Agenda Items: council oath; elect mayor pro-tem and alternate; 2Q Financial Report; amend City’s ordinance regarding On-Site Sewage Facilities; include Kings Gate Park in City’s Parks Master Plan; adjust City’s operating hours; Executive Session, real property 205 Canyon Ct.; Beall Development Agreement; Police Chief Review; Halff & Associates Litigation.

Yep, another election. This one is the Primary Runnoff Election, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 with early voting 20 May 2024 to 24 May 2024. Find what you need to know to vote. * Current: * 17 May 2024, Friday - Last day counties can receive mail-in ballot requests.

Sample Ballots (Who's running) for the 28 May 2024 Party Primary Runoff, Willow Park. Find a list of candidates and links to candidate information.* Blog Index: Reason, Election Calendar, Voter Registration, Voter Card, Sample Ballots, Early Voting, Election Day Voting, Results

Summary: Former Mayor Marvin Glasgow, 83, of Willow Park, passed away on May 6, 2024. After retirement, Marvin served the City of Willow Park as Chair for the Planning & Zoning committee, then as a City Councilman before becoming mayor for two terms.

Public Notices: public meeting for adoption of revised Utility Ordinance regarding On-Site Sewage Facilities

Summary: The new report estimates 40,000 MW more load online by 2030 than last year's projection. The load growth is driven by population and economic growth, particularly in the form of crypto mining and data centers. The ERCOT grid is in the midst of a struggle between rising electricity demand and the stagnation of its dispatchable generation.

Summary: Willow Park Civics blogs, webpages, and other articles about the energy that powers our tactical lives in Willow Park. Find problems, causes, proposed solutions, and results.

Summary: Ted Cruz is one of two senators who represent the state of Texas in the US Senate. Read his latest newsletter. Topics include the following: protesting on college campuses; traveling safety of the public; Kids Off Social Media Act

Summary: Tarrant County is already as ethnically diverse as the U.S. is expected to be in 2050. “As Tarrant County’s population has grown in the past decade, so, too, has its racial and ethnic diversity. But that diversity is greater in suburban areas rather than urban ones, experts observed from the latest census data.” However, not for Willow Park... yet.

Summary: Birthdays, anniversaries, and Texas Sales Tax Holidays should all be on your annual calendar. Texas offers three (3) sales tax holidays for different items during a calendar year. A sales tax holiday is an annual event during which the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts allows certain items to be purchased Texas sales-tax-free.

Newsletter from Roger Williams, the US House Rep. for Texas District 25, which includes Willow Park. This week's Williams Weekly includes the following: Celebrated Small Business (SB) Week; SB Hearing focused on Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act; Financial Services Subcommittee Hearing focusing on slow response from government regulators; joined Fox Business about Biden Administration's use of taxpayer funds SB to register voters.

A compendium of Willow Park Civics weekly news summaries, emailed to WPC Blog subscribers. The week in a glance; the year in a list. "Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government." Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President and Founding Father

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