The Bastrop County Times (Smithville, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1975 Page: 1 of 18
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VOL. 84, NUMBER 33
THE BASTROP COUNTY TIMES, SMITHVILLE, TEXAS 78957
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1975
County Budget Approved
The Bastrop County Com-
missioners voted unanimously
Monday to approve the county
budget for fiscal year 1976 at
a public meeting that produced
no public.
The commissioners,at the
suggestion of Judge Greisen-
beck, waited an additional 45
minutes before starting dis-
cussion on their proposed bud
get for the county in 1976 The
wait was fruitless. No one
showed up So review of the
budget bey a n
The commissioners had
only minor technical questions
about the budget which were
quickly answered to their sat-
isfaction The only objections
to the budget that were ex-
pressed were that it was too
small and that there was not
really enough money to do all
that had to be done, (a copy of
the budget summary appears
at the end of this article. A
complete copy is available for
inspection at the County
Clerk's office, the County
Treasurer's office, and the of-
fice of the County Judge)
The budget was approved by
a vote of 6-0.
The commissioners met
Monday morning to discuss
general business before the
afternoon session with the
budget First item of business
in the morning meeting was a
request for $1,500 from the
Bastrop County Child Welfare
Board for pressing financial
needs In the letter read by
Judge Greisenbeck, the board
explained that although they
are reembursed through state
and federal funds for the ma-
Firestation Repair Mulled
Hoof repairsonthe Bastrop
Firestation will be completed
as soon as better lighting can
be provided which will be done
as soon as the roof can be re-
pal red, the Bastrop was in-
formed at their Monday night
meeting Bastrop Flrechief,
Carl Spuoner, presented the
circular problem to the coun-
cil which has been trying to get
the firestation repaired Dis-
cussion began about whether to
fix the Interior or the exterior
of the station first Council-
man Maynard suggested that
action of some kind be taken
immediately. "Let's get it
done, let's goto it!" Maynard
said
ft was suggested that it
would possibly be better and
cheaper to go ahead and build a
new fireststion The council
decided to look at both sug-
gestions
Clyde Clardy, businessman
in Bastrop, came before the
council to request city aid In
paving and alley behind his
business and several others.
Clardy said that tl * bus'i
nessmen involved would give
the land to the city and help pay
for the paving
Clardy brought with htm a
rough estimate of the expense
of the work, prepared by Dean
and KengPavtng Co The pav-
ing company estimated the
cost of the project at approxt
mutely $4200 Clardy has of
{ered to pay approximately
$20 extra parking spaces
It was decided that the coun-
cil should get other estimates
and discuss the matter fur-
ther Mayor Sharp was pos-
itive about the idea "We're
going to work with you, we want
to get this done,"Sharp told
Clardy,
Mr Henkle, who is survey
ing the city park for the council
reported to the council that he
had found discrepencies in the
deeds for property supposedly
included in the park. "I just
want to brief you on the situa-
tion 1 want you to know that if
I start climbing fences todrtve
stakes on property that people
think they own, it could cause
trouble for the city 1 just want
to know if you want me to drive
those stakes."
"We just want to know where
the line is," councilman May-
nard responded,"then we, as
the representatives of the city
of Bastrop, will decide what to
do about the problems Drive
the stakes " The council con-
curred.
Representatives of the Ta-
hitian Village Corporation ad-
dressed the council requesting
that the city provide 3 phase
electrical power toa25 acre
tract of the development upon
which the corporation will
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Wastewater Plant Passes
EPA, WQB Inspection
Mayor James P Sharp noti-
fied the press last week that
final inspection of the newly
completed Wastewater Treat-
ment Plant for the City of
Gastrop has been made and "all
seems in good order "
Making the Inspection were
Henry Ratke, engineer in the
Operations and Malntanence
Section of the Region 6, En-
vironmental Protection Agency,
Dallas; A1 Sprague and Jim
Steed, engineers in the Con-
struction Office of the Texas
Water Quality Board, Austin,
and Bill Schott, Project en
glneer with Bryant-Curington,
lnc , of Austin.
Accompanying the inspectors
were MayorSharp, Council men
Adren Long, Billy Maynard and
O.E "Happy" Glen, Utilities
Supervisor, Quinton Allen, City
Manager Bill Cox, and Plant
Operator Billy Evans
"The inspectors were all In
agreement that this was one of
the best plants they had seen and
complimented Bastrop," the
Mayor said
"The Project was reviewed
from the beginning, which was
November 17, 1969, when the
firm of Bryant-Curington, Inc.,
was retained to prepare a plan
for the proposed construction of
the system among other needs of
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jority of their expenses, re-
ceipt of these funds takes from
2 to 3 months and that tbe board
had bills that needed to be paid
immediately. The commis-
sioners decided to withhold
action until they could meet
with members of the board so
that certain questions could be
answered.
Judge Greisenbeckthen in-
troduced a subject that, in his
words, "will mean a whole lot
of work," for the commission
ers.
The subject was flood-plain
insurance. The judge reported
that property owners whose
property lies on the "100 Year
Flood-Plain" would have to
pay extremely high flood In-
surance rates or could possi-
bly not be able to obtain such
insurance without county ac-
tion to establish ordinances to
regulate construction on the
flood-plain
flood-palisnfkd
"I really don't personally
want to go through all of the
work involved, but I really
think that we would be neg-
legent if we didn't," Greisen-
beck said
Commissioners decided to
ask Mr Roy D. Sedwick, of the
Texas Water Development
Board, toattendafuluremeet-
ing of the court and brief the
commissioners on the subject
of flood-plain insurance and
what the county can do to help
residents protect themselves
from high water and high in-
surance rates
Judge Greisenbeck reported
on the progress of the county 's
request, through CAPCO to
the General Services Adtmo*
istration for 310 acres at Swift
for use as a sanitary land bill
The commissioners, and this
reporter, then received ales-
son in bureaucratic paper
shuffling by the feds The
county received a letter from
the GSA stating that the GSA
did not have jurisdiction over
the request: the US Army did
The GSA also said that the
county's request was being
forwarded to the Army for ac-
tion Then the county received
a letter from the Army, in
forming them that the Army
did not have jurisdiction but
that the National Guard was the
organization that now bad
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Smlthvllle Hospital Administrator Fred Nyc shows new Towers Administrator Susan Huntington a
round the grounds of the rest home
Times Photo
Towers Appoints Administrator
Towers Nursing Home has
a new Administrator Miss
Susan Huntington, formerly of
Brady, will assume the
position of Administrator upon
the departure of Mrs.
Peters.
Avo
Miss Huntington Is a 1974
graduate of Abilene Christian
College where she majored in
physical education and com-
munications Upon graduation,
she enrolled in the nursing
home administrator course
taught at the U Hs rtlty of
Texas and spent a year Intern-
ship at Lelslon Lodge, a
nursing home in Brady
She Is the daughter of Mi-
ami Mrs Paul Huntington of
Brady.
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DISHING IT OUT
Over 400 persons attended the Farmers/Ranchers Barbeque sponsored by the Retail Merchants As
sociation of Smithville and the Chamber of Commerce last Friday night Fine weather, free beer
and a sociable atmosphere combined to make the occasion a tremendous success in bringing city and
rurai folks together.
Council Rejects SW Bell Again
Smithville's City Council
took about 45 minutes to turn
down Southwestern Bell
Telephone's second bid for
in across tbe board rate In-
i and then spent almost
t wo hours debating the traffic
control sign survey presented
by Jim Nolen prior to accept-
ing the plan in essence
The debate between Council
members and Dennis Richter
of the telephone company at
Monday night's City Council
meeting brought out council's
awareness of the present pre-
carlousness of Bell's position
in the national courts The en-
tire debate was a study in
contrasts Council's distrust
of the huge corporate
structure of the Bell company
as opposed to members; trust
and friendship for Richter, its
local representative.
Outcome of the debate was
Council's decision to put off a
final decison of granting of the
rate increase for at least one
more month, with Richter to
present a further breakdown of
the financial report figures by
the September meeting
Jim Nolen of Transportation
Engineering Associates of
Austin presented a 21 page
Traffic Control Sign Survey
calling for the installation of
280 traffic control signs in the
city for council's approval
The signs will be supplied free
of charge by the Governor's
Council on Traffic Safety, with
the city paying for the new 7
foot poles, clamps and instal-
lation Nolen presented three
plans for accomplishment of
the job a turnkey job by TEA,
a plan whereby the city would
supply one or two men to assist
with the job, or the city could
Install the signs itself
After considerable debate,
mostly concerning the control
plans for specific sites,
council voted to accept Plan
B of the proposal, whereby
TEA, with the help of two men
employed by the city, will in-
stall the new system oftrafftc
control throughout the city
Target date for installation to
begin is September 1, depend-
ing on the arrival of materials
by or before that date Total
expected cost to the city for
this plan is $4910 or ie -
dependlng on the present cost
of materials Added to this
amount will be the wages of
the two men supplied by the
city for the estimated 17 day
job
Jerry Cook, Smithville
manager of Cable TV, appear-
ed before Council to report a
change of ownership of the
system Pat Nugent and John
Barr, who appeared with Cook,
explained that the change was
really more a transfer of
stock than a change of owner-
ship, although the system will
in the future be listed as a
property of the L.B.J.
Company of Austin Nugent
assured that the
■consolidation" would cause
no changes in local manage-
ment, and services could
conceivably be expanded in the
future.
Smithville Volunteer Fire
Department Chief Pat Vacek,
Gary Saunders and Gordon
Doty reported on their week's
stint at fire school at Texas
A&M All three stated that
they had gained much valu-
able first hand knowledge at
the school, which believes In
"learning by doing "
Vacek also added his voice
to the warning issued by Fire
Marshall Hal Wallace some
Changes Slated
For Elgin
School System
The Elgin Independent
School District will start tbe
new school term with a change
In principals and a Director
of Special Services. Jack
Fllnn, former High School
principal will become the
Director of Special Services,
Terry Thlbeaux will be High
School principal, James
Franklin, Junior High Prin-
cipal, Jane Daley. Elementary
school principal, and Eddie
Brandt the new Primary
school principal replacing
Jane Daley who went to
Elementary school. Terry
Thlbeaux moved up to High
School from Junior High.
These changes were sired at
the school board meeting
which met recently. In other
business the board accepted
the low bids of the Rainbow
Baking Company for bread
and buns and the Oak Farms
Dairy for milk. Gulf Oil
Company's proposal was ac-
cepted for gas and oil
Superintendent Dr C. W
Thompson's recommendation
was accepted for the sale of
approximately 25 pieces of
property for taxes. The board
also voted to order one new
bus with anticipated date of
arrival of l year The 1975-76
school year will commence
August 25 for all grades with
principals and teachers
reporting the 19th Students
new to the district will need to
regtster at this time until the
22nd (From the 19th to 22nd
for new students Itwaspolnt
ed out that no child would re-
peat one grade more than twice
and that more than two grades
could not be repeated
months ago that compulsory
certification of firemen is
coming -- very possibly in
1976. He and other Smithville
officials are checking into
the situation in an effort to
anticipate the requirements
and meet them in the easiest
possible manner for local
firefighters
Wallace S. Snyder was ap-
pointed to the Hospital Board
to replace Harry Crockett,
who tendered his resignation
at last month's meeting, giving
the press of personal business
as his reasons tor resigning
the post. The city appoints
three members of the
Hospital Board, with board
members appointing the other
four
Committee reports reveal-
ed the paving and retopping of
city streets has been complet-
ed; the landfill is looking
good, as is the cemetery, with
mowing up to date; 2,900 books
were loaned by the Public
Library in July, and 16 new
members gamed, Summer
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HARD CHOICE
A young reader looks over a selection of books dur ing a party at
the Smithville Public Library last Monday Attended by Mayor
Crawford and Central School Principal Lloyd Ray The party was
held to recognise the efforts of children in the community who par-
ticipated this summer in the Library Summer Reading Program and
the R1F (Reading is FUNdamental) programs
State Bank Named
S.I.S.D. Depository
Sinithvllle's First State Bank
wtll serve as the official bank
depository tor tbe Smithville
Independent School District.
The decision was arrived at
Tuesday evening. August 5, in a
special called meeting of the
Board of Trustees
Tax rate for the coming year
will remain at the present $150
per $100 evaluation $125 of the
tax rate Is appointed to local
maintenance, while the remain
Ing 25 cents is used to retire
bond Indebtedness
Board members accepted the
resignation of recently lured
librarian, Kathryn Haydea
Miss Hayden s position will be
filled by Pricilla Fisher
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