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 Keller ISD board of trustees 350 Keller Parkway, Keller www.kellerisd.net Northwest ISD board of trustees 2001 Texan Drive, Fort Worth www.nisdtx.org For the latest news coverage from these government meetings, visit communityimpact.com. MEETINGS WE COVER
Expenditures to rise $5.8M in 2023 24 budget
Tillman named interim police chief
“This budget does see three big debt issuances: $15 million for Elm Street, $27 million for [Keller Sports Park], and $4 million for the third and nal round of SWIFT,” Rector said. SWIFT refers to the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas, which o ers low-interest loans to cities for water infrastruc- ture projects. Revenues will increase by $4.5 million this upcoming scal year.
BY CODY THORN
TROPHY CLUB Capt. Bobby Tillman is the latest interim police chief, as announced by Interim City Man- ager Patrick Arata
BY DON MUNSCH
KELLER City Council examined the proposed tax rate and scal year 2023-24 budget at the regular meeting Aug. 1, learning the tax rate would be lower than that of FY 2022-23. Council will consider adopting the budget and tax rate Sept. 19. The proposed budget was pub- lished online Aug. 10. During a work session, Aaron Rector, director of administrative services/ nance, discussed the pro- posed operating budget, which will be nearly $109 million. Personnel costs make up $35 million of the expenditures, which is part of the near $109 million. Expenditures will rise by $5.8 million in the proposed budget compared to the FY 2022-23 budget.
Capt. Tillman
during a July 25 council meeting. Arata is the chief of police but had been serving as the interim city manager since March 28. During his time away from that role, Capt. Steve Woodward has been the interim chief for the past four months. Arata’s plan was to split duties between the department’s two chiefs while he was away, according town o cials. “Capt. Woodard has done a fantastic job lling in at the police department,” Arata said. “I want to thank [him] for his hard work and learning the job and lling in.”
COST OF SERVICE
The cost for city services for the average Keller residential taxpayer is $114.49 for the upcoming 2023-24 scal year. Here is where that money goes: Police $28.68 per month
Fire $25.10 per month
Public Works $15.90 per month
SOURCE: CITY OF KELLER COMMUNITY IMPACT
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