Government
BY DON MUNSCH
Council expresses disappointment with Oncor for tree removals Flower Mound Town Council held a public hear- ing for a project that led to numerous trees being cut down along High Road and Rolling Hills. Mayor Derek France told Oncor Area Manager Eric Montoya the company took the wrong approach and did not properly communicate with town leaders. Council members asked for state lawmakers to give municipalities more power against electric pro- viders, noting that could help prevent or minimize future incidents. How we got here Kerri Dunn, Oncor senior communications manager, said Oncor tries to balance safety and reliability with tree health and aesthetics. The project focused on upgrading the power lines to improve service reliability and support local
Sta provides Argyle Landing timeline Work continues on the Argyle Landing project, with an Argyle town o cial providing a construction timeline at a recent council meeting. The details The mixed-use development will be located east of I-35 and south of FM 407. It will feature 198 single-family homes and a couple of commercial pads, said Nabila Nur, Argyle director of community development. Nur said grading work would be com- pleted by May. Utility work, slated to begin in April, could take a couple of months to complete. Pavement work is expected to occur this fall, Nur said. Construction dates are tentative. The town could start receiving building permits in January 2025.
"This whole thing has been a disaster—a lot of these trees were 100 200 years old." CHRIS DREW, COUNCIL MEMBER
growth. As part of this upgrade, power poles, wires and other equipment had to be safely accessed, removed and replaced. Trees were trimmed back, with a certi ed arborist present, to meet the necessary safety clearance, Dunn said. Zooming in Dunn said Oncor wants to improve communica- tion going forward. “We did make noti cations, but it’s clear to us that those noti cations weren’t thorough enough,” Dunn said, adding Oncor apologizes for not being clear enough in those noti cation processes. France said leaders can’t regrow the trees but can try to prevent this from happening again.
Flower Mound announces police chief candidates
Final four The candidates all have more than 20 years of law enforcement experience at various departments.
search. The search yielded 44 applicants from 13 states, and they were vetted through a compre- hensive process. The search committee, led by Town Manager James Childers and consisting of town sta , chose ve nalists. One of the nalists, Floyd Mitchell, rescinded his application after accepting another job, according to town o cials. The position is anticipated to be lled by late spring.
Flower Mound town leaders will choose among four people to be the next police chief. Whomever is chosen will succeed Andy Kancel, who retired in November. Kancel is staying on as interim chief throughout the hiring and transition period, according to a town news release. The speci cs The nalists were selected after a nationwide
Wendell Mitchell
Kimberly Sylvester
David Coulon
Doug Shoemaker
SOURCE: TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND COMMUNITY IMPACT
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