Cedar Park Tackling Various Issues At 1st Council Meeting Of 2018

CEDAR PARK, TX — Cedar Park City Council members will consider augmenting its public art collection with a statue honoring law enforcement officials at their first meeting of the year on Thursday.

Cedar Park City Council members, as part of their Thursday, Jan. 11, meeting agenda, are scheduled to discuss commissioning artist Daniel Borup to create the monument with payment not to exceed $72,000. The proposed sculpture aims to honor public safety workers while serving as a makeshift memorial to those killed in the line of duty.

The statue would be installed at the Cedar Park Police Department. In addition to the monument, three plaques will memorialize two police officers and a firefighter killed in the line of duty: Officers William Laws and Leonard Reed and volunteer firefighter Wayne Buford.

In other business, city council meetings will discuss legal issues related to the U.S. Highway 183/Bell Boulevard Roadway Relocation Project and an expanded scope of an independent review of the Cedar Park Police Department policies and procedures. But both those issues are to be discussed in executive session behind closed doors prior to the public portion of the meeting.

The latter relates to a review of the police force following the jailing of a local man once accused of sexually assaulting a jailed who was later released. For background, refer to the stories below:

Cedar Park Police Department Under Scrutiny After Botched Greg Kelley Case

Cedar Park Hires Outside Reviewer To Probe Police Policies, Procedures

In other matters, council members will tackle a number of other matters that include:

• Council members also will discuss an agreement with Zeno Imaging Inc. for the purchase of Laserfiche Contract Management Software and services in an amount not to exceed $72,750.
• Authorization to reappoint the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Two board of directors for a two-year term to expire July 24, 2019.
• A first reading and public hearing related to an ordinance calling for a specially called election on May 5, to redirect 1/8 of one cent in sales taxes to the general fund for storm water drainage and street facility improvements, operation and maintenance.
• A first reading/public hearing for a special election related to amending the city charter, also scheduled on May 5.

The Cedar Park City Council meeting is scheduled on Thursday, Jan. 11, inside the Cedar Park City Hall building located at 450 Cypress Creek Rd., Building 4. The gathering begins at 6 p.m. To see the full agenda, click here.

Residents unable to attend can visitCPTV-10, which has original programming related to city events, news, and issues that's streamed 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Council meetings also are broadcast on the government cable station, Time Warner channel 10.110 and AT&T U-verse channel 99.

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