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“Our lawyer is saying it’s four to eight weeks
because we fall under a certain circumstance
called 'reasonable cause/ or there’s a —
there was a reasonable cause we didn’t file
taxes. It wasn’t that we were lazy. It wasn’t
that we missed anything. It was because we
had aggregated theft over a period of time.”
Joshua Morris
Liverpool Fire Chief
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Hubbard graduates
from Leadership
Command College
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Trafficking
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SB 23 -
Alvin Community College will host an adjunct hiring fair April 13
in Pearland. ACC is looking for professors
dozens of different classes.
and instructors in
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SB 9 -
Security
SB 13 - Ethics Reform
SB 15 - Protecting Local Free
Markets
SB 17 - Protecting Religious
Liberties
SB 18 - Protecting Campus
Free Speech
SB 19 - Protecting Second
Amendment Rights
Stop Human
appropriate paperwork and tax
filings are completed.
“Our lawyer is saying it’s four
to eight weeks because we fall
under a certain circumstance
called 'reasonable cause,' or
there’s a — there was a
reasonable cause we didn’t file
taxes. It wasn’t that we were
lazy. It wasn’t that we missed
anything. It was because we had
aggregated theft over a period of
time,” Morris said.
Owens said the Liverpool
department was given the option
to sign over all of its property
and assets and become an ESD
station, with volunteers being
district “employees” and the
ESD being the owner and direct
administrator of the station, but
Morris said he is uncomfortable
signing over a building that has
been a part of Liverpool for 58
years and that community
members, young and old, have
directly contributed to the
upkeep of.
Under the leadership of the
Gabels, the Liverpool Volunteer
Fire Department had not filed
taxes since 2011. The financial
records of the years during
which Gabel was treasurer were
turned over to the Brazoria
County Sheriff’s Department
when the theft was discovered
and the investigation began.
Uncomfortable with supplying
these documents to members of
the Liverpool Volunteer Fire
Department due to the ongoing
prosecution, the Brazoria
County District Attorney’s
office has agreed to supply
copies of these records, which
are necessary for filing the
needed taxes, to the department’s
CPA.
Morris said the department
first received notification from
the IRS in August 2018,
informing them that several
years worth of taxes had not
been filed.
“That was out of my control.
That was out of a lot of people’s
control,” Morris said.
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“We’ll be glad to take them
over and they can run under the
city of Liverpool,” Strickland
said.
The ESD already contracts
with the municipal departments
of Alvin and Angleton to
respond to calls in the
unincorporated parts of the
county surrounding their cities.
Beyond the public comments
by Morris, Strickland and
Liverpool City Councilman
Craig Kartye at the beginning of
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resumes, CVs and transcripts
upon request.”
The Hilton Garden Inn is
located at 12101 Shadow Creek
Parkway in Pearland. For
information, call 281-756-3639
or visit www.alvincollege.edu/
JobFair.
Texas Born-Alive
Infant Protection Act
SB 24 - Alternatives
Abortion Information Act
SB 1 - State Budget
SB 2 - Property Tax Reform
SB 5 - Increase the Homestead
Exemption
Morris said he reached out to
the ESD for help in retaining or
reinstating the department’s
nonprofit status. According to
Morris, the ESD failed to
provide any assistance.
“I reached out for help and I
didn’t get it,” Morris said.
Liverpool Mayor Bill
Strickland said he would be
happy for the city to convert the
department into a municipal
entity to eliminate the issue of
nonprofit status and then the
city could contract with the
Capt. Timothy Hubbard
Bill Blackwood Law
Enforcement Management
Institute of Texas,
headquartered on the campus
of Sam Houston State
University in Huntsville. The
Institute, known as “LEMIT,”
has been training law
enforcement managers and
executives since its inception
in 1987. LEMIT offers
numerous seminars, training
for police chiefs and the
leadership program, which is
one of the premiere law
enforcement academies in the
nation.
No tax monies are necessary
to support LEMIT, which is
funded by a surcharge on
criminal court costs, affording
eligible Texas law enforcement
managers and executive’s
essential professional
development. Between 1,000
and 2,000 Texas law
enforcement personnel benefit
from LEMIT training each
year.
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the night, there was no
discussion between the board
and members of the Liverpool
Volunteer Fire Department or
city leaders as commissioners
quietly voted to cancel the
contract.
The vote means the Liverpool
Volunteer Fire Department will
be unable to respond to calls.
Owens said calls within
Liverpool’s area will be
responded to by the Danbury,
Alvin and Demi-John
departments.
Morris and Assistant Fire
Chief Troy Smith said the move
was very irresponsible and
could cost lives as response
times increase for firefighters to
arrive on scene from neighboring
cities.
During an argument that
erupted just after the close of the
meeting, Morris instructed
everyone to be careful driving
through Liverpool because there
is no local department
responding to calls.
"I think that college students,
our future leaders, should be
exposed to all ideas, I don't care
how liberal they are or how
conservative they are," said
Huffman.
SB 18 defines all open spaces
as public forums for lawful,
non-disruptive displays of
expression.
Campus administrators can
limit things like time, place and
manner of expression provided
these rules are narrowly tailored
and politically unbiased.
When considering whether to
approve permits for invited
speakers, administrators could
only consider neutral-viewpoint
criteria and couldn't deny
application based on the
anticipation of controversy.
The measure now heads to the
full Senate for consideration.
Earlier, Patrick announced the
30 bills that he would consider a
priority this session.
As usual, the priority bills
start with the state budget,
always named SB 1.
• Establishes an extended -
year program that allows
districts to combat "summer
slide" by providing 30 days of
half-day instruction for students
in grades Pre-K-5 during the
summer months;
• Updates the transportation
funding model from a
burdensome linear density
model to a simplified one dollar
per mile reimbursement;
• Allocates resources
low-income students on
sliding scale (rather than
equal weight) to prioritize
students with the highest needs
and provides more funding to
schools with higher
concentrations of economically
disadvantaged students and
generational poverty;
• Quadruples the amount
allocated to fast-growth districts
to build and equip new
instructional facilities funding
to $100 million per year;
• Expands career and
technology education programs
for students in grades 6-12
(previously grades 9-12),
making students more skilled
and better prepared for the
workforce or post-secondary
education; and
• Establishes a grant
program for districts to offer
parents of economically
disadvantaged students with
learning disabilities in grades
3-8 access to additional services
to help improve educational
performance.
the biennium, a $3 billion or 38
percent reduction;
• Establishes an early
reading program that funds full-
day, high-quality Pre-K for low-
income students, setting the
right foundation for students to
be able to read at grade level by
third grade;
• Substantially raises the
minimum teacher salary
schedule and allocates an
additional $140 million in
funding for a teacher quality
program, providing districts
with the resources for recruiting
and retaining teachers in the
classroom;
• Enhances the yield on the
"enrichment" pennies, allowing
schools to earn and keep more
money for property taxes levied
above the standard Tier 1 tax
rate;
• Creates a professional
development grant program to
train teachers in blended
learning instruction so they can
effectively combine e-leaming
and traditional classroom
instruction;
• Dedicates more money for
dual language immersion
education, which has proven to
be more effective in producing
greater achievement levels for
multilingual and native English-
speaking students;
• Equips districts with the
resources needed to identify and
intervene at the earliest signs of
student dyslexia and related
disorders;
Alvin Community College is
planning to boost its roster of
adjunct instructors during a job
fair April 13.
The Adjunct Job Fair will be
held at the Pearland Hilton
Garden Inn from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m.
There are several positions
open to teach day, evening and
weekend classes. Teaching
formats may include the
traditional classroom, online or
hybrid.
“Interested candidates will be
provided an opportunity to meet
and discuss qualifications and
job opportunities with the
department chairs, deans and the
human resources team,” said
Karen Edwards, ACC human
resources executive director.
The positions are available at
various Brazoria County
locations including the ACC
main campus, UHCL Pearland
Campus, Shadow Creek High
School, Texas Department of
Criminal Justice and several
others.
Instructors
accounting,
astronomy,
technology, biology, business
administration, chemistry,
computer information
technology, culinary, drama/
humanities,
geography,
government, history, human
On Wednesday, ESD staff
members and commissioners
arrived in Liverpool for a
meeting with city council and
staff. Strickland said that the
meeting had a positive outcome
and that he is optimistic about a
peaceful solution.
After the meeting, ESD
personnel arrived at the
Liverpool Fire Station to remove
equipment that belongs to the
district. Two fire engines, a
brush truck and other smaller
equipment was removed. The
removal was necessary due to
the cancellation of the contract.
Owens said the district is taking
advantage of the current
situation by bringing the fire
engines in for some needed
maintenance and that hopefully
the equipment can be returned
soon.
The ESD’s Board of
Commissioners will have a
special meeting March 18 to
discuss and take further action
on the situation.
services & substance abuse
counseling, industrial design
technology, management,
music, office administration,
philosophy, physics, process
technology, psychology,
psychology - learning
framework, sociology, speech,
sports & human performance
and welding.
In the Health and Legal
Sciences instructors are needed
for: associate degree nursing,
criminal justice, diagnostic
cardiovascular sonography,
emergency medical technology,
licensed vocational nursing,
neurodiagnostic technology,
paralegal, pharmacy
polysomnography
respiratory care.
In General Education and
Academic Support instructors
are needed for: developmental
mathematics, mathematics,
developmental English (reading/
writing), English, tutors,
academic coaches, French and
Spanish.
For Continuing Education
instructors are needed in GED
comprehensive preparation
courses and commercial truck
driving.
Job seekers are encouraged to
bring copies of their resumes
and transcripts. Additional
background screening is
required.
“Onsite interviews may be
"I applaud Rep. Thompson
for authoring House Bill 3 and
for taking us one step closer to
passing transformational school
finance legislation this session,"
said Speaker Dennis Bonnen.
"By committing to meaningful,
lasting investments in Texas
classrooms through House Bill
3, Rep. Thompson is at the
forefront of preparing our
students for the demands of a
bustling workforce and keeping
the State of Texas a beacon of
economic opportunity. I look
forward to working with Rep.
Thompson to pass this critical
legislation into law and thank
them for their hard work in
bringing this priority bill to
fruition."
Built upon years of research,
data and testimony, House Bill
3:
• Invests in Texas students
and teachers by adding
approximately $9 billion in
funding above enrollment
growth and current law
entitlement over the next two
years;
• Empowers local school
districts to put more money in
their classrooms by raising the
Basic Allotment from $5,140 to
$6,030, an $890 increase per
student;
• Provides property tax
reform by lowering school
property tax rates by 4 cents
statewide;
• Reduces recapture from
$7.7 billion to $4.7 billion for
Timothy Hubbard, captain
of the Alvin Police Department,
graduated from the Leadership
Command College - Class 83
of the Law Enforcement
Management Institute of
Texas.
The program, taught by a
consortium of universities
throughout Texas, provides
1 aw enforcement admi ni strators
and executives with the skills
necessary to effectively
manage police agencies and
deliver a high level of service
to their communities. Module
I, focusing on leadership, is
taught at the Center for
Executive Development at
Texas A&M University.
Module II at Texas Woman’s
University focuses on the
political, legal and social
environment of law
enforcement.
The program concluded Feb.
22 with training in law
enforcement administration at
the third module, held at Sam
Houston State University.
Each of the three three-week
modules attended by
participants in the program is
taught by top national
and international law
enforcement experts. Topics
include leadership,
professional ethics and
integrity, communication and
personnel management issues.
The Command College
curriculum also strives to keep
participants on top of
contemporary issues in
criminal justice. This program
is one of many offered by the
SB 28 - Stop Frivolous
Government Lawsuits
SB 29 - Stop Taxpayer Funded
Lobbying
SB 30 - Taxpayers Right to
Know - Bond Transparency
SB 3 - Across-the-Board Pay
Raise for Teachers
SB 4 - School Finance Reform
SB 6 - Disaster Response Act
SB 7 - Flood Disaster Plan -
Matching Fund
SB 8 - Statewide Flood Plan
SB 10 - Student Targeted
Mental Health
SB 11 - School Safety Act
SB 12 - Retired Teacher
Security Act
SB 14
Broadband
SB 16 - Police College Loan
Forgiveness
SB 21 - Raise Smoking Age to
21
SB 25 - Higher Education
Credit Transfer
SB 26 - Honoring State Parks
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