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Cedar Hill manager announces new IT director, legacy dog park plan and $6.8M certificates of obligation
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City Manager announced the hiring of Neil Bolton as Director of Information Technology, a contract to develop a 3.5-acre Legacy Dog Park on Trinity Church land with a May 12 groundbreaking, and proposed issuing $6.8 million in certificates of obligation with an identified $2 million of additional funds for current projects.
At the April 14 Cedar Hill briefing, the city manager introduced Neil Bolton as the city’s new Director of Information Technology and outlined several upcoming capital projects and events.
"Mister Neil Bolton has been hired as our director of information technology," the city manager said, listing Bolton’s past service with Cedar Hill Independent School District and Fort Worth ISD. Bolton addressed the council: "I'm so excited to be part of the city of Cedar Hill ... I can't wait to help serve the citizens of Cedar Hill." The council welcomed Bolton.
The manager also reviewed capital planning and events and described a bond-matters package that would include $6,800,000 in certificates of obligation for projects. She told the council finance had found an additional $2,000,000 available for current projects and that staff had added a line item to pursue expanded parking near the Library and West Midtown area.
On parks, the manager presented a proposed contract with Wurlick's Design to build the Legacy Dog Park on a long-term lease of 3.5 acres from Trinity Church at no annual rent. She described the design elements: "two large dog parks and two small dog parks" to allow grass recovery, a 4-foot sidewalk from Pleasant Run, a 1-foot concrete strip along fencing to prevent escapes, 20 solar lights requested by church leadership, two covered patios and a Legacy Dog Park sign at the corner of Pleasant Run. The manager said, if approved, the groundbreaking would be May 12 at 10:30 a.m., with lunch provided by Trinity Church.
The manager also summarized consent and administrative items to be considered at the regular meeting, including purchase of 13 Panasonic Toughbooks for police patrol vehicles, acceptance of the 2025 racial-profiling report, and participation in an interlocal energy cooperative.
The briefing closed with Councilmember McCurdy moving to adjourn and the mayor calling a unanimous voice vote; the meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m. and reconvened at 7 p.m. for the regular council meeting.
Quotes in this article are taken from the meeting transcript and attributed to the city manager and Neil Bolton.
