Jackson County Herald-Tribune (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Page: 3 of 42
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Jackson County Herald-Tribune, Wednesday, August 29,2012 3A
Pets of the Week
Two founds are waiting to be reclaimed at the pound
this week. On the left, this male chihuahua mix was
found on Ash St. and on the right, this chocolate male
chihuahua was found at the St. Paul Lutheran Church.
To claim, call 782-5271. Waiting expectantly for adop-
tion this week include Fannie, a female black lab mix,
possibly part boxer, is very pretty and quite active; Ollie
is a good family dog, a beautiful and calm male brindle
mix that is 3-4 years old; Whiz is still looking for his
forever-home, a white male terrier mix with a brown
patch over his eye; and Millie is a three-month old black
lab female pup. For more information and adoption of
any of the dogs or what you can do to make their tem-
porary stay better, call 782-5271 or 782-8417.
Disease is spread by mosquitoes
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but it’s the elderly, the very
young and those who have
weakened immune systems
such as chemo patients, dia-
betics, etc.”
Wooldridge said the dis-
ease is spread by mosquitoes
from birds to humans and
other mammals. The disease
is not spread from one mam-
mal to another. He also said
there isn’t one for humans to
protect themselves from the
virus.
“The federal grant that used
to pay the cost for us to send
dead birds to the State for
West Nile testing has run out,
so that will no longer be an
option,” Wooldridge said.
“The conference was led by
Doctor Sandra Delgado. At
the conclusion she said that
asking ourselves right now is
‘What are we willing to do to
eradicate mosquitoes in the
event that we have a human
illness in Jackson County and
what will our trigger be?”’
Friedrich recommended
that individuals protect them-
selves by spraying insect
repellant with DEET, wear
long sleeves and pants, check
their properties for water pud-
pots, stagnant ponds and tires
where mosquitoes breed and
lay their eggs. Wooldridge
advised people to stay indoors
during dusk and dawn when
mosquitoes are most active.
Friedrich said he wants
people to be aware of West
Nile virus and to educate
them about it and how to pro-
tect themselves from it.
“However,” he said, “we
there is a horse vaccine, but the question we should be dies, standing water in flower- don’t want to start a panic.’
Council denies skeet range request
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Ross Valigura and Gary W.
and Nelwyn C. Skalicky for
the property.
Tegeler said that an applica-
tion has been sent to Kansas
City Southern to have the four
comers on Hwy 172 back for
parking. The mayor explained
it was a cashless exchange and
that in return the city would go
back to mowing and weeding
the property as they had
before. There was no hard
timeline for a reply from the
railroad as of press time.
“We have documentation
that the property does belong
to the railroad,” said Tegeler.
“But we do have a situation
where we would be able to
lease the property back.”
The city received a “clean”
report from their annual audit.
John Blakeway reported an
unqualified opinion - clean -
saying it was no different than
other years. Unreserved sur-
plus for the city was down
$11,000 from last year to
about $249,000, and the water
and sewer fund net assets were
up $60,000 from last year to
$173,000.
“We came out ahead basi-
cally, and that’s good news,”
Everyone puts their merchandise
on sale, we’ve put our
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said Blakeway. No action was
needed on the item.
Cinch Energy Services
requested a variance to put in a
skeet shooting range for a one-
time event, but was denied by
the council, citing safety rea-
sons.
“How many cities would
allow a skeet event in the city
limits, blessed by the city
council?” asked Councilman
Mike Konarik rhetorically.
“We’d be shunning our
responsibilities if we told
those that live around them
‘It’s okay, they have insur-
ance,”’ said Tegeler.
In other news, council
adopted a resolution to apply
for a 2013-14 Rural
Community Development
Block Grant under the
Community Development
Fund for up to $275,000 to
and upgrades in the city. The
city would be “matching” the
grant with a minimum of
$27,500 from Ganado’s utility
fund.
State Game Warden Kevin
Stancik’s appointment as a
reserve officer for the Ganado
Police Department was
approved.
In the monthly police
report, Robertson reported a
total revenue of $2,080.20 for
a year-to-date revenue of
$18,225.96. There were
$1,827.90 in municipal fines
and no hours of community
service and no money as jail
credit for time served in lieu of
court costs. The GPD received
83 calls for July and issued 17
citations. A dozen calls were
for locked vehicles and anoth-
er 10 for information. The new
patrol vehicle was in opera-
carry out water improvements tion, concluded the report.
Hospital district
passes tax rate
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ect will cost just yet because
they are still in the design
and development phase. He
said the JCHD is trying to
minimize the costs and max-
imize service.
An Aqua Therapy Pool
and Wellness Center will be
built. All of the patient
rooms, nurse stations and
surgery suites will be reno-
vated. The dining room will
be expanded. The overall
project is almost $1 million
more than anticipated, Jones
said.
A swing bed nursing facil-
ity will be added for patients
who are receiving longer
rehabilitate, he said. The
hospital district also plans on
expanding its EMS service.
“We’re trying to hold the
line on that and make sure
that the contractor, the engi-
neers and the architect
understand what the scope of
work is so we can stay as
close to the budget as much
as we can,” said Jones.
In other news, the board
approved the tax rate of
$0.1690 per hundred dollar
valuation, which is the same
as last years tax rate. Jones
said it will increase revenue
by about $92,000. Director
Nils Mauritz was the lone
dissenting vote on the tax
term care in which they rate.
Tax rate not official
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Charles Taylor opposing.
The new rate brings in
slightly less, an estimated
$59,198 assuming a contin-
ued 95 percent collections
rate, but allowed the district
to save the same amount and
to give the Cape Carancahua
Volunteer Fire Department
the same amount as before.
The tax rate will not be
officially set until the ESD’s
next scheduled meeting Sept.
11 after some legal ground
work.
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LNRA directors
approve all budgets
By Lisa Shapiro
Sta ff Writer
The Lavaca-Navidad River
Authority directors unani-
mously voted to approve all
seven proposed budgets for
fiscal year 2013 at the Aug.
22 LNRA board of directors
regular meeting.
The budgets for general
fund, recreation, Clean Rivers
Program, Wastewater
Treatment Plant, west deliv-
ery system, east delivery sys-
tem and Point Comfort Water
Treatment Plant were
approved.
There was an increase in
the general fund budget by
$753,032 from the amended
fiscal year 2012 budget. The
fiscal year 2013 general fund
budget is about $6.7 million.
LNRA General Manager
Patrick Brzozowski said there
was an increase from $68,000
to $118,000 for public rela-
tions under the administrative
services item in the general
fund to include funds for
community services.
Another increase in the
general fund was for Texas
Commission on
Environmental Quality water
master fees, which rose from
$38,350 to $40,000. The fees
cover LNRA costs associated
with its portion of the expense
of the South Texas Water
Master Program administered
by TCEQ. The LNRA annual
assessment fee varies based
on program costs but is gener-
ally a fee set by TCEQ based
on reservoir capacity, firm
yield and use of water. LNRA
is charged a fee for municipal
use, industrial use, recreation
use, storage, etc.
The professional services
category covers the expense
of professional service
providers including consult-
ant engineers, auditors,
accounting consultant and
legal counsel, said
Brzozowski. It will cost
$580,000 for professional
services, which is a $49,000
increase from the amended
2012 budget to cover disaster
recovery planning.
“We did add $80,000 in
there specifically to cover a
disaster recovery plan,” he
said. “It’s one of those initia-
tives that we started almost
two years ago.”
The cost of general opera-
tions and maintenance is
$264,500, which is an
increase of $47,000 due to
leased equipment and aquatic
spraying.
The budget total for the
recreation budget is about
$1.5 million, with about a
$437,103 increase. There is a
$5,000 increase for credit
card assessment fees to cover
additional use and fees and a
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Jackson County Herald-Tribune (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 29, 2012, newspaper, August 29, 2012; Edna, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth774615/m1/3/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Advertising%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jackson County Memorial Library.