The Friday Staff Report to City Council provides weekly updates between staff and Council. Recent highlights include Denton’s successful Texas Recycles Day event, where residents recycled over 2,000 pounds of materials, and the conclusion of a three-part Small Business Bootcamp, enhancing entrepreneurial skills in Southeast Denton. Denton applied for a Work Zone Data Exchange grant to improve real-time traffic updates, partnered with The Center for Nonprofit Management to train nonprofit leaders, and opened applications for the 2025-26 Community Development Grant Program. The city also prepared for the 2025 Point-In-Time Count on homelessness and reported on the 2024 West Nile Virus mosquito season. Updates included ongoing road reconstruction projects, oversight of the Denton Community Market’s funding, and temporary closures on Hickory Street due to construction.