Southlake Puts Term Limits on the Table

🏛️ Southlake Puts Council Term Limits on the Table

🔥 Keller Lifts Its Burn Ban, So Fire Pits Are Back

👮 What Keller and Northwest ISDs Will Pay for School Officers

📍 Worth Discovering: Trails, Disc Golf and a Lake View in Trophy Club

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🏛️ Southlake Puts Council Term Limits on the Table

Right now, Southlake's mayor and council members can serve no more than two consecutive three-year terms. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, the City Council will talk about whether to start the process of changing that rule.

The agenda item asks the council to consider directing the city attorney, working with the city secretary, to prepare a proposed amendment to the city charter "regarding City Council term limits." The agenda doesn't say what a change would look like, and Tuesday's item is about whether to draft one, not a vote on new limits.

Even if the council moves ahead, nothing changes right away. Under state law, a charter amendment takes effect only after a majority of voters approve it at an election.

The meeting begins with a 5:30 PM work session at Town Hall, 1400 Main St., and the same agenda brings the Touchmark senior community plan for Carroll ISD and Gateway Church land back for first readings.

Review the Nov. 3 council agenda → | See the city's current term rules →

🔥 Keller Lifts Its Burn Ban, So Fire Pits Are Back

If the fire pit has been sitting cold since late summer, Keller just gave it the green light. The city has rescinded the burn ban it issued Aug. 26, so recreational fires, fire pits included, can resume under city rules. Tarrant County lifted its own ban for unincorporated areas on Oct. 13.

The city asks residents to burn clean, seasoned firewood or an approved fuel, keep water close by and never leave a fire unattended. Lifting the ban doesn't make every kind of fire OK, though. Keller still prohibits burning:

Questions about what's allowed go to the Keller Fire Marshal's Office at 817-743-4400.

Read the city's notice on Local News Only → | Check Tarrant County's burn ban status →

👮 What Keller and Northwest ISDs Will Pay for School Officers

Keller ISD and Northwest ISD will each pay more than $1 million this school year for school resource officers provided through an agreement with the city of Fort Worth. The Fort Worth City Council approved the 2026-27 program at its Oct. 13 meeting, Community Impact reported.

Keller ISD's share is $1.55 million for 11 officers, up from $1.48 million last school year. Northwest ISD will pay $1.21 million for 10 officers, up from $1.16 million. Both totals include a "true-up" that adjusts for what the program actually cost over the past two years, which trimmed about $36,000 from Keller ISD's bill and about $33,000 from Northwest's.

The program runs through Fort Worth's Crime Control and Prevention District on a 50% cost split, and the participating districts' combined share is $10.09 million. Fort Worth ISD, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD and Lena Pope are also part of it, and the contract runs through Sept. 30, 2027.

Read the full story from Community Impact →

🛶 Trails, Disc Golf and a Lake View in Trophy Club

Along the northern shore of Grapevine Lake, Trophy Club Park fits a lot of ways to spend a fall morning behind one gate. Hiking trails run from easy loops to more rugged stretches through open and wooded land, leashed dogs are welcome, and there's a dedicated mountain bike trail (helmets required) plus an 18-hole disc golf course laid out around the trees.

The water is part of the draw, too. Bring your own kayak or canoe for a self-guided paddle, since there are no rentals on site and life jackets are required, or fish from the shoreline for bass, channel catfish and even alligator gar. The town's parks department runs the park, which also has a separate off-road vehicle area.

General entry is $2 per vehicle for Trophy Club residents and $5 for everyone else, paid at the gate with Visa, Mastercard or exact cash. Gates are open 8 AM to 6 PM daily, but everyone has to be out by sundown, and with clocks falling back this Sunday, that comes earlier than you might expect.

Trophy Club Park | 2885 Trophy Park Dr., Trophy Club | Daily 8 AM-6 PM (out by sundown) | $2 per vehicle residents, $5 nonresidents | (682) 237-2993

Plan your visit with the town's park guide →

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