CITY & COUNTY
News from Argyle, Flower Mound & Highland Village
COMPILED BY DON MUNSCH
HIGHLIGHTS ARGYLE Denton County
Argyle council discusses new veterans memorial ARGYLE Council Member Ronald Schmidt said he wants a veterans memorial to be placed in the town’s Unity Park. Village, o cials said. “Essentially, [sponsors] could go to town hall, ll out a simple card with the information, and then the town would essentially order those plaques
Flower Mound Town Council meets at 6 p.m. July 17 at 2121 Cross Timbers Road, Flower Mound. www. ower-mound.com Highland Village City Council meets at 6 p.m. July 11 at 1000 Highland Village Road, Highland Village. www.highlandvillage.org Argyle Town Council meets at 6 p.m. July 17 at 308 MEETINGS WE COVER Emergency Services District No. 1 will receive money from the town of Argyle to help its budget following a large shortfall, but the council’s decision came after some stinging criticism from two members of council at the June 26 meeting. Council members Ronald Schmidt and Casey Stewart discussed their dismay with how the department’s budget had been managed, but Stewart and fellow council members Cynthia Hermann and Gordon Baethge approved $56,000—$10 a head for the population of Argyle, around 5,600—for the district. The money will come from the general fund. Former Argyle District Chief Troy Mac Hohenberger allegedly falsi ed the ESD’s budget, leaving the department with an operational de cit of between $1.5 million-$1.9 million. Hohenberger pleaded guilty May 24 to federal theft of funds, and theft or embezzlement from an employee bene t plan. Hohenberger was indicted in November and awaits sentencing. FLOWER MOUND A “failure to meet contract requirements,” prompted the Town Council on June 19 to terminate an agreement with a company for Canyon Falls Park construction, per a town memo. The park is being constructed on the west side of town at 6425 Stonecrest Road.
“I essentially put it out there almost four years ago, and it was just some- thing on my horizon that I thought would be a good thing for our commu- nity,” he said. “Our community is very supportive of its veterans. Obviously, [they’re] very patriotic.” The memorial, which was discussed at a May council meeting, would be similar to the memorial in Highland
and have them mounted on those stones, and as the stones ll up, we would just add more stones,” Schmidt said. The memorial would be for Argyle and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, and it could contain tributes to service members both living and dead, he said.
Argyle council is discussing a memorial similar to Highland Village’s, pictured here. (Don Munsch/Community Impact)
Flower Mound town employees address current work conditions FLOWER MOUND Town
Highland Village FD talks mutual aid HIGHLAND VILLAGE Local re depart- ments have asked the Highland Village Fire Department to be “more self-reliant” concerning assists on mutual aid calls, when other re departments are called in to help on a re or other emergency. Highland Village Fire Chief Jason Collier told council on May 23 about how the HVFD has implemented plans to alleviate concerns from the Lewisville and Flower Mound re departments, which have asked the HVFD to reduce its reliance on them. “Last year Flower Mound and Lewisville advised they will no longer be able to send their last ambulance out of town,” Collier said in an email. “In this scenario, if our ambulance is on another call when we receive an EMS call, the response time would be delayed.” Department o cials discussed hiring three full- and three part-time employee slots to alleviate concerns.
SURVEY RESULTS Flower Mound town employees lled out a job satisfaction survey in June.
employees gave high marks for their overall job satisfaction in a recent survey, but still communi- cated concerns about compensa- tion, among other results. Town employees were sur- veyed on their attitudes on a number of issues that included not just compensation but also work schedule, leave, perks and environment. It was the rst survey since 2018 and the fth survey conducted by the town. A compensation and classi - cation study will be conducted this scal year, per the town. Sta ers can also take advantage of the alternative work schedule and working from home, said J.P. Walton, strategic services manager for the town.
satis ed with their job
86%
plan to still work with town in one year
92%
rated compensation as “good” or ”excellent”
38%
rated job bene ts as “good” or “excellent”
78%
Score out of 100 on work-life balance
68
Score out of 100 on work schedule exibility
Denton St., Argyle. www.argyletx.com
63
SOURCE: TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND COMMUNITY IMPACT
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FLOWER MOUND HIGHLAND VILLAGE ARGYLE EDITION • JULY 2023
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