City Council

Regular City Council Meeting City Council Chambers | Aledo Municipal Complex 200 Old Annetta Road, Aledo, Texas 76008 Thursday, August 6, 2026, at 6:00 PM AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Citizen Appearances This is an opportunity for citizens to address the City Council on any agenda item not listed for public hearing or any matter not posted on the agenda. This is the citizens’ only opportunity to address the City Council on agenda items not listed for public hearing. Individual citizen comments are normally limited to 3 minutes; however, time limits can be adjusted by the presiding officer. Time is not transferable. The presiding officer may ask the citizen to hold their comment on an agenda item if the item is posted as a Public Hearing. The City Council cannot, by law, take any action or have any discussion or deliberations on any presentation made at this time concerning an item not listed on the agenda. The City Council may receive the information and ask the City Manager to review the matter, or an item may be noticed on a future agenda for deliberation or action. Please sign in before the start of the meeting and provide the paper to the City Secretary. 5. Consent Agenda All items listed below are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the general order of business and considered in its normal sequence. Approval of the Consent Agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item in accordance with staff recommendations. a. Approve Meeting Minutes i. July 16, 2026 Work Session ii. July 16, 2026 Regular Meeting 6. Regular Agenda a. Consider approval of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Friends of the Aledo Public Library and the Aledo Public Library. b. Consider approval and adoption of the 2026 Certified Tax Roll (Fiscal Year 2027/Tax Year 2026) c. Consider setting the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 property tax rate and scheduling a public hearing on the proposed tax rate 7. Staff Presentations a. Proposed FY 2027 Budget 8. Mayor and Councilmember Comments In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Council members may comment on routine city matters, ask questions of staff that require only responses of factual information or statements of existing City policy, or may request that non-routine matters of public concern be placed on a future agenda. Council members may not discuss non-agenda items among themselves. 9. City Manager Comments In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, the City Manager may comment on routine City operations and projects or respond to questions from others only with statements of factual information or existing City policy. 10. Executive Session In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council may convene in executive session to deliberate regarding the following matters: a. Section 551.071 - Consultation with Attorney. To conduct a private consultation with the City Attorney on any legally posted agenda item, when the City Council seeks the advice of its attorney about pending or contemplated litigation, a settlement offer, or on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the provisions of Chapter 551, to include: i. Aledo and Fort Worth vs. Willow Park ii. Dean Ranch Development b. Section 551.087 – Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations. To discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the City has received from a business prospect that the City seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the City and with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations; or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described above, including the following items: i. Dean Ranch Development ii. Downtown Development iii. Bailey Ranch Development 11. Action Taken on Items Discussed in Executive Session, if Necessary 12. Adjourn Note: The Aledo City Council may vote or take action on any of the listed agenda items and may convene into Executive Session on any matter related to any of the above agenda items for a purpose, such closed session is allowed under Chapter 551, Texas Government Code. In accordance with Section 551.043 of the Texas Government Code, the Taxpayer Impact Statement can be viewed HERE. This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons who need additional accommodations to attend or participate in the meeting should contact the City Secretary's office at (817) 441-7016 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to request such assistance. CERTIFICATION I, Staci L. King, City Secretary, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted in accordance with the regulations of the Texas Open Meetings Act, in a place convenient and readily accessible to the general public, and was also posted to the City's website at www.aledotx.gov, and said notice remained posted for at least two hours after the meeting was convened.