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Hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending the corporate City limits of the City of Killeen, Bell County, Texas (DA26-01) by disannexing approximately 25.60 acres out of G. W. Allison Survey, Abstract No. 52 and R. A. McGee Survey, Abstract No. 651. The subject properties are generally located along Fort Hood Street, Killeen, Texas.
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DATE: July 7, 2026
TO: Kent Cagle, Interim City Manager
FROM: Wallis Meshier, Exec. Dir. Of Dev. Serv.
SUBJECT: Petition for Disannexation
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On May 8, 2026, City staff received a petition for disannexation submitted by Tim Pearson of Cobb & Johns, on behalf of Stanley Secrest, for the disannexation of four tracts, totaling approximately 25.60 acres generally located on the west side of South Fort Hood Street.
The subject properties were annexed into the City of Killeen through an involuntary annexation on January 27, 2008, via Ordinance No. 07-112.
As required by Chapter 43 of the Texas Local Government Code, the annexation ordinance included a service plan detailing the provision of municipal services. In his petition for disannexation, Stanley Secrest, asserts that the City "failed to complete the Service Plan Improvements to provide services to the Property."
Tex. Local Gov't Code Sec. 43.056(g) states: "If the annexed area has a lower level of services, infrastructure, and maintenance than that within the corporate boundaries of the municipality before annexation, a service plan must provide the annexed area with a level of services, infrastructure, and maintenance that is comparable to other parts of the municipality with similar topography, land use, and population density."
The property is located within the West Bell County Water Supply Corporation CCN and currently has water service via a 6-inch water distribution main belonging to West Bell WSC. To provide wastewater service to the property, a sewer main would need to be extended down S. Fort Hood Street Road. H...
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