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News from Frisco & Frisco ISD
COMPILED BY MATT PAYNE
CITY HIGHLIGHT FRISCO ISD COVID-19 testing partner Nomi Health moved its testing site at Kuykendall Stadium to a larger site at Bacchus Park, 13995 Main St. Separate entrance lines for students and sta are established, according to FISD. Due to limited testing supplies and a worker shortage, FISD said the site will be closed to the general public, including family members of students and sta . Both rapid and PCR tests will be o ered, according to the district’s website. However, only one may be o ered depending on the availability of resources. Appointments are not necessary, but those seeking tests must preregister. COLLIN COLLEGE Collin College is o ering free COVID-19 booster shots at multiple campuses this spring, according to a Jan. 10 news release. Vaccination clinics are open to students, employees and the general public. Both P zer and Moderna booster vaccines are available. A clinic will be held on Feb. 9 at the Plano Campus Living Legends Conference Center, 2800 Spring Creek Parkway. Another will be held on March 18 at the McKinney Campus Conference Center, 2400 Community Ave. The two clinics will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Visit www.collin.edu/covid19/ vaccinationsignup.html for more information.
City temporarily lowers speed limit alongUS 380
FRISCO Motorists passing through north Frisco will have to tap the brakes for about three years. Frisco City Council on Jan. 18 approved a temporary speed limit reduction along US 380. The speed limit was lowered from 60 mph to 50 mph from the city’s western limits to the line between Denton and Collin counties. The Texas Department of Transportation this year is working to widen the highway, according to city documents. The highway is being expanded from four to six lanes of tra c from the town of Crossroads to the Denton County and Collin County line, the documents stated. In addition, grade separations will be placed at FM 423, Championship Drive and Legacy Drive. TxDOT has requested all cities within the project limits reduce the speed limit on US 380 to 50 mph for the duration of construction, the city stated.
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“The City Council nds that such speed limit for vehicles is safe, reasonable and prudent,” city documents stated. At the end of construction, TxDOT will perform speed studies and make recommendations for a new permanent speed limit, city documents stated. The project is expected to last three years. Those who exceed the speed limit could face a misde- meanor charge and a maximum ne of $500, according to the city’s updated ordinance.
Citymanager sets retirement date
Rummel, Shipman advance to runo FRISCO Laura Rummel and Tracie Reveal Shipman will compete in a runo election on March 26 after neither candidate accumulated at least 50% of votes in the Jan. 29 special election for Frisco City Council Place 5. In the special election, Rummel ELECTION RESULTS Frisco City Council candidates Laura Rummel and Tracie Reveal Shipman will face o in a runo election on March 26 after neither collected 50% of votes on Jan. 29.
FRISCO City Man- ager George Purefoy has an o cial date set for his retirement: June 30. Mayor Je Cheney
shared the date during the Jan. 4
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accumulated 2,340 votes, or 45.9%, according to uno cial vote tallies from Collin and Den- ton counties. Shipman accumu- lated 2,080 votes, or 40.8%. Sai Krishna, the third candi- date, accumulated 678 votes, or 13.3%. With 122,918 registered voters in Frisco, turnout for the special election was 4.15%. Collin County had 69,876 registered voters, and Denton County had 53,042.
Tracie Reveal Shipman: 2,080 votes 40.8%
Frisco City Council meeting and said council members will soon vote on a contract to conduct a search for the next city manager. Purefoy was appointed as the city’s rst manager in November 1987, according to the Frisco website. His retirement was rst announced in a June 17 news release shared by the city. “We’re going to start this process of lling the enormous shoes,” Cheney said. “This is certainly not the end.”
Frisco City Council Meets at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 15 www.friscotexas.gov
Laura Rummel: 2,340 votes, 45.9%
Frisco ISD board of trustees Meets at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 15 www.friscoisd.org Collin County Commissioners Court Meets at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 7, 14, 21 www.collincountytx.gov Denton County Commissioners Court Meets at 9 a.m. Feb. 8, 15, 22 www.dentoncounty.gov
Sai Krishna: 678 votes 13.3%
registered voters Voter turnout: 4.15% of 122,918
SOURCES: COLLIN COUNTY, DENTON COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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