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Council updates naming policy, honors Eddie Hill and Reverend Angus Thompson
Summary
The Wichita Falls City Council approved an updated naming/renaming resolution replacing a 1998 policy, removed the five‑year posthumous requirement, expanded honorary street options and clarified removal procedures. The council also approved renaming the RC Airpark to Eddie Hill RC Airpark and an honorary street designation for the late Reverend Angus Thompson.
Wichita Falls — The City Council voted Dec. 2 to modernize its policy on naming city-owned facilities and to approve multiple honorary namings recognizing local figures.
Council voted to replace Resolution 162‑98, a naming policy adopted in 1998, with a modernized resolution that staff said removes an automatic five‑year posthumous requirement and expands recognition options to include living honorees, offices and honorary street designations. "The old ordinance... you had to be deceased for five…
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