Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 2000 Page: 3 of 100
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Prisoner’s spider bite costs the county
$6,785.78 in medical bills
The Hondo Anvil Herald, Thursday, September 28,2000, Page 3
During the weekly meeting of the
Medina County Commissioners’ Court
commissioners questioned one of the
weekly bills being presented by
County Auditor Terry Bermea.
Commissioners asked what a medi-
cal bill for $6,785.78 for a prisoner at
the county jail was caused by.
“The inmate required extensive tests,
several days in the hospital and medi-
cine after being bitten by a spider,”
Bermea explained.
Commissioners then granted approval
to pay the bill.
• Before closing the business por-
tion of the meeting. County Judge
David Montgomery made the an-
nouncement that due to the recent rains
around the county he was officially
lifting the bum ban.
• The court granted final approval
to adopt the 2000-2001 Medina
County Budget, with a total appro-
priation of $12,781,533.
Medina County Sheriff Wesley
Scott asked if the budget would af-
fect the sheriff's office budget.
“Yes, two dispatchers will get paid
1 /2 their salary from general funds
and 1/2 from 911 funds,” Bermea
said. “One deputy will be cut to part-
time on gent il funds and the rest
of that salary v, .11 come from court-
house security funds.”
“Did the 911 Board approve the
additional funds?” Scott asked.
“They only agree to fund up to a
certain amount of hours.”
“They give us the lump sum of
$17,125 and some of it is basically
just sitting there collecting interest,”
Bermea said. “They have said they
would fund the same amount this
year. That is what was discussed at
the budget meeting."
“I was not privileged to attend dur-
ing the discussion on the sheriff’s
office budget,” Scott said. “Foryears
the deputies’ position has been
termed as a salaried position. With
this change, we have to break it down
into a hourly position.”
After the budget was adopted,
the new tax rate of .5372 cents for
the fiscal year 2000-2001 was
adopted by unanimous vote.
The breakdown of the tax is as
follows; General Fund .4030, Farm
to Market .0736, and Debts .0606
for the total tax of .5372 as of Sept.
25, 2000.
• Final approval was granted to
Amendment No. 2 to a contract be-
tween Medina County and the Texas
Department of Human Services for
CCAD Home Delivered Meals and
CNA Home Delivered Meals.
• Preliminary approval was given
to Addendum No. 4 to Contract No.
MC-SSNSTR-002-1099-0900, be-
tween Medina County and Alamo
Area Council of Governments
(AACOG) for the nutrition program.
The addendum is for $2,681 for the
purchase of raw goods for home de-
livered meals.
• Approval was given to Beverly
Lutz, assistant director of the Federal
Programs, for a bid response on Texas
Department of Transportation 5310
Application.
The grant application is to help buy
a new vehicle. The grant would pay
for $43,000 and the county would
only have to contribute $11,000 for
the new vehicle.
• Bid authorization was granted to
Lutz to begin accepting bids for six
new vehicles for the nutrition and trans-
portation departments.
“All of our vehicles are getting worn
out and we’re spending a lot of money
on maintenance,” Lutz said. “We need
four mini vans and two 15 passengers
vans. The money would be coming out
of transportation funds.”
• Final approval was given to a con-
tract between Medina County and the
220th Judicial District (Bosque,
Comanche and Hamilton counties) for
juvenile detention services at $85 per
day, per juvenile.
• A donation/service agreement be-
tween Medina County and Community
EMS was given final approval.
• Approval was given to set sheriff
and constable fees as follows: subpoe-
nas - $50; summons - $50; Writs of
Sequestration - $100; Writs of Attach-
ment - $100; Writs of Restitution -
$ 100; Writs of Execution - $ 100; Writs
of Garnishment - $100; Writs of Pos-
session - $100; Orders of Sale - $100;
and Forcible Detainer - $100.
Service fees were set at $50 for all
citations and $10 for posting and fin-
gerprinting.
CASTROVILLE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE I
years. His confidence was not bol-
stered by the appearance of the cafe.
“I was a little disappointed when I
saw the cafe’s size,” said Masters. “I
thought it would be larger, but it is
just a little snack bar.” The cafe is
16 feet wide and 22 feet long.
Hancock, Schueling, and Mayor
Archie Ragland defended the cafe’s
size. “It is only supposed to have 20
occupants at a time,” said Schueling.
“It has five tables," added Ragland.
“It is comparable to other cafes at
other small airports in the area,” said
Hancock.
Councilmember Leon Tschirhart
was not concerned about the cafe’s
size. “What he is doing is fine with
me,” said Tschirhart.
“Who maintains the cafe?” asked
Councilman James Bell.
“Hobbs does all the maintenance
until the cafe becomes the property
of the city,” explained Alexander.
Tschirhart made a motion to accept
the location which was seconded by
Hancock. Masters refused to approve
the location for the airport cafe, just
as he opposed the lease to Hobbs.
With Bell’s support, the motion
passed, 3-1.
Council tabled a proposal from the
Natural Resources Conservation Ser-
vice to seed water runoff areas on the
airport with grasses to slow the flow
of water and decrease erosion on the
south side of the airport. Earlier this
year, the NRCS’s Lynn Post examined
the erosion area with city personnel
and recommended the soil conserva-
tion tactic. The proposal was tabled
so the city can coordinate its erosion
control efforts with other landowners
whose property abuts the airport.
The city contemplated seeding the
airport with grasses and creating no-
till waterways as recommended by
NRCS. However, council agreed that
involving neighbors, who may also
wish to seed parts of their land, would
be more effective. Council also wants
to see if abutting landowners will
share the costs of the project.
“The southeast end of the airport
will require neighbor involvement
because we don’t want to just tell
them what we are doing. We could
get in trouble by putting more water
on them. We need to see what the
farmers are willing to do,” explained
Tschirhart. “Some of the land is for
sale and, if subdivisions go in, we
will have real problems.”
Hancock agreed, “If we have a
problem, we need to fix it all at once,
Store held up
at gun point
The Exxon on Hwy. 173 and IH
35 in Devine was held up Sept. 24
at approximately 5:10 a.m.
According to reports, the clerk
working in the store at the time re-
ported a female, wearing a ski mask,
entered the store with a gun. The fe-
male robbed the store of $ 1,500 and
the security tape before leaving.
The incident is still under ityvesti-
ttion. No suspect has been located
this time, however the clerk re-
died having seen someone wear-
g the same clothes earlier.
not piecemeal. We step on our own
feet too often. We shouldn’t go to the
neighbors after the fact.”
Alexander told council the NRCS
had made a similar proposal in 1984
after performing an engineering study.
The cost of that project was then esti-
mated at $13,000 because it included
installing metal structures, which re-
directed runoff waters. The current
project calls for grass waterways only.
‘They recommended grass water-
ways at that time too. The plan is still
legitimate but, without the structures,
it will only cost $2,000 for seed and
fertilizer; plus labor,” explained Al-
exander, who said he would obtain
copies of the 1984 NRCS report.
Masters made the motion to table
the erosion control proposal until the
city administrator and public works
director coordinated their efforts
with the NRCS, county commission-
ers, and all neighboring landowners.
Hancock seconded the motion,
which passed by unanimous vote.
Council approved the configura-
tion and content of a Castroville Mu-
nicipal Airport website, contingent
upon the legal opinion of city attor-
ney Bill Gamble.
The website was originally de-
signed to promote the new FBO, but
council wanted assurances the city
website did not favor any one busi-
ness. Accordingly, they asked the
main site be developed to promote the
City of Castroville and its airport only.
All airport tenants who wish to
participate will be able to have their
web links listed on the Castroville
Airport web page. The airport has
several tenants including, Torkelson
Flying Service, hangar manager Lou
McCasland, and FBO Len Hobbs,
who will benefit from the advertise-
ment of the airport in cyberspace.
Schueling told council th at airport
board member Greg Runnels would
be creating the website to promote
the airport. The total cost for getting
the site up and running will be $350,
which includes an initial fee of $75.
Council agreed to write another
letter to TxDoT to try to gain ap-
proval for the lease of five acres of
airport property to establish a no-kill
pet shelter to be run by CAPS.
TxDOT officials denied the city’s
first proposal, citing conflicts with
the market val ue of the shelter.
“Our attorney will write them an-
other letter asking them to recon-
sider,” said Schueling. “We had a
misunderstanding regarding the mar-
ket value. We were going to pursue
an alternate plan for CAPS, but we
have to wait to get a definitive rejec-
tion of the current plan with the
proper financial data.”
In Other Business
• Council refused to voluntarily re-
duce the amount of water it pumps
from the Edwards Aquifer. The city
currently has interim authorization
from the Edwards Aquifer Author-
ity to pump 962.34 acre-feet in the
year 2000 and it is authorized to
pump the same amount in 2001. The
EAA had presented the city with a
contract asking for voluntarily reduc-
tion of the 962.34 acre-feet, which
is based on historically high usage.
“If the city were to agree to the re-
duction the EAA would offer them a
corresponding reduction in manage-
ment fees,” said Alexander, explain-
ing the action. “But then, if you need
more water, you are subject to pen-
alties. If we reduce, they may not give
us back the water when they write
their final rules. It could have a nega-
tive impact on the city, so we are not
willing to reduce. We usually use 600
acre feet a year, but we will pay the
management fee for 962.34 regard-
less of how much we use.”
• Council set the date of Monday,
Oct. 30 for a workshop to develop
official job descriptions and pay
scales for the director of public
works and public works employees.
• 1 he next meeting of the Castro-
ville City Council will be Tuesday,
Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The
public is welcome to attend.
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