Bastrop, Tx–Bastrop County officials this week formally published notice that they plan to borrow $10.8 million to finance a variety of projects including a new office building, road and bridge improvements and technology upgrades.
The plan is to issue certificates of obligation, a form of bond debt obligation which does not require prior voter approval. More than half the total, some $5.5 million, is earmarked for the county’s four road and bridge precincts. Specific projects are not identified in public documents immediately available for review.
The next largest project is a proposed $4 million office building on Jackson Street to house operations of the tax assessor’s office and the county’s development services department. The county already owns the site on the east of Jackson near the county jail and Bastrop Central Appraisal District offices. Construction could begin later this year, an official said.
The tax assessor presently operates out of the Courthouse Annex at 804 Pecan St. in Bastrop. Development Services is housed in the former Kershaw & Jenkins law offices at 802 Water St. across the street from the main Courthouse complex.
The remaining bond funds will go for technology improvements, mostly emergency service and jail communications, as well as a communications tower site in the Rosanky area.