• Willow Park Civics Blog: First Responders, by Glenn Rogers, TX House Rep. for District 60, 18 July 2022  

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• Willow Park Civics Blog: Fire Chief LeNoir Retires,  16 July 2022   

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• 12 July 2022 Council Meeting

  • 3.Discussion/Action: to accept the retirement letter from Mike LeNoir, Fire Chief/Fire Marshal/Emergency Management Coordinator.

  • 6. Discussion/Action: to appoint John Schneider as Fire Marshal and Fire Chief. Asst. Chief Schneider is qualified and experienced to assume these roles with the retirement of Chief LeNoir. Finally, Assistant Chief Schneider has the endorsement of Mike LeNoir for these positions.

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• 30 June 2022, social media post by Willow Park resident. "Doyle went door to door, gathering signatures for this petition.”

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• 30 June 2022 email from ESD1 Fire Chief Stephen Watson to City of Willow Park

From: Stephen Watson 

Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2022 4:22 PM

To: Bryan Grimes <BGrimes@willowpark.org>

Cc: Bill Funderburk <bfunderburk@willowpark.org>

Subject: Petition for annexation

Mr. Grimes,

    Yesterday the district received a petition for annexation of an area that wholly includes the City of Willow Park, and the portion of it’s ETJ that is not already in an ESD.  It also includes all of the area known as “West Oak West”, a portion of which is in the ETJ.  We have verified that the appropriate number of petitioners as required by Chapter 775 of the Texas Health and Safety Code are qualified and valid petitioners.  Our board will be meeting soon to set a public hearing in-line with statutory requirements regarding the requested annexation.  In the meantime it is our request to coordinate with city staff regarding a strategy for the transition of services upon an election being called and the annexation affirmed by voters.  I would suggest that this include discussion regarding conveyance of fleet and equipment, related debt, ESD 1 onboarding of current Willow Park Fire personnel, and short-term/long-term plans for the fire station. 

     Additionally we would like to affirm that if the annexation takes place, we would seek to employ all of the current Willow Wark firefighters, that being the nine operations/shift personnel.  We are willing to perform a comprehensive pay and benefit review on their behalf, and are committed to making sure they have the opportunity to be informed as the process goes forward.

      I look forward to working with you, have a good independence holiday,

Respectfully,

Stephen Watson, CFE | Fire Chief

Parker County Emergency Services District No. 1

817.523.7598 | www.pcesd1.com

• Spring 2022, a "rumor" circulated the city about Willow Park losing our fire department the Parker County asdfasdfasdf. Willow Park Civics approached three elected officials, each assuring us the the Willow Park fire department and the city was not supporting such a proposition. In addition, we were told the citizens of Willow Park would have to vote on such a proposition. There is no documentation of these conversations. 

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• 25 January 2022 Council Meeting including agenda packet and minutes. 

  • Reports [presentations and documents included]

    • Fire Department Report in .pdf includes  Operations, Training, Prevention, Call Volume 2021.

      • Excerpt: With the support of the city and the council the operations division grew by three new firefighter positions. The three firefighter positions allowed the department to operate with three fire personnel on each 24-hour shift. The new positions also allowed the department to staff the ladder truck on a consistent basis.

      • Operations personnel remained busy throughout the year handling the workload of operating and maintaining the department to a high standard. The Department was inspected by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection this year. The department passed the inspection and was commended by state inspectors based on operational personnel maintaining the department to such a high standard.

      • This year staff responded to 985 calls to service.

      • [Editorial Note: Of the 985 calls, 488 (49.5%) were Rescue & Emergency Medical Service Incidents. Based on 09 May 2017 council meeting item 11, many of these Rescue & Emergency Medical Service Incidents were on I20, which is a federal highway; during this May 2017 council meeting, the council approved "Ordinance No. 752-17, an ordinance establishing and implementing a program to charge mitigation rates for the deployment of emergency and non-emergency services by the fire department for services provided/rendered for the Willow Park Fire/Rescue Department. Approve Ordinance No. 752-17 for Fire Department to enter into an agreement with Fire Recovery USA, LLC to be the billing service for Fire Department Claims to Insurance companies.]

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• 09 May 2017 Council Meeting Agenda / Minutes

  • Agend Item 11. Discussion/Action: To consider and approve Resolution 06-17, a resolution providing authorization for the execution of a Texas Revenue Recovery Interlocal Cooperation Agreement. To consider approving Ordinance No. 752-17, an ordinance establishing and implementing a program to charge mitigation rates for the deployment of emergency and non-emergency services by the fire department for services provided/rendered for the Willow Park Fire/Rescue Department. Approve Ordinance No. 752-17 for Fire Department to enter into an agreement with Fire Recovery USA, LLC to be the billing service for Fire Department Claims to Insurance companies. 

    • Background: This was formally known as Fire Rescue Recovery. Now retitled as Fire Recovery USA, LLC. 2. This service bills the insurance company and not the citizen. The billing process can be modified. 3. This will allow for the fire department to bill the insurance companies for supplies and equipment used on incidents such as: motor vehicle accidents, swift water rescues, hazardous materials incidents, and fire investigations. 4. This program is data input by the fire department on-line and is a secondary reporting system to the Fire House Software reporting system that we use for logging the incidents. 5. The service will pay the fire department 80% of the total monies collected on the fire department’s claims to the insurance company.

    • ​Exhibit:Ordinance No. 752-17, Fire Recovery USA, LLC Client List and Service Agreement. 

    • Posted Ordinance: 

      • Sec. 5.01.002 Mitigation rates

      • (a) The Willow Park Fire Rescue shall initiate mitigation rates for the delivery of emergency and nonemergency services by the fire department for personnel, supplies and equipment to the scene of emergency and nonemergency incidents as listed in exhibit A to Ordinance 752-17. The mitigation rates shall be based on actual costs of the services and that which is usual, customary and reasonable (UCR) as shown in exhibit A to Ordinance 752-17, which may include any services, personnel, supplies, and equipment and with baselines established by addendum to Ordinance 752-17.

      • (b) A claim shall be filed to the responsible party(s) through their insurance carrier. In some circumstances, the responsible party(s) will be billed directly.

      • (c) The fire department’s city council may make rules or regulations and from time-to-time may amend, revoke, or add rules and regulations, not consistent with this section, as they may deem necessary or expedient in respect to billing for these mitigation rates or the collection thereof.

      • (Ordinance 752-17 adopted 5/9/17)

    • 09 May 2017 Council Meeting Minutes

      • ​11. Discussion/Action: To consider and approve Resolution 06-17, a resolution providing authorization for the execution of a Texas Revenue Recovery Interlocal Cooperation Agreement.

      • ***Councilmember Gholson made a motion to approve Resolution 06-17.Seconded by Councilmember Galle

      • Aye votes: Councilmembers Martin, Runnebaum, Gholson, Galle Motion passed with a vote of 4-0

• 09 February 2016 Council Meeting, Agenda / Minutes

  • ​10. Discussion/Action: Receive the Annual Report of the Fire Department (Fire Chief Brent Sauble )

    • A. Annual Fire Activity Report

    • B. Status of Dispatch Conversion

    • C. Status of Fleet Improvements

    • D. Projected Staffing Needs based on Call Volume

  • 11. Discussion: Discuss implementation of a fee to be imposed for the mobilization and dispatch of the Willow Park Fire Rescue personnel and equipment, in response to a municipal event or emergency and contracting with a third party to collect the fee. (Fire Chief Brent Sauble )

    • Detail Memo: City Council Action Requested: Approve Service Agreement with Fire Recovery USA, and Ordinance allowing fire department to bill non-residence for fire and rescue services.

    • Background Information: The City of Willow Park Fire/Rescue Department responds to multiple motor vehicle accidents, vehicle fires, and rescue calls annually that are located on Interstate 20 or surrounding areas of the City limits of Willow Park. The fire department does not currently bill for any services. This ordinance and agreement would allow the fire department to bill non-citizens insurance companies for fire and rescue response. This would include motor vehicle accidents on Interstate 20, vehicle fires on interstate 20, fluid spills on interstate 20 or any company that spills fluids on Willow Park roadways. The fire department has already purchased the software through Fire House incident reporting system that would allow us to do this. The department would submit the reports that could be billed through Fire Recovery USA. The department would make sure that no City of Willow Park citizens are billed for any services rendered to them. This is a billing system for non-citizens only.

• Cities unhappy about possible ETJ annexation, [.pdf] Weatherford Democrat, 19 February 2013, updated 22 July 2014, Excerpts.

  • The ESD has declined to redraw the map that voters in the affected area and current ESD will vote on in May, Willow Park Mayor Richard Neverdousky told the city council last week, shortly before the group discussed options to oppose annexation of their ETJ. ESD No. 1 Board President Rena Peden told the Democrat on Friday that the cities of both Willow Park and Fort Worth have expressed issues with the potential annexation of their respective ETJs.   

  • Further complicating issues are what fire officials agree are outdated fire service area boundaries that have areas better served by Willow Park currently in Aledo’s fire service area and thus the annexation area.“Basically their ESD board president said they will not redraw their lines,” Neverdousky said. “The whole answer is this is a big money grab.”