TLDR
Early voting for the November 3 election starts Monday, October 19 and runs through October 30. Mustangs football improved to 7-0 overall (4-0 in district) with a 48-0 win at North Garland on Friday. Both Sachse cross country teams qualified for the Region II-6A meet after the district meet: the boys won their district title for the second straight year, and the girls finished second. Volleyball enters the week at 17-18 overall and 6-3 in district play, good for third place. No city council or school board action happened this past week: Monday’s city council meeting was cancelled.
City Hall
Here’s where and when to vote: early voting for the November 3 election runs Monday, October 19 through Friday, October 30. Registered voters can vote at any vote center in their county of residence, including two options within Sachse’s own municipal complex: Dallas County residents can vote at the City Hall Courtroom, and Collin County residents can vote at the Michael J. Felix Community Center, Rooms A/B. More details at the city’s election information page.
Because Sachse straddles Dallas and Collin counties, residents will see different items on the ballot depending on which county they live in, including a proposed Dallas County property tax increase for homelessness, mental health, and housing programs, and a Collin College bond package. Details at Sachse News
Separately, the Sachse City Council meeting scheduled for Monday, October 19 has been cancelled. No other city board meetings with substantial items are on the calendar this week.
Monday’s city council meeting has been cancelled, and no other city board meetings with substantial items are on the calendar this week.
The city’s Bond 2027 Committee, a seven-member citizen panel, is reviewing infrastructure needs ahead of a possible bond election. Scott McMurdie was elected chair on October 8. The committee is looking at major roads (an estimated $84.6 million), neighborhood street repairs on more than 20 rights-of-way ($14.5 million), improvements to Fire Station No. 1 ($3.9 million to $8.4 million) and Fire Station No. 2 ($2.9 million to $6.2 million, with members citing flooding and water intrusion at Station No. 2), a police and public safety storage facility ($6.1 million to $11.9 million), and Heritage Park upgrades ($6.1 million to improve existing amenities or $11.7 million to expand them). Combined, the projects discussed total more than $100 million. The committee meets again October 27 and December 8, with a recommendation to go to council, which has until February 22 to decide whether to call a May 1, 2027 bond election. Read more at Sachse News.
What this means: The city says it can borrow up to $55.5 million without raising the tax rate. The projects the committee is discussing add up to more than $100 million, roughly double that capacity. Closing that gap would likely require either a voter-approved bond election, a higher tax rate, or trimming the project list — no decision on any of that has been made yet.
Schools
The board's most recent meetings were committee sessions on October 6; its next regular meeting is not yet posted for this date range.
Mustangs Sports
Football: Sachse is 7-0 overall and 4-0 in district (currently 2nd) after a 48-0 road win over North Garland on October 16. Next up: Lakeview Centennial on October 22, a district game, followed by a road trip to Wylie East on October 29. See the full schedule at MaxPreps.
Volleyball: The Mustangs are 17-18 overall and 6-3 in district, sitting third. MaxPreps still listed the October 6, 9, and 13 district matches as upcoming as of this writing even though those dates have passed, so we can't confirm those results this issue. Games on the schedule this week: Rowlett on October 20 and Lakeview Centennial on October 23. Full schedule at MaxPreps.
Cross country: Both the boys' and girls' teams qualified for the Region II-6A meet in Fort Worth on October 26. The boys won the District 9-6A title for the second year in a row, led by senior Samuel Ledbetter (1st, 15:43) and junior Dominic Richardson (2nd, 16:04). The girls finished second as a team, led by Arora Ngo (3rd) and Alicia Payne (4th). More at Sachse News.
Around Town
The city's Parks and Recreation department is hosting a Family Halloween Dodgeball Night on Friday, October 23, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Michael J. Felix Community Center. Details on the city calendar.
Weather this week looks dry and warm: sunny skies through the week with highs climbing from the upper 70s Monday into the mid-80s by Friday and Saturday, and overnight lows in the 50s early in the week warming into the low 60s by Friday. No rain in the forecast. Full forecast at the National Weather Service.
No city holidays fall during this issue's date range, so trash and recycling pickup runs on the normal schedule this week.