Lewisville ISD meets at 6 p.m. June 12 at 1565 W. Main St., Lewisville. www.lisd.net Argyle ISD meets at 7 p.m. June 22 at 6701 Canyon Falls Drive, Flower Mound. www.argyleisd.com Flower Mound Town Council meets at 6 p.m. June 5 at 2121 Cross Timbers Road, Flower Mound. www.flower-mound.com Highland Village City Council meets at 6 p.m. June 13 at 1000 Highland Village Road, Highland Village. www.highlandvillage.org Argyle Town Council meets at 6 p.m. June 26 at 308 Denton St., Argyle. www.argyletx.com MEETINGS WE COVER HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLAND VILLAGE Residents will see a small decrease in their trash and recycling collection fees beginning Oct. 1 after council approved on May 9 a new solid waste, recycling and household waste collection contract with Republic Services of Lewisville. Residents will now pay $20.44 a month, while senior citizens will receive a discount and pay $18.43 a month.
Tennis center proposition fails in Flower Mound with only 46% ‘for’
Schmidt defeats Livingston for Argyle council seat
BY TIM GLAZE & DON MUNSCH
PROP A VOTES 4,222 voters said ‘no’ to the pro- posed Flower Mound tennis center. hands of the voters,” Town Manager James Childers said in an email. “The voters have spoken and don’t feel that level of commitment is appropriate at this time. The town has tennis and pickleball needs, and we as a staff look forward to working with the Town Council to devise other approaches to address those needs.” that the decision on having a tennis center should be in the
FLOWER MOUND The $15 million proposed tennis center will not be built in Flower Mound after 54% of voters voted against the ballot item on May 6. Of the 7,802 Proposition A voters, 3,580 voted in favor of the new center, which would have been built near Trotter Park. More than 4,000 voted against the tennis center. “The Town Council believed from the onset of this discussion
BY DON MUNSCH
ARGYLE Town Council Place 2 incumbent Ronald Schmidt defeated Mayor Bryan Livingston in the Place 2 race, with 635 votes to Livingston’s 553 votes. Livingston was the incumbent town mayor and opted not to run again for the mayor’s seat. Schmidt said he was “humbled” to be able to serve the community for another two years. He added that he wanted to focus on various municipal matters, such as bringing commercial entities to the town.
PLACE 2 ELECTION RESULTS
46% For
54% Against
47% Bryan Livingston 53% Ronald Schmidt
Students partake in a tennis lesson in Flower Mound in February.
SOURCE: DENTON COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
SOURCE: DENTON COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
TIM GLAZE/COMMUNITY IMPACT
LEWISVILLE 2416 S Stemmons Fwy (214) 488-0888
WESTLAKE 2341 Highway 377 (817) 490-9072
DENTON 2315 Colorado Blvd (940) 243-2929
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