Frisco

Various cities in Texas deal with water waste in different ways.

Monday, Aug. 10, 2009

Collin County: diversity and elections

By Bill Baumbach

Unfortunately, our growing diversity is absent from the makeup of our local governing bodies.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Frisco City Council notes — May 5, 2009

This meeting was the last meeting for Council Members Joy West and Tony Felker.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Frisco might loosen smoking restrictions for cigar bars

... because there's talk of opening one in Frisco Square.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Frisco City Council notes — April 2009, a month in review

The April 7th meeting was a full agenda. This was followed by one of the shortest agenda we have ever had on April 21.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Failure of communication between police and 911 dispatchers in Frisco murder-suicide

Family that rescues girl whose father murdered her mother, ends up the target of initial police action.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Frisco City Council notes — 3/17/09

The agenda was kept very light and we were wrapped up before 8 p.m.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Frisco City Council notes — 3/3/09

Tonight’s meeting was one of our longest in awhile, lasting until after 10:30.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Frisco City Council notes — 2/17/09

Our meeting this week was fairly short with mainly procedural votes taking place.

Monday, Feb. 23, 2009

Frisco City Council notes — 2/3/09

We are all excited to announce the hiring of our new City Secretary Jenny Page.

Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009

Frisco CVB receives SportsEvents Magazine readers’ choice award

Denton CVB was also included in the 40+ list of winners. Two of 40. Go DFW?

Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009

Frisco City Council notes — 1/20/09

After a few months of having historically light agendas, there was plenty to talk about in this meeting.

Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009

Frisco City Council notes — 1/6/09

The first meeting of the new year certainly brought some exciting change.

Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009

Shelley Holly named Frisco’s new library director

Shelley is presently is Frisco’s Assistant Library Director and Head of Public Services.

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

Frisco City Council notes — 12/16/08

It is amazing how quick the year goes by. I cannot believe this was already our last meeting of 2008!

Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008

Frisco City Council notes — 12/2/08

Council approved a water rate increase of roughly $.41/thousand gallons.

Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008

Lake Lewisville toll bridge construction well underway

A tall archway with lighted columns on both ends of the new span will provide "an easily recognizable landmark" in southern Denton County.

Monday, Dec. 1, 2008

Frisco City Council notes — 11/18/08

In our regular agenda, our main item was approving the revised Hike and Bike Trail Master Plan.

Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008

Frisco City Council notes — 10/21/08

The new system will allow our citizens to view live streaming of our meetings as well as to go back and watch the video of any topic.

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008

Frisco City Council notes — October 8, 2008

For the second straight meeting, we changed the date to accommodate National Night Out.

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008

Frisco City Council notes — 9/15/08

Council Member Joy West joked that we should schedule more meetings during Cowboy games as it makes us more efficient.

Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008

Frisco deciding whether to take action against tar-tist

City worker gets artsy fartsy with the tar repair on Sunset Drive.

Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008

Frisco City Council notes: August 19, 2008

We held our first public hearing on our proposed tax rate; the state requires us to disclose a notice of an effective tax rate increase.

Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008

Frisco City Council meeting notes — August 5, 2008

We had a large turnout from citizens, mainly from those interested in the burying of utility lines and the proposed skate park.

Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008

Frisco Parks & Recreation Director Rick Wieland quick to credit staff

They've ushered in popular new senior adult center and indoor recreation center.

Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008

Frisco Police Chief Todd Renshaw and officers make a difference in citizens’ lives

"Hiring the right folks and making sure that they're provided with the right tools and training to do a good job is paramount."

Monday, Aug. 4, 2008

Frisco Fire Chief Mack Borchardt places high value on character, integrity and work ethic

"Not too long after becoming a volunteer firefighter, I fell in love with it in 1973."

Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008

Frisco Mayor Maher Maso’s goals for city are quality of life oriented

Frisco's population as of July 1 was 101,393, and it's the seventh fastest growing city in the United States.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Frisco City Manager George Purefoy’s goal is finding right mix of government for city as it grows

Frisco's present general fund budget for police, fire, streets, parks and library is $70 million, but if you add in water, sewer and sanitation, it's closer to $140 million total.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Frisco City Council notes — June 17, 2008

This meeting kicks off our busy season for City Council as we now roll into Board interviews and appointments followed by our budget work.

Monday, June 23, 2008

UPDATED: City of Frisco looking into approves doggie park at BF Phillips

By Chad Jones

The city will vote on approving a contract with engineers who will assess the feasibility and cost of the park.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Frisco City Council notes — 6/3/08

Mayor Maher Maso's goal to start meeting on time at 6:30 worked well.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Frisco City Council notes — May 21, 2008

We said farewell to Mike Simpson and Matt Lafata and welcomed new Mayor Maher Maso and Council Member Scott Johnson.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Frisco bringing the happy-haps to start the summer

Jimmy Buffet, Edgefest, a Rover Rally and a visit to a new restaurant are just some of the recent events in Frisco.

Friday, May 16, 2008

2008 Frisco election results: Maso for mayor, no late night ordinance

By Alex Bentley

Frisco voters overwhelmingly chose Maher Maso as their new mayor, along with choosing not to allow restaurants and bars to stay open past midnight.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Frisco City Council notes — May 6, 2008

Tonight was a special meeting as it was the final meeting for Mayor Mike Simpson and Council Members Jim Joyner and Matt Lafata. All three have reached their term limits and their successors will be determined this Saturday, May 10.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Frisco’s late night ordinance reviewed

Whichever side of the issue you are on, I just hope that everyone exercises their right to vote.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Frisco population surpasses 100,000

For the City of Frisco, it's onward and upward (in terms of population, anyway).

Friday, April 25, 2008

Frisco City Council notes — April 16, 2008