Irving Elects Two New City Council Members

Irving residents elected Abdul Khabeer to single-member district, Place 3 and Mark Cronenwett to single-member district, Place 5 during the runoff election held June 10. Irving operates under a council-manager form of government where council sets city policy and the city manager is responsible for organizational operations. Residents elect a mayor and eight council members to serve the city. All council members are elected for three-year terms. Elected officials are under a mixed system of single-member districts and at-large seats.

Council meetings are held at least once a month on Thursdays, beginning at 7 p.m. Meeting dates are posted online at CityofIrving.org/Agendas. For more information, call the City Secretary’s Office at (972) 721-2493. All of the City Council meetings can be viewed live on Irving Community Television Network’s cable Channel 95 – Spectrum, Channel 31 – Frontier Communications and at ICTN.tv 

Irving City Council Mayor – Rick Stopfer (at-large)

Place 1 – John Bloch

Place 2 – Brad M. LaMorgese (at-large)

Place 3 – Abdul Khabeer

Place 4 – Phil Riddle

Place 5 – Mark Cronenwett

Place 6 – Al Zapanta

Place 7 – Kyle Taylor

Place 8 – Dennis Webb (at-large)

Go Green with Blue Bags: Recycling Made Easy

Recycling in Irving is simple: Take accepted household items, place them in a blue bag, tie it up and place it at the curb for collection. The City of Irving Solid Waste Services Department collects blue bagged recyclables once per week, during regular residential collection. Crews will take cardboard boxes, too. Residents simply need to flatten boxes and place them under a blue bag.

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“#TossLikeaBoss: Recycling

Dos and Don’ts.”

Most household items are recyclable, including rinsed glass bottles and jars, cereal boxes or similar paperboard boxes, newspapers, and rinsed plastic containers such as milk or laundry detergent bottles. Items not accepted include soiled or contaminated food boxes/containers, bottles that contained hazardous materials such as motor oil, Styrofoam and grocery/produce bags.

Visit CityofIrving.org/Recycling for a full list of accepted and not accepted items.

Save the Date! Household Document Shredding and Electronics Recycling event, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Briery Municipal Compound, 128 N. Briery Road. Two-medium-box limit for document shredding. 

Fire Hydrant Flushing

Irving Water Utilities crews are flushing hydrants around the city. As temperatures rise, water quality can be impacted, so hydrants are flushed to ensure that the city has fresh, high-quality water.

Flushing water from the distribution system is similar to restaurants and grocery stores disposing of food that is past the expiration date.

For more information on what the Irving Water Utilities Department, call (972) 721-2281 or visit CityofIrving.org/Water-Utilities 