CITY & SCHOOLS
News from Keller ISD, Northwest ISD, Keller, Westlake & Tarrant County
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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 231 Courthouse Drive, Denton www.dentoncounty.gov Tarrant County Commissioners Court 23100 E. Weatherford St., Fort Worth www.tarrantcounty.com Keller ISD 350 Keller Parkway, Keller www.kellerisd.net Northwest ISD 2001 Texan Drive, Fort Worth www.nisdtx.org For the latest news coverage from these government meetings, visit communityimpact.com MEETINGS WE COVER
District chooses Michael Gri n to be interim superintendent
Prisoner move costing Tarrant Co. $18M
Property tax rate stays same in Westlake WESTLAKE The city’s tax levy is going up in scal year 2022-23 even though its property tax rate will remain the same. STAYING THE SAME The tax levy for scal year 2022-23 will generate more than last year.
KELLER ISD The board of trust- ees approved a policy change at its Aug. 22 meeting that will help staff determine whether library books are appropriate across four different education levels. The latest change adopts content guidelines for reviewing library books in KISD. The guidelines list 14 different categories that will judge whether books adhere to the new policies. Keller ISD approves policy change for library book review
TARRANT COUNTY Prisoners will be sent to a jail in West Texas to ease overcrowding after the commissioners court approved an $18 million contract with a private Delaware-based company called Management & Training Corp. The motion passed by a 3-2 margin on Aug. 30. Commissioners Gary Fickes and J.D. Johnson along with County Judge Glen Whitley voted in favor of the contract. Commissioners Roy Charles Brooks and Devan Allen were opposed. The Tarrant County Jail can safely handle 3,600-3,700 prison- ers, but its capacity typically is
between 4,400-4,500, according to sheri ’s o cials. A number of state inmates are being held there due to issues that came about as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the inability to make jail transfers, o cials said. The new contract allows Tarrant County to send 432 state inmates to the Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility in Post, Texas, which is about 40 miles south of Lubbock and 274 miles from Fort Worth. Garza County contracts with Management & Training Corp. to operate the facility, according to Tarrant County documents.
NORTHWEST ISD The board of trustees announced Michael Gri n will serve as the interim superin- tendent for the remainder of the 2022-23 school year. Gri n, who was the district’s assistant superintendent of curricu- lum and instruction, has worked in NISD for nearly 20 years. She was selected during a special meeting Sept. 15 at the Legacy Learning Center in Haslet. The board made the decision unanimously. Gri n will be the acting super- intendent until a permanent one is selected. She will ll the role of former Superintendent David Hicks, who died unexpectedly following a medical emergency Sept. 9. “Northwest ISD means the world to me, and I’m honored to tem- porarily lead the district forward with stability as we search for a new leader,” Gri n said in a press
release. “Our culture of excellence and commitment to academic and extracurricular achievement are unchanged, and our team
SOURCE: TOWN OF WESTLAKE COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER Tax rate FY 2021-22: Tax rate FY 2022-23: $0.16788 per $100 valuation
During a meeting Aug. 29, the council approved a tax rate of $0.16788 per $100 valuation. The rate is essentially a tax hike due to the increase in assessed property values in the town. By keeping the same tax rate, Westlake residents will see a bump of about 14.92% in their property tax bills. No residents spoke during the hearing. The approved tax rate was passed 5-0 in a roll-call vote.
Michael Gri n
The no-new-revenue property tax rate is $0.14609 per $100 valuation, which is the rate at which the town would generate the same amount of revenue as last scal year.
is doing great work to continue a strong start to our school year. Dr. Hicks left a tremendous mark on our district in his time with us with his caring and compassionate nature.” Hicks was in his rst year working for the school district, as he started on May 17. A press release said the district will use search rm Leasor Crass. The rm was also used to hire Hicks, who was in his 33rd year in education. He worked for Carroll- ton-Farmers Branch, Grapevine-Col- leyville, Denton and Sherman ISDs.
Keller residents to see 8% rise in trash rates
Cost to transfer: $18 million Tarrant County expected capacity: 3,600-3,700
Prisoners being transferred to Garza County: 432 Average capacity as of September: 4,400-4,500
PRISON OVERCROWDING Tarrant County will free up prison overcrowding with transfers.
TRASH RATE INCREASE Residential customers will see a $2 or less increase on their bills.
KELLER The city of Keller and Community Waste Disposal came to an agreement on a rate increase and extension of the existing contract during a council meeting Sept. 6. CWD was seeking an 11.4% increase
but agreed on an 8% raise for the period of Sept. 1, 2022-Aug. 31, 2023. Average residential cus- tomers will see no more than a $2 increase on their next bill, accord- ing to data provided to council.
Senior citizen: $1.28
Residential: $1.38 Backdoor pickup: $1.85 SOURCE: CITY OF KELLER COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
SOURCE: TARRANT COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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