HomeMy WebLinkAboutColleyville Communicator-City Publications-11/14/2011OCTOBER
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Basic Photography
Kock riouse - Lantana Room
Tues. & Thurs., Oct. 4-27, 6:30 p.m.
For details, call 817.503.1180
Beginners Ballroom Dance
Location TBD
Wed., Oct. 5-Nov. 9, 7:00 p.m.
For details, call 817.503.1180
Adventure Kidz - Fall Crafts
Colleyville Public Library
Thurs., Oct. 6, 3:15 p.m.
For details, call 817.503.1150
Social Dance Classes
Colleyville Senior Center
Thurs., Oct. 6-27, 11:30 a.m.
For details, call 817.283.7648
(Please note new class time)
Photo Gifts-Photo Panel
Colleyville Senior Center
Wed., Oct 1Z, 10:00 am.
For details, call 817.283.7648
Adventure Kidz - Ballet Basics
Colleyville Public Library
Thurs., Oct. 13, 3:15 p.m.
For details, call 817.503.1150
Adventure Kidz - LEGO Mania
Colleyville Public Library
Thurs., Oct. 20, 3:15 p.m.
For details, call 817.503.1150
For a complete listing
of activities and events in
October, visit Colleyville.com.
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NO TAX INCREASE IN PROPOSED CITY BUDGET
The proposed fiscal year 2012
budget was presented to the
Colleyville City Council in August.
If approved, the new budget will
go into effect on Oct. 1. The
combined proposed expenditures
and transfers total $35,469,313,
a $72,607 increase from the
current year budget. Once again,
Colleyville's tax rate will remain
at .3559 for every $100 in
a~araised ~/aiu~t, Essentially the
same rate the city has
maintained for the past 17 years,
with the exception of an increase
of less than one penny to build
new fire stations in 2008. Voters
approved that measure in a 2005
bond election.
The annual budget allows the
City Council to steer a course
toward a strategic vision that
aligns municipal resources with
community needs. Quality of life
issues, such as neighborhood
integrity, public safety, economic
development, street mainten-
ance, and leisure services are
consistent themes in the
strategic points adopted by the
City Council. These include:
• A long-term commitment to
economic development
• Fostering a more diversified
tax base
• Protecting and preserving
Colleyville neighborhoods
• Delivering sustainable
government
• Branding Colleyville with a
unique identity
8y re~r~ai~i~-~g focused on th~zse
initiatives, the community, City
Council, and staff can weigh the
divergent demands of the
citizenry, pursuing only those
elements that help achieve these
initiatives, and thereby ensuring
the highest priorities of the
community as a whole are
accomplished. The proposed
budget for fiscal year 2012 is
available at Colleyville.com.
Mandatory two-days-per-
eek restrictions on outdoor
watering went into effect
on Aug. 29. For complete
etails, visit Colleyville.com.
ALARM PERMITS MAYOR FOR A DAY SENIOR HEALTH FAIR
About 99 percent of business and The city has announced its Healthcare professionals and
residential alarm calls responded annual '~Mayor for a Day" essay service providers will be at the
to by Colleyville police are false. contest. Open to Colleyville Colleyville Senior Center for the
Last year the city spent about residents in grades 2-7, the Senior Health Fair on Friday, Oct.
$261,000 responding to false contest offers an opportunity for 14, from 9:00 a.m. until noon.
alarms and nearly an hour in young students to realize they The annual event provides an
officers' time clearing each false can influence the world around opportunity for seniors to learn
alarm call. The Colleyville City them. Students must reside in about health-related issues. With
Council recently adopted a new Colleyville to be eligible. flu season around the corner,
alarm permit ordinance to curtail Applications will be accepted preventative shots for flu and
the high volume of false alarms. through Tuesday, Oct. 18. The pneumonia will be offered. The
In addition, the city has winner will be announced Friday, cost for flu shots is $30, while
contracted with PMAM Alarm Oct. 21. pneumonia shots are $65. For
Management to implement their To enter, all contestants must participants with proof of
False Alarm Management submit a one-to-two page essay Medicare Part B, both shots are
Solution (FAMS). The full-service, addressing what they would do available at no charge.
web-based application is as mayor to improve and The Colleyville Senior Center is
exp~cted to ~educe ~aise a~arr-~s eni ancz ii~e i~r Colleyv~i~e. Th~ iocatEd at 2512 i iauE nvau. FOi
by 25 percent within 18 months writer of the winning essay will additional information, call
and raise the alarm code serve as honorary mayor on 817.283.7648.
compliance rate from 21 percent Tuesday, Nov. 15, touring city
to at least 40 percent. facilities and meeting with SEISMIC SURVEY
The alarm management system department heads, and co-
site will serve both city officials presiding with Mayor David Kelly Dawson Geophysical is planning
and residents. Information at the Colleyville City Council to conduct a seismic survey in
detailing the city's alarm meeting that evening. For parts of Colleyville in November.
ordinance will be available on the additional information, visit This seismic survey will be used
site to educate residents and Colleyville.com. to locate pockets of natural gas
offer training in the proper use of below ground at a depth of about
alarm systems. The site will
HAUNTED TRAILS FEST 8,000 feet. No drilling or ground
manage all alarm permit holders' penetration is involved. The
accounts and collect fines for It's an October tradition. Haunted authorization form being sent to
code violations, which will give Trails Fest, one of the city's most homeowners represents a private
permit holders safe, easy access popular events, returns to the contract between the property
to their account information and Colleyville Nature Center on owner and Dawson Geophysical;
allow new alarm owners to apply Saturday, Oct. 22. Princesses, the city is not a party to those
for a permit online. Responding pirates, goblins and ghouls all contracts.
officers will also have real-time come out to enjoy a night of arts A seismic survey does not use
access to an alarm permit and crafts, and games and explosives. Instead it is
helder's ~rio!- history. am~:sement before ~~enturing conducted with Vibroseis trucks,
The annual permit fee for an down the haunted trail. Pumpkin which utilize ultrasonic waves to
alarm is currently $25 and will craft decorating, costume determine the presence of
stay the same under the new contests for people and pets, and natural gas below ground. Trucks
ordinance. Each alarm owner will not-so-scary storytelling - what will be located only on city
be allowed up to three false better way to spend an October streets and on private property
alarm responses per year without eve. Events are free; admission with the permission of the owner.
incurring charges. Thereafter, the to the haunted trail is $3. Homeowners may see cables
fine will increase in $25 Event hours are 7:00-9:00 resembling extension cords
increments to a maximum fine of p.m. The first half hour of the attached to'~geophones" along
$100. event is geared toward younger the front of their property and
Colleyville residents and children. The fright factor along public streets. The
businesses will be able to access increases after 7:30 p.m. The geophones are used to receive
the alarm permit site through the Colleyville Nature Center is the ultrasonic wave returns from
city's website at Colleyville.com located at Mill Creek and Mill the Vibroseis trucks and should
to set up their own personal login Wood drives (from Colleyville only be in place for a few days.
and password. The new system Boulevard, travel west on Glade For more information, please
will be ready to launch in the Road, then south on Mill Creek contact the Dawson Geophysical
next few weeks. Drive). agent at 817.832.7152.
2875-19778