The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1988 Page: 1 of 25
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The LLANO
Deer Capital of Texas
No. 20
Volume 97
Thursday, March 17,1988
26 Pages in 3 Sections
HB 72 strikes again
LLANO COUNTY
May 7 elections draw
two more candidates
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Weather
Tax receipts move upward
taxable on January 1
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What's your opinion?
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If yes, where would you locate the dam?
cost of Sl.6 million.
Downstream where proposed
Upstream
Would you prefer a second bridge crossing of the Llano River?
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What is your recommendation for increasing Llano water supplies?
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For the first time in many months.
Hill Country communities had more
plusses than minuses as eight cities
showed increases, while only four
decreased. Topping the list was
Sunrise Beach holding a 35.74
percent increase even though they
did not receive a check for this time
period. Marble Falls received a
check for $45,356.60 for a 14.37
percent increase followed by Lampa-
sas, $19,504.94, up 10.14 percent;
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On the inside . .
eiether for or against the project, the
Llano News invites you to answer the
following questions and return them
to the Llano News, P.O. Box 187,
Llano, Texas 78643.
Another arm of HB 72 is about to teach out and touch
us again. Its passage brought a greater demand for
accountability and performance which is reviving the
age-old battle between the State’s right to information
and our district’s right to local control.
The issue revolves around a new computerized
information gathering system called PEIMS - the Texas
looking at them from the Capitol, a requirement for a
great deal more burdensome paperwork, but most
importantly an invasion of the district’s privacy.
In all fairness, actions are underway to make PEIMS
simpler for districts to collect and transmit information;
however it can safely be said that some form of PEIMS
is here to stay for it is second only to the teacher
appraisal system on TEA’S priority list.
What is the impact on Llano? Within the next year we
will have to evaluate, select, and purchase a new
Filing for a seat on the Sunrise
Beach City Council for a commis-
sioner place is Rowena Kimmey.
Incumbent commissioners Dick Hart
and Harold Grant both have filed for
re-election along with Mayor Ed
Houy.
Over in Horseshoe Bay, there are
now five people contesting for two
seats on the Lake LBJ MUD board of
directors. They include incumbents
Charles Keyser and Dr. Dale F.
Johnson. Challengers are Jim Fox,
Jim Jones and the newest addition is
James Huie.
All other races remain the same as
processing and real property repair
and remodeling, Bullock said.
NEWS
Llano, Llano County, Texas 78643
Two more candidates tossed their
hats into the election ring, producing
one new race and adding to another
race.
AUSTIN — State Comptroller Bob
Bullock said Wednesday that 54
cities and 81 counties that collect a
half-percent local option sales tax
will receive their first rebates from
the tax in this month’s sales tax
allocation.
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Blanco, $3,483.37, up 8.41; Brady,
$16,066.01, up 7.18 percent; Freder-
icksburg, $21,247.16, up 3.20 per-
cent; Mason, $4,000.09, up 1.34
percent; Llano, $13,112.25, up 0.43
percent.
On the minus side were Granite
Shoals, $1,196.29, down 7.20 per-
cent; San Saba, $5,501.98, -13.54
percent; Johnson City, $2,048.05,
•14.06 percent and Burnet, $8,424-
.86, -18.48 percent.
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tion Management System. Currently, and in the future,
districts must collect and submit to TEA through the
new computer system, very detailed Information on
testing, budget, finances. schedules, and all school
personnel. Districts are also required to submit
demographic information and details of what is going
on in the classrooms day by day down to hour by hour.
This information is transmitted to regional education
service centers and thence to TEA where a data baae is
established to give a thorough picture of the district, its
problems, financial situation, student populations,
drop-outs, other operational aspects, etc.
The few districts who have participated in some of the
test stages have mixed emotions about PEIMS. Some
have viewed the system as big brother’s electronic eyes
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has added to the reluctance of some
people to purchase such land for the
amount of taxes due because the
owner just might reclaim the proper-
ty in that two-year period.
Commissioners voted unanimous-
ly to allow a 50 percent deduction
after the end of the two-year period.
Library
Chuck Chambers and David Will-
mann, representing the Llano Coun-
ty Library Board, presented plans for
the new library to be constructed on
county commons land on the south
side of the Llano River, where the
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Kingsland Chronicle .. .PageB-1
Sports.............Pages B-5,6
Clasalfled..........Pages B-6,7
Church...............PageB-8
"Local governments whose voters
adopted this tax will find extra
money in thia month’s check,"
Bullock said.
City rebates from the new tax are
included in the monthly allocation
checks Bullock mails to cities that
collect the optional one-percent city
tax. County checks are sent at the
same time.
such a project unless there was a
convincing response from the public
for such a dam and new lake
downstream from the present dam.
In an effort to get a response.
last week. Incumbents Jeff Hopt and
Roy Goff have filed for re-election to
the Llano City Council. Aiderman
Eugene Russell has not announced
his intentions'as of Tuesday noon.
The Llano School Board has incum-
bent board president George Wen-
tsch, in Place 1, John Kuykendall for
Place 5 and in Place 6, there will be a
contest between Rodney Hardin and
Ken Sanders.
The Kingsland Municipal Utility
district also remains the same with
incumbent Lennie Larson and Wil-
liam Robinson seeking election.
Robinson was appointed Tuesday to
fill the vacancy left by retiring Roy
Moseley.
The last day for filing for city and
school candidates is March 23 and
for MUD districts, it is April 6.
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handle today’s information requirements, bat also
unforseen future requirements mandated by TEA.
While it is too soon to say what the total costs will be, it
appears more computer space will be required and an
additional employee to assist in programming and its
operation.
Research and evaluation has many merits and decision
making on valid data offers invaluable guidance, but
the need has to be balanced against the resources
needed to collect, assemble and evaluate the
information. I believe that if a good balance can be
achieved and TEA does not use PEIMS to compare,
embarrass or encourage competition among districts,
and the dollar costs are palatable, the system could
possibly be a benefit to all.
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Do you favor a new dam on the Llano River?
Yes No
The next regular meeting of the i
Llano City Council will be Monday, <
March 21 and one of the topics most I
likely to come up for consideration. <
or at least discussion, will be the
Llano Channel Dam. The idea has
been promoted by Llano’s Gene I
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supply all of its treated water needs. |
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According to city officials. the
proposed dam would require the
passage of bonds, which would
increase city ad valorem taxes by at
least 30 cents per $100 valuation —
from the present 19 cents to about 49
cents. The city, which did not
authorize the preliminary survey,
has indicated they would not favor
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March’s checks represent taxes
collected by monthly filers in
January and reported to the Comp-
troller’s Office by February 22.
Bullock said.
Residents of the City of Llano
will be able to participate in the
annual March Clean-up begin-
ning Saturday, March 19 and
continuing through Saturday,
March 26. Llano grants free
dumping privileges to city resi-
dents only and not commercial
businesses for the purpose of
cleaning up their lots and proper-
ty
The offer does not include wire,
tin, refrigerators, stoves and
similar large items.
County commissioners zipped
through an 18-point agenda in less
than two hours and when it was all
over, they had set a date for the
wet-dry election for commissioner
precinct 3 (Kingsland) and approved
a 50 percent discount in equity of
taxes owed on property which Lake
LBJ MUD at Horseshoe Bay has
been endeavoring to resell and get
back on the tax rolls.
The meeting, which was held
Monday, set Saturday, April 9 for
the wet-dry election in Kingsland.
The first date suggested was April 7.
but it was felt that Saturday would
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give more an opportunity to partici-
pate in the election.
County Clerk Herman Raesener,
who will set up the election
procedures, advised commissioners
the county would have to foot the bill
for the first election.
"If someone doesn’t like the
outcome of the election and wants
another election held,then that per-
son will have to pay all of the
expenses for a second election,"
Raesener said. "If there is not
anyone contesting the election and it
should fail, then it would be another
year before another petition could be
accepted.”
Tax Discount
Ike Williams, manager of the Lake
LBJ Municipal Utility District, made
the request for the discount as
recommended by attorney Larry
Calame, whose firm represents the
district and the county in the
collection of delinquent taxes.
"The problem is that some of the
lots did not sell in public auction
because more taxes were owed than
the appraised value of the lots,”
Williams said. "By offering a 50
percent discount we should be able
to sell the property on a sealed bid
basis and thus be able to get them
back on the tax rolls.”
Property foreclosed for failure to
pay taxes can be reclaimed by the
original purchaser up to two years
after the action has been taken. This
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Buckner, Walter L. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1988, newspaper, March 17, 1988; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585750/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.