{"id":471253,"date":"2026-10-20T04:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T04:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/471253\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T04:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T04:51:16","slug":"wylie-asks-voters-to-weigh-90-5-million-bond-package-for-city-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/471253\/","title":{"rendered":"Wylie asks voters to weigh $90.5 million bond package for city \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

2026 Midterm ElectionWhen is Early Voting? Early voting begins Monday, Oct. 19 and runs through Friday, Oct. 30. A list of voting locations is here for Collin County<\/a>, Dallas County<\/a>, Denton County<\/a>, Tarrant County<\/a>When is Election Day?\u00a0Tuesday, Nov. 3, is Election Day and polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. You can vote if you’re in line by 7 p.m. on Election Day.Federal races: (U.S. Senate<\/a>, U.S. House<\/a>)State races: (Governor<\/a>, Lt. Governor<\/a>, Attorney General, Comptroller, GLO Commissioner, Agriculture Commissioner, Railroad Commissioner<\/a>, State Board of Education, Texas Senate, Texas House)County races: (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant, Rockwall)Judicial races: (Texas Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, Court of Appeals, District Courts, County Courts, Justice of the Peace Courts)Bonds and Props: There are several bonds and propositions on ballots; they’re broken down here by schools, municipalities and counties<\/a>.Previous results: Here are the results from the March primary<\/a> and runoff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The City of Wylie is asking voters to consider a $90.5 million bond package meant to improve city streets, public safety, and facilities.<\/p>\n

The bond package includes five propositions and each would support the city through a tax increase. Voters are asked to consider whether they are “For” or “Against” the propositions listed below:<\/p>\n

Proposition A
The issuance of $25,500,000 general obligation bonds for street improvements in the Wylie Downtown Historic District and Ballard\/Sachse Road and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. THIS IS A TAX INCREASE<\/p>\n

Proposition B
The issuance of $22,500,000 general obligation bonds for park and recreation facilities at Founders Park, Community Park, East Fork Park and Avalon Lake Park, the acquisition of land for future park facilities, the renovation of an existing city building for a parks building and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. THIS IS A TAX INCREASE<\/p>\n

Proposition C
The issuance of $25,000,000 general obligation bonds for public safety facilities and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. THIS IS A TAX INCREASE<\/p>\n

Proposition D
The issuance at $5,500,000 general obligation bonds for a public works complex, the renovation of an existing city building for a public works building and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. THIS IS A TAX INCREASE<\/p>\n

Proposition E
The issuance of $12,000,000 general obligation bonds for an animal shelter and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. THIS IS A TAX INCREASE<\/p>\n

Early voting for the midterm election runs Monday, Oct. 19 through Friday, Oct. 30. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Midterm ElectionWhen is Early Voting? Early voting begins Monday, Oct. 19 and runs through Friday, Oct. 30.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[960,6288,160,162,161,1292],"class_list":["post-471253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-collin-county","tag-decision-2026","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-wylie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}