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Council amends fee schedule to add vehicle-fire fee classes; amended ordinance set for first reading Aug. 1
Summary
Lewisville City Council voted to amend its fee schedule ordinance to add fee classifications for certain vehicle fire responses and changed the ordinance's effective date to Aug. 1, 2026; the amendment passed on a 4-0 roll call and the amended ordinance received its required first reading.
Lewisville City Council amended an ordinance on May 18 to add new fee classifications related to certain vehicle fire responses and to change the ordinance's effective date.
A councilmember moved to amend ordinance 26-29 (the city's schedule of fees) to add missing truck classifications and to change the effective date to Aug. 1, 2026 so the item would require another reading. The amendment passed on a roll-call vote: Street, Aljansk, Gdone and Mallister Atkins voted yes; Councilmember Johnston was excused.
Under the motion, the fee schedule will include the previously omitted heavy-truck categories (truck class seven and eight). After the amendment passed, the council performed the ordinance's statutorily required first reading of the amended text and agreed to return for a second reading at a later meeting.
Why it matters: the fee changes give the city explicit authority to charge for responses to certain vehicle fires and clarify which vehicle classes are subject to fees, which affects how the fire department and finance staff bill incident-related costs.
Council procedure and next steps: because council amended the ordinance, state/local rules require additional readings; staff and council said they expect a second reading to follow before the ordinance takes effect on the new August 1 date if adopted.
Votes at a glance: the amendment to include truck classes and change the effective date passed 4-0 on roll call (Street; Aljansk; Gdone; Mallister Atkins).
