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Thursday, October 15, 2026 edition · The record

City Council met Oct. 13: impact fee update hearing, up to $3,000,000 in certificates of obligation

By Christopher Weaver ·

The 1886 Parker County Courthouse in Weatherford, Texas, a limestone Second Empire building with red mansard roofs and a central clock tower.
File photo: The 1886 Parker County Courthouse in Weatherford, Texas, a limestone Second Empire building with red mansard roofs and a central clock tower. Image: Michael Barera via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The agenda listed a public hearing and Ordinance O2026-39 amending water, wastewater and roadway impact fees under the 2026 Impact Fee Study Update; 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; public hearings on Ordinance O2026-32, the voluntary annexation of a 9.434-acre tract, and Ordinance O2026-31, rezoning it from Agriculture to General Commercial; the purchase of self-contained breathing apparatus and firefighting equipment from Casco Industries, Inc. for up to $745,497.53; and an interlocal agreement with Parker County for the operation, management and maintenance of downtown properties. Consent items included Tyler Technologies software support up to $267,000, road aggregate and materials up to $700,000, miscellaneous concrete improvements up to $600,000, and a Fire Station 3 stand-by generator contract up to $230,081. Executive session listed Project Apex under economic development negotiations. Granicus lists a 45-minute video of the meeting; the minutes, which record the votes, were not posted as of 5:23 a.m. Oct. 15.

Source: City of Weatherford, City Council agenda for Oct. 13, 2026, and Granicus meeting archive, read Oct. 15

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