The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1992 Page: 2 of 26
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
Thursday, May 28,1992
Stoney Point road case ends Pearce Lane-
One chapter in the stormy
history of Stoney Point’s road
district drew closer to a close
Tuesday as county commis-
sioners approved a settlement
with a road contractor.
Following a closed door session
with Assistant District Attorney
Bias Coy the commissioners, who
act as the road distraict’s board
of directors, agreed to drop a suit
against contractor Jimmy
Callahan which alleges substan-
dard work in reconstructing
streets in the subdivision on the
county’s western border.
In return, attorneys for
Callahan offered to drop a
counter-suit against the road
district seeking to collect for a
$50,000 change order on the
project.
Coy said he recommended the
settlement for several reasons:
• The road district has no funds
to pay for the change order, even
if Callahan should win a judge-
ment for the amount.
• Callahan, recently released
from bankruptcy proceedings,
has no assets to satisfy a judge-
ment should the road district
prevail in court on its claim that
work on the Stoney Point roads
was sub-par.
Pursuit of the court claim was
also complicated by a state at-
torney general’s ruling that the
local district attorney’s office has
no duty to represent the road
district, according to Coy.
Private attorneys who looked
into the case concluded the poten-
tial damages are too small to
justify the expense of bringing
the issues before a jury, he added.
In 1988 Stoney Point voters ap-
proved creating the road district
and selling $400,000 in bonds to fix
their roads. Following Callahan’s
repair work the roads were ac-
cepted by the county for perma-
nent maintenance.
On top of county and school
taxes, road district residents fac-
ed a special property tax of $1,499
per $100 value to meet annual
bond payments in 1991.
Cedar Creek cemetery meeting set
The Cedar Creek Cemetery
Asociation is having its annual
Homecoming Picnic on Sunday
May 31.
Lunch is served at 12:30 p.m.
The public is invited to come
meet old friends and meet new
ones across from Texas 21 from
the Cedar Creek Store.
Donations from the annual
event provide maintenance funds
for two cemeteries.
John M. Alexander is chairman
of the association. Jim Voss and
Elliott Ransom are vice-
' chairman. Lucille Martin is
secretary and treasurer.
Road bonds
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said an informal poll of consti-
tuents in her precinct indicates
they prefer a pay-as-you-go policy
rather than a bond issue, even if
it means a tax hike.
Commissioner Lee Dildy sug-
gested he’d be interested in the
judge’s bond proposal if it did not
require a deep cut in the
precinct’s operating budget.
“A $75,000 (cut) and bond
money is not feasible (for
Precinct 4),” said Dildy.
Said Commissioner Pat Meulh
of the bond plan: “Drop it.”
Raising the county tax rate 3.5
cents per $100 value and
dedicating the revenue will
generate a $3 million paving fund
over 10 years with no interest
costs, said Sanders.
After listening to commis-
sioners’ comments Tuesday, Fritz
remained unconvinced.
“I’m still not in favor of a tax
increase this year,” said the
judge. “I do hope we’re not hell-
bent-on an eight percent (tax) in-
crease for roads.”
Fritz also warned there will be
pressure from other county
departments for other spending
increases this year.
“It will take a strong stomach
to raise taxes eight percent and
put it all in roads,” he said. “It’s
going to be hard once you see all
the things you’re saying no to.”
* Previously Sanders has propos-
ed a diligent search for the money
to give county employees some
kind of pay hike this year.
Arguing against what he ap-
peared to sense as a rising tide of
support for a 1992 tax hike to fund
road improvements, Fritz called
for cooler reflection on the
subject.
“It’s like heavy petting,” he
suggested. “You need to stop
while you’ve still got some self-
control.”
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way.
However Fritz warned that the
state will not take over the entire
six-mile stretch of road under the
current plan. They will take ap-
proximately the four miles west
of Texas 21, roughly the distance
that can be rebuilt with the. $1.4
million available, said the judge.
At the same time he voiced
hope that the last two miles can
be added to the FM system later.
“Danny (Smith) feels like with
luck the state could take it entire-
ly,” said Fritz.
Smith’s office reported him out
of town and unavailable for com-
ment Tuesday.
Right of way acquisition and
preliminary enviornmental
studies will take six to eight
months, Fritz estimated.
Persuading the state to adopt
the road was probably eased ear-
ly this month when Bastrop area
voters approved $15.3 million in
school construction bonds, ih-
cluding funds for a new elemen-
tary campus near Cedar Creek,.
Dildy said.
Th'e new school location likely
will increase traffic pressure on
Pearce Lane, he said.
Plans for a new hospital facility in Smithville is&Htmated to
root fre
cost $4.3 million and features a 33,000 square foot freestan-
ding hospital on a new site with optimum flexibility.
Hospital-
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a large screen television, laser
disc, compact disc read only
memory unit, VCR and computer.
. “We will add only one system
this year and new ones to a dif-
ferent campus each year if we
stay with this plan,” Dr. Mills
said. „
“We may find once we have a
technology coordinator that there
is a more effective way to
upgrade technology at the
schools,” she said.
“We have visited the Manor
school district and are modeling
our program after theirs, but
technology is changing so fast we
want to make sure we are using
and teaching the latest equip-
ment for maximum learning,” Dr.
Mills added. >
however it would require more
land and moving the hospital, the
architects said.
For a 20 to 24 bed facility, the
architects estimated the new
hospital to cost $4,345,000.
“Unfortunately the hospital’s
current site will not support this
new facility,” Burnight said.
“We propose you look at a loca-
tion close to the present facility.
If that is not viable we can come
back and look at building two
stories on the other facilities,” he
added.
“So basically we have no space
and we either need to move up or
out?” Dr. Guillermo Sanchez
asked. . *
“Yes, we wish we had a better
solution,” Robertson said.
“This board needs to take a
hard look at where this facility
needs to be and where it should be
in 20 years,” Burnight said.
“No one is surprised at the
cost, I’m sure, but we do have
some decisions to make and we
will review your suggestions,”
said board president Bobby
Hennesey.
Bastrop-
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shops, a restaurant and bed and
breakfast accomodations.
The special downtown fire
district does not allow non-
residential wood construction.
The city council ordered a
public hearing on the request.
•For the school, BISD officials
want the city to waive utility im-
pact fees estimated at more than
$60,000. School officials shied
away from assurances the new
campus will be Inside the city’s
electric service territory.
In fact, one site under con-
sideration is outside the service
territory, but a school there would
need city water and sewer ser-
vice, said Superintendent Dr.
Paul Fleming.
The city council will hold a joint
meeting with school trustees
June 2 to explore some ac-
comodation on the issue.
The 8 p.m. meeting will be at
Principal
City Hall.
• For the recycling-trash
compactor-composting plan for
five acres next to Bastrop Coun-
ty Jail, the council asked County
Judge Randy Fritz and Commis-
sioner Johnny Sanders to present
more detailed plans for operation,
landscaping and traffic flow on
June 9.
.The council also urged county
officials to sound out
neighborhood concerns as soon as
possible.
“If the folks (who live) out
there don’t want it, you’re
wasting a lot of time,” Council
Member Timmy Goode told Fritz
and Sanders.
Sanders said the site can be an
asset to the area but if city of-
ficials object, the plan will be
dropped.
The county-owned site would
have to be rezoned to permit the
trash and recycling operation,
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Terry Thibeaux resigned from
the job.
Out of approximately 65 ap-
plicants, Ms. Simmons was one of
seven interviewed.
“We were ready to give her the
job last year, but something came
up and she was not able to take
the position. So this year when
Savage declined, we contacted
Ms. Simmons to see if she was
still interested. Luckily she was,”
Willis said.
Burglaries-
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• Between May 22 and May 24
Andra Parker’s home at 1110
Spring St. was burglarized. A
stereo was taken from her
residence.
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$1000 for the arrest and grand
jury indictment for a person or
persons involved in felony crimes.
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