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 [...]

November 9th Thoughts on Council

Workshop this week was a comprehensive history and update on I-35 as asked for by the Mayor. The summary: 4.2 billion dollar project has 1.2 billion in cash. The middle will be built first to prove there is revenue from tolls to help build the expanded bridge to the North and to connect up with [...]

July 16th Council Thoughts

July council meetings ran early in the month, leaving a relaxing bit of time with no meetings. I’ve been working with the kids on their scouting achievements and even got some time in on a leather craft project. Growing up around saddles and other horse tack while my dad made belts and other knick knacks has [...]

Thoughts on July 2nd Council Meeting

July 2nd was just odd. I’ll get to the changes to the smoking ordinance in a moment, but first, we did cover one other item of import. Parks and Recreation Toyota of Lewisville Railroad Park uses untreated water from the Trinity for irrigation.  We were able to get a certificate from the Texas Commission on [...]