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No. 13
Thursday, January 28,1988
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County ponders joining organized crime unit
Tax appraisal board organized
provide one man, car and equipment lishment of a new time, 2 p.m., for
County joins LCRA in
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To be eligible, a candidate must
have been a resident of the county
and his or her precinct for the past
six months. Dann’s residence was
challenged and an equal number of
The Llano County Tax Appraisal
District had everyone present for its
Llano County Democrats and Re-
publicans have held the required
drawings to see in what order their
names will appear on the ballot. One
challenge was considered in the
Republican meeting and that was the
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position of constable, precinct 1. The
candidates are Jim Grassman and
David A. Dann.
AUSTIN — With the institution of a new Llano County program
January 1, there are now two agencies administering septic system
regulations in the county.
ed. Following a consultation with the
State Attorney General’s office, it
was decided to allow both names to
be placed on the ballot. If there were
to be a challenge in the courts, then
the candidates themselves would
have to make the challenge.
The results of the drawings were as
follows:
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OUTSTANDING CITIZEN — Llano
County Chamber of Commerce Pres-
ident Bryan Miiller is presenting the
Outstanding Citizen Award to Jim
Foster at the annual banquet, held at
the Llano American Legion Hall.
Foster is vice president of Llano
National Bank in Llano and was
commended for his service to the
community.
County remain under the jurisdiction of the Lower Colorado River
Authority. Calls concerning systems in this area should be directed to
Burt Carter, supervisor of tCRA’s private sewage facilities licensing
section. 512/473-3216.
All other septic systems sites are under the jurisdiction of the county.
Richard Scearce, program administrator, may be reached at 512/793-
6455 concerning new system construction permits, complaints of a
failing existing system, and other related matters.
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requested by Jung. The expenses
will be paid out of the contingency
fund.
To further update the new members
of the board, Jung reviewed the
organization of the appraisal district
office, the duties performed and
answered any questions from the
directors.
The Capital Appraisal Contract,
which had been approved at the
previous meeting, was reviewed also
before signing by the chairman,
secretary and chief appraiser.
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Crime Unit
Lt. Dick Jennings, of Austin, along
with Chief Deputy Rod Decker
invited the commissioners to ap-
prove participation in the Greater
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first meeting, which included the
sion. The organized crime unit would introduction of new members, the
include 11 counties and would election of qffirers and the estab-
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because they had been shorted on
their fund request and each county
would pay one-eleventh of the
amount still needed.
Jennings went on to say that the
organized crime unit was expected to
become self-operative after a year or
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’’Bob" Cowart and county chairman
Martin Moxley.
33rd District Judge Clayton Evans
will have an opponent in the
November general election, while
33rd District Attorney Sam Oatman
is unopposed.
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present payment contract and ap-
pointed Thompson to work with the
chief appraiser, Margie Jung, to
develop a cost analysis for the board
to review. Questions to be answered
were how much was the new
computer going to cost and what
equity did the district have in the old
computer.
The board voted unanimously to
pay for expenses for mileage and
attendance to the State Property Tax
Board Conference to be held in
Austin, February 11 and 12, as
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meetings, which will be held on the
third Wednesday of each month.
Representing the Llano Indepen-
dent School District, will be Jon
Terrell, Sarah Thompson and John
Beaver. For Llano County, it will be
Dailion Smith and Bill Young.
Representing the city of Llano is
Alderman Jimmy Walker and for
Sunrise Beach, it will be Mayor
Edward W. Houy.
Following a brief history of the
appraisal district for the benefit of
the new members, the board voted
unanimously for Walker to serve as
chairman; Thompson as vice chair-
man and Houy as secretary.
The first item of business was a
discussion about the new computer.
The board agreed to hold to the
Communications was rejected by the
court since it exceeded the budget.
This prompted County Judge Bill
Miller to comment, "We would like
to buy everything here in the county,
but it isn’t always practical.” The
Sheriff’s department will be buying
GE radios.
for Llano County.
“This man would not be in Llano all
of the time,” explained Jennings.
"When there was a need for a task
force, he would be called to
anywhere in the 11-county area to
participate. The same group would
be available to Llano County, if the
task force were neeeded."
The cost to the county was $2,237
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more. Funds would come from the
sale of items as a result of arrests
and confiscations of materials.
Commissioner Leonard Grenwelge
wanted to know who would pay the
officer. The answer was “Llano
County.” The county would then
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Editorials.............PageA-4
Society............Pages -8,9
Agri-business........Page A-10
Kingsland Chronicle ...PageB-1
County commissioners put in a full
morning Monday, devoting more
time to discussions as they wrestled
with problems such as whether they
should allow insurance companies
to have the county make payroll
deductions to pay for insurance
premiums; whether they should have
an intergovernmental agreement
with Horseshoe Bay Police Depart-
ment and whether they should allow
the Bell County Health Facilities
Development Corporation to finance
the purchase of Care Inn of Llano,
of Llano.
Decisions will come later on liability
ihgrance and the Bell County
• ’ request. One item finalized was the
purchase of police radios by the
sheriff’s department from budgeted
funds. One bid by Hill Country
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Republicans
Commissioner, precinct 1 — 1.
Thomas Allen, 2. Randy Leifeste, 3.
T.A. Brown and 4. Andrew C.
“Andy” Cash.
Constable, precinct 1 — 1. Jim
Grassman, 2. David A. Dann.
Sheriff — 1. Tom 0- Hall. 2. Jesse
Richardson.
County Republican chairman — 1.
Sarah Boxeli Thompson, 2. Neome
Watson.
Unopposed are Howard Coleman
for County Judge and J.T. Dotson for
commissioner of precinct 3 in
Kingsland
Democrats
County commissioner precinct 3 —
1. Dan Robinson, Jr., 2. Rex King
(incumbent).
Constable, precicnt 3 — 1. Hal
King, 2. Bill McLean (incumbent).
Constable, precinct 4 — 1. Alvis
Woodall, 2. Joe Simpson. Jr. (in-
cumbent).
Uncontested races in the March 8
primary'include County Judge W.R.
(Bill) Miller, County Attorney L.T.
"Skeet" DesChamps. Sheriff Gale
Ligon, Tax Assessor Margie M.
back-charge the City of Austin.
Commissioners were skeptical on
more than one point. They felt the
county would be liable for any error
by the officer. They also felt that
Llano would be receiving little
benefit from the organization despite
Jenning's contention that any action
by the unit to stop crime, particularly
drug trafficking, would also benefit
the surrounding counties.
Commissioners put off the request
until February 25, at which time
comments were expected from the
county and district attorney on the
proposal. Commissioners did agree
to the intergovernmental Law En-
forcement Agreement with Horse-
shoe Bay. This is the same agree-
ment the county now has with the
City of Llano. It provides the sheriff
authority to call on assistance from
other law enforcement groups in the
case of an emergency.
Payroll Deductions
Another extended discussion was
held on payroll deductions for
insurance payments. Grenwelge felt
strongly that the county should not
be collecting money from employees
for private insurance coverage.
“I don’t think county funds should
be used in that manner,” Grenwelge
said. “I hate to see insurance people
use this (payroll deductions) as a tool
to sell insurance. ’ ’
Commissioner Pete Overstreet
pointed out the practice had been
going on for years before any of them
were elected. Overstreet made a
motion to continue the practice, but
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THE WINNER — John Kotey poses for thia pieture with the deer with which
he wen the Item County Chemher ef Cemeerce Humteg Cemtest, "Bull of
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honored by Llano C-C
An estimated 250 people attended the 64th Annual Llano County
Chamber of Commerce banquet held Saturday, January 23 in the Llano
American Legion building.
Bryan Miiller, who has been elected to serve another term as
president of the organization introduced Jim Foster, vice president of
the Llano National Bank as the "Outstanding Citizen" for the year and
last year's “Hall of Fame” winner, Maebell Dansby had the privilege
of announcing former Llano News publisher, Hal Cunningham as this
year’s recipient. Cunningham was greeted with a standing ovation.
Also honored were Gene Fischer for his work on behalf of the chamber
and the presentation of a $300 prize to John Kelsy of Austin for
bringing in the buck that won the “Bull of the Woods" title in this
year’s hunting contest.
Guest speaker, Clayton Williams, Jr., who had a good time teasing
UT alumni, concluded his presentation saying. “I see good things
hanppening. Things may never be like they were before, but we have
some good days coming."
Miiller introduced chamber vice president Donnie Hopson, the new,
continuing and outgoing directors. A special tribute was paid to the
late Lester Inman. See page A-9 for honorees' profiles.
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HAIL OF FAME — The Item County Chamber of Commerce honored the
former publsher of the Item News, Hal Cunningham, by adding his name to
the “Hall of Fame." Making the presemtation was last year’s winner,
Mnebell Dansby. In the background ere other awards Cunningham has
recelved, which Include recognition for his term as president of the Texas
Press Association.
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Buckner, Walter L. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 28, 1988, newspaper, January 28, 1988; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585744/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.