Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1991 Page: 2 of 42
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PACK 2A-THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY APRIL 25,1991
In Precinct 2
Elected officials speak to constituents on variety of topics
from pa^e 1
“The ambulance service is work-
ing real weU,” Smith said. “We’ve
got some problems, but considering
it’s not costing the taxpayers a
thing, it’s doing well.”
Smith referred to recent work on
the culverts in Precinct 2. He said
the work was funded by a $100,000
grant from die soil conservation ser-
vice and did not coat the county a
penny.
Referring to the problem of Jail
overcrowding, Smith said all
aspects of the situation are being
looked into. A committee that was
tamed in 1004 to study the Jail has
beerweinstated to look at the pro-
“Was it built with expansion
capability?” somebody asked.
“We think so,” Smith said, adding
that a jail architect is coming to
meet with the county.
To give an example of die pro-
blem, Smith said there are currently
two women in the jail taking up eight
spaces simply because the women
and men cannot be mixed.
“A lot of die problem has to do
with Jail classifications,” he said.
“We can’t put someone who’s in
there for the first time in with so-
meone who’s in there for the eighth
time.”
Smith said what bothers Urn the
most is when he thinks about the Jail
overcrowding in Harris County and
how much worse it is than Polk
County’s problem.
“The people from the jail commis-
sion told me told me that Harris
County is making an effort and that,
in their opinion, we’re not,’’ he said.
The Polk County Jail is currently
under a remedial order and has ap-
proximately U people waiting to get
into the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice.
Smith said the county’s liability in-
surance increased $100,000 this year.
“It’s a tremendous problem but we
have to do it,” he said.
Concerning road and bridge,
Smith said he put oil down Tuesday
and is going to do some dip and seal
work on some of the roads within the
precinct.
He mentioned that time are 180
miles of road, 28 bridges and 600
culverts in Precinct 2 and that he
has approximately $90,000 in this
year’s budget allotted for this.
“I’ve been working with Bobby on
the IdlewHde project for about three
months and be has been very
helpful, honest and
straightforward,” a man in the au-
dience said, praising the commis-
sioner. “He’s told us Just what he
can and cannot da”
“I appreciate you saying that and
I hope what we’re doing here will br-
ing the county government and the
people cloSfer together,” Smith said.
“Everything is going stag real
well,” Maddox said of the city of
Onalaska.
“Our sales tax is continuing to rise
and it is up about 20 percent from
last year,’’he said. “That’s what our
city operates on, we don’t collect an
ad valorem tax.”
Concerning the natural gaa
system, Maddox said bids should be
let in about six weeks and that there
are Just a few more rights of way to
be acquired.
“We should be putting pipe in the
ground in early fail,” he said.
“I’m wondering if the people are
Informed of what the cost will be go-
ing from electric heat to gaa heet,”
someone in the audience asked.
“We don’t have a real tight factor
as to the difference at this point,”
Maddox said. “There’s a lot of peo-
ple who can handle the gas that Just
can’t handle the electric.”
“The charge is $8J0 minimum for
1,000 cubic feet,” Robert C. “Bob”
Goodson, former mayor of
Onalaska, said. “There are all kinds
of data available that will reduce
these facta to something yon can
really believe hi and that Is the
British thermal unit”
“Concerning the amphitheater
project that I’m sure most of you
have rend about it’s moving along
real weU,” Maddox said. “It’s to the
point that the Polk County Chamber
of Commerce is running with it
“We have a steering committee
working on it and some international
developers interestad in it” he said.
“Right now it’s Just a matter of get-
ting the demographics together. It’s
going to be quite an undertaking.”
Martdbx emphasised that the pro-
ject is “not Just a city of Onalaska
project or a dty of Livingston pro-
ject” but a county-wide project
“It’s going to help the lake area in
particular and the county in
general,” he said.
Whan asked, Maddox said no tax
dollars are involved, it is strictly a
The opry houae will continue to
be an Onalaska project” Maddox
said. “The First Baptist Church
recently gave us its old sanctuary
building and we hope to convert it to
an opry houae and have country and
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been moved yet the spot we’re look-
ing at has enough room for a park
and some other things,” he said,
mentioning that the tract is at the
corner of Old Groveton Road and
Hwy. 190.
“It can be a double-edged sword,
but it is a very responsible thing for
the elected official,” he said.
“The county tax roll-back had a
major impact on everyone and I
think we’ve done a fairly good job
with lass money and. additional
responsibilities,” Thompson said.
“I feel reasonably comfortable in
talking about it because I wasn’t a
part of it,” he said.
Thompaon informed everyone of a
county-wide celebration planned for
10 a.m. July 4 in the Livingston foot-
ball stadium.
“President Bush has asked us all
to make this a special day,” he said.
“What we’ve seen the last few mon-
ths has been good for America and
we need to stop and say thanks.”
He also referred to an upcoming
project involving landscaping the
courthouse. Thompson said Texas
ARM University will be providing
the work at no coat to the county.
“You know I was just thinking
government is big business and
every parson here is like a
stockholder,”
dience said,
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stock.”
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positive decisions,” he said. “We’re
going to make mistakes, that’s why
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gives people a chance to talk and
have their problems hoard,” so-
“Tht dty of Livingston presents
an overall report to the dty each
year. This is something we are plan-
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beginning of next year,” Thompson
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1991, newspaper, April 25, 1991; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth798262/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.