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Council members hold hearings on annexing and zoning 180.72 acres at County Roads 413 and 471. The agenda also asks them to approve a Chapter 380 agreement with Bloomfield Homes whose terms are not posted.
Elementary campuses mark Red Ribbon Week Oct. 26-30, East Cardinal's band plays a free fall concert Oct. 26, and all 13 Melissa High cross country qualifiers run at regionals Oct. 27.
Public Works says its Flock Safety cameras watch frequently flooded roads, known dump sites and concrete spills along the Outer Loop. The contract expires Nov. 9, and commissioners take up an extension Nov. 2.
East Cardinal Middle School performs Nov. 2 and 7, and Melissa High School Theatre runs Footloose: The Musical on four nights starting Nov. 5 at the Melissa Arts Center. Tickets are on sale now.
Collin County would pay HDR Engineering $982,008 more to study new alignments for the 21-mile Segment 5 and write an environmental document. A preferred route would not go to commissioners until late winter 2027.
Reviewers for the High School Fed Challenge picked 12 of 207 papers for this year's Journal of Future Economists. The Melissa team, three current students and a former student, wrote a podcast-style script on holiday music and spending.
Carter BloodCare takes whole blood and double red cell donations Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Oct. 30, city departments hand out treats from 9 to 11 a.m.
The free Cardinal Court Crew puts first through fifth graders on game-day duty for the boys and girls teams. Also ahead: a free middle school band concert Oct. 26 and Red Ribbon Week dress-up days.
Collin County commissioners take up one-year extensions of the Sheriff's Office dispatch contracts with the City of Melissa and the Melissa Fire Department. The county's fee sheet bases the charges largely on how many radios each agency runs.
A $207,370 agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday's North Texas Municipal Water District consent agenda would pay for the Corps' environmental and dam-safety review of the project.
Collin County expects to spend about $13,000 a year on general veterinary services from the nonprofit starting Dec. 1, paid from the shelter's animal safety and spay-neuter funds.
Melissa ISD is hosting the Region 25 5A/6A marching contest Oct. 21. Tickets are $11 for adults and $6 for ages 6-18. The high school's cross country teams, meanwhile, head to regionals Oct. 27.
Fed reviewers picked 12 of 207 team papers for the 2026 Journal of Future Economists. The Melissa High entry, on how holiday songs make money, starts on page 84.
The North Texas Municipal Water District board votes Thursday on the positions its staff and lobbyists will push when the Legislature convenes in January, from SWIFT money to rules for utility districts serving new subdivisions.
Melissa ISD says its head football coach will lead a team at the Under Armour All-America Game, played in early January in DeLand, Florida, and streamed on ESPN.
The latest change is a small net credit thanks to an Oncor rebate, a notice for Monday's Commissioners Court shows. A second notice puts change orders on the county's medical examiner and garage project at $3.45 million.
The Oct. 19 agenda also has a public hearing on the district's state financial rating, an A with 92 points, and a resolution allowing small recognition awards for employees.
Aramark's menu relaunch, shaped by last month's food service survey, adds daily entrée choices for elementary students and new options at secondary schools, and the high school food truck now opens at 6:45 a.m.
Staff say rising police and court activity requires more court sessions. The same consent list would hire MuniCap to administer the city's tax increment zone and help create future ones.
Families must register to receive the link for the 6–7 p.m. session on referrals, testing and qualifications.
Proposition A would pay for 11 projects in the second and third phases of the college's master plan. The college says its tax rate, unchanged since 2018, is expected to stay the same if voters approve.
