Willow Park CivicsWeekly News SummaryWeek ending Friday, 17 March 2023 |
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"A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins." Benjamin Franklin, US Founding Father and America Polymath "Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me." Primary Catholic Patron Saint of Ireland, St Patrick’s Feast, 17 March |
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88th TX Legislature News Summary, 17 March 2023Summary this week: education savings plans; school safety; taxpayer lobbying; define woman; recall US Senators; online age restrictions; dispatch able power floor for ERCOT; broadband and water infrastructure; abolish Tarrant Appraisal District; property taxes; how to spend budget surplus; illegal voting to felony offense; election administrators; and more. |
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WP Council names interim police chiefSummary: Willow Park's Assistant Police Chief Daniel Franklin has been appointed interim police chief. Chief Franklin will be assuming this position as Police Chief Ellis retires. Learn about Chief Franklin's plans for the Willow Park Police Department, professional experience, and family. |
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Willow Park represented in the US House of RepresentativesSummary: In February, Willow Park's First Bank Texas Board Chair Zan Prince testified at the US House Committee on Small Business, lead by Willow Park's US House Representative Roger Williams. Read more about Prince's important and detailed testimony in the 17 March 2023 edition of The Community News. |
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ONCOR Electricity, Willow Park storm damage and preventionSummary: During the straight-line wind storm in early March, ONCOR had 290K customers without electrical power, 743 of which were in Willow Park. Here is information on the recovery from this storm damage and on attention to and prevention of the next storm damage - on ONCOR tools that will help us get informed and stay involved in your City of Willow Park. |
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Goodbye Willow Park Fire and RescueSummary: As of Friday, 24 March 2023, the iconic Willow Park Fire Department ladder truck will no longer belong to Willow Park; the Willow Park Fire and Rescue Department (WPFR) will be transferred to the Parker County Emergency Services District No. 1 (ESD1), and WPFR will be no more. |
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Willow Park election cancelled -- again.Summary: For the second, consecutive two-year term, Mayor Doyle Moss and Council Place 1 Eric Conteras are the default winners of the Willow Park May 2023 election. In addition Council Place 2 Chawn Gilliland, appointed by the Mayor during the 08 March 2022 Council Meeting, is the default winner of his council seat. |
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14 March 2023 Council MeetingAgenda Items: rezoning for Standard Services Restaurant; ONCOR response update to wind storm; annual audit report; Interim Chief of Police; terminate computer services; transitioning fire department employees and certain equipment to the ESD No. 1.; agreement to sell the Public Safety Building and Fire Station No. 2 to Parker County ESD No. |
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WPC News Summary, 10 March 2023Summary: A compendium of Willow Park Civics weekly news summaries, emailed to WPC Blog subscribers. The week in a glance; the year in a list. Latest Update: Friday, 10 March 2023 Archive of Willow Park Civics Weekly News Summary Week of Friday, 10 March 2023 in .pdf and in .html "I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" |
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Updated Blogs and Issues New Willow Park Police Station During the 14 March 2023 Council Meeting, council agreed to sell the Willow Park Public Safety Building to Parker County ESD No. 1. The Community News included “PS Building, firefighters transfer approved” in their 17 March 2023 edition.
Standard Services Restaurant is taking shape and WOW. 14 March 2023 Council Meeting WPC Blog > Election Results: Voters approve ESD1 annexing fire department. Props A&B Willow Park Civics > Issues > Fire Department ESD1 Article: Cities unhappy about possible ETJ annexation, Weatherford Democrat, 19 February 2013, updated 22 July 2014. Further complicating issues are what fire officials agree are outdated fire service area boundaries that have areas better served by Willow Park currently in Aledo’s fire service area and thus the annexation area.“Basically their ESD board president said they will not redraw their lines,” Neverdousky said. “The whole answer is this is a big money grab.” Willow Park Civics Blog > Goodbye Willow Park Fire and Rescue Willow Park Civics Blog > New Willow Park Police Station
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Upcoming Events on the Willow Park Civics Calendar CANCELLED 21 March 2023, Tuesday, 6p, P&Z Meeting 23 March 2023, Thursday, Police Chief Ellis Retirement Reception, 4p to 6p, Come and go. El Chico City Hall 28 March 2023, Tuesday, 6p, Council Meeting 31 March 2023, Friday, Dinner with Gov. Abbott in Weatherford 10 January to 29 May 2023, 88th Texas Legislative Session
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