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4 Mineola Monitor* Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Lou Mallory, chairman of the Wood County Historical Commission, stands by a display case filled with
Wood County historical artifacts and photographs. The Historical Commission has placed display cases
throughout Wood County so residents and visitors will have easy access. This particular display case which
features a late 1800s clay jug is located at the Royal Flying Circus Museum at Mineola-Wisener Airport.
(Photo courtesy of L.A. Wisener)
EXHIBITS AT WISENER AIRPORT
Last month the Royal Flying Circus Aviation Museum based at Mineola-Wisener Airport accepted delivery
of a United States Air Force T-40 simulator. The simulator was donated by Steve and Linda Kay Dean of
the Flight of the Phoenix Flight Museum of Gilmer. The simulator was loaded, transported and unloaded
by a crew and truck which were donated by ETAS Metal Roof & Wall Systems of Mineola. (Photo courtesy
Lupita Wisener)
Alba city council meeting filled with tension
BY LARRY TUCKER
The Democrat staff
The term "you could
cut the tension with a
knife" mildly describes
an Alba City Council
meeting. From the com-
ments by citizens to
Mayor Ted Levitt's open-
ing statement at the July
5 meeting, the council
chamber was filled with
tension.
Native Alba citizen
Sondra Burge, one of
those responsible for
the success of the Alba
Library and Museum,
addressed the council
prior to the meeting. "I
have attended meetings
throughout my lifetime
at a few other towns. I
have never attended one
as out of control as last
month's meeting. There
was so much disorder
it would be hard to pull
out just one thing. The
main thing is the lack
of respect all the way
around," Burge noted.
"People were speaking
out of turn and so many
speaking at the same
time you couldn't hear
what was going on. The
audience was out of con-
trol."
Burge further com-
mented on her future
involvement at coun-
cil meetings. "I know
the rules and have been
guilty of speaking when
I shouldn't have. I apolo-
gize and it will not hap-
pen again. From now on
I will speak in the five
minutes I'm allowed at
the proper time. I will do
as an audience member
should. I will sit quietly
and not critique a coun-
cil member, the meeting,
or the mayor," Burge
continued. "Every per-
son here wants the very
best for Alba. Change is
the hardest thing for hu-
mans to accept. If there
is no change we get in a
rut. Let us all do away
with discord and nega-
tivity and replace it with
optimism and making
our goal in making Alba
the best it can be with all
of us working together."
The mayor's opening
remarks addressed the
problem. "I want to apol-
ogize. I let last month's
meeting get out of hand.
I promise it won't hap-
pen again. There should
have never been so many
conversations. Once they
started speaking I should
have shut them down
right away. It will not
happen again I apolo-
gize," Levitt explained.
Things heated up dur-
ing department reports.
Alba Chief of Police Tim
Koonce talked about
a call he had received.
"I want this council to
know I received a call
from a business owner in
town that the mayor had
come over talking about
me and my job, and
what I wasn't doing and
what I was doing, talking
about other employees
and their jobs. It was a
lot of stuff that made her
uncomfortable," Koonce
said. "I don't understand
how that's good for the
dty. We are all supposed
to be working together,
working with one an-
other and not talking bad
about one another. She
told me she didn't want
him back in there. She
does not want the mayor
back in her business. He
made her very uncom-
fortable and she didn't
appreciate it."
The mayor respond-
ed," Are you talking
about Kay Ellis?"
Koonce replied, "She
said you told her I should
be shaking in my boots
and scared for my job."
The mayor simply re-
plied "No."
Koonce said "I am not
scared for my job. I have
done my job to the best
of my ability. I wish you
could come talk to me
about my job, what I do
and what I don't do. You
never come and talk to
me about it."
When the council fi-
nally got down to actual
business they approved
a $150 water deposit for
landlords in case renters
left without paying their
bills. The deposit would
be paid only once by the
landlords regardless of
how many properties
they own. If the $150 de-
posit has to be used, an-
other deposit would be
required by the landlord.
In another action, the
council approved a let-
ter engagement with
Norman White for audit
preparation. White has
been the dty auditor for
several years.
Another item discussed
was the possibility of the
process of becoming a
Main Street City. The
coundl appointed Gib
Maynard to speak with
Wood County Indus-
trial Commission Execu-
tive Director Kiki Bettis
about all the possibilities
concerning grants and
programs for Alba.
In another matter, the
coundl shot down a pro-
posal to generate rev-
enue by implementing a
$15 per machine "Coin-
Operated Machine Tax."
The coundl voted 5-0 to
deny the proposal.
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Member
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mon suggested the pos-
sibility of a movie night
in downtown Alba. Alba
Fire Chief Shawn New-
land said he would look
into the possibilities and
come back to the council
with more information.
The council discussed
the improvement of dty
streets. It was dedded to
reach out to Wood Coun-
ty Commissioner Pre-
dnct #1 Virgil Holland
to help the city to start
with the ditches. City
Secretary Lindy McCarty
said she would call Hol-
land to see if he would
come drive the city and
look at what could be
done. "We could have
him (Holland) drive and
look at these streets. We
want to create a ditch
on each one of these.
How many hours do you
think it is going to take
and what equipment is it
going to take," McCarty
said. "Give us an esti-
mated cost and then if he
comes back and says, for
$20,000,1 can create your
ditches on everyone of
the streets and y'all say
do it, then we can sign an
inter local-agreement."
The motion was unani-
mous to contact Holland.
Following a lengthy
discussion Mayor Pro-
tem Tammy Kirkpatrick
and department heads
concerning tracking ac-
tivities in each depart-
ment, a motion was
made stating weekly ac-
tivity reports would be
turned in once a month
in time for the dty coun-
dl meetings. The vote
was 3-1 with one abstain-
ing. Dedmon, Kirkpat-
rick, and Maynard vote
for, Sonny Hass voted
against and Jonathan
Mize abstained.
The coundl discussed
vacandes Alba Economic
Development Corpora-
tion (EDC). Gib Maynard
was approved to the
EDC. Lisa Davis was in-
troduced for a position,
but she was never actu-
ally voted on.
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Newman, Doris. Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 13, 2016, newspaper, July 13, 2016; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth899276/m1/4/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.