The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 144, No. 98, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1998 Page: 1 of 63
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After being turned down by
local city officials in their pur-
suit of animal control, Bastrop
County Commissioners have
But cost may not be the only
consideration. Holly indicared.
Earlier in the wimer when (hy-
ing beds were literally over-
flowing—the beds were over ca-
Even in a wet year, the city
may spend only about $10,000
for sludge disposal, said Holly.
That means recovering the di-
gester's cos in lower dsposai
expenses will take a number of
Duncan mid patrol officers
are non going to be asked to sit
in with fire (fispatdnng crew to
see the tarrirarirs of the poai-
Johnny
is enough
serve both
en injured
to appear
in Bastrop
been fining m.
in addkfou, he said, he wants
to bra* up hfe dnpanchmg
skills and get caught up with the
At one time Fisher said he
'feared the cost could reach
$100,000, but now he’s hopeful
the project can be completed for
substantially less.
Holly said he will likely in-
clude the cost of reworking the
digester in the budget he will
submit to the city council this
summer for the 1998-99 fiscal
solutions to the growing prob-
lem of stray dogs.
County officials are now
looking to buOd a facility of
their own on a nine-acre tract of
land currently being used by the
Bastrop County
Sludge piles up
City studies pirn for old digester
City officials in Bastrop are
looking for new ways to dfapoae
ready expressed an interest in
the postion, Sanders said, and
officials would like to have
someone hired by March.
Though the facility will be
owned and operated by the
county, the Humane Society
will not be completely stmt out
“We would certainly wel-
come them out there,’' Sanders
said.
The Humane Society, which
shut its doors at the first of this
year and is looking to re-open,
could be tied in *> the site with a
telecommurucators is that many
have been in school or fallen ill
in the past few weeks, Duncan
county would build the facility
and “take the lead role in ac-
tively managing it”
That includes hiring a de-
partment head to study the
county's needs and formulate
some ideas.
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For some time now the
treatment process has included
wasting sludge, the heavier
solids winch remain after treat-
ment, into drying beds. When
the sludge is nearly dry-and
much lighter—it is trucked to a
licensed landfill fordfaposaL
But in recent mouths the
weather has mostly been too
rainy and damp for the normal
drying process to be effective,
said wastewasu' director Mike
More recently the city has
entered into an agreement to
track wet sludge to licensed
pastures where it is spread over
the ground.
City Msnsgrr Randall Holly
term solution
Sanders said there
room at the site to
groups.
County officials
Monday with rep
from the Bastrop C
mane Society about the/ two en- spay/neuter program
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McAuley, Davis. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 144, No. 98, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1998, newspaper, February 5, 1998; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1177934/m1/1/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.