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Calling for an end to the
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l ing practices, Trustee David R.
Smith wants the school district
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recruiting minorities:
| Smith, who had requested a
report on hiring practices, sub-
mitted a draft of an affirmative
| action commitment Monday. He
| requested that the School Board
consider it as a proposed policy
|' change at its next meeting.
If approved, “special efforts in
[ recruitment and employment
shall be undertaken whenever
| and wherever there appears to
be an under-utilization of
! minorities and-or women,” as
stated in the proposed policy
change.
Smith said he was impressed
with the work that went into the
report, but, “although it all looks
good on paper, I am, as are other
members of the community, still
suspect of employment prac-
tices.”
Before and since his election to
the board, Smith has voiced con-
cern abourthe disproportionate
ratio of minority district
employees to students and tax-
payers in the district.
“We are a public business in
an area made up, according to
the 1980 census, of 31-35 percent
minorities,” he said during the
board meeting Monday.
He related that minorities
employed by the school district
make up only 12 percent of the
professional ranks, 10 to 11 per-
cent of clerical personnel, 23 per-
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Baytown City Council
SHAWN BURNS and a friend share some turf. The 8-year-old is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bums of 2209 Kilgore Road.
(Sun staff photo by Carrie Pryor)
First school budget up
Council that approaches
issues in an open manner. I
want to thank all the citizens
of Baytown for the privilege
and honor of being on the
council for the past 11 years.”
Ms. Wilbanks is a former
president of the Houston-
Galveston Area CounciT and
currently serves as first vice
president of the Texas
Association of Regional Coun-
cils as well as regional direc-
tor of Region XIV in the Texas
Municipal League.
Last year, Ms. Wilbanks
represented the H-GAC in
Washington on the Energy
and Environmental Commit-
Mary Elizabeth Wilbanks,
now in her sixth term on
Baytown City Council, will
resign her position as District
6 representative effective
Junel.
An English instructor at
San Jacinto Junior College
North, Ms. Wilbanks said
Tuesday she was “delighted”
to announce that as of June 1,
she will become the college’s
registrar.
“But in accepting this
career opportunity, it was
necessary to consider the
time and energy involved in
my volunteer political ac-
tivities,” she told The Sun.
ing — are complete with the ex- “even though we’ve had a value the date of the first official
Baytown school trustees took, ception of-any additional pro- growth, we have no more budget hearing,
their first look Monday at the gram costs that might be added money,” explaining that of- In other business, the board
preliminary 1984-85 budget total- during the special session of the ficials “dipped into reserves” approved, as recommended, the
ing $63,166 million, up 1.65 per-_ Legislature, Wells said. this year, which are not firm of Tiller, Ratliff, Tiller and
cent Over the current budget. “If anything passes, it will available next budget Jentho as the districts 1984-85
The preliminary 1984-85 have to help us,” Clark said necessitating a transfer in the auditors. The firm submitted a
operating budget totals $57,774 about the action of the 1984-85 budget of 3 cents from the proposal of $22,950, while the
million, up 3.22 percent over this Legislature. He explained that operating budget into the in- other submitted, that of Gerace,
year’s budget.
Business Manager Jim Wells the biennium just last year and debt service,
said in a memorandum given would be reluctant in the coming
trustees that most budget ac- session to take any money from cents of the current 89-cent tax
counts had not been increased public education,
from the 1983-84 budget and a No additional personnel are
few had actually been decreas- provided in the 1984-85 budget.
In his memo, Wells said about
The salary budget was in—a $200 million increase in the tax $4.1 billion, will generate
$401,800, he said.
By LISA OCKER
legislators approved funds for terest and sinking account for HulMm, Start & Co., was for
$26,500.
Trustees also approved the
summer recreation budget total-
rate to fund the debt service re- ing $8,600. It includes tennis, ,
quirements leaving 77 cents for track, basketball, softbalV-
the operating fund. Every 1 cent playground, gymnasium and
in taxes, based on the tax roll of swimming programs.
Provided in the budget are
salaries for tennis, track,
Preliminary fund balance basketball and gymnasium
Wells said it will take about 12
ed.
tee of the National Associa-
tion of Regional Councils.
Prior to this, she sejrved on
the most meaningful ex- the Transportation Policy
periences of my life” and that
it was with “mixed emotions”
that she will step down from
her council seat, which she only woman to serve on City
has held since 1973.
Ms. Wilbanks called her
tenure on City Council “one of
creased over the 1983-84 budget roll is estimated next year, in-
by about $2 million or 4.74 per-
cent, Wells said.
creasing the tax base for the
1984-85 budget year to $4.1 estimates, which Wells termed recreation instructors. Other ex-
Of a proposed 5-percent salary billion. Using the current tax “conservative,” are $300,000 in penditures include $200 for ten-
increase, 3.5 percent would be rate of 89 cents per $100 valua- the debt service fund and $4.5 nis balls and $500 for transporta-
for the normal step increases tion, that tax base is expected to million in the operating fund. tion to junior Olympic track
allowed by the state, Superinten- generate tax revenue of $35.76 As required by the Texas meets. About $100 in revenue is
dent Johnny Clark told trustees. million. School officials base Education Code, the budget anticipated from tennis tourna-
All budgets — including their budgets on a tax collection must be prepared by Aug. 20 ot mentfees.
each year. /
Trustees approved Aug. 13 as
Committee of the national
group representing H-GAC.
Ms. Wilbanks has been the
Council since the early 1960s,
holding various offices in-
cluding mayor pro tern last
“We are very fortunate in
Baytown to have such an ex-
cellent city staff and City
City and school parks and ten-
(See SCHOOL, Page 2-A)
maintenance, operation, rate of 98 percent of this total,
transportation and data process-
year.
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However, Clark stressed,
Backward plunge
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Mont Belvieu OKs more permits
Bones from
Lucas site
not human
Laboratory test
results negative
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Good incentive
It
; In our sporadic travels in and
around Texas, we read the
following posted on an employee
bulletin board: New incentive
plan:
Work or get fired.
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and Councilman Raymond Her-
rin abstaining.
Davis and Hudman stood in
favor of granting the second per-
mit, with Richardson and Herrin
opposing. Miller broke the tie,
voting in favor of granting the
second permit.
In other business, councilmen
discussed plans for renovating
the Barbers Hill Volunteer Fire
Department’s headquarters.
Estimated cost of the project is
$43,000. Rather than make a *
decision on the issue, council
agreed to send it to committee
for more study.
“We could relocate off the hill
before spending that kind of
money,” Richardson said. “We
can get pretty far down the road
with 40-something thousand
dollars.”
In other business, council:
•Approved a resolution sup-
porting increased state highway
funding.
•Approved a request by
Sqadrift Pipeline to lower a 50-
foot exposed section of pipeline.
•Approved a resolution oppos-
ing a General Telephone rate in-
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By DAVID BYFORD
MONT BELVIEU — The plan hoping to find a solution within
to evacuate potentially two weeks. At past meetings,
dangerous city sections took a Miller proposed a buyout of un-
backward plunge Monday night, safe residential areas by the ci-
with city council allowing more ty, industry or both,
mobile home permits on “The The problem holding council
Bill”- back is the questionable legality
. LEON AND Wade Waltman en- City Council, led by Mayor of denying permits for struc-
; joy a night at the races... Mary Fred Miller, had in past tures that comply with present
Hodges proves to be harder on meetings vowed to halt in- ordinances,
finances than Hurricane Alicia dustrial and residential con- r |lj . „ , miirieiinps
... Ginger Scarborough plays sln!cUM.inthe_are,^AMarch27
charades. explosion of a Dow Chemical Co. Iverson said that if Dermit
Dennis Heyen works on pipeline spotlighted the tangle of J ordinance stan-
: scheduling... Chert Black Is ex- underground natural gas S^”ZuSteSt£
; cited to see her picture in the pipelines and storage wells that da™s’ theyus“0Uld be granted'
paper ... Pete Lucas is busy underlie the city. Two mobile home permits
with new projects .. . Lolly “We need to decide what we’re were approved by council Mon-
Lamb gets a special Mother’s going to do,” Miller said Mon- fay night, bringing the totalto
Day surprise. day. “If it’s not our responsibili- three since the unofficial ban
Gwen A1 twine hosts to a group ty to make sure that this town’s on permits began,
of Lee College students for an safe, than who’s (responsibility) The first permit allowed the
end of semester bash . . . Mike is it?” landowner to replace an existing
Davis says he just can’t seem to Councilman Carrell Richard- mobile home with a newer one,
get it right: .. Jim Partin meets son added, “The answer is not- and the second permit was need-
tip with one of his former players stopping either one of them (in- ed 1° clear a misconception,
and says he still enjoys blowing dustrial or residential growth), allowing the mobile home
the whistle. but coordinating where each will dwellers city utilities,
Scott Singleton wins a photo be. (But) people ought to have Councilmen A,B. Davis and
contest at Exxon’s Baytown -the right to use their land.” Mike Hudman voted in favor of
Olefins Plaht. His photo is called Miller said he is now discuss- granting the first permit, with
“A Cold Day in Kansas." ing Mont Belvieu’s situation with Richardson opposing the permit
representatives from industry,
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ANAHUAC — Bones found at a
site where confessed killer
Henry Lee Lucas said he raped
and killed a Houston-area
woman in 1982 are not human, a
Chambers County Sheriff’s
Department spokeswoman said
Tuesday.
Several bones were found on
April 25 at the' site, which lies on
the edge of a fallow rice field
north of High Island near Farm
Road 1985’s intersection with
State Highway 124.
Findings were sent to a Clear
Lake laboratory for analysis,
where results proved negative.
So'far, no traces of the four
victims Lucas claims he dumped
or buried near High Island have
been found. In past weeks, Lucas;
led Sheriff’s .Department
deputies to the site north of High
Island and to other sites east oC
High Island, where Lucas
alleges he buried three victims
in gulfside sand dunes.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 170, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 15, 1984, newspaper, May 15, 1984; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154244/m1/1/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.