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City, school board races decided TARRANT COUNTY Four board of trustee positions between two school districts and two council spots in Grapevine were among the contested BY HANNAH JOHNSON RESULTS BREAKDOWN A total of six contested races and one ballot issue was decided by voters. Key: Incumbent
Puente voted in as appraisal district chair
$4.8B
That’s the amount of preapproved
Colleyville City Council will meet at 7 p.m. June 20 and July 6. www.colleyville.com Grapevine City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. June 20 and July 4. www.grapevinetexas.gov Southlake City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. June 20. www.cityofsouthlake.com Tarrant County Commissioners Court will meet at 10 a.m. June 20 and July 18. www.tarrantcounty.com Carroll ISD MEETINGS WE COVER capital investments as Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and American Airlines signed a new 10-year use and lease agreement May 16. The money will be for construction of Terminal F, the renovation of Terminal C and other modernization projects, according to a news release. The expansion on Terminal C will create a pier between it and Terminal A. There will be 24 new gates added between both projects, according to the airport. HIGHLIGHTS GRAPEVINE A new roof for the Grapevine Municipal Service Center was purchased May 2. It sustained damage during a tornado event Dec. 13. About 95 city employees were displaced after the building, located at 1 Shady Brook Drive, had damage to its interior walls, furniture and computers. It also had water damage from the rain that came through the roof after the tornado. More than 60% of the roof was damaged during the storm, according to a presentation given by Director of Public Works Bryan Beck.
BY CODY THORN
GRAPEVINE CITY COUNCIL
TARRANT COUNTY Commis- sioners voted in favor of Vince Puente Sr. as the nominee to become the chair for the Tarrant Appraisal District. The commissioners repre- sented each county taxing entity, meaning 515 votes were awarded to Puente. He
races during the May 6 election. The city of Colleyville also had a proposition on the ballot that passed with more than 84% of votes in support of law enforcement. Grapevine City Council Incumbents Chris Coy and Du O’Dell won their individual races for Grapevine City Council Place 5 and Place 6, respectively. Grapevine-Colleyville ISD A.J. Pontillo, Dianna Sager and Mary Humphrey won contested races for the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD board of trustees. None of the three races had an incumbent. Carroll ISD Incumbent Eric Lannen won re-election to Place 2 on the Carroll ISD board of trustees with 87.04% of the vote. City of Colleyville Colleyville residents renewed the Colleyville Crime Control and Prevention District for 20 years with 4,888 votes for the proposition, or 84.64%. Votes against the proposi- tions reached 15.36% with 887 votes. Established in 1991, the district supports crime control and preven- tion programs throughout the city. A sales tax of $0.005 was approved to support the district for an initial period of ve years.
PLACE 5
78.92% Chris Coy
21.08% William Thorsell
PLACE 6
70.52% Du O’Dell
29.48% Theresa Strayer
needed 545 votes from
GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE ISD
PLACE 5
various stake- holders within the county to secure the position.
45.57% A.J. Pontillo 41.37% Sergio Harris 13.06% Dave Stine
Vince Puente Sr.
PLACE 6
46.62% Richard Newton 53.38% Dianna Sager
Sanchez named chamber president
PLACE 7
48.32% Mary Humphrey 44.75% Kimberly Phoenix
BY HANNAH JOHNSON
COLLEYVILLE Robert Sanchez was announced as the new president and CEO of the Col- leyville Chamber of Commerce, according to a release from the chamber. Sanchez began his position May 15, the release states. He has
6.93% Mark Wollin
CARROLL ISD
PLACE 5
12.96% Zee Duran 87.04% Eric Lannen
CITY OF COLLEYVILLE
PROPOSITION A CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT
will meet at 5 p.m. July 24. www.southlakecarroll.edu Grapevine-Colleyville ISD will meet at 7 p.m. July 24. www.gcisd.net
worked for the past two years at the Grape- vine Chamber of Commerce.
84.64% for 15.36% against
Robert Sanchez
SOURCE: TARRANT COUNTY ELECTION ADMINISTRATION COMMUNITY IMPACT
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GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE SOUTHLAKE EDITION • JUNE 2023
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