Thoughts on Lewisville’s 2013 City Council Retreat

The annual retreat basically sets the strategic agenda for the coming year for the city. Much of what we do is operational in nature, budgets, large purchases, contracts. The retreat brings into focus the meatier, long-term goals for the city, which is contentious at times. This year was no different. There was excellent discussion, incredible [...]

February 4th Thoughts on Council

Lots of catch up this week, the retreat was the 7th-9th and will get its own post over the weekend. Capital Improvement The Timber Creek Lift station is a major piece of our waste water treatment system and will help the city deal with growth on the East side for many years to come. Due [...]

10/7/11 Meeting Recap

Last night’s Council meeting was odd.  I’m typically a consensus builder and while we had some of that I also felt I could have done better with a couple of the conversations. Regular Items First up, there is finally some movement on the Railroad Street construction that has been held up because the original contractor [...]

9/12/11 Meeting Recap

Last week’s Council meeting was fairly uneventful.  We held our second hearing on the proposed 2011-2012 Budget.  We managed to keep the tax rate the same and have set aside funding for one of my personal goals which is a new strategic plan for the City.  It’s being tentatively called the ’2025 plan’ and will [...]