By Saerom Yoo

Parker County records reveal a delay in document filing was the culprit behind the time gap between Willow Park’s 2003 annexation of Willow Park Village and the first-time assessment of property taxes in the subdivision.

Records indicate the city submitted a plat outlining the annexation in February, 2004. But the property still was not taxable until the county clerk and appraisal district received the annexation ordinance signed by the council, because only the ordinance made the change official, Wayne Thompson, director of mapping for the appraisal district, said last Monday.