Mineral Wells Highway
Friday, Oct. 9 and Saturday, Oct. 10, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., as the chamber lists it.
Source: per Parker County Chamber of Commerce
Monster Bash, 6 p.m., 503 Santa Fe Drive
What you can do. Listed on the city's calendar for Oct. 10 from 6 p.m. at 503 Santa Fe Drive.
Source: City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 5
City Council, 6 p.m., City Hall, 303 Palo Pinto St.
The Granicus upcoming-meetings list and the city's calendar both show the meeting at 6 p.m.; no agenda was posted as of 5:19 a.m. Oct. 5.
What you can do. The agenda and packet post on Granicus before the meeting; the Ledger reports the votes from the posted minutes.
Source: City of Weatherford Granicus upcoming-meetings list and the city's calendar RSS, read Oct. 5
Tools
The Nov. 3 election page
Registration, early-voting and mail-ballot dates for the Nov. 3 election, and the May 1, 2027 city and school elections after it.
Tax estimator, with all three 2026 rates adopted
Estimate a bill from a home's appraised value with the rates adopted for 2026.
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