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Region 5 manager for the ap- rate had already been set and
Baytown city officials have praisal district, called the tax notices were mailed Oct. 1.
received a preliminary tax roll “largest appraisal project ever City officials had estimated
showing total assessed valuation undertaken.” Baytown and that a tax rate of 62 cents —
up as much as 10 percent over other “Phase 3” jurisdictions down 2 cents from the current
the city’s estimate for fiscal become part of the appraisal rate — would be sufficient to
year 1984-85. district this year, making it truly finance the $31.5 million in pro-
Harris County Appraisal countywide. posed expenditures for fiscal
District says the appraised The overall magnitude of the year 1984-85.
" V-value of all property in Baytown project plus the fact that in- With the appraisal district’s
l totals about $2,037 billion, City dividual properties are so dif- preliminary valuation of about
F Manager Fritz Lanbam told City ferent throughout the county has $2,037 million, a 55-cent tax rate
Council members,Wednesday. bogged down the effort, Erwin Would yield the same amount of
However, appraisal district of- has said
ficials stresY that the
preliminary figure could change ' other taxing entities in the area,
after the appraisal review board had no official value roll at the valuation estimated at $2,037
hears appeals of property time budget planning began, billion, exemptions would also
• owners. A letter sent with the putting the city in a unique situa- increase up from the city’s plan-
preliminary tax roll to the city tion. ning estimate of $179 million to
City officials came up with an estimated $186 million,
their own “conservative” Lanham pointed out.
.‘1 • “I’m a little scared of the (ap- figures for planning purposes, And the most important “if" is
\ *1 praisal district’s) figure,” estimating a 3.5 percent in- whether City Council will adopt
Mayor Allen Cannon admitted, crease in total assessed valua-;. the 1984-85 budget as proposed
alluding to the uproar over tion over fiscal year 1983-84
allegedly inflated valuations in
the city of Houston.
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The city of Baytown, as well as proposed budget, Lanham said.
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with expenditures totaling $31.5
After the appraisal review million
board hears and decides valua-
Cannon recommended City tion appeals, the district will members indicated an interest
Council decide on the level of send certified value rolls to in adding more money for
streets. Members expressed in-
City Council will set the tax terest Wednesday in improving
THE WORLD Is pretty wonderful when you’re 3 J.D. Bettis of Old River. Mindy’s parents are Mr. * penditures required to maintain rate after receiving the final tax employee benefits.
roll on about Oct. 1, Erwin has As a result of Wednesday’s
The 1984-85 fiscal year marks estimated, and then tax notices session, city officials will
(See VALUATION, Page2-A>
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In a past work session, council
service needed and set the tax various taxing entities
rate accordingly to finance ex-
HORSING AROUND
years old and visiting your great-grandfather, and Mrs. Bob Henson of Memphis
Mindy Henson discovers a horse with a face as long
as she is tall during her stay with her “Pa Pa,”
this level of service
(Sun staff photo by Angie Bracey)
will go out. In the past, the tax
the end of what Glen Erwin,
La Porte student apparently drowned
Fonteno cleared
in conflict case
When the victim was not seen
in the proper dressing room the
teacher and members of the
class checked the pool area and
began a search for Jason, who
was not observed returning to-
the pool by any of the several
people who were in the area at
the time.
Williams said that the gym
Williams said Tice spoke with' teacher then saw Jason's
the death was "anything other education students at approx-
than an accident."
An autopsy has been ordered
at the Harris County Medical
Examiner’s Office. Powell said
By LINNEA SCHLOBOHM
and BRUCE GUYNN
LA PORTE - A 16-year-old
special education student ap-
parently drowned in the swim-
ming pool at La Porte High
School Wednesday morning,
police said.
La Porte police identified the
victim as Charles L. Jason. 16,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
E. Jason of La Porte.
Lt. B.L. Powell said police
have no reason to believe that
imately 10:10 a.m
The class had been instructed
by Charles Tice, a special educa-
. tion teacher on the junior high
police expected to receive the ,eve, and Barbara Graham
verbal results of the autopsy
Thursday.
Superintendent Robert
Williams of the La Porte School
District said Jason, who had
Cerebral Palsy, left the pool Jason in one of the dressing classroom instructor looking for
area with a class of nine junior rooms after class, telling him he him and a campus-wide search
high and high school special was In the wrong room. (See LA PORTE, Page 2-A)
By BRUCEGUYNN
to know my responsibility for
A Harris County grand jury knowing where these people
Wednesday cleared Precinct (hisrelatives) work.”
2 Commissioner Jim Fonteno Fonteno explained that the
of any possible violation of a law is applicable to firms
new conflict-of-interest law, a employing his in-laws, nieces
spokesman for the district at- and nephews and even first
torney's office said. cousins. He said the law ap-
Blll Taylor, head of the ma- plies to about 50 of his
jor fraud division of the relatives, about half of whom
district attorney’s office, said live In the Houston area
the grand jury arrived at its Fonteno said the experience
decision following an hour- has taught him "that I need to
long presentation of the case, ^e more knowledgeable of the
Taylor said the case Involv- iaws passed by the
ing Fonteno is now closed.
District Attorney Johnny
Holmes said he wasn’t "sur-
prised or shocked” by the ver-
adaptive physical education
teacher for the high school, and
two aides.
Consultant: Energy
use to keep dropping
Pearce Street Journal - •
Really good day
‘“"dial
A high-gear Homer salesman
had such a good day he stopped
on his way home and sold his
cemetery lot.
Legislature ”
He said he thinks something
needs to be done about the law
because in its present form, it
could affect public officials
from "the courthouse to the
White House ”
Revenues for the U S energy
companies are talking industry could drop as much as
themselves out of business by $50 billion by the end of the
persisting In .forecasting shor- decade, from $395 billion to $345
tages and stressing conserve- billion. Steffes said,
tion. a Houston energy consul-
tant said.
Dale Steffes. president of servatlon efforts are "structural
Houston-based Planning & In nature." and will "take place
Forecasting Consultants, sold with a good economy as well as a
Wednesday energy consumption Y°o*economy.’’
will drop for the next 20 to 30
HOUSTON (AP) - Energy
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diet
Contacted late Wednesday
afternoon. Fonteno said he
was "very grateful" about the
grand jury's decision. "I felt 1
had done nothing wrong "
Fonteno. whose precinct in-
cludes Baytown, maintained
that he was unaware of the
new conflict-of-interest law
when he joined with other
commissioners in voting to
award at least one contract to
W.W. Cannon Co., a firm
employing his son-in-law.
Danny Hamlin
The new law, which went In-
to effect Jan. 1, prohibits cer- °* any wrongdoing
tain officials, including Investigators with the
members of commissioners district attorney's office
courts, from voting on con- determined that the firm had
tracts that would benefit already been paid when Lind
firms employing their say signed the plats and
relatives
Although he has been monetary benefit,
cleared. Fonteno said he Violation of the new law, a
would continue not to vote on Class A misdemeanor, car-
contracts until “1 get a
clarification of the law "
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A 60-page report prepared by
the company shows current con-
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After the district attorney's
office began Investigating the
Fonteno case. County Judge
Jon Lindsay said during a
meeting of Commissioners
Court that he may have
violated the new law when he
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JOYCE ANTLE is missed at
school
something in common with
Cleopatra®
discusses an unusual costume
Jill Rowlands gets out
Carol Sherer
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Cindy Gerber has
"Even with the world glut of
energy today." the report said.
Consumption of oil is down 2 "they (energy companies) are
percent a year. Steffes said at a stpl talking conservation and
news conference, and total scarcity. _
energy consumption could drop
to the lowest levels in more than
five years.
"Most of the decrease Is going dustry," Steffes said
"This consumption, this de-
to mand Is shrinking now and It will
UA
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years
signed subdivision plats
prepared by Fowler and
Munger, an engineering firm
employing his son, Steven
However, the district at-
torney’s office cleared Llnd-
Jlm E. Long
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Sports
idea
Television lA>g
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of the house
tries to think of a resolution for
September ...
gets a new truck,
Forecasts of shortages are
wrong and could be
"devastating to the energy in-
Debbie Conner
WEATHER
Sunny and warm days and
fair and mild nights are
forecast for the Baytown
area through Friday
Temperatures are forecast
In the mld-OOs Thursday
Joe Bass makes a great pear
pie ... Collins and Elva Ganson
really know how to make
delicious popcorn
neighbors across the street keep
going back for more ... Taml
Rhea does a neat Job mowing a
yard
an old friend
to come In the gasoline market,"
Steffes said."This is not
help the energy companies. It's be shrinking for the rest of the
going to hurt them, to put It decade.” Steffes said."And
there's nothing the energy com
Steffes recommends energy panics can do unless they get
Industries, such as utilities, back Into marketing."
might consider dropping Incen
tlves offered to consumers to
The
bluntly."
couldn't derive any additional
night and near 90 degrees
Friday. From 8 a m.
Wednesday to 8 am,
Thursday, a low of 60
Weldon Chandler visits
The amount of money
Americans SDend on energy
oercentage of their total
■ has tied
percent In IM0
as a
rles a maximum penalty of a
conserve energy because
degrees and a high of 86
Sandra Kloha becomes her
own boss and is enjoying It ...
Jack Walsh works hard In his
C
Incentives hurt com
degrees were recorded
revenues and make tl
for energy even less
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yard.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 267, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1984, newspaper, September 6, 1984; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153706/m1/1/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.