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Commissioners revise design of new jail to save money
Make The Grade
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JAIL
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County Sheriff Paul Boone, that rul-
ing could decrease the number of
inmates being housed at the county
jail.
Boone also said that since he ex-
pects the county jail population to
decrease, and "as tight as money is
these days, we ought to go with the
fewest number of beds we can get
away with." That number, he deter-
mined was 60-65.
County Judge Tommy Kessler
told the jail architect, Norris Fletcher
of Phillips Swager and Associates,
to design a 60-bed facility that can
be expanded to 96 later on, if need
be. He also said the facility should
have the support facilities, such as
sheriff's offices, kitchen, laundry
and booking area, to handle the 96-
bed load, in case those beds need
to be added later.
The commissioners estimated
that by cutting those 36 beds out of
the design they can save ap-
proximately $750,000.
Each of the commissioners said
that they feel the 60-bed facility will
be able to take care of current jail
needs as well as the needs of the
future.
"And since we're going to make it
easily expandable, I think we're tak-
ing care of the future needs of the
county as well," said Kessler.
The funding of the new jail will go
before the voters in the form of a
bond election Nov. 6.
Buckle Up!
Atlanta Memorial chosen to
receive energy funding
Atlanta Memorial Hospital has
been named as the receipient of
one of 11 energy conservation
grants awarded by the Department
of Energy to schools and hospitals
in Texas. The grant, which will pay
for energy conservation projects to
improve the energy efficient of the
hospital, totals $79, 949.
The announcement was made by
U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, who said
the funding will cover technical as-
sistance audits to measure specific
costs, payback periods and
projected energy savings from the
use of energy conservation
measures.
Also, the grants will underwrite
adoption of energy saving proce-
dures, as well as the purchase and
installation of devices recom-
mended by the earlier technical
units.
AMH is the only hospital or school
district in this part of Texas to
receive one of the grants.
Linden city council discusses
water contract, police budget
By VALERIE EAVES
Journal Staff Writer
The Linden City Council dis-
cussed its water and sewer contract
with Larry Dorman, Inc. of Beckville
at its meeting Monday night. The
$78,600 contract comes up for
renewal at the end of the year.
There has been talk by some of
the councilmen that they don't want
to renew the contract, so Mayor
Robert Deming asked Larry Dorman
to attend Monday's meeting to talk
about the contract. Deming said that
the councilmen are going to have to
make a decision on the contract in
the next couple of months, because
if they do decide to take the contract
back, they'll have to have time to
hire certified operators to take it
over.
Dorman has contracted the water
and sewer department with the city
for the past three years. Each year,
the contract cost has been $78,600,
Dorman has not increased the cost.
"I'd like to see figures next
month," Deming said, "if we're going
to take this seriousiy and look at
taking this operation over. I want to
start next month looking at those
figures, so we have a month to con-
sider that and make a decision in
either October or November. I want
to do it far enough ahead so we
don't run into a problem of not hav-
ing a qualified operator in January." cost.
The council will discuss the con-
tract again at its Oct. 8 meeting.
In other business, the council
looked at the Linden Police Depart-
ment budget. Mayor Deming told
the council that the police depart-
ment is overbudget on several line
items and revenues are not what
they were a lew months ago. "The
police are having trouble keeping
enough money in their account to
pay their bills," said Deming.
He told the council that they need
to cut about $18,000 out of the
police budget.
Councilman Rountree said "One
way to do it is to cut the department
down to two officers."
"When you go from three officers
to two, you get a whole lot less law
enforcement," replied Deming.
After much discussion, the coun-
cil decided to table any action until
the next meeting so they can have a
chance to discuss the situation with
the police chief, who was absent
from Monday's meeting.
The council also discussed a re-
quest from the Texas Department of
Highways to run water and sewer
lines out to the highway depart-
ment's new building site on High-
way 8.
The project would cost an es-
timated $75,000. The matter was
tabled until the highway department
could be contacted and told of the
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Journal Staff Report
The Linden Area Chamber of Commerce has scheduled its annual
banquet for Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Linden-Kildare High School
Cafeteria.
"if you missed last year's banquet, you won't want to make that mis-
take again," said one chamber spokesman, "if those who did attend last
year's banquet thought they had fun, they haven't seen anything yet."
Last year, the chamber stepped away from the traditional chamber
banquet with tuxedoed waiters and a guest speaker. Instead, the ban-
quet had a theme, The Four Seasons, with costumes and entertainment
befitting each season.
A chamber insider said this year's banquet will be along the same
lines, but declined to go any further.
Tickets are $7.50 each and are on sale now. Only 200 tickets to the
banquet will be sold. They're available on a first come first served basis.
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Census shows
county growth
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CENSUS
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Worth Metroplex grew 29.7 percent,
while the Central Corridor from Aus-
tin to San Antonio climbed 24.2 per-
cent. The Border region grw 20.1
percent in population.
Those areas relying heavily on
the energy industry, such as East
Texas, the Plains and Gulf Coast,
grew more slowly. East Texas, for
example, climbed only 10.4 percent
in the past 10 years.
"Mirroring the national trend away
from rural communities, Texas' rural
areas showed either slow growth or
a decline in population," Bullock
said Friday.
The Comptroller also urged U.S.
Department of Commerce to pay
close attention to possible under-
counts in the population, especially
minorities. "I continue to be con-
cerned about the consequences of
Texans not being accurately
counted and how a serious under-
count may unfairly reduce federal
aid to thousands of Texans who
deserve and need it."
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Coleman, John. Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 12, 1990, newspaper, September 12, 1990; Atlanta, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth348263/m1/3/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.