Thoughts on May 21st Lewisville Council Meeting

Council had budgetary approvals and housekeeping reviews this week as well as declaring the re-election of Councilman Ferguson and Mayor Ueckert. Prayer and facts I did want to start out with the invocation on this month’s meeting however.  Councilman Gorena mentioned that he’ll be reading ‘Presidential Prayers’ and proceeded to recite a very moving Episcopal prayer [...]

10/3/11 Meeting Recap

I’m feeling old age creeping up as I’m attending my 20th high school reunion this weekend.  I’ll be the first to tell you that I didn’t thrive socially in high school as evidenced by my excitement of seeing the gang of geeks I used to play games like Warhammer, Dungeons and Dragons and various other [...]

9/19/11 Meeting Recap

Council began with a tribute to Mayor Pro Tem David Thornhill and a presentation to his family from the City.  It was quite moving.  I’m glad I got to know David over the past few years. We then reviewed the consent agenda which consisted of approving minutes from last meeting, approval of a one year [...]

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 [...]

5/2/11 Meeting Liveblog

Welcome to the Liveblog!  Lots on the agenda tonight. Workshop, no comments on items 1-6. Item 7- Thornhill mentions he received an email regarding the creek stabilization from an owner on the creek.  King states that the improvements may or may not help every property and there’s no money set aside for actual construction- this item [...]