Sept. 8 council minutes, now posted as approved

The minutes, posted on Granicus, record Ordinance O2026-33 adopting the City Manager's proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2026, with 26 funds, 17 departments and 333 employees, more than 120 days of operating reserves and a General Fund balanced with $61.4 million in revenues and $61.3 million in expenditures; Ordinance O2026-34 adopting the rate of $0.392246 per $100, $0.295646 for operations and maintenance and $0.0966 for interest and sinking, approximately one cent below the no-new-revenue rate; and a design-build contract with Grossman Design Build for Phase II construction services for Fire Station 5 in an amount not to exceed $8,280,000, with a 375-day contract duration, construction beginning Sept. 28, 2026 and final completion scheduled for Oct. 8, 2027. One resident spoke at the tax-rate hearing. Each vote was 5-0, and the meeting ran from 6:01 to 6:39 p.m. The Ledger's report on the meeting is written from these minutes. The Sept. 22 council and Sept. 24 Municipal Utility Board minutes are still not posted as of Oct. 2; the next meetings on the city's posted list are the council on Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. and the Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 14 at 2:30 p.m.

Source: City of Weatherford council minutes, Sept. 8, 2026, and the Granicus archive and upcoming-events list, read Oct. 2