Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 211, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1987 Page: 1 of 42
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May 20, 1987
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Director John Earle suggested
working with the Calhoun County-
Port Lavaca Economic Develop
ment Corporation and presenting
proposals about the center to the city
council
was excessive The city began to
renegotiate alter being informed by
the Texas laind Commission staff
that under certain conditions the
price could be reduced significantly
City Manager George Shackelford
said he liad been advised by the staff
that II the spoil rights are not releas-
ed on the property, the property
should sell for $6.25U an acre
Connolly said Tuesday afternoon
there are a number of ways the price
(Please see Park. Page 2A)
merce Business and t rade Commit
tee Dinner, last week During his
speech. Bassett said that Port Aran-
sas had built a facility that was used
only for local events "It's not mak
mg that community any money,"
Bassett had said
been appraised at about $20,500 an
acre But. il the City of Port lavaca
agrees to the TPWD restrictions, it
will probably be able to purchase the
property in the neighborhood ol
$6,250 an acre, tie said That is the
price the land commission stall has
said they will recommend to the
school land board, il the city agrees
to accept the restrictions
No purchase price has actually
been established. Connolly pointed
out. because the sale proposal has
not yet been before the Texas School
land Board "The negotiation is still
being handled at the staff level and
nothing is official yet," he said
Connolly said the school land
board will be meeting in about two
months and will set the price at that
time
The City of Port Lavaca has been
eyeing the property since last (ail
At that time, though, the city put the
purchase of the property on the back
burner because it thought the price
Sunset at 8 15 p m today
Sunrise at 6 34 a in Thursday
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In other chamber business.
Business Development Chairwoman
Koop told the directors that a lot of
work had been done on the upcoming
Professional Agricultural Workers
of Texas Convention, which is
scheduled lor October of this year
This is our first convention and it's
setting tlx1 groundwork and we are
getting an idea of just what the
manager of the center will have to
do "
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Tides
Wednesday A low of 0 8 ft
at 6 30 p m in Indianola, 7 p.m.
in Port O'Connor and 6:50 p.m.
in Port Lavaca A high of 1.0 It.
at 11 58 p m , 11 53 and 12:03
a m Thursday
Thursday, a high of 1.3 ft. al
1 46 p m in Indianola, 1:41 p.m.
in Port O'Connor and 1:51 p.m
in Port Lavaca; a low of 0 3 ft.
at 5:20 a in , 5 50 and 5:40 a m
Index
Classified
Comics
Deaths
Editorials
Lifestyle
Police beat
Sports
Wavelengths
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on it
The city owns 15 5 acres oi patent
tract property adjacent to the
TPWD property and the combina
tion ot properties has la-come a
popular spot lor civic activities such
as the Port Lavaca-Calhoun County
Chamber ol Commerce July 4
celebration Thecity Recreation and
Parks Board is planning a
September sailboat regatta to be
held oil the park property.
Connolly said the property has
Septic system
plugs proposed
Weather
Calhoun County
The high Tuesday was 83 with
an overnight low of 75
Temperature at 9 am today
was 79. The Wave recorded no
rainfall in the last 24 hours
ed through May 22. (Staff photo by Rick
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value. Bay City Independent School
District 92 6 percent appraised
single family dwellings on 88 1 per-
cent market value, and Victoria In-
dependent School District 92 6 per-
cent and appraised single family
dwellings on 92 7 percent market
value
Real industrial property, oil and
gas properties and industrial per-
sonal property are appraised at 100
percent value in CCISD. Utilities are
appraised at 111 percent
In Aransas County ISD real com
mercial property is appraised at 89
percent market value, real in-
dustrial property at 96 percent, oil
and gas at 116 percent, utilities at 101
percent and industrial personal pro-
perty at 100 percent
In Edna ISD, real commercial and
industrial properties are appraised
at 74 percent, oil and gas at 124 per
cent, utilities at 101 percent and
commercial personal property at 100
percent
In Bay City ISD, real commercial
property is appraised at 95 percent,
real industrial property at 99 per-
(Please see Ct Al). Page 2A)
hoi commercial property the tax
bill on sao.ooo ranged from $445 in
Bonham to $1 899 in Port Arthur.
For $8o.(KXi of value in Port
Lavaca, the report shows a tax of
$1,208 for an average oi all types ot
property , $1,248 for industrial equip-
ment and inventories, and $1,180 lor
commercial inventories and fix-
tures
On the other hand, in Aransas
Pass, lor $80,000 of value the report
shows a tax of $1,348 lor an average
of all types of property. $1,452 for in-
dustrial equipment and inventories,
and $1,371 for commercial inven-
tories and fixtures
In Bay City, lor $80,000 of value the
report shows a tax of $1,344 tor an
average ot all types of property,
$1,452 for industrial equipment and
inventories, and $1,244 for commer-
cial inventories and fixtures.
In Edna, for $80,000 of value the
report shows a tax of $1,681 tor an
average of all types of property,
$1,765 tor industrial equipment and
inventories and $1,081 for commer
cial inventories and fixtures
In Victoria, for $80,000 of value the
Taylor, who is the chairwoman of
the Business and Trade Committee,
said that the dinner featuring
Bassett was a success "1 don't think
anyone could have left there w ithout
a positive attitude "
"Bassett left us with a question."
shesaid "Dowewantlosithereand
die or do something 1 think we need
to get together, right now we are do-
ing a lot of floundering around "
Pustejovsky told the directors that
the Fourth of July celebrations will
again have state Sen Ken Arm
brister as a speaker as well as a
band and fireworks
"We have collected over $500 trom
the schools in the firework fund
cans." she said Coffee cans for
donations were placed in all the
schools in Calhoun County.
Madison Elementary,
anonymous woman placed
envelope containing :hree $lou bills
in the can."
Dive bomber
report shows a tax of $1,101 for an
average of all types of property,
$1,189 tor industrial equipment and
inventories, and $969 for commer-
cial inventories and fixtures
The report cites two reasons for
the wide range of taxes Eirst, local
officials adopt budgets, set tax rates
and homestead exemptions Second,
unless all property is appraised
uniformly, tax burdens will vary
Average ratios of tax appraisals to
market value (selling price! ranged
from 22.4 percent in the Malta ISD to
165.5 percent in Allamoore Indepen-
dent School District Locally, the
report shows a ratio of 96 5 percent
for all types of property in Calhoun
County Independent School District
and CCISD appraised single family
dwellings on 87 2 percent of the
market value
Edna Independent School District
showed a ratio of 95.2 percent for all
types ot property and appraised
single family dwellings on 72.5 per-
cent market value. Aransas County
Independent School District 93.2 per
cent and appraised single family
dwellings on 86 1 percent market
it owned by a senior citizen
In Aransas Pass, the tax bill on an
$80,000 bouse averaged $1,292. or
$1,252 it a homestead or $1,044 il
owned by a senior citizen
In Victoria, the tax bill on an
$80,000 house averaged $1,102, or
$1,070 it a homestead.or $889 if own
ed by a senior citizen
in Edna, the tax bill on an $8o,ixxi
home averaged $1,279. or $1,148 il a
homestead, or $879 if owned by a
senior citizen
In Bay City, the tax bill on an
$80,000 home averaged $1,279. or
$1,141 if a homestead or $872 if ow n
ed by a senior citizen
The Texas Research League
report pointed out that school tax
bills for the elderly are frozen at the
level the homeowner turned 65 and
such persons may pay less
Inequitable appraisals among dif-
ferent types of property are signifi-
cant in attracting new industry to a
community The 1985-86 property
tax on $80,000 of industrial equip-
ment and inventories ranged from
$445 in Bonham to $1,979 in Orange
If Port lavaca taxpayers during
the 1985-86 tax year had totaled up
all the tax rates of the entities they
paid taxes to. they would have found
that overall they were paying a $1 51
tax rate per $100, according to the
Texas Research League
The local taxpayers shared a
lesser tax burden than did their
neighbors in Aransas Pass, who
overall paid a $1 68 tax rate In Vie
tuna. Port Lavaca's next door
neighbor, the overall tax rate was
only $1 38 In Edna, the overall tax
rate was $2 10 In Bay City, the
overall tax rate was $1 68
Port Lavacans during the 1985-86
year paid a tax rate of 55 cents per
$ux) to the City of Port Lavaca. 70
cents to Calhoun County Indepen-
dent Schixil District. 26 cents to
Calhoun County, and 0044 of a cent
to other taxing entities
In Port Lavaca, the tax bill on an
$8o,ooo house in 1985-86 averaged
$1,091 or $915 if a homestead or $659
Port Lavaca-Calhoun County
Chamber of Commerce President
Sandy Pustejovsky told the chamber
directors that the executive board
had been working with thecity coun-
cil on the proposed Bauer Communi
ty Center. Bill Bauer Sr and his wife
Louise donated $1 million to the city
of Port Lavaca to be used for con-
structing the building
"A lot of groundwork still needs to
be done." Pustejovsky told the
directors Tuesday night The
chamber's executive board consists
of Pustejovsky. Vice President
Anita Koop and Treasurer Phyllis
Taylor.
Hal Bassett has warm'd about us
mg the center as just a community
center." Pustejovsky said Bassett,
who is the executive director ol
Rockport Fulton Chamber ot Com
merce spoke at a Chamber ol Coin
model flying machines an being displayed in
the hank by area R ( I lyers and can be view-
CORPUS CHRISTI The trial
ot former Port lavaca policeman
Johnny Ayce McNeill, 38. on
federal bank robbery charges is
scheduled to begin Thursday
morning
A jury in the case was selected
last week
Testimony was delayed until
the completion of the trial of two
men accused of violating the En
dangered Species Act by impor
ting a polar Ix'ar skin from
Canada
McNeill and Steven Wayne
Slovacek are charged with the
robbery of couriers from the
First State Bank and Trust Com
pany of Port laVnea last August
while tlie couriers were servicing
an automatic teller machine
They are also charged with a
similar robtiery in Tait of an
employee oi the Portland First
THIS MODI-1 MRPI.ANE is only one ol the
radio controlled planes filling the lobby skies
of the I n st National Bank More than 50 s< ale
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The minimum lot sizes do not app-
ly to systems constructed before the
order was adopted by commis-
sioner's court
County Sanitarian Larry Dodd
said his office has sent written
notification to several homeowners
with malfunctioning systems or im-
proper drainage asking that the pro-
blems be corrected
Dodd said the next step would be
to file legal charges against
homeowners who refuse to correct
malfunctions and ask a court to halt
the use of the system.
This would place the county in the
position of telling someone they
couldn't use their bathroom
facilities, a step the county has been
reluctant to take
However. Precinct 4 Commis-
sioner Oscar Hahn has said in
several public meetings, regarding
a proposed sewer system in Port
O'Connor, he feels the order should
be enforced "and 1 will back the
health department up in commis-
sioner's court ”
Hahn asked Dodd at the May
meeting of the Port O'Connor
Municipal Utility District to tile
charges against the more flagrant
violators
The Magnolia Beach area is the
subject of the complaints received
by the state, according to Dodson's
letter
(Ph ase see Septic. Page 2A>
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Area Forecasts
Tonight's forecast calls lor
partly cloudy skies and a low
temperature in the mid to low
70's Winds will be out ol the
south at up to 10 mph Thurs-
day, mostly cloudy through the
early morning hours and a 20
percent chance of rain through
the afternoon Winds out of the
south at 15 mph
Weather through South Texas
from Port Arthur to Port O’Con-
nor calls for winds out of the
southwest increasing to 10 to 15
, knots Seas 3 to 5 leet Thurs-
day. winds out ot the southwest
near 15 knots, stronger and gus
ty near shore by late morning
Seas 3 to 5 feet Scattered
thunderstorms
McNeill robbery trial
rescheduled by delays
National Bank
Slovacek's trial is scheduled
tor June.
Both men are being held
without bond in the federal sec-
tion of the Nueces County Jail
In addition to the federal
charges, the pair was indicted by
a Calhoun County Grand Jury in
the Eirst State Bank robbery and
the robbery of two employees ol
the H.EB F'ixxl Store on North
Virginia Street while the
employee's were returning trom a
"change run" to the bank
They are also charged in two
burglaries in which vehicles were
stolen in Port lavaca and the at
tempted robbery of another tixxi
store
McNeill resigned from the Port
Lavaca police when he was ar-
rested Slovacek is a former Vic-
toria police officer
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City reviewing land deal restrictions
would require the city to use the land
tor a public purpose like a jiark It
could not, lor instance, be sold to a
commercial interest w ishing to build
a hotel on it
The state would retain the mine
and mineral interests underneath
the property
The property currently is Ix-ing us
ed as a park Inle the city dix-s not
own it. it has landscaped the proper
ty with palm trees and has installed
.i pavilion, picnic tables and benches
The Crossroads Regional Health
Agency, which includes Calhoun
County, has asked commissioner s
court for labor and materials to plug
illegal septic tank discharge lines in
the county
According to a letter from Dr Pat
tie Dodson, regional health director,
the department wishes to place con
crete plugs in lines draining into bor
row ditches in the Magnolia Beach
and Port O'Connor areas
The Division of Water Hygiene of
the Texas Department of Health has
received several letters in the past
few months about sewage problems
in the Magnolia Beach area and the
county health department's ap-
parent inability to solve the pro-
blem
The county has a septic tank con-
trol order in place, approved by the
Texas Water Commission, designed
to enforce standards set by the
Texas Department of Health in sep-
tic tank installation
The order requires a minimum of
15.000 square feet for the installation
of a septic tank where an approved
water supply system is available
and 20,000 square feet if the
residence is serviced by a private
well
The order also requires all septic
systems to be functioning properly
State law prohibits the discharge of
septic effluent into ditches or public-
waters.
County tax rates in line with region
)c
Thought for today: "A
backward land is one where
employers pay small wages so
they can make emxigh m<mey to
provide charity lor needy
workmen." Unknown
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I lie price ot Texas Parks and
"ildiite l)epartment land adjacent
to the City ot port l^ivaca patent
trad will lx- reduced signiiicantly, if
the city agrees to TPWD restnc
•ions according to Mike Connolly,
ipokesman tor the Texas Land Com
mission
Connolly said
tile restrictions
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Surber, Chester C. & Fulghum, Gary. Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 211, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 20, 1987, newspaper, May 20, 1987; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1280684/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.