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Thursday, September 12, 2019
Baytown community loses a generous friend in ‘Fat Mac’
COLLEGE
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college has a hierarchy in
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place for making decisions. Lynda Villanueva and Ste-
“This institution believes
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leges to do a better job of Accounting at the Univer-
cess. Not only do students
face academic challenges, pus today.
some with food insecurity for faculty, 11:15 p.m. for
and homelessness.
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THREE-DAY FORECAST FOR RAYTOWN AREA
Notice of Public Hearing on Tax
Increase
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but they also face financial
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pressing concerns, includ- recniiting students and giv-
ing its troubled relationship ing them a pathway to suc-
high school, and that will
require community col-
sity of Akron and previous
University of Akron presi-
dent, who will be on cam-
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not have athletic programs,
and athletic programs are
not allowed at community
Moore was the third of
four candidates to meet
the community, following
He will answer questions
at public forums in Tucker
Hall on campus at 8 a.m.
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Weston Cotten
Gina Guillory
Mark Himsel
Susan Moore-Fontenot
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in Lee College District
last year was $91,677. Based on last year's tax rate of $0.2501 per $100 of
taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last year on the average home
was $229.28.
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in Lee College District
this year is $101,640. If the governing body adopts the effective tax rate for
this year of $0.2245 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed
this year on the average home would be $228.18.
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If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of $0.2301 per $100 of
taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home
would be $233.87.
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Kendal Williamson, known
affectionately as ‘Fat Mac,’ died
this week, and his commitment
to Baytown will be missed.
Williamson will always be
remembered for his generosity
every Christmas, as he would
collect and refurbish old bikes
Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express
their views.
The members of the governing body voted on the proposal to consider the
tax increase as follows:
Pete Alfaro
Daryl Fontenot
Mark Hall
Gilbert Santana
phen Dunnivant.
• The final candidate is
Scott Scarborough, profes-
sor of practice-School of
with Barbers Hill ISD and
recent conflict about facul-
ty contracts.
“Those are important is-
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The first public hearing will be held on September 19, 2019 at 6:00 pm at
Lee College, John B. Tucker Lecture Hall, 150 Lee Drive, Baytown, Texas
77520.
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BY CHRISTOPHER JAMES
christopher.james@baytownsun.com
The second public hearing will be held on September 23, 2019 at 6:00 pm
at Lee College, John B. Tucker Lecture Hall, 150 Lee Drive, Baytown, Texas
77520.
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ginia law.
He acknowledged that
Lee College faces some
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“From serving his Baytown police officer, donated spread throughout social media, presented it to him when Wil-
country to serving his commu- the refurbished bikes to children Baytonians expressed their sym- liamson was in the hospital.
his love for others in how he
served. That was his love lan-
guage.
“We will miss his love dear-
ly,” she added.
For nearly two decades, Wil-
administrators and staff
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LIFE WELL CELEBRATED”
Texas has aggressive
sues,” he said. “And those ing for college but also for
ing enrollment. He said and can be heard, but rec-
his current college does ognizes that ultimately the
said. “That’s in line with
my beliefs. That’s why I’m
interested in this job.”
“To me this is a desti-
nation type job,” he said.
Also, he said, this area
provides wide opportu-
nities for his 15-year-old
son, who is an athlete, his
8-year-old daughter, and
his wife, who has a career
in elementary education.
He said he would con-
in second chances,” he colleges under West Vir- goals for education beyond
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The Lee College District will hold two public hearings on a proposal to
increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding
tax year by 2.49 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds
lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax calculated under Chapter 26, Tax
Code). Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even
decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in
relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate
that is adopted.
for kids in need.
“It’s very hard
to sum Mac up in
a few words but
Mac lived his life
in service to oth-
ers,” Teresa Polas-
ki, Williamson’s
Many students cannot and 2:30 p.m. for students
be successful because and the community. No one
they don’t feel connected, is limited to one forum. Re-
which requires effort not gents will interview each
only in academics but also Moore in executive session
in the campus culture. in the evening.
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sider adding more athletic working together as one
programs at Lee College unit.”
if such additions were jus- He said he believes
tified financially and with shared governance means
opportunities for expand- that everyone has a voice
County hiring more environmental experts after fires
THE BAYTOWN SUN more than three dozen people with minor production, with thousands of people liv- coverage, and equipment for the Fire Mar-
Harris County plans to hire additional injuries, ing in very close proximity to industrial shal’s Office, including:
environmental personnel to better respond Over the next two years, the number of facilities. Today’s actions will finally en- • $2.7 million for 24 new staff positions,
to dangerous chemical plant and refinery staff for Pollution Control Services, the able us to shift from a reactive posture to a including 18 HazMat inspectors and tech-
fires like ones that occurred this year near Fire Marshal’s Office and Public Health proactive one when it comes to protecting nicians
the Houston Ship Channel. Department will increase by 61 employ- our communities. We simply can’t rely on *$1.6 million for two chemical firefight-
On Tuesday, Hanis County Commis- ees- This includes a doubling of the size industry or state and federal agencies to ing foam trucks and a HazMat quick re-
sioners Court approved $11.6 million to of the Fire Marshal’s HazMat team and a safeguard the quality of our environment.” spouse vehicle
expand and modernize the county’s ability 27% increase in their overall staff. It also The allocations for three county agen- $1.1 million for Public Health positions,
to protect the environment and enable a includes a 50% increase in staff for Pol- cies are as follows: including:
proactive response to any potential threats lution Control Services. The funding also $5.9 million for staff and equipment at • Environmental health and emergency
to public health and safety. The package covers one-time capital purchases that Pollution Control Services, including: response physicians
is the most significant expansion of the include a state-of-the-art mobile air-mon- • $2.6 million for 29 new staff positions, • Chemical response planner, health hy-
county’s ability to protect residents from itoring lab, a network of fixed and mobile including emergency response workers, gienist, environmental toxicologist
environmental threats in at least 30 years, monitors, and vehicles and safety gear for chemists, and field investigators • Environmental epidemiologists
and will significantly expand monitoring, HazMat responders. • $3.3 million for a mobile air monitor- “Ramping up monitoring and enforce-
response, and enforcement capacity across “Our residents should never have to ing lab, new equipment for the onsite lab, ment allows us to hold ourselves and our
three key county departments, according worry about the quality of the air they fixed and mobile monitors, and monitors industry neighbors accountable. These
to Judge Lina Hidalgo. ’ breathe or the environmental conditions in to build a steady-state network in the com- investments will help ensure we are good
The fiery chemical-related accidents which they’re raising their families,” said munity that operates even when disasters neighbors - ones that look out for each oth-
since March included a July 31 blaze at an Hidalgo. “Hanis County is the nation’s are not occurring. er and communicate openly,” said Pct. 2
Exxon Mobil refinery in Baytown that left epicenter for oil, gas and petrochemical $4.6 million for staffing, geographic Commissioner Adrian Garcia.
nity. He protected us and served during the Christmas season, phonies and prayers.
us in all that he did. Mac showed making the holiday even more Ken Pridgeon, Baytown paint-
memorable for hundreds each er who makes portraits of fallen
year. soldiers, said Christmas would
Williamson would accept do- never be the same in Baytown
nations throughout the year and without Mac.
would personally fix bikes at his In 2017, Pridgeon painted a
shop on Bay way Drive. portrait of Williamson, with a
When the news of his death joyful child riding a bicycle, and
WILLIAMSON daughter, said, liamson, who was a retired
Celebrating each life,
beautifully and
affordably.
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Bloom, David. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 178, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 2019, newspaper, September 12, 2019; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1467852/m1/2/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.