CITY & COUNTY
News from Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Keller & Trophy Club
Fort Worth City Council 200 Texas St., Fort Worth www.fortworthtexas.gov Keller City Council 1100 Bear Creek Parkway, Keller www.cityo eller.com Roanoke City Council 500 S. Oak St., Roanoke www.roanoketexas.com Trophy Club Town Council 1 Trophy Wood Drive, Trophy Club www.trophyclub.org Westlake Town Council 1500 Solana Blvd., Bldg. 7, Ste. 7200, Westlake. www.westlake-tx.org Denton County Commissioners Court 1 Courthouse Drive, Ste. 3100, Denton. www.dentoncounty.gov Tarrant County Commissioners Court 100 E. Weatherford St., Fort Worth www.tarrantcountytx.gov MEETINGS WE COVER HIGHLIGHTS TARRANT COUNTY The Texas Veterans Commission awarded grants totaling $36.3 million to be distributed to 135 organizations. In North Texas, Meals on Wheels Inc. of Tarrant County was awarded a grant. The Tarrant County nonpro t was created in 1937.
Council spots, two mayors selected in local races BY CODY THORN
Puente voted in as appraisal district chair
Elections commission begins search for new administrator
BY MARK FADDEN
Fort Worth voters also picked new council members for District 4 and District 10. Council Member Alan Blaylock—who previously represented District 4—won another term on council in District 10 following redistricting last year. District 4 will be represented by Charlie Lauersdorf, who won with nearly 60% of the vote. Keller City Council Two incumbents on Keller City Council won re-election. Place 5 Council Member Chris Whatley received 65.98% of the vote. Whatley has been on council for the past six years. Mayor Pro Tem Ross McMullin, who has been the Place 6 representative since 2020, held o two challengers to win re-election. Trophy Club mayor Write-in candidate Jeannette Ti any beat former council member Greg Lamont with 63% of the vote. She will replace Alicia Fleury D’Elia.
The Tarrant County Elections Commission is made up of the county judge, the county clerk, the county tax assessor-collector, and the chairs of the county’s Republican and Democratic parties. The position has been posted online. Assistant Election Administrator
Troy Harvard will become the acting elections administrator until a permanent replaced is hired, accord- ing to Judge Tim O’Hare. Resumes for the position will be reviewed by commission members, and any member can choose for a candidate to be interviewed.
ELECTION BREAKDOWN
TARRANT & DENTON COUNTY Here is a roundup of the results from the May 6 elections. Fort Worth City Council and mayor Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker secured a second term by picking up nearly 70% of the votes.
TARRANT COUNTY After unani- mously accepting Elections Admin- istrator Heider Garcia’s resignation April 25, the Tarrant County Elections Commission unanimously voted to post the position on the county web- site and various employment sites.
A look at election results from Tarrant, Denton counties on the May 6 election.
BY CODY THORN
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 and meant 515 were awarded to Puente. He needed 545 votes from various stakeholders within the county to secure the spot for the Fort Worth businessman. Puente and Mattie Peterson Compton were the only nominees. Puente’s vote passed by 4-0 margin with commissioner Roy Charles Brooks absent. Vince Puente Sr.
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Police initiative leads to 13% violent crime drop
69.4% Mattie Parker 5.22% Alyson Kennedy
KELLER
FOCUS AREAS Fort Worth police placed an emphasis on violent crimes and saw the following results from April 2022-2023:
CITY COUNCIL, PLACE 5
BY MARK FADDEN
12.12% Jennifer Castillo 4.54% Adrian Devine Smith 8.72% Kenneth Bowen Jr.
Through April, the number of vio- lent crimes dropped by nearly 700 incidents, or 13.4%, Assistant Police Chief Robert Alldredge said. In all, 4,344 violent crimes were reported in 2022, down from 5,014 in 2021. Numbers were lowered by using neighborhood cameras that are mon- itored in the Real Time Crime Center, working with city departments to improve blight and quality-of-life issues in some of the higher-crime neighborhoods, and improving police-community relations, among
65.98% Chris Whatley 34.02% Becky L. Haskin
FORT WORTH A year after launch- ing an initiative to reduce violent crime in Fort Worth, the police department announced the program has exceeded its goal. According to a news release, police said in April 2022 the crime control and prevention dis- trict-funded FortWorthSafe initiative could decrease violent crime city- wide by 10% within 12 months. The focus was on homicides, aggravated assaults and robberies.
drop in homicides 24.5%
drop in aggravated assault-family violence 28%
CITY COUNCIL, PLACE 6
CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 4
58.09% Ross McMullin 10.52% Rebecca Tovar 31.39% Mitch Holmes
increase in individual robberies 1.5%
drop in business robberies 10.4%
59.95% Charlie Lauersdorf 40.05% Teresa Ramirez
SOURCE: CITY OF FORT WORTH COMMUNITY IMPACT
CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10
MAYOR TROPHY CLUB
69.47% Alan Blaylock
other things. “We applaud the entire depart- ment for all your hard work,” Mayor Mattie Parker said.
30.53% Brandon Robert Jones
63.19% Jeannette Ti any 36.81% Greg Lamont
SOURCES: DENTON AND TARRANT COUNTY ELECTION ADMINISTRATIONS COMMUNITY IMPACT
WESTLAKE 2341 Highway 377 (817) 490-9072 KELLER 101 Keller Smithfield Rd S (817) 482-8295
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