The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1992 Page: 2 of 24
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p,,^ 2 THE BASTROP ADVERTISER • :
SmithviUe okays phone plan
Thursday, July 16,1992
By E. Pur** Jr.
Special to ttw Adverlism
The Smithville city Council
unanimously approved a resolu-
tion Monday night to involve the
city in negotiations to include the
city in the Austin metro{X)litan ex-
tended area telephone service.
The proposed service would
allow Smithville residents to call
Austin or Bastrop without incur-
ring an additional longdistance
charge.
Smithville Mayor Vernon
Richards said the service would
probably cost $25 to $30 per
customer.
He also said the service would
be optional and not mandatory
for all phone subscribers.
In other council business:
• The Lower Colorado River
Authority presented Smithville
with a check for $32,000 for elec-
trical upgrades to the LCRA-
Smithville Riverbend Park on
Tbxas 71 next to the Colorado
River.
According to Richards, the
upgrades are required by the
Texas Department of Parks and
Wildlife, which gave Smithville a
$954,000 grant to upgrade and ex-
pand the current facilities at
Riverbend Park,
‘‘They’ve already cut us a
check," said Richards. "We just
need to approve the three bids
(for the electrical contractors),’’
he said.
•The council voted to table a
resolution that would restructure
the city personnel hierarchy.
Council members Clinton
Wright and Mark Bunte voiced
reluctance to approve the
measure because of what they
called a lack of details on the
changes.
•The council approved a resolu-
tion that made all city depart-
ments accountable to the city
manager.
Wright again raised objections,
citing the personnel restructuring
which was tabled by the council,
as being pertinent to the issue at
hand. She attempted to table the
resolution. However the resolu-
tion died for a lack of a second.
Council Member Charlie Jones
said, “This is to get the city coun-
cil out of the personnel manage-
ment business."
Despite Bunte’s earlier support
for tabling the restructuring
issue, he declined to support Mrs.
Wright this time and seconded
the motiort.
The resolution passed with
Mrs. Wrighl dissenting.
• City Attorney Karl Maley
received a boost in his fee from
the council from the current $125
per hour to $150 per hour.
Richards said he felt the re-
quest was within the going rate
for attorneys.
Maley’s current retaining fee of
$300 per month did not change.
• The council approved a slight
adjustment to the 1991-92 fiscal
budget due to unforseen shortfalls
in municipal services income.
The heavy spring rains ap-
parently caused Smithville
residents to use less water than
was predicted, and a shortfall of
$26,000 occurred necessitating
some cuts.
Richards told the Advertiser
that the shortfall was made up by
taking a few dollars out of each
budgeted item so that no city ser-
vices would be affected.
EISD-
ding to Superintendent Dr. Paul
Willis.
"It is a step between ISS and
expulsion,” he said. “A term in
ISS usually lasts three days. Then
if students continue to misbehave,
they are expelled and many never
come back to school.”
“With the alternative school, a
student may be placed for 30 days
until they can adjust back to the
classroom, and we keep them in
school getting an education,”
Willis said.
The demerits will be given in
increments of 10 and are issued at
the discretion of the principal or
assistant principals.
The demerits are cumulative
throughout the school year and
specific actions will be taken
when the student has received
specific numbers of demerits, Ms.
Simmons said.
Tardies also have a scale of
punishments.
Failure to comply with the
assigned punishments will land a
WCID-
not only feasible but greatly ad-
vantageous to everyone concern-
ed to contract for services with
the water district,” she said.
Mrs. Wilcoxen said an in-
teragency agreement would coin-
cide with the Water Use agree-
ment already in place which
allows the city to deliver water to
the district in an emergency.
She also alluded to plans for
future expansion of the city’s
wastewater system that would in-
clude Tahitian Village.
Hansen said the WCID is only
seeking information at this time
for an interagency agreement,
but that he is pleased both Aqua
and Bastrop are interested.
Board members have schedul-
ed a workshop at 7 p.m. August 5
to discuss the scope of water ser-
vices to be contracted out.
COUNTY OF1IASTROP
pftiyiiUNFn NOTICE. OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
1992(PY) - COMMUNITY DHVhLOPMF.NT FUND
CITIZBN PARTICIPATION PLAN & NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PROVISIONS
The County of Bastrop is planning to apply to the Tcxm Depart,nculorilou.ing.nd
Community A ft'* If* for i grant under the Texas Community Development lroRrain (1LD1)
Community Development Fund As part of this Community Development application pioee^,
the County*of IWtrop rrqucstR *BRlat»noc from citizens hi identifying housing and community
development needs and selecting priorities, A total of two public hearing, will be held. v.
FIRST PUBLIC HEARING
The first public hearing will be held at Bastrop County Commissioner Court Building. 804
Pecan Slieet, 9:30 a m., Bastrop, Texas on July 20, 1992. At this meeting the following Items
will be discussed:
. The Texas Community Development Project Pund
. Level of funding available
. Eligible Activities and benefit to low/moderate Income persona
• Use of Past TCDP contract funds
. Identification of housing and community development needs
. Selection of priorities
All interested parties, groups or individuals are encomoged to attend these public heatings
and participate in the discussion and development of housing and conummity development
needs. The County will have available copies of the 1992 TCDP Community Needs Assessment
forms for persons to complete. Citizens unable to attend this meeting ate Invited to submit their
public views and proposals regarding the community development and housing needs sny lime
between Die hours of 8.00 u.m. * 5:00 p in to Bastrop County Cotimiissioner Court Building,
Office, of the County Judge, no later than September 4, 1992.
A copy of the application will he available for review at Bastrop County Commissioner Court
Building between the hour. of-«:00 a.m. - 5:00 p in. Monday through Friday, ufler September
24, 1992.
Technical Assistance
The County will provide technical assistance to groups representative of persons of low and
moderate income in developing proposals for the use of TCDP funds.
Citizen Participation Plan & Public Hearing Provisions
Thr Citizen Participation Plan and Public Hearing Provisions are in compliance with the
requirements of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs TCDP program arid
ate available for public inspection in accordance with Texas Civil Statutes, Article 6212-17a.
Coin pi stnl Prooedure Guide
Ths County adopted a Complaint Procedure Guide in compliance with the requirements of the
Texan Department of Housing and Community Affaire Complaint-System, 10T.A.C. Section 1.11
and 1.13. A copy of the procedure guide will be available for review at County Courthouse
Annex
Handicapped Accessibility & Non-Englieh Speaking Residents
Arrangements have been made to accommodate the needs of handicapped persons and
non-ctiglieh speaking resident* who attend the public licaring*. f
Records and Additional Information
All recorda will be made available to the public in accordance with Texas Civil
f utes Article 62$2-l7a.* Any interested party requeuing any epeciel d'«W'«y
services or desiring more information and/or technical assistance
County Commissioner Court Building, Office of the County Judge at (512) 321-237*.
Repair-
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student in ISS suspension or the
alternative school.
Besides providing safety for the
students, closing campus during
the day is also instrumental in
succeeding with a discipline plan,
Ms. Simmons told trustees.
The high school cafeteria is
presently under construction to
expand the facility to house all
the students during lunch.
Because of overcrowding,
students have been allowed to
leave campus to eat
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approval for the added amount,
and the issue is under review by
FEMA officials.
The underwater sewer main is
the sole link between the city
wastewater treatment plant and
homes and businesses west of the
river.
Fisher said the city could save
some money by assigning his
employees the task of reseeding
and stabalizing the bluff after the
repaired line is buried.
Contractors who bid the
stabalization project separately
valued the work at $7,000 to
$15,000.
“We can do it cheaper than
that,” Fisher said.-
Health aid-
shelter with relatives. A few are
still in their teens and trying to at-
tend high school.
“The number of unemployed
and marginally housed has
definitely grown in the last year”
said Mrs. Goldfarb.
More than 60 individuals are
currently certified for the county
assistance program. Each case is
reviewed for eligibility at least
every six months.
And some cases have a
relatively happy ending. For
example:
•An $18,000 gall bladder opera-
tion has enabled one resident to
hold a job again.
• A 28-year-old lymphoma pa-
tient is ready to look for work
again after $21,000 worth of
cancer treatments.
Mrs. Goldfarb and volunteer
assistant Amy Campion also
fondly recall the letter they
received from a formerly
homeless woman suffering with
both schizophrenia and female
complaints.
After receiving the medical at-
tention she needed, she also
qualified for disability assistance
However he warned the council
that accepting the $58,300 bid may
be the best route.
“Right now I see no better solu-
tion, with or without the (extra)
FEMA money,” said Fisher. “We
have no choice but to repair it.”
A temporary repair using flex-
ible plastic tubing on top of the
ground has already failed once,
forcing a section to be replaced,
he added. The temporary pipe'
decays in sunlight, he said.
In other city business Ihesday,
the council:
• Agreed to pay $25,500 for a
nine-year-old digger truck for the
electric utility department. Cuf-
rently the city pays private con-
tractors to install new or replace-
ment utility poles.
Equivalent new trucks cost up
to $100,000, said electric utility
director Ben Wesson.
• Awarded low bidder BEFCO
Engineering of La Grange a con-
tract to install a 2,200-foot sewer
line extension along Loop 150 East
roughly from Industrial Blvd. to
the American Legion Post for
$45,442. Planning estimates put
the cost at some $60,000, said
Fisher.
The project also calls for laying
a six-inch water line to support
two fire hydfants along Industrial
Blvd.
from Social Security and wrote to
offer thanks.
Because the county program is
so limited, Mrs. Goldfarb fre-
quently finds herself referring ap-
plicants to other welfare agencies
including Social Security, Legal
Aid (often to help clients qualify
for disability assistance),
Bastrop Food Pantry, Ladies of
Charity and others.
In a few cases the county has
been reimbursed by Medicaid or
SSI for medical expenses the
county covered for patients who
subsequently qualified for the
programs, said Mrs. Goldfarb.
Applicants who need glasses
may be referred to the Smithville
Lions Club, she said.
But in other cases the county’s
hands are tied. A mother of five,
whose husband holds what Mrs.
Goldfarb called “a piddly job,”
came seeking help recently
because she discovered a lump in
her breast
“I sent her to the Texas Depart-
ment of Human Services,” said
Mrs. Goldfarb. “Sometimes we
just cry because we can’t help.”
Texas counties are required to
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spend up to 10 percent of their
general fund tax and sales tax
collections on indigent health
care.
Bastrop County expects to col-
lect roughly $3 million from those
taxes in the coming budget year.
This year the county budgeted
$259,000 for the program.
With two months left in the
fiscal year, Mrs. Goldfarb said
$34,000 of the budgeted amount
remains unspent.
Probably it will meet the bills
which are pending but unpaid,
she said. But Monday she told
commissioners that a single re-
cent case-heart surgery-cost the
county $23,000.
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