The Ingleside Index (Ingleside, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 1989 Page: 1 of 13
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By Laura Simank
Associate Editor
Three Ingleside residents have
been honored for their contribu-
tions of cost saving ideas at the
Corpus Christi Army Depot
where they are employed.
Charles Human, Ronnie E.
West and Elisabeth J. “B.J.”
Iftner-Schlieper were among the
25 employees, out of4300CCAD
employees, recognised in oere-
monieson October 27 at this year
night, contend that Corpus
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Council rejects plea
for water bill refund
Ingleside Sales Tax Rebates
Jan.-D«c. 1988 ■
Jan.-Nov. 1989.
Foes said that his water meter
had been changed and the old one
Water was the big discussion checked. He added that the old
item, again, at the regular meet- meter was found to be 15 percent
ingaf the Ingleside City Council off, but that his bill was still far
on Tuesday, Nov. 28. more than 15 percent off of the
norm.
Hie council expressed concern
for his situation but stopped short
of granting the request. They
offered to work out a payment
plan for the present balance owed
on his account of £236.77. Mayor
Mark Crawford spoke for the
oouncil saying that they could not
refund or adjust the bill, but
would be glad to work with Foss
until it was paid.
The Mayor and oouncil, with
the exception of Council member
The oouncil heard Ingleside-
On-The-Bay resident Kip Foss re-
quest a refund on his water bill in
regard to his bill for August, 1989
which jumped from an average of
15 units per month to 108 units
per month. His August, 1989 wa-
ter bill was £304.37 #ith his July,
1989 bill being £35.51. Foss
assured the oouncil that he had
no lsaks, there had not been abu-
sive or excessive use of city water
Seport complete on
water department
Written report received
Associate Editor
Approximately 45 days ago,
ths Ingleside 'City Council
ordered an investigation of the
city water department by former
City Manager Jamee Pratt. At the
Tuesday night meeting of Novem-
ber 28 the written report was
given to the oouncil, though Pratt
to the oouneil that their
water hills were the result of
meters being estimated instead of
read each month. In an attempt to
rcaotethe question, the oouneil
i gave Pratt 45 days to
‘I dkl
that the meters were not being
read.” He continued to say that
one of the biggest problem areas
for the meters was the Bluebon-
net Meadows, which is Susan Cir-
cle and Rebecca Stret where the
meters were placed in the ease
ment behind the residence and
the owners have closed in this
area with fcnoes. Pratt’s report
stated, “the city employees are
continually dimblng fences to
read the meters. This too, needs
to be resolved.”
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James Voss, denied any know-
ledge of a similar situation this
past June when the school dis-
trict received a ,water bill for
£2,000 for Cook Primary School.
At that time, Business Manager
Bob Spaulding checked on the bill
and was told that the meter was
misread.
The Index issue of June 15,
1989 reported that the meter was
checked by school administra-
tors who found it so coated with
dirt that it did not appear to have
been read in months. The school
received a corrected bill, howev-
er, the oorrected bill amounts for
water, garbage, and sewage did
not add up to the new total. The
third time the bill was sent, it was
for £757.93, (for the same month
hi Hie previous year the bill had
been £355) which the school
board agreed to pay, leaving a
balance of £1,242.07 which was
adjusted. City water officials told
The Index this week, that any-
time an error is found in the read-
ing or entering of the information
into the computer, it is adjusted.
BFI rates was another item that
drew lengthy discussion. BFI is
goingupon their charges for trash
and garbage pick up to the city,
and in turn, the city is passing the
increase on to the customers. The
BFI increase of 90 oents per cus-
tomer will be effective on the De-
cember bill.
At Tuesday night’s meeting,
the council decided to raise the
fee for garbage pick up an addi-
tional eight percent to help pay
for the city hauling off trash that
people pile up in front of their
homes that sill not fit into their
BFI dumpsters. Council member
Mike Haas said, “Even though BFI
has a toll free number that people
can call for pickup of items larger
than will fit into their 90 gallon
residential containers, people let
trash pile up waiting for the
annual city clean up. The town is
looking terrible with all the
trash.”
Proeeoution under the city
ordinance was discussed and it
was noted by Voss that it oost
money to prosecute the violators.
After further questioning on the
costs of prosecution in municipal
Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.
Rebates are sign of
economic recovery
State Comptroller Bob Bullock
said recently that sales tax pay-
ments to Texas cities reached
. £125 miffion this month, which is
up more than five percent from
November of1988payments and
over niriAperoent higher than the
total for last year at this time.
Checks to oounties were up s
healthy seven percent over last
November’s payments.
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“The economy is looking up for
merchants in Texas and that
means another good month fin-
local governments,” Bullock said.
Today’s checks reflect local
sales taxes collected in Septem-
ber by businesses that file month-
ly tax returns and taxes collected
in July, August and September by
businesses that file quarterly re-
turns. *
Businesses oolleet the state
and local sales tax and send It to
the Comptroller’s office along
with their tax return. The state
keeps it’s six percent and returns
the local sales taxes to local gov-
ernments. *
San Patricio County showed an
overall increase of 11.88 percent
for sales tax rebates to date pver
the same time last year with only
one city showing s decrease. The
City of Gregory posted a 3.09 de-
cides and counties may levy a
combined tax of up to two per-
cent, Bullock said.
CCAD honors Ingleside
residents for suggestions
# s
“J Saved My Salary” program paid off
Maintenanc Quality Assurance
Division suggested that bushings
be used to repair the pitch horn
mounting bores that had pre-
viously been rejected due to ex-
cessive corrosion.
The 204 main rotor grips were
being rejected because the pitch
horn mounting bores were pitted,
oversised and damaged during in-
stallation or removal. This
adopted suggestion resulted in a
first year savings of £133,600.
Iftner-Schlieper, of the Com-
ponents Forecasting Section of
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