Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 67, Ed. 1 Monday, June 4, 1984 Page: 1 of 46
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Getting to Know
Burleson
Assuming the office of city manager just in time to begin the budget process hasn't
left Ron Crabtree much time to look over the city. He says he's impressed by what
he’s seen so far, though. Area residents will have a chance to meet Ron Thursday
at the monthly luncheon of the Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce where he’ll
share the spotlight with Mayor Jerry Boone and Miss Burleson, Cheryl McMahan.
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Manager, city check out
While Burleson was checking out Ron
Crabtree as a potential city manager,
Ron Crabtree was also checking Burle-
son out as a potential home. Both
Crabtree and the city council liked what
they saw and the rest is history, albeit
recent history. Crabtree was the first
choice of all the council members and
he was looking forward to the op-
portunities here when he assumed the
duties of city manager in May.
"I'm still trying to familiarize my-
self with the city and its recent an-
nexations,” he said, ‘‘but I’ve been very
pleased with the overall operations and
with the city staff. I have a good
nucleus of people to work with and they
did a good job in the interim period
between city managers.”
He said he has also found the council
to be very supportive.
Probably it’s a good thing he has
those assets working for him since it
was his luck to arrive here just in time
to begin budget preparations. He
brought an asset of his own with him on
that front, however. He was an active
participant in the budget planning
process in Orange, Texas, for the past
seven or eight years. He served as
director of planning for that city for five
years before stepping up to the job of
assistant city manager Prior to that,
he was a planner for the city of Austin.
"I wish I had been here three months
ago,” he said, “but we’re using sim-
ilar review techniques in working on
the budget.”
ALSO AT ORANGE, he coordinated
implementation of a downtown redevel-
opment plan, assisted in planning the
opening engagement at the city’s $8
million center for the performing arts,
and served as the city’s chief negotiator
in collective bargaining negotiations
with the police and fire unions.
Coming here at the beginning of
budget preparations hasn’t given him
the time he would like for getting out in
the field to meet city personnel in all the
departments, but he said he has been
given the tour of all the major city
facilities. From his initial acquaintance
of city operations and the city itself, he
said he likes what he has seen of
Burleson The future and potential
growth of this city, and how that growth
is handled, will be major issues here for
at least another decade, he said.
“If what appears to be happening
here actually does materialize (explo-
sive growth period), then this is going
to be a very exciting time both for the
citizens and for the city government.”
he said.
According to Crabtree, the only prob-
lem he has faced has been the result of
the lack of continuity in the city man-
ager’s office. With the long search for a
new city manager and the subsequent
resignation of Brunswick Morton, as-
sistant to the city manager, no one
person has a complete overview of all
the city’s functions Fortunately, he
said, the city staff is filled with people
who have extensive expertise in their
particular fields
THE HEALTHY ECONOMY of the
entire Metroplex is in contrast with the
depressed economy of Southeast Texas,
and other areas of the state heavily
dependant on the oil industry But.
while the economy had cooled in
Orange, he said diversified economy of
this area was one of the things he found
attractive about Burleson and North
Texas Burleson faces the same prob-
lems most urban cities face, he said, in
that they are primarily thought of as an
area for residential development in-
stead of for industrial development.
Residential development is good, he
said, but has to be mixed with in-
dustrial growth since homes do not
generally carry their own weight in
taxes. He believes development of high
quality clean industry should be a high
priority of the city
Crabtree was active in the Rotary
Club in Orange and was a part of a
group study exchange team that visited
England for six weeks in 1977 He is a
member of the International City Man-
agement Association, the Texas City
Management Association, the Ameri-
can Planning Association, and the City
Planners Association of Texas He was
also a member of the Knights of Colum-
bus in Orange and was active in youth
soccer leagues A runner himself, he
participated in and completed the
Houston Marathon in 1982
He and his wife Doris have three
children, Kristina, 13; Ronald. 13, and
Andrew, 5 Mrs Crabtree and the
children are presently in the process of
selling their 95-year-old home in Or-
ange
“She's carrying out her end of the
deal and now I’ve got to get busy and
locate some family housing here,” he
said At this time he is living in an
apartment
Crabtree will be introduced and be a
part of the program Thursday at the
monthly membership luncheon of the
Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce
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MONDAY
EDITION
Vol. 19 No. 67
June 4, 1984
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Grandstand
Conventional dives are simply passee for this pool patron so handstands are the
order of the day Wednesday afternoon at Chisenhall Park.
Jimmy York and Eddy Boggs were
accepting congratulations and doing a
lot of handshaking at the Johnson Coun
ty Courthouse as early as 8:15 p m
Saturday.
Handshaking is something both men
have done frequently during the past
months of campaigning for the county
offices of Commissioner, Pet 3, and
Johnson County Sheriff The con-
gratulations, which followed a surpris-
ingly early return of ballot boxes from
county voting precincts, were tor
York’s election as commissioner and
Bogg’s as sheriff in runoff elections
Both men ran on the Democratic ticket
There were no Republican candidates
for those offices, so Saturday's results
were tantamount to election
All of the precinct voting boxes ex-
cept one had been returned to the court-
house for the final tally, still termed
unofficial, in the county clerk's office
only a little more than an hour after the
polls closed Saturday for the runoff
election
BURLESON RESIDENT Jimmy
York defeated Otis Lane of Alvarado
with a total county vote of 839 to Lane's
709. In the Burleson precincts voting in
the commissioner race, York's victory
was very strong He received about
three votes to every one of Lane's from
each local box Precinct 5 gave York
132 and Lane 46. in pet 7 the vote was
199 to 47; and in pret 11, 104 to 33 Lane
fared well in Alvarado voting precincts,
and in Lillian York had only a three-
vote edge over Lane
Boggs easily won the election for
sheriff, leading almost two to one
county-wide with 4,509 votes to Busby's
2,287. Burleson voters, however, gave
Busby a 17-vote edge over Boggs with a
local total of 469 to Boggs' 452 Voters
from Burleson had shown considerably
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JIMMY YORK
stronger support for Busbv in the Mav 5
primary election, where the retired
highway patrolman led Boggs almost
two to one Boggs is an investigator for
the Dallas Police Department
While the campaigns and elections
for commissioner and sheriff have
generated strong interest and a good
voter turnout in Johnson County, other
important decisions were also made at
the polls Saturday In the Democratic
runoff between Kent Hance and Lloyd
Doggett, vying for the nomination for
the l' S Senate. Johnson County voters
indicated their preference for Doggett
There were 3,373 votes cast in his favor
to 3.242 for Hance Burleson voting
precincts totaled 514 votes for Doggett
and 399 for Hance Doggett edged out
Hance on state returns by only 509 votes
and apparently Hance will ask for a re-
count
In the Republican runoff between
EDDY BOGGS
Max Hoyt and Joe Barton candidates
for nomination to the Sixth District Con
gressional seat. Barton was the choice
of Johnson County voters County-w ide
he received 390 votes to Hoyt s 263 of
the total votes cast in the Republican
runoff. Burleson precinct voters gave
97 to Barton and 48 to Hoyt Hoyt was
the apparent winner of the (i< ip race in
the sixth district, defeating Barton by
only 18 votes Another recount might be
ordered The winner wiil face Dan
Kubiak in November *
About one fourth of the registered
voters of the counts returned tot he poll
ing places Saturday to vote in the runoff
elections The May 5 primary election
had drawn about a third of those
registered to vote in the county In the
Democratic runoff, a total of 6.828
voters participated in the election
Republican voters numbered 65.; Satur
day
School bond plans go awry
Robert Burns probably never even
heard of Texas, much less Burleson
And he certainly knew nothing of the
prime interest rate or the problems it
could create Yet the 18th centurv
Scottish poet might as well have been
speaking of a local situation when he
penned the words about the best laid
plans of mice and men
Frequently those plans never ma
terialize, which seems to be the current
plight of the Burleson Independent
School District and its proposed sale of
just over $7 million in bonds
The school board originally opted to
sell the full $7 million in bonds instead
Burleson man killed in Fort Worth
A 25-year-old Burleson man was shot
and killed in a domestic disturbance
early Friday morning in Fort Worth.
Frederick S. Longoria, 25, of 345 N.W.
King was pronounced dead at the scene
rivith gunshot wounds to his abdomer
and his head.
Fort Worth police said that Longoria
went to visit relatives at 5208 South
Crest Court in the Southside of Fort
Worth and became involved in a family
dispute. Police said he was shot by a
revolver at about 2:30 p.m.
No charges had been filed As of Fri-
day afternoon and a police spokesman
said that the case would go to the grand
jury. The name of Longoria’s killer was
not made public.
A native of Gonzales, Texas,
Longoria had lived in Burleson for six
years. He was a cabinet maker and a
member of St. Ann Catholic Church „.
Funeral services were scheduled
this morning (Monday) at 10 a m at St.
Ann with Father Joseph Pemberton of-
ficiating. Interment was In Burleson
Memorial Park Arrangements were
made by Jones-Cato Funeral Home
Longoria is survived by his parents,
Manuel and Aurora Sunida Longoria
of Burleson; three brothers, Fidencio of
Everman, Fidel of Gonzales, awtf
Felipe of San Antonio; and two sisters,
Florence Corbin of Burleson and
Frances Vasquez of Austin
of the approximately $3 5 million need
ed to finance the construction of a
major new addition to Pauline G Hugh
es Middle School By doing that, an
immediate increase in the tax rate
could be avoided The thinking was that
the interest earned on the surplus $3 5
million would make the bond payment
the first year
THAT LINE OF reasoning didn't
anticipate the recent increases the
nation s prime interest rate, however ,
The school district cannot se|A4)onds at
an interest rate to exceed 10 percent
and, at current rates, no potential
buyer is now likely to bid on $7 million
in bonds with a lengthy payout period
That doesn't necessarily kill the
Hughes expansion project, which-
would be necessary to move the ninth
grade out of Burleson High School It
may, however, mean that a Plan B
must be devised if the school district is
to sell the bonds
Apparently. Plan B is to reduce the
sale from $7 million to $3.5 million and
reduce the length of the payout period
That should get bids under the 10
percent cap, but won t solve the prob-
lem of a tax increase Mjrtvear to meet'
bond obligations. While a shorter pay-
out period would save the school dis-
trict $1.150.000 over the life of the bonds.
it would also create tlie need for an
additional $200,000 in debt service pay-
ments per year than had earlier been
anticipated
\ SHORTER P \YOl T period for the
full $7 million is not likely, considering
the tax increase that would be required
.As an alternate bid. the school district
will consider the shorter maturity
schedule for the $3 5 million, however
If that is what is done, then the school
district could monitor the bond market
and sell the remaining bonds when it
appears they could get bids below the 10
percent level, according to Superinten-
dent of Schools Gordon Cockerham
He said the school district s fiscal
adviser. James Brooks, would be pre-
sent at the June 11 board meeting to
further explain the complexities of
selling the bonds in today's unstable
bond market
“The 10 percent limit on our bonds
obviously has implications considering
the rapid deterioration of the market
from the seller's viewpoint.” Cocker
ham said. “That obviously has implica-
tions concerning tax rates,” he added
Approximately $550,000 per year
jjipuldJb^'twcessary to-njget bond ob-
ligations under the shorter maturity
schedule. Under the old schedule, about
$350,000 would have been required
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Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 67, Ed. 1 Monday, June 4, 1984, newspaper, June 4, 1984; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth760875/m1/1/: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Burleson Public Library.