Monday, October 12, 2026

Oct. 13 council agenda: public hearing on the 2026 Impact Fee Study Update, with water and wastewater fees proposed at $2,800 per standard unit and roadway fees cut; staff puts the net change at a $45 reduction per single-family home

The agenda posted to Granicus on Oct. 7 for the Tuesday, Oct. 13 council meeting at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 303 Palo Pinto Street lists a public hearing on recommendations to the 2026 Impact Fee Study Update and adoption of Ordinance O2026-39, amending water, wastewater and roadway impact fees. The staff memo gives the current rates as $2,332 per standard unit for water and $2,227 for wastewater, and roadway rates per service unit of $691 residential and $461 nonresidential in Service Area A, $394 and $262 in Area B, and $386 and $258 in Area C, with no Area D. The proposed rates are $2,800 for water and $2,800 for wastewater, and roadway rates of $460.53 residential and $420 nonresidential in Area A, $159.65 and $240 in Area B, $152.41 and $240 in Area C, and $280.92 and $300 in a new Area D. The memo says the water and wastewater fees increase by a combined $1,041 per single-family home and that the roadway reductions offset that for a combined net reduction of $45 per single-family home. It traces the steps: the council appointed a Capital Improvements Advisory Committee on Feb. 10, 2026; the committee met May 20 and Aug. 19; the council adopted Resolution R2026-19 on Sept. 22 setting the Oct. 13 hearing; and the Municipal Utility Board accepted the committee's recommendation on Sept. 24. The memo says the water and wastewater fees were last updated by an ordinance adopted Nov. 16, 2021, and the roadway fees by an ordinance adopted Nov. 18, 2025, and that the new rates would be effective upon adoption. Staff recommends adoption.

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Source: City of Weatherford Oct. 13, 2026 council agenda and agenda report 2026-1098-AR (Matt Leppla, Director of Public Works), posted to Granicus Oct. 7, read 5:20 a.m. Oct. 8

Council to consider a notice of intention to issue up to $3,000,000 in certificates of obligation for lead and galvanized service line replacement, sold to the Texas Water Development Board and repaid from water rates

Item 8.d on the Oct. 13 agenda is Resolution R2026-21, directing publication of a notice of intention to issue up to $3,000,000 in Tax and Utility System Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Taxable Series 2027, for utility system improvements. The staff memo says the proceeds would finance the replacement of public and private water service lines made of lead or galvanized pipe, to comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Lead and Copper Rule Revisions and Lead and Copper Rule Improvements, which require 100% lead pipe replacement within 10 years beginning in 2027, and that city staff have set a goal of completion by December 2027, subject to the Texas Water Development Board's review schedule. The memo says the TWDB invited the city in May 2024 to apply for funding of up to $14,982,440 at 51% principal forgiveness and 49% loan, that the application has been approved, and that after the inventory phase the estimated replacement cost was reduced to approximately $6 million, so the certificates are capped at $3,000,000 as the city's 49% share. The certificates would be sold directly to the TWDB at a rate set by its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program and carry a taxable rate because private service lines are included; debt service would be paid solely from Water Utility rate revenues, with no property tax revenue and no effect on the Interest & Sinking tax rate. Of the $3,000,000, approximately $2,872,500 would go to the project fund, $67,500 to costs of issuance and $60,000 to the TWDB loan origination fee. The financial advisor's preliminary estimate, at a 5.00% rate over 20 years, is annual debt service of approximately $245,000, total debt service of approximately $4,741,583, and a first-year interest-only payment in FY27 of approximately $94,583. If approved, the notice would be published in the Weatherford Democrat on Oct. 17 and Oct. 24, the ordinance authorizing issuance is anticipated before the council on Dec. 15, 2026, and closing with the TWDB is anticipated on or about Jan. 14, 2027.

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Source: City of Weatherford Oct. 13, 2026 council agenda, item 8.d, and agenda report 2026-1089-AR (Rick Shaffer, Director of Water Utilities), read 5:20 a.m. Oct. 8

Also on the Oct. 13 agenda: $745,497.53 for breathing apparatus and fire equipment, a $230,081 Fire Station 3 generator, $700,000 in road materials, $600,000 in concrete work, $267,000 for Tyler Technologies, and an executive session on Project Apex

The regular agenda includes item 8.e, purchases from Casco Industries, Inc. not to exceed $745,497.53, which the staff memo breaks into a $665,497.53 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus purchase, reduced from a budgeted $778,866 by a buy-one-get-one promotion on cylinders, plus up to $80,000 in other FY27 purchases; Parker County Emergency Services District No. 3 approved $120,649.61 of the SCBA purchase for 12 SCBA, 24 cylinders, 12 facepieces and one rapid intervention kit. The consent agenda carries a $230,081 construction contract with McDonald Municipal & Industrial for the Fire Station 3 Emergency Stand-by Power Generator, the lowest of six bids opened Sept. 22, funded in part by FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program award 4586-0263 of $185,784 with reimbursement of up to $167,205.60 and an anticipated net city cost of $62,875.40, for a station the memo says opened in 2001 without a permanent backup generator; Bid #2026-019 for annual aggregate and road materials to Reynolds Asphalt and Construction Company and Texas Materials Group, Inc., combined not to exceed $700,000; the third and final renewal of Bid 2023-015 for miscellaneous concrete improvements with Garcia Welding, not to exceed $600,000; Tyler Technologies support contracts not to exceed $267,000; a Siddons Martin Emergency Group services agreement for fire vehicle maintenance not to exceed $115,000; fire and police uniforms from M-Pak, Inc. not to exceed $130,000; and the FY27 Tarrant County Regional Auto Crimes Task Force interlocal agreement. Item 8.a is the Texas Municipal League Region 8 director ballot, with staff recommending Mary Sarver. Item 5 lists a proclamation in recognition of Virginia Cotten Scott and a proclamation declaring October 2026 Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Item 10.a is an executive session under Section 551.087 on economic development negotiations for Project Apex.

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Source: City of Weatherford Oct. 13, 2026 council agenda and agenda reports 2026-1095-AR, 2026-1096-AR and 2026-1091-AR, read 5:20 a.m. Oct. 8

Kangaroos vs. Granbury, 7 p.m., Kangaroo Stadium, District 3-6A

Weatherford is 4-2 and 2-1 in district and Granbury 2-4 and 0-3 after a 58-13 loss at home to Arlington on Thursday, per the Ledger's compilation of MaxPreps team pages refreshed Oct. 10; Weatherford ISD Athletics lists the game at Kangaroo Stadium at 7 p.m.

What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m. Friday at Kangaroo Stadium, per Weatherford ISD Athletics; tickets through the district's HomeTown Ticketing page. Volleyball hosts Aledo the same day at 5 p.m. at the Weatherford NGC Activity Center, and the city's Movies in the Park shows Casper at 7 p.m. at 503 Santa Fe Drive.

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics football and volleyball schedules, read Oct. 10; MaxPreps District 3-6A team pages, compiled Oct. 10; City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 10

6th Annual Trash to Treasure Golf Tournament benefiting United Way of Parker County, Canyon West Golf Club, 160 Club House Dr.

Source: per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

City Council, 6 p.m., City Hall, 303 Palo Pinto St.: hearings on impact fees, the 1726 North Main annexation and zoning, a $3 million certificates-of-obligation notice, the downtown agreement

The agenda posted Oct. 7 lists public hearings on Ordinance O2026-39 amending water, wastewater and roadway impact fees, on Ordinance O2026-32 for the voluntary annexation of a 9.434-acre tract at 1726 North Main and on Ordinance O2026-31 changing that tract from Agriculture to General Commercial; Resolution R2026-21 directing publication of notice of intention to issue up to $3,000,000 in Tax and Utility System Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Taxable Series 2027, for utility system improvements; the purchase of self-contained breathing apparatus and related equipment from Casco Industries, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $745,497.53; the Texas Municipal League Region 8 director ballot; the downtown interlocal agreement with the county; the Sept. 22 minutes; two proclamations; and an executive session on economic development negotiations listed as Project Apex.

What you can do. Residents who want to speak on a non-agenda item turn in a speaker card to the secretary five minutes before the start; comments are limited to three minutes, per the agenda. Volleyball hosts Granbury the same evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Weatherford NGC Activity Center, per Weatherford ISD Athletics.

Source: City of Weatherford City Council agenda for Oct. 13, 2026, read Oct. 10; City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 10; Weatherford ISD Athletics volleyball schedule, read Oct. 10

Planning & Zoning Commission, 2:30 p.m., City Hall: Old Brock Road fueling station, Heritage Park Estates zoning, two plats, the November meeting date

The agenda posted Oct. 7 lists a public hearing on a conditional use permit for fueling station use on an approximate 7.341-acre tract at 1802 Old Brock Road (CUP-26-0007); a public hearing on a zoning map amendment from Agriculture to Single Family 7.5 with a Planned Unit Development overlay on an approximate 48-acre tract at the northeast corner of Causbie Road and Old Airport Road (ZCH-26-0014, with Heritage Park Estates design standards attached); final plats for Hook'em Subdivision, one residential lot on approximately 0.336 acres at East Simmons and Bois D Arc Street (SBD-26-0007), and North Weatherford Business Park Addition, one lot on approximately 9.434 acres at 1726 North Main (SBD-26-0008); approval of the Aug. 12 minutes; and rescheduling the Nov. 11 regular meeting, which staff recommends moving to Nov. 4, due to the observance of Veterans Day. Staff recommends approval of each case.

What you can do. Both hearings are open to the public; the commission's recommendations go to the council. Speaker cards for non-agenda items are due five minutes before the start, per the agenda.

Source: City of Weatherford Planning & Zoning Commission agenda for Oct. 14, 2026, read Oct. 10; City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 10

Coffee with a Cop, 9 a.m., 1225 Holland Lake Drive; Pet Vaccination and Microchip Clinic, 9 to 11 a.m., 403 Hickory Lane

Both are on the city's calendar for Oct. 15. The Kangaroos cross country teams run at AP Ranch in Fort Worth at 9:30 a.m. the same morning, per Weatherford ISD Athletics.

What you can do. The clinic runs 9 to 11 a.m. at 403 Hickory Lane, per the city's calendar.

Source: City of Weatherford calendar RSS (EID 7114 and 7107), read Oct. 10; Weatherford ISD Athletics cross country schedule, read Oct. 10

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