3rd Friday Poker Night 8PM, 3/19/10 – BYOB/snacks – Questions? Email Jamie Heise: Jamie@windyhillfarmshoa.com Please bring (if you have): Preferred beverage, Light Snacks, Poker cards/chips, Tabletop

  Board Meeting 7–9PM, 3/25/10 - Clubhouse

  Easter Party 3-5PM, 3/27/10 – Arts and crafts, Easter Bunny with pictures, relay races, Easter egg hunt, resident business showcase/shopping, and bounce house. Email Jamie Heise: Jamie@windyhillfarmshoa.com to volunteer to help.

  3rd Friday Poker Night 8PM, 4/16/10 – BYOB/snacks – Questions? Email Jamie Heise: Jamie@windyhillfarmshoa.com Please bring (if you have): Preferred beverage, Light Snacks, Poker cards/chips, Tabletop

 HOA Garage Sale 9AM-?, 4/17/10 – Are you ready to clear out some stuff? It's time for our annual neighborhood garage sale! The neighborhood event will be held Saturday, April 17th from 9 a.m. - ? Let us know by RSVP'ing if you plan to participate. The City of Murphy will issue a community wide permit. A map showing all participating homes will be distributed during the event. Don't delay! Sign up today!

 Murphy City Council Meeting postponed – The March 15th City Council meeting has been postponed to March 22nd due to Spring Break scheduling conflicts. Happy Spring Break!.

 Murphy Enhances Citizen Service – Murphy recently implemented services with WebQA, Inc. to enhance their citizen service capability. The Woodridge, Illinois based company is the number one provider of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and 311 systems to municipalities, servicing over 30 million citizens nationwide with their government platform, the GovQA Action Center. The new Citizen Action Center can be accessed on the City’s website at www.murphytx.org. For more information, click here.

 Murphy Awarded Grants – On January 28, 2010, the Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) Commission awarded the City of Murphy a $750,000 Matching Indoor Grant and a $500,000 Matching Outdoor Grant. This is a great achievement and allows the City of Murphy to continue forward with the development of new and improved amenities within its parks system. Murphy had two outstanding and unique projects that matched the goals and objectives of the Texas Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan and were therefore awarded these grants. For more information, click here.

 City Council Elections – The City will conduct a General Election on May 8, 2010 to fill four expiring City Council terms. The expiring terms are Place 1, currently held by Colleen Halbert; Place 2, currently held by Roxanne Bogdan; Place 4, currently held by Scott Bradley; and Place 6, currently held by Eric Barna. All City Council terms are three (3) year terms and there is no limitation on the number of terms any one person may serve.

You may contact Aimee Nemer, City Secretary at 972/468-4011 or anemer@murphytx.org for more information.

 CodeRed Alert System – The City of Murphy has contracted with Emergency Communications Network to license its CodeRED high-speed notification solution. The CodeRED system provides Murphy officials the ability to quickly deliver messages to targeted areas or the entire city. The city intends to utilize the system to deliver various kinds of messages including severe weather alerts, crime related information, and community events information. For more information, click here.

 Texans with Disabilities Preparedness for Cold Weather – Texans who are particularly vulnerable to exposure from freezing temperatures, such as the elderly and those with disabilities, should organize activities outside of their home so that they go out in the warmest part of the day. For more information, click here.

 2010 HOA Assessment Due

REMINDER!! Your 2010 assessment of $492.14 was due January 1, 2010. Click here for more information.

 Water Billing and Alarm Permit Procedure Information

ALARM PERMIT PROCEDURE CHANGE

As of August 1, 2009, for your convenience, the City is making it possible for you to pay both your Alarm Permit and Water at the same time. Once per year on your Alarm Permit Renewal Date a charge will appear on your Utility Statement. You may send payment for both items directly to the City, or make your payment in person to the Customer Service Department in City Hall. If you have any questions, please call Roni Brackett at 972-468-4211 or Customer Service at 972-468-4100.

INTRODUCING PAPERLESS ELECTRONIC BILLING

The Customer Service Department is excited to be introducing to our Customers the option to go completely paperless by electronic billing if they so choose. The Department will now have the capability to email your regular monthly utility statements, utility late reminder notices, along with service disconnection notices if failure to pay your regular billing statement occurs.

For more information, please visit the City of Murphy website at www.murphytx.org or call the Customer Service Center at 972-468-4100.