The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 2007 Page: 3 of 14
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Thursday, August 16, 2007, The Nocona News, Page 3
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Sheriff's Log
Police Blotter
Editor's Note —The Editor's Note — The Nocona
Montague County Sheriffs Police Department did not report
Department did not report any any activity for the week of
activity for the week of August 5 August 5 throguh 11.
through 11.
First Time No, Second Time Yes
The first time they tried to get a 10% across-the-board pay raise through, Pet. 2 Comm. Jerry Clement of Bowie, far left, and Pet.
3 Comm. Glenn Seay of Nocona, to Clement's left, cast the only "aye" votes on Thursday losing 2-3. But when they brought the
vote up again on Monday, Pet. 1 Comm. Dickie Cox of Montague, far right, joined them at it passed 3-2 with Co. Judge Ted Winn
(center) of Bowie and Tommie Sappington of Lake Nocona voting against the pay raise and tax increased needed to fund it.
Maintain Old time fee/, construction
Owners present downtown district plan to city
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One cat just leads to another.
-Ernest Hemingway
By Tracy r. Mesler
The Nocona City Council
will hold a public hearing in the
near future on creating a
"Downtown District" with the
goal of helping preserve the his-
toric look of the downtown area.
Property owners have been
discussing ways to help insure
the preservation of the feel of
the old mercantile district of the
city.
Recent remodeling of some
of the older buildings have cre-
ated a buzz of interest in similar
projects - but at the same time
brought about concerns if some
property owners did something
totally different and not compat-
ible with the feel of the 1880s to
1920s.
Assisted by the Nocona
Economic Development
Boards, the owners have held a
series of meetings, outlined the
possibilities and explored vari-
ous options in terms of a city
ordinance.
Tuesday night, the group pre-
sented the "Downtown
Preservation District" legisla-
tion to the Nocona City Council
for discussion.
If adopted, the ordinance will
establish boundaries, set stan-
dards and regulations for the
Downtown District, provide for
review and approval of building
plans, restrict types of usage and
establish an appears and review
procedure.
"These regulations are
intended to preserve the physi-
cal characteristics of the area
and promote the safety, welfare,
convenience and enjoyment of
the general public, including
visitors and tourists to the City,"
states the ordinance.
The area has been identified
as the first four blocks of Clay
Street, from U.S. Highway 82 to
Walnut Street. It affects only
those buildings facing Clay
Street. The council can, at a
later date, expand, contract or
amend the district's boundaries.
A five member Advisory
Committee nominated by the
Nocona Community
Improvement Project (NCIP)
and appointed by the council
with the president of the NCIP
serving as chairman. The com-
mittee will make decisions on
permits and plans.
The ordinance does place
some restrictions on the proper-
ty.
It does allows a wide range
of usages from single-family
and multi-family dwellings to a
variety of commercial establish-
ments.
Prohibited uses include: the
City's budget calls for 6.46% tax i ncrease
storage or sale of hazardous
chemicals, auto repair stores,
tire stores of automobile or
vehicle sales establishments,
day care facilities, heavy indus-
try, storage/warehouses, funeral
homes and mortuaries, laundry
facv9ilities, outdoor commer-
cial swimming pool and veteri-
nary offices, kennels, etc.
Pre-existing uses - those
already in place at the time the
ordinance is adopted - will be
"grandfathered", allowed to
continue, but they cannot
expand onto other properties, or
lots. If a non-compatible busi-
ness ceases to exist for more
than six months, then it loses its
"grandfather" exemption.
Minimum lot sizes and set-
backs (from the property lines),
parking, height and sign regula-
tions will be established.
Construction materials
allowed would be consistent
with what is already in existent
in the structures, some of which
are more than 120 years old.
120,000 gallons.
Water revenues are off this
year, but Henley said that was
more a reflection of the wet
spring and summer than in cus-
tomers using less. Plus, based
on the first 15 days of August, it
appears the fiscal year will end
with at least one long, hot streak
which city officials hope will
boost water sales and revenues
The city's $1,844 million
General Fund budget includes a
$25,000 transfer from the Utility
Fund to the General Fund.
In all, the General Fund
budget increase $115,878, or
6.7%.
Besides the additional prop-
erty taxes, the city projects an
additional $25,000 in garbage
collection fees; $30,000 increas-
es in sales taxes split equally
between the city and the NEDC,
$15,000 in fines and forfeitures
(municipal court); plus smaller
increases in library and ceme-
tery bequeaths, cemetery lot
sales and franchise fees from
Texas-New Mexico Power and
Atmos Energy.
The budget includes a 4%
across-the-board pay raises for
city employees and the addition
of a part-time clerk in the gener-
al administration offices. Some
$18,500 was budgeted in the
General Fund for mid-year
"merit raises to be used at the
city manager's discretion with
concurrence of the council's
personnel committee in the
General Fund, and $9,000 in
"Merit raises" has been budget-
ed in the Utility Fund to be used
in that department.
In the General Fund two
departments showed sizeable
increases over the 2007 budget
- General Administration,
which is up $76,479, and
Municipal Court, which is up
$18,531.
The additional, part-time
clerk added $15,560 in base
pay, plus benefits. The contin-
gency fee was raised from
$13,212 to $32,157. The cost of
garbage collection, which is
paid out of General
Administration, is expected to
increase $20,000. And the city
anticipates collection $15,000 in
additional sales taxes which in
turn are paid to the Nocona
Economic Development
Corporations.
The Municipal Court expens-
es increased when City Judge
Condell Lowrie and Court Clerk
Jan Nobile both retired earlier
this year. The council chose to
hire long-time JP court clerk
Christie Halbardier as a full-
time Municipal Court Judge and
eliminate the two part-time
positions. That resulted in the
$18,531 increase in costs.
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Mesler, Tracy R. & Mesler, Linda L. The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 2007, newspaper, August 16, 2007; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth439306/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.