Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 67, Ed. 1 Monday, June 8, 1992 Page: 2 of 14
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2A-Burleson Star. Monday. .Tune 8.1992 .
Passenger can be cited
i Recently-elected State Legislator Bernard Erickson—a Burleson den-
r'rmnrntulntinnv Trt t*st—was congratulated by scores of well wishers last week at a recep-
UUMUUno i u |jon held in his honor at Burleson State Bank. Erickson, a Republican,
The New I PQlKlatnr <*e®e#lw* two Democrats in the winner-take-all election to fill the
o unexpired term of former representative Bruce Gibson. Here, Erickson
(r) talks with former associate Dr. Kay Haralson and her husband Bob.
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(approximate) $73 fine.
If a child is between 4 years old
and 15 years old and is in the front
seat, he/she must wear a seatbelt. If
the parent/driver does not have the
child comply with that provision, die
driver will be cited. If the child is at
least 15 years .old and riding in the
frontseatwithoutaseatbelton.the 15
year old is cited.
The seatbelt law in Texas only
applies to front seat drivers and pas-
sengers although those in the back
seat are encouraged to buckle up. The
fine foran adult not wearing a seatbelt
is approximately $48.
Police will be conceifyhuing 90
percent of their seatbelt enfaoeement
in 14 locations: Renfro Street at Als-
bury Blvd.; Irene Street at Gregory
Sheet; Johnson Avenue at S.E. Gar-
dens Blvd.; Johnson Avenue at Ren-
fro Street; Parkview at Rand Street;
Renfro Street at S .W. Wilsh ire Blvd.;
N.E. Burleson Blvd. at Alsbury Blvd.;
N.E. Burleson Blvd.atRenfroStreet;
Summercres t Blvd. at Thomas S treet;
Parkview at Alsbury B1 vd.; East Ren-
fro Street at Parkridge Street; N.W.
Hillery Street at N.E. Wilshire Blvd.;
the 600block of S.W. Wilshire Blvd.;
and N.W. Newton Street at S.W.
Wilshire Blvd.
—Custodial staff eligible for rehire
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ed by Faulk at BISD cost
All employees would be fur-
nished by the contracting company,
eliminating the need for the BISD to
' provide fringe benefits such as insur-
ance. All existing BISD custodial
employees would be considered for
rehire by the company.
Trustees had discussed adopting
a policy requiring automatic explu-
sion for students involved with either
weapons or drugs, but the TASB
Policy Services legal department
advised against such a policy.
"Based on my understanding of
the TASB response, I conclude that
the legal concern has to be associated
with action that could be considered
arbitrary and capricious without con-
sidering the circumstances of each
individual case," said Superintendent
of Schools Gordon Cockerham in a
memo to board members.
The superintendent recommend-
ed retaining the existing policy which
allows for due process and consid-
eration of the merits of each case.
An existing policy requires drug
testing for all employees involved in
the transportation of students. If the
proposed policy is adopted, all new
employees would be required to un-
dergo drug testing before being hired
by the BISD.
Cockerham said that the cost of
providing these tests for all new-hires
would be about $6,000 "based on
current personnel history."
The state legislature passed a
law in its last session requiring all
school districts of 5,000 or more
students to hold at least two public
hearings on the need for child care
services prior to Sept. 1 each year.
"The alternative to the hearings
is to provide or contract for day care
services that include before and after
school, holidays, and vacation day
care services," noted Cockerham.
The district has j ust over $27,000
in federal block grant funds and pro-
poses to use the money in the accel-
erated instruction program. A public
hearing on this subject will lead off
the trio of public hearings.
The final public hearing tonight
will involve the site-based decision
making—another mandate from the
legislature. Among the state require-
ments are annual performance objec-
tives to be established through a col-
laborative process involving the prin-
cipal, professional staff, parents, and
community residents.
These objectives must address
the special needs of students. The law
also provides for the election of teach-
ers to campus leadership teams and
specifies that parents and other com-
munity members participate on these
teams.
Carpeting at Norwood and Nola
Dunn are the biggest expenditures in
$140,700 in refurbishing/remodeling
projects that the board will consider
approving. Thatcarpetingisexpected
to cost $98,000.
Other projects include roofing
the two-story bilding at Mound,
Library provision added
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In some ways it does and in other
ways it doesn't. Those differences
can also be either good or bad, de-
pending on which way you look at
them.
Like Propositions 1 (extending
council terms from two to three years)
and 2 (increasing council member
compensation from $5 per meeting to
$100 per month), neither of the li-
brary propositions came from the
charterrevision committee which was
called into session to make recom-
mendations to the council for a pro-
posed charter amendment election.
In fact, the charter amendment
committee's only recommendation
dealing specifically with the library
was simply a change in wording on
the sentence that notes that unspent
library money will revert to the gen-
eral fund in the same manner as
unencumbered funds in any other
department
That apparently is the rationale
for the council, in workshop session,
adding provisions that would either
eliminate the library tax altogether or
provide for a dedicated fund to keep
money generated by the library tax
totally separate from the remainder
of city funds.
An advantage to this is that it
would prevent any future council from
purposely underspending for the li-
brary in order to have those surplus
funds revert back to the general fund
to be used for some other purpose.
That doesn't seem to be an argu-
ment the library board is buying,
however. The dangers of Proposition
3 A include the possibility of less ap-
propriations for the librwy under a
future council that had less commit-
ment to library excellence.
Probably ah even greater poten-
tial threat to library support comes
from Proposition 3. If the tax is left in
place and a dedicated fund estab-
lished, then the city would be almost
compelled to pay off library debt
(capital improvements) from that
ftind—diminishing the amount of
money available for books, staffing,
and other such items. ^ .
To do otherwise would be to
subsidize the library fund from the
general fund, which is difficult' to
justify in the world of accounting.
Basically, that’s what's happen-
ing at the moment except that it doesn't
pose a problem now since the library
fund is not a dedicated fund and any
excess money reverts back into the
general fund.
While it's no factor at this time,
and likely won't be for some time to
come, another advantage to main-
taining the library tax is that it gives
the council some breathing room from
the charter tax rate limitation of $1
per $100 valuation.
Since the library tax is specifi-
cally authorized by the charter up to
six cents, that amount doesn't count
against the $1 limitation (the state
statute sets the limitation at $2.50 per
$100 valuation).
On the ballot, the propositions
read as follows:
Proposition No. 3
Library Fund.
Shall Article II, Section 15 of the
Home Rule Charter of the City of
Burleson be amended to provide a
dedicated fund for the deposit of any
monies collected pursuant to a spe-
cial library tax levy?
Proposition No. 3A
Repeal of Authorization for Li-
brary Tax.
Shall Article VIII, Section 89 of the
Home Rule Charter of the City of
Burleson be amended to repeal the
authorization for a tax not exceeding
$.06 for the purpose of maintaining
the public library?
NEXT: Terms of park board
members.
Starting A New Term
T odd Pearson takes the oath of office from City Secretary Jean Phillips
after successfully running for re-election to the Burleson City Council.
When the council meets on Thursday, June 11, another new member
will be sworn-in—Rick Roper ..Who was elected mayor in a runoff with
incumbent Vera Calvin,
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$20,000; wal Is for the Norwood open
classroom areas, $20,000; and walls
for the Frazier library area, $2,700.
Those last two jobs would be in-
house projects.
All the projects are expected to
be completed by the beginning of
school.
Among other items on tonight's
agenda are the following:
—Consideration of implement-
ing the teaming concept at Burleson
Junior High School. The board will
look at the staffing and facility re-
quirements for implementing this
concept. BJHS Principal Susan Shaha
will provide the board with an in-
depth study she made of the subject.
—Consideration of a revised
agreement with Whittle Educational
Network for the showing of its Chan-
nel One news show. In deference to
the State Board of Education, view-
ing will be optional with the students
invol ved-and the television show will
have to be shown during non-instruc-
tional times.
—Approval of a resolution from
the Johnson County Central Appraisal
District regarding purchase of the
facility it has been leasing.
FACTS OF LAW
By Patrick M. Quirk
A landlord can usually restrict occu-
pancy in the rented premises to the
number of persons named in the lease.
Federal law <Joec not require that
the sponsors of sweepstakes
award all unclaimed prizes.
If a wheel comes off your car as a result
of negligence on the part of the repair
shop, it is responsible for any ensuing
damage or injury.
* * *
"Saints should always be judged
guilty until they are proved inno-
cent.”
-George Orwell, author, 1943
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A creditor cannot claim the proceeds
of a life insurance policy to cover
unpaid debts unless the debtor had
pledged the policy as collateral for the
loan or purchase.
Brought to you as a public serv-
ice by Patrick M. Quirk, Attor-
ney, P.O. Box 1089, 517 S.W.
Wilshire Blvd., Burleson.
817-295-5821.
"STATISTICS show, roughly,
that between Hillery StrcctandSum:j
mcrcrest Blvd. is wher^jve have dur
greatest number of accidents," Ploof
said. "Hillery at Wilshire, Repfro at
Wilshire, Newton at Wilshire, and
the 600 block of Wilshire in front of
Wal Marl are all bad."
For those who think that being
thrown from the car is safer than
being seatbelted and possibly trapped,
according to the National Safe Kids
Campaign, a person is four times
more likely to be killed and 13 more
times likely to be seriously injured in
a motor vehicle crash if he/she is
ejected.
In a crash at just 30 miles per
hour, a 10 pound infant will be ripped
from a belted adult's arms with a
force of almost 200 pounds. Most car
crashes allow the occupants less then
half a second to react. The reaction
time of most adults is three quarters
of a second.
According to 1989 statistics, 336
of the children ages 0-4 years old
who were killed in motor vehicle ac-
cidents were not restrained in child
safety seats or safety belts. That same
year, the use of child safety seats pre-
vented approximately 240deaths and
28,000 injuries among the same age
group. Correctly installed and used
child safety seats reduced the risk of
death by 71 percent, hospitalization
by 67 percent, and minor injuries by
50 percent. TTie National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration's sur-
vey of trends in child safety seat use
in locations in 19 major cities showed
that the use has increased from 22
percent in 1981 to 84 percent in 1990.
For those who resent being forced
to wear seatbelts or don't like them
because they are uncomfortable, take
note of the following statistics. Lap/
shoulder belts are 40-50 percent ef-
fective in reducing deaths and 45-55
percent effective in preventing seri-
ous injuries to occupants of passen-
ger vehicles. In 1989, only 5,537 (24
percent) of the restrained occupants
„ (of all ages) in fatal crashes were
killed compared lo 16,759 (50 per-
cent) of unrestrained occupants.
"In Texas, the seatbelt enforce-
ment is primary enforcement. In a lot
of states you have to hjtve another
violation such as running a red light
before you'll be stopped. In Texas, if
you are seen without a seatbelt on
you can be stopped for that," Ploof
said.
Seventy percent of motor ve-
hicle accidents happen within 25
miles of home. Injuries from motor
vehicle accidents lead to twice as
many life years lost (36 years) as
cancer (16 years) and three times the
number lost to heart diseasc/strokc
(12 years). Yet, cancer research re-
ceives 10 times more federal funding
($1.4 billion) and research and heart
disease/stroke receives six times more
funding ($930 million) than injury
research ($160 million). And, states
spend less thanl percent of their
health departments' total budget on
injury prevention.
That means that keeping chil-
dren and adults safe from motor ve-
hicle injuries and deaths is in the
citizen's hands, and the hands of the
police who will be working this sum-
mer to constantly remind motorists
of the dangers. Keep that in mind if
you're stopped for not wearing a
seatbelt. They just don't want to see
you again, as a victim.
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