The City of Highland Village News

City Council Continues Budget Discussion

At the July 28 meeting, Council continued discussion of the FY 09-10 General Fund budget with staff. The largest single revenue source in the proposed budget is the ad valorem (property) tax. This year the assessed valuation will, maintaining the existing tax rate of .56963 per $100 valuation,… Read More »

Recap of City Issues - July 31, 2009

This week the "Stop Signs" were removed from Double Tree Drive.  This was in no way intended to diminish the safety in your neighborhoods.  Our review was solely a matter of pending growth in our community, prompting us to evaluate the consistency of our placement of signage… Read More »

Highland Village Named Finalist for NLC’s 2009 Awards for Municipal Excellence

The National League of Cities (NLC) and CH2M HILL announce that Highland Village was chosen as a finalist for the 2009 Awards for Municipal Excellence. Sponsored with CH2M HILL, the Awards for Municipal Excellence recognize cities and towns for outstanding programs which improve the quality of life… Read More »

Recap of City Issues - July 24, 2009

The City's new Recycle Cart program is now a year old and it is interesting to compare how the recycling habits of our residents have changed from June 2008 to June 2009.  Each month the City receives a refuse and recycle report from Waste Management.  Since the distribution of the blue… Read More »

Recap of City Issues - July 17, 2009

Mandatory Phase 2 water restrictions limiting landscape watering for Highland Village residents went into effect on Tuesday, July 14. Phase 2 prohibits residential and commercial landscape watering on Monday and Friday and restricts watering between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. the rest of the days.… Read More »

Council Discusses FY 09/10 Budget

At the July 14 meeting, Council discussed the FY 09-10 General Fund budget with staff. The largest single revenue source in the proposed budget is the ad valorem (property) tax. Though we have not yet received the final tax role, our current projections for assessed valuation will, maintaining the… Read More »

City Initiates Phase 2 Water Restrictions

Mandatory Phase 2 water restrictions limiting landscape watering for Highland Village residents went into effect on Tuesday, July 14. Phase 2 prohibits residential and commercial landscape watering on Monday and Friday and restricts watering between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. the rest of the days.… Read More »

Recap of City Issues - July 10, 2009

The weekly TXDOT FM 2499 project meeting was canceled this week.  The project status is as follows:  The contractor continues to perform concrete pours of the bridge spans on the north side of the lake water level for the Poindexter bridge.  They will continue to pour concrete spans… Read More »

City Connections - July Edition

City Purchases Doubletree RanchOn Tuesday, June 16 the City of Highland Village purchased Doubletree Ranch from the Trust for Public Land (TPL). The Trust purchased the Doubletree Ranch at an auction held at Denton County Courthouse on June 2. The TPL purchased the Ranch for $2,866,659.04, which was… Read More »