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Volume 51, No. 49
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Medical bills gobbling up county’s reserves
By KENDA NELSON
Editor, County Press
Another $100,000 was drawn
out of the county’s reserves
Tuesday morning to pay two
weeks of July’s medical bills
for county employees. At least
$46,000 will be due at the next
meeting in two weeks.
Commissioner Gary Bourland
presided over the meeting for
Judge Rene Mascorro, who was
also absent during the previous
meeting on June 30, when road
and bridge funds were tapped
to pay medical bills.
“We’ve paid out $40,000 more
than the entire month of June,”
Bourland said. “Do we have
any clue what (the bills) are
going to be?”
Treasurer Louise Aduddell
told Bourland, “I’m afraid to
guess. $100,000 will get us
through until the next meet-
ing.”
However, Aduddell said she
had “$46,000 on top of (the
$100,000).”
At least three more bills are
anticipated before the bud-
'If we had budget-
ed $1.4 or $1.5 mil-
lion, that wouldn't
have been enough.'
— Stanley Tuttle, county
commissioner
get year ends in September,
Aduddell said.
Auditor Diana Moss told the
commissioners that “reserves
are the only place (the money)
can come from.”
The commissioners voted to
take $40,000 from the road and
bridge fund and $60,000 from
the general fund.
Moss told the commissioners
the road and bridge fund had
$240,000 and the general fund,
$492,000 before the reserves
were tapped.
Commissioner Stanley Tuttle
said, “This is why I didn’t vote
for the budget. If we had bud-
geted $1.4 or $1.5 million, that
wouldn’t have been enough.”
“We would have been a lot
closer,” Aduddell said.
The county budgeted $1.3
million.
During the last meeting,
Tuttle warned the commission-
ers that the county could no
longer afford to self-insure the
(See Commissioners, 14A)
Kenda Nelson photo
Fred Ghavidel of NewLeaf Homes in San Antonio announces plans for the Refugio Truck Stop set pumps, showers, parking for 120 trucks and three undeveloped acres for future growth. He made
to cover 14.5 acres that includes a 9.000-foot building with a convenience store, restaurant, gas his presentation Tuesday night at the Refugio City Council meeting.
Plans unveiled for Refugio Truck Stop
Council give thumbs up to airport zoning ordinance
By KENDA NELSON
Editor, County Press
Fred Ghavidel of NewLeaf
Homes of San Antonio unveiled
plans for the Refugio Truck
Stop Tuesday night during the
Refugio City Council meeting.
Five gas pumps will be locat-
ed in the front, nine in the back
for trucks and 120 slots will be
allocated for overnight parking
for trucks.
are currently underway with
Denny’s, IHOP and Jim’s for a
restaurant.
sanitary sewer lines, demolish-
ment and cleaning.
The 14-acre truck stop will
be constructed on former Heard
& Heard property across the
highway from the Shell Station
at U.S. 77 and Vance.
“We will leave three acres for
future development,” Ghavidel
said.
“This will be a great opportu-
nity to serve the community to
have a nice sit-down place to go
eat,” Ghavidel said.
The rep said he expects
other businesses will be drawn,
such as a Starbuck’s and video
stores.
The building will have a
“Texas kind of feel with stucco,”
he said.
“This is really a pretty piece
of property,” he said. “How do
we go from $80,000 to $1 mil-
lion?” He suggested that the
city could tack on a one or
one-half cent local sales tax to
bridge the incentive gap.
The presentation was not on
the council’s agenda so the rep-
resentatives spoke during the
items by citizens. For that rea-
son, no action was taken.
County airport
The council also approved a
(See Airport, 14A)
“We are truly blessed to have
this team down to transform
an abandoned business into
a first-class truck stop and
diner,” said Lenny Anzaldua,
economic development director.
“The team has been awaiting a
commitment from Denny’s to
build to suit; however, it has
not materialized.”
“We will hire 30 people to run
the gas station and truck stop,”
he said. “This will be big for the
city and big for us,” he said.
Ghavidel said approximately
20-30 will be needed for indi-
rect employment
Five banks of showers are
planned for the truckers. Talks
The city and county current-
ly offer an $80,000 incentive
through tax breaks spread over
a five-year period for a $3 mil-
lion investment. Ghavidel said
he will come to the city to
attempt to stretch the incen-
tive to $1 million over a 20-year
period.
The incentive will be for engi-
neering expenses, plotting fees,
Deaths
Briefs
Richard Rodriguez
Firova
Pastor David McLain
Annette M. Woods
InDEX
Rummage sale
Peace Lutheran Church, 809
Locke Street, in Woodsboro will
conduct a rummage sale Friday,
July 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and Saturday, July 16, from 9
a.m. to 12 p.m.
duct a fundraiser on Friday, July
15, at 11 a.m. at Special Events
By Connie.
Burrito lunch plates for $6
and an array of baked items be
offered for sale.
Classifieds
Community
Church
Obits
School
Sports
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Summer singing
Woodsboro Church of Christ,
602 Wood Avenue, will host the
Area Wide Summer Singing
Series Friday, July 15, at 7
p.m.
The public is invited to join.
Proceeds will be used for trip
expenses to the AAU Junior
Olympics in New Orleans, La.
Bake/food sale
AAU Junior Olympics con-
tender Izac Canchola will con-
Diabetic meeting
Refugio County Memorial
Hospital’s Diabetic Support
Group will meet Monday, July
18, at 7 p.m. in the hospital
classroom.
For more information, call
526-2321 ext. 127.
Grant money available
or 24 home repairs
in the county
Application meeting set for Wednesday
Twenty-four homeowners
will be eligible to have their
homes repaired or rebuilt under
the Refugio County Housing
Reconstruction/Rehabilitation
Assistance program.
Donna Johnson, a for-
mer Refugio resident, will
be at Refugio City Hall on
Wednesday, July 20, at 10
a.m. to take applications from
homeowners who qualify for
the program.
be paid up, proof of ownership
must be shown and income
must be proven.
Fliers with the information
required as proof are also in
the county judge’s office.
“Rehabilitation is an option
unless costs exceed $25,000,”
Johnson said. “When we fin-
ish, everything has to be up to
code.”
Six homes will be chosen from
Refugio, Woodsboro, Bayside
and the county. Applications
are currently available in the
county judge’s office.
Johnson said should the
costs for repairs exceed the
limit, new construction is an
option. Plans for the home will
be furnished under the grant.
“This program targets indi-
viduals who do all the right
things but don’t have the
ability to repair their own
homes,” said Donna Johnson
of GrantWorks, who is over-
seeing the grant.
Certain requirements must
be met to qualify. Taxes must
Johnson said she was thrilled
to be able to offer this program
to Refugio County.
“This is my home and where
I grew up,” she said. “My dad
really instilled in me a sense of
responsibility to our home.”
Donna’s father, Price
Johnson, is a former mayor
(See Meeting, 14A)
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Nelson, Kenda. Refugio County Press (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 2011, newspaper, July 14, 2011; Refugio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth740312/m1/1/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library.