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NEWS & ADVERTISING
5624 Highway 78
Sachse, Texas 75098
(214) 530-1100
ESTABLISHED 1976
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Editor - Reba Liner
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Sachse, Texas
Sachse City Council
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own children, as well as other
children, over a possible cur-
tailment of hours at night and
on weekends. There probably
are other areas of the budget
that can be cut. When I ac-
cepted a position on the Lib-
rary Board here it was with
the intention that we would
work to improve the library."
Joe Stone asked if any per-
sonnel in other departments
were being cut and if the cuts
in the library conformed with
cuts in other departments.
The Council replied that the
proposed budget for library
funds is in line with that of a
year ago, but because of the
expansion of facilities ad-
ditional funds were needed for
leasing.
Councilman Pat Mclnnish
said there were cuts in all
departments regarding travel;
the Fire Department lost a
bookkeeper; and the Police
Department's request for an
additional man was denied.
"I hated to deny that (Police
Department request). I'm for
essential services first.
Beyond that, I'm for quality of
life. I realize we are going to
have to give up some servic-
es," Mclnnish said.
Mclnnish went on to say
that he had second thoughts
about his vote and that of the
Council as a whole in enlarg-
ing the present facilities.
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"I also wonder about the
books presently in the library .
. . how many should be
disposed. I'm for quality,
rather than quantity in what's
in our library," he said.
Councilman Jim Becker,
said, "In hindsight, I would
still vote to expand the
library. There's no sense in
having a library open a lot of
hours if you can't get to the
material. No one could really
get in there and use that
space until it was expanded."
Becker added that he be-
lieves the space is being put
to an effective use at the
present time and added, "I
think at this point space is
more important than person-
nel. If we can't do it with
volunteer labor, then we'll
have to dig into our pockets."
Cathy Cobb, a library volun-
teer, objected to $3,300
being allocated in the budget
for cleaning the Police De-
partment and City Hall and
offered her services if that
money could be allocated to
the library.
David Burgess echoed
Cobb's offer, adding that in
making library cuts the Coun-
cil is hurting the youth of the
city. "If you want to maintain
services in the city, you don't
limit the youth," he said.
Becker mentioned that
Texas Instruments hac
offered to match funds donat-
ed to the library, whereupon
Burgess asked: "Are you
telling me that if the citizens
of Sachse can raise $4,000
that Texas Instruments will
match that figure and we can
keep our library assistant?"
Becker replied in the affirm-
ative and Holden agreed that
any funds raised on behalf of
the library would go to the
library and nowhere else.
The Council agreed by a 6-I
vote to keep the tax rate at
45 cents per $100 valuation,
with the lone dissenter being
Becker, who recommended a
three-cent increase.
Holden said if the present
budget is accepted, there will
be no tax increase.
Pat Boyd questioned this, in
view of an increase being
proposed by Garland on
waste water treatment.
Holden explained that in the
past the City of Sachse had
paid an estimated rate for
waste water treatment to
Garland. Last year, however,
meters were installed in
Sachse that revealed the es-
timates had been too high.
With the decrease in cost,
despite an increase in rate,
Sachse taxpayers will not be
hurt.
In other action, the Council
tabled an ordinance setting
load limits on city streets; ap-
proved awarding a contract to
M.W. Halpern Co. in the
amount of $27,765 for con-
struction of a driveway and
parking facilities at the City
Service Center at 6420
Sachse Road; and approved a
handicapped parking ordin-
ance where a business may
designate one or more
parking spots for handicap-
ped people.
The Council also voted to
make an effort to collect
$2,250 from Parlay Develop-
ment according to terms of a
contract with the firm for
sewer meter station installa-
tions.
The Council also approved
agreement with Dallas County
for annual maintenance works.
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GISD Mails Bills
To Taxpayers
The Garland Independent
School District tax depart-
ment is readying the 1988 tax
statements for mailing.
Senior citizens who had an
over-65 homestead exemp-
tion on file in 1987 and did not
change residences or make
an addition to their residence
will be issued a 1988 tax
statement in the same
amount as the 1987 state-
ment.
Those taxpayers not cover-
ed under an exemption will be
assessed at a tax rate of
$.965 per $100 valuation. This
reflects a $.055 increase over
the 1987 tax rate of $.91 per
$100 valuation.
In an attempt to locate all
property taxes that are to be
paid by a mortgage company
escrow account, GISD made
an earlier mailing to all area
mortgage companies request-
ing an updated listing of these
accounts.
Property owners who may
receive tax statements but
whose taxes are to be paid
from their mortgage company
escrow account are to submit
the statement to the mort-
gage company for payment. It
will be the responsibility of
the property owner to make
sure that the statements are
sent to and paid by the mort-
gage company.
Any questions or inquiries
about the statements, exemp-
tions, property values, or
changes in name, address, or
legal description should be
referred to the Dal las Central
Appraisal District.
Any taxpayer who does not
receive a school tax state-
ment should contact the GISD
Tax Office at 494-8570.
Wylie First Graders
Score Above Average
First graders in Wylie last
year underwent a state-re-
quired test called TEAMS
(Texas Educational Assess-
ment of Minimum Skills) which
measures reading, writing and
math abilities.
Although WISD does not
have current state averages
to compare the scores, the
students are still rated above
last year's state averages.
On the 1988 test, Wylie
students scored 95 percent in
math, 88 percent in reading
and 92 percent in writing.
The 1987 state averages
were 87 percent in math, 79
percent in reading and 86
percent in writing.
Wylie's '87 averages were
96 percent for math, 88 per-
cent for reading and 87 per-
cent for writing.
The TEAMS test is given
each year to odd-numbered
grades.
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Liner, Reba. The Sentinel (Sachse, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 21, 1988, newspaper, September 21, 1988; Sachse, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth347745/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sachse Public Library.