Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1987 Page: 3 of 32
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Burleson Star, Thursday, January 29, 1987—3A
Commissioners discuss
substandard jail lights
BY CARLA POMMERT
The Johnson County Com-
missioners passed a motion to
advertise for bids to improve the
lighting in the older portion of
the county jail during a special
called meeting on Mondav.
According to Bob Deering, a
representative from the Texas
Commission on Jail Standards
(TCJS) who tested the lighting
last week, the only area of the jail
that met standards was the
minimum security facility.
The lighting in the old portion
of the jail, which was built in the
1930s, was determined to be
inadequate.
Commissioners hope that the
TCJS will grant them a variance
until the new jail is built But.
they decided to advertise for bids
in case a variance is not
approved
County Judge Wayne Bridewell
estimated that the cost of bring-
ing the jail lighting up to stan-
dards would be between $23,000
and $30,000
In a related matter, com-
missioners agreed to schedule
interviews on Feb 10 lor finance
companies interested in financ-
ing the new county jail They also
scheduled Feb 16, 17, and
possibly Feb 18 to interview
architects and construction firm
representatives interested in
designing the new jail The
deadline for written proposals
will be S pm on Feb 12
IN OTHER BUSINESS, the
commissioners agreed to pav an
outstanding medical bill m the
amount of $1,700 fot a pnsonei
at the county jail 1 ynn C raig
Malone
Malone was ,mined after he
climbed on top ot his Rio Vista
home and stalled shooting at
Johnson County Sheriff Fddv
Boggs and Texas Ranger George
Turner who were trying to seise
him with some papers on (Kt
s
Malone s right eve was injured
by a bullet fragment, but he
refused treatment for 12 days,
according to a medical state-
ment.
Finally, on Oct. 13 he agreed to
receive treatment for the eye in-
jury from Dr. Lvle Freedman at
Hugulev Hospital
"As I understood it. the
prisoner did not wish to be
treated at the hospital here in
Cleburne," Bridewell told the
commissioners.
Several of the commissioners
said they did not think a prisoner
should have the option to choose
which hospital would treat him
unless the prisoner's family was
going to pay the bill
Bridewell responded that the
family had said they would pav
the bill originally, but now would
not pay The treatment was
authorized bv a sheriff's office
employee Cpt Malcom .Souther-
land, according to a letter to
Countv Auditor Donnie Williams
from Dr Freedman
“LEGALLY, THE COUNTY is
responsible for the medical caic
of prisoners," Bridewell told
the commissioners
In othei unrelated business
commissioners
— Approved the county holidays
for 1987 The hohdavs include
April 17 (Good Fndavl Mav 7>
(Memorial Dav) Julv 3 and 4 In-
dependence Dav) Sept 7 (Libm
Day ), Nov 11 (Veteran's I).t\;
Nov 26 and 27 (Thanksgiving1
Dec 24 and 2s (Christmas!, ,uid
Jan ! 1988 (New Vat's I>.i\;
— Approves! Countv l lei k Robin
Goodnight attending an annual
clerks seminal to be held in
College Station at Texas AcV. M
l niversitv on Match 16-14 The
registration tee will be $%)
— Approved the mcmbcis .>!
the Salats Grievance committee
for 1^87
Die committee which is expec-
ted to meet ill September is i ec-
ponsible toi listening to salaiv
grievances of elected officials
The committee is composed of
nine members, six public of-
ficials and three members of the
public whose names are selected
from the 24 grand jurors who
served in the previous year
The public officials who are re-
quired by law to serve on the
committee are the county clerk.
Goodnight; the district clerk,
Betty Cooke; the county treasurer,
D'W’ill Jones; the fax assessor-
collector. \\ T (F’d) Carroll; the
sheriff, Eddv Boggs and the
county attorney, Dale Hanna.
The three citizens whose
names were randomlv drawn
from a box on Monday are Pat
Tekell and Tom Hazelwood, both
ot Cleburne, and Bobbv Don
Spurlm of Burleson
— Approved the cancellation of
I 6 outstanding check' totaling a
little over >1 000 that were writ-
ten prior to Jan 1 1986 to the
countv lax office The monev will
be transferred to general funds;
—APPROVED THE COUNTY
nidge the foui commissioners,
and the countv auditor attending
an annual conference m College
Station at Texas A&M University
on Teh 24-26 The purpose of the
conference is to keep countv
nidges and commissioners in-
formed ot developments in laws
which affect counties The regis-
tration fee will be S's per
person
— Approved a motion to buv a
deadbolt ioc k to be' installed on
tile' back ciool of the Burleson
counhoine annex
— Approved a motion to have
an open house at the new
Alvarado courthouse- annex tiom
?-s pm on li'dav Feb 6
— Appioved Hie sale ot the
piano in the courthouse base-
ment to Pal Patton ot Burleson
tin $2' and
— Appioved a motion to auth-
orize Pivciiici ' Commissioner
Jimmie A ot k to advertise for pea
graven and two tvpes ot road
base
Don t Buy
I'his Product
Fire Marshal Richard Devoe is concerned that Burleson residents
might buy aerosol products such as this one to be used as tire ex-
tinguishers. He said the products have no fire extinguishing
capabilities, are dangerous, and Illegal in Texas. a
Fire Marshal warns public
about aerosol products
BACC discusses budget
Discussions of budgets and ot-
ticers and reports from commit-
tee chairmen all got about equal
billing when the board ot diiec-
lors for the Burleson Area Cham-
ber of Commerce met in the
chambct board room Tuesday
morning
A proposed budget ot $112-
033 repiescntmg the total expen-
ditures projected by the BACC
for 1487. was discussed then ap-
proved bv board members eatlv
in the agenda at the 7 a ill
meeting
James Jenkins presented the
budget in proposal form indicat-
ing he felt it was a "very realistic
proposal" Board president Hal-
oid Putnam echoed the same
assessment, commenting that the
previous vear s (I486) actual ex-
penditures had been less than
proposed and that healthy bank
balances m both checking and
savings accounts tins year reflec-
ted that Jenkins added that tile-
1486 income had been a little-
less than proposed m last year's
budget but that expenses for 86
had also been less
Also eatlv on the agenda was
the presentation by the nommal-
NiQg committee, also chaired bv
JenTtrrts, of the slate of nominees
for respective offices of the
chamber boaid of directors Ap-
proval was voted on the follow-
ing officers Dr Harold Putnam,
president (second term), Todd
Pearson, president-elect, Jim
Pfeiffer, 1st vice president;
Charles Massey, 2nd vice presi-
dent, Sharon Wright, 3rd vice-
president, and Dottle Wilson,
secretary
Jim Pfeiffer reported that
"Chris Akey has things rolling
well" for Good Lite Days ac-
tivities, which will be expanded
this year to include both Satut^
day and Sunday rather than only
one weekend day, and which will
again be held in Chisenhall
Park
Pheiffer also suggested that the
Citizen of the Year committee-
should include at least one past
recipient of the award and
should draw up specific com-
jnunity involvement criteria for
the award “The committee
should also designate- who is to
present the award at the annual
banquet,’’ he said.
A copy of recently revised
policies and procedures for
members of the Ambassador's
Club of the chamber was presen-
ted by that group’s president
Dixie Daniels also a new bn.ud
member of the chamhei of uiin-
merce Pointing out the , mlv
tnajoi change ot an initiation tee
of $18 SO, Daniels also reported
that a program of orientation has
been initiated as well as an Am-
bassador ot the Month pro-
gram The program piovidcs
regogmliun of outstanding pal-
lid [ration and enthusiasm among
the Ambassadois with a photo
and write up m the Bi.-i/cva,
Sui said Daniels
Putnam iepoiled on the ciiiCc
tors woikshop held Satin dav
Jan 1" w(ik h produced a goosi
program ot work lot the mining
yeai The annual planning mel t-
ing will be held in August lathci
than March this year Additional
changes which were determined
at the workshop include revising
the monthly luncheon schedule
from the previously held 10 pel
year
eons
chamber membership each nine
we get logelliei lather than a so-
cial event
f ire Marshal Richard Devoe —
alarmed over an aerosol product
Being sold as a tire extinguisher—
."ucd tins wanting on products
such as Fires Out Don’t buy
A*
\ I he tire extinguishers are il-
V-gal Devoe said
) Several merchants contacted
vhe file marshal after a sales-
mai-t'-Joi Dooi Products Inter-
nutidnaT~uut ot Bcnsonville. 111.,
iru l to sell them the illegal fire
extmeuisher along with his
portfolio ot products
He ithe sulcsmani puts a little
lighter fluid on cardboard then
puts it out with the extinguisher,"
Devoe said In reality, the con-
tents of the can are under so
much pressure that by pressing
the nozzle the force is actually
blowing out the fire.
The can has nothing more
than a freon-type content,"
Devoe said "It has no fire ex-
tinguishing properties.”
All legal fire extinguishers in
Texas must be tested by eithei
Underwriter Laboratories or Fac-
tory Mutual. Devoe said to buy a
fire extinguisher from a reput-
able dealer or mamit.i. tuiet
He cautioned ugaui'; using
products such as l ue s Out since
thev can be e.xtretnelv dangerous
or even fatal Warning .abcis on
the can state that l sc in an en-
closed place mav r-e t. ■ i uid
that "Dangerous ga- tormed
when used to exim-jui'i liaine’
None ot the ac os- a -\ p- van'
will put out a tire, Dcvui con-
cluded. Anyone wit's miecno-'c
about fire extinguisher' 'huuid
call him at C it\ Had 2,j:-
1113
veat to foui quarterly lunih-
Therc will be quarterly lunch-
eons alternated monthly wnh
foui Business Allet Horn s events
|X-r year, in addition to the tom
major chamber activities Good
Life Days, the- Annual t hambci
Banquet, Fourth of Julv ac-
tivities. and the Auction." said
Putnam We re looking at plan-
ning to develop even bcttei
programs —bunging something
ot special importance to the
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Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1987, newspaper, January 29, 1987; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth761134/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.