DESOTO JOINS “IT’S TIME TEXAS COMMUNITY CHALLENGE”

The City of DeSoto is thrilled to announce our participation in the 2020 “It’s Time Texas Community Challenge” which will take place between January 6th and March 1st. This Community Challenge is a statewide competition aimed...

DESOTO’S 2019 HOMETOWN HOLIDAY PARADE KICKS OFF ON DEC 7TH

 The Annual Hometown Holiday Parade, a beloved tradition for DeSoto families since the early 1970s, is returning for its 47th year of holiday pageantry on Saturday, December 7th. The parade will kick-off at 10:00 AM at the intersection of Winterg...

47th Annual HomeTown Holiday Parade

Here Are DeSoto's Safest/Cleanest Food Handling Establishments in 2019!

On Tuesday, November 19th, during the DeSoto City Council Meeting, Mayor Curtistene S. McCowan and Environmental Health Department Health Inspector Mamata Bhandari recognized the finest food-handling establishments in DeSoto with “Awards of Exce...

DESOTO GETS “IT” ONCE AGAIN: WINS 4TH CONSECUTIVE DIGITAL CITIES AWARD

The City of DeSoto has won its fourth consecutive Digital Cities Award from the Center for Digital Government (CDG) by placing in the top ten of all participating US Cities with a population of fewer than 75,000. The California based Center for Digital Go...

The DeSoto City Lights Newsletter for December, 2019

Follow this link to view the December DeSoto City LightsNewsletter, 2019.

DESOTO PARKS & RECREATION RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS REGIONAL AWARD FOR 4TH OF JULY PROMOTION

The City of DeSoto received some great news in Frisco on Friday morning (11/08/19). The prestigious Texas Recreation and Park Society (TRAPS,) who held their North American Conference at the Omni Hotel in Frisco, presented their coveted “Promoti...

DESOTO OFFICIALS & HOTEL OPERATORS MEET TO BOOST TOURISM EFFORTS

City of DeSoto Officials held a Thursday morning meeting (10/31/19) with the city’s hotel operators and Chamber of Commerce representatives to strengthen dialogue and coordinate efforts to attract more and more visitors to DeSoto. 

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FY2019-2020 Budget & Tax Rate

Details of Town Hall Meeting Related to Jeremiah Quarles Case/F18-00136-Q

A DeSoto Town Hall Community Meeting was held on Monday, September 16, 2019,  7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, in the DeSoto City Council Chambers, 211 E. Pleasant Run Road, DeSoto, Texas, 75115. It featured a presentation by the DeSoto Police Depart...

DeSoto EDC Board Approves Forensic Audit

The Board of Directors of the DeSoto Economic Development Corporation (DEDC) has voted unanimously to move forward with a forensic financial audit of DEDC finances related to the Jeremiah Quarles Case covering a period between 2012 and 2018.

The decision w...

Parking Ordinance

In response to issues with trash collection and mail delivery caused by non-residents parking in the neighborhoods near DeSoto High School, the DeSoto City Council adopted Ordinance Number 12.610, titled, “Stopping, Standing and Parking&rdqu...

SEARCH FOR NEW CITY MANAGER IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

The search to find DeSoto’s next City Manager is officially underway. Keller, Texas-based executive search firm SGR (Strategic Government Resources), who was selected by the DeSoto City Council in August 2019 to conduct the nationwide search on ...

A STATEMENT FROM THE CITY OF DESOTO

In late April a long investigatory and legal process involving Jeremiah Quarles, the former CEO of the DeSoto Economic Development Corporation (DEDC) came to a close. Mr. Quarles entered a guilty plea to misdemeanor theft, received two years’ pr...

Life Safety Awareness Program

If you are a resident of DeSoto, the Fire Department has initiated a Life Safety Awareness Program to proactively prevent fatalities by providing battery operated smoke detectors for residents who are elderly, handicapped or those having a demonstrated ne...