Denton City Council

Two and a half years after its passage, the Denton City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to repeal the low-level marijuana decriminalization ordinance that city officials refused to enforce.

The City Council is likely to repeal Denton’s low-level marijuana decriminalization ordinance on Tuesday, which has never been enforced since more than 32,000 voters passed it in 2022, in the city’s largest-ever turnout for a municipal election.

Residents in Denton voted Saturday to elect candidates to positions in city council, school board.

An empty chair at the Denton County Commissioners Court meeting Tuesday served as a solemn reminder of the tragedy Commissioner Bobbie J. Mitchell and her family faced the day before.

The race for the Denton City Council seat to represent District 3 will be one to watch as three women campaign for a seat held by Paul Meltzer, who decided against running for reelection.

The race for Denton City Council’s District 2 seat is a battle of progressives. Incumbent Brian Beck, who is seeking a third term, faces a challenge from his former campaign adviser, Nick Stevens.

McAdams Haven, a new affordable multifamily housing project, seeks to address a “deep need for supportive housing in our community,” George Ferrie, board president of the Denton Affordable Housing Corporation, told the Denton City Council last week.

Denton’s election filing period ended Monday with only one new candidate added in the last month of filing in the crowded race for Paul Meltzer’s District 3 City Council seat.

The petition to recall Denton City Council member Brandon Chase McGee has failed after picking up steam in early November.

He got in trouble for drugs the first time when he was in high school, and that charge haunted him after he graduated in 2019. He struggled to find good-paying jobs and decided to start selling marijuana again as a way to supplement his income after his child was born, to pay bills and put food on the table.

The Denton City Council failed to reach majority consensus Tuesday afternoon to move forward with a couple of major recommendations by the citizen charter review committee that could have changed the council’s makeup and added two seats.

This is the first update to Denton’s towing ordinance since 2015 increases the base non-consent tow fee from $145 to $272.50.