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County commissioner appointments due Dec. 28

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Bastrop, Tx–Bastrop County commissioners plan to meet Dec. 28 to take care of some year-end business, including appointing directors of two voter-approved emergency service districts which collect property taxes to pay for fire protection in some rural parts of the county.

Seats to be filled by commissioners include positions on the Bastrop County Emergency Service District No. 1 board which covers the Red Rock, Rockne, Cedar Creek and Bluebonnet Acres areas south and west of Bastrop. Board members Shawn Barnes and David Gahagan have asked to be reappointed.

Others seeking a seat on the ESD No. 1 board include former Pct. 3 Commissioner Don Loucks, caterer Leroy Gilbert and accountant Mark Clingan. The term of current board member Terry Wright also ends this year.

Two seats are opening on the ESD No. 2 board which serves rural areas immediately surrounding Bastrop. Kay Linenburger has asked for reappointment, but Len Snyder wants to be replaced.

At a meeting Dec. 14 county commissioners reappointed Doug Prinz and Carl Steinbach to the board of the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District which covers Bastrop and Lee County. Also named to the 10-member board was former Smithville school trustee Mike Morgan, who replaced former Aqua Water Supply Corp. official Michael Neese.

Bastrop County commissioners appoint five members to staggered terms on the groundwater board. Lee County commissioners appoint the other five members.

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Bastrop County commissioners lift burn ban indefinitely

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Bastrop, Tx–Following a long weekend of welcome rainfall, Bastrop County commissioners voted today to life a months-long ban on outdoor burning. They acted, as expected, on the recommendation of Mike Fisher, the county’s emergency management coordinator.

Most parts of the county saw rainfall totals of three to seven inches in recent days, substantially lowering the risk of another wildfire disaster like the one which struck in the Lost Pines on Feb. 28, said Fisher. The rains lowered a widely used drought index (known as KBDI) to 302 on Monday, he said.

The top of the drought index scale is 800, and in recent weeks the calculated number at times topped 700, making Bastrop County one of the most drought-stricken areas in Texas during an extended and severe dry period.

As eager as some residents may be to burn off accumulated brush piles and similar debris, Pct. 3 Commissioner John Klaus urged everyone to “use some common sense” when burning. If humidity is low and winds are brisk, don’t light off the pile, he advised.

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What to look for Monday

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Bastrop, Tx (Nov. 14,2008)–Two meetings of note for the week beginning Nov. 17:

1. Bastrop County commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Monday with two items on the ageneda. They will canvass the results of the Nov. 4 general election. No surprises expected. Vote totals may change slightly, the result of late-arriving mail ballots and provisional ballots, that is, those cast by voters who said they were registered but whose registration could not be immediately verified by poll workers. The validity of those ballots has since been reviewed and final polling numbers may be adjusted accordingly, though no final election results (who won, who lost) seem likely to change.

Commissioners will also revisit whether to continue a ban on outdoor burning because of continuing dry conditions and the associated danger of difficult-to-control wildfires. There’s been little to no rainfall in the past week, so expect the ban to continue in effect for the next few weeks at least.

The meeting will convene on the second floor of the Courthouse Annex at 804 Pecan St. in Bastrop.

2. At 7 p.m. Monday the Bastrop Economic Development Corp. board will meet at 903 Main St. to hear a variety of reports and review some significant grant requests.
Those seeking $25,000 building renovation grants include the owners of properties at 913 Main (Prokop Bldg.), 920 Main St. (Bridges Bldg.) and the planned Hasler Bros. Steak House on Chestnut St., the eastern half of the building formerly known as the Gin-U-Wine Oyster Bar at 931 Main. The question is can BEDC afford to boost all these projects?

At the same meeting former Mayor and BEDC Chair Tom Scott will report on his efforts to attract new higher education opportunities to Bastrop, a topic close to his heart for many years. The BEDC board will also talk about whether to sell 5 acres in its industrial park to Bluebonnet Electric Co-op for an electric power substation and whether to cut a deal with Kazem Khonsari for a site in the same industrial park where the investor hopes to create a warehouse and site for cleaning Oriental rugs. Khonsari also is planning the restoration and redevelopment of two downtown buildings in Bastrop. How plans for these properties may be related to the rug storage/cleaning business is not entirely clear.

Stay tuned.

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