Melissa boards set FY2027 public safety budgets; Council eyed annexations and utility fund
Melissa's public safety boards and City Council held a packed June 23 slate covering next year's budgets, land annexations, and downtown construction — but because minutes have not yet been published, only the agendas are available and no outcomes are confirmed.
Public safety budgets proposed for FY2027
The Crime Control and Prevention District Board scheduled a public hearing and a recommendation to Council on a FY2027 budget listing $1.57 million in revenue and $2.0 million in expenditures. The agenda included funding for three new police positions — a detective, a lieutenant, and a community engagement officer — and authorization of up to $383,000 for three police vehicles. The board also planned to approve minutes from September 2025 and May 2026 meetings.
The Fire Control, Prevention, and EMS District Board scheduled its own public hearing on a FY2027 budget totaling $2.8 million, with a $973,930 supplemental request. That supplemental item listed hiring six new firefighters at $801,793, purchasing one new ambulance at $90,000, $75,137 in overtime for firefighters attending paramedic school, and $7,000 for an EMS training class.
Because minutes are not yet published, it is not confirmed whether the boards voted to recommend these budgets to Council.
Council agenda: annexations, rezoning, downtown streets
The City Council agenda for June 23 included two annexation ordinances: 144.54 acres at Outer Loop Road and County Road 418, with a matching rezoning of those 144.54 acres to Planned Development/Single Family Residential District 3; and 32.673 acres near County Road 277 and Sunset Canyon Drive. The agenda also listed a contract award for the Downtown CMU Streets Project and the Vineyard Hills Estates Public Improvement District assessment plan.
A separate Council work session agenda covered the FY 2027 Utility Fund overview, the PID process and a preliminary service action plan, economic development negotiations regarding Jesse Stiff Survey, Abstract 792, an executive session on the City Manager and Boards/Commission personnel, and a legal consultation on a boundary agreement.
Again, minutes are not yet published, so Council actions on these items are not confirmed.
Why this matters to residents
The public safety budget proposals, if adopted by Council, would add police and firefighter positions and a second frontline ambulance. The annexation and rezoning items would bring new acreage into city limits and shape what gets built there. The downtown street project contract affects construction in the city core. Residents should watch for the published minutes to see what was actually approved.
Coming up
- **Planning & Zoning Commission, July 9, 2026** — A work session on recommended planning and zoning cases. No formal action is scheduled on the topics discussed.
- **Planning & Zoning Commission, July 9, 2026** — A public hearing and recommendation on rezoning 6.235 acres at the southeast corner of McKinney St and Melissa Rd from SF-3/C-2/I-2 to PD/C-2 within the Downtown Overlay. The commission will also consider final engineering site plans for Shops at Downtown Melissa I (1.633 acres at 1831 E. Melissa Road) and Chase Oaks Outpost Melissa (5.95 acres, 1,276 feet south of McKinney St and Melissa Rd), plus approval of June 11, 2026 work session and regular meeting minutes.
Earlier weeks
- week of 2026-06-29 — Fire District Board Backs $2.8M Budget With Six New Firefighters, Ambulance; City Council Weighs Land Annexations
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