Lockhart Post Register (Newspaper) - February 10, 1994, Lockhart, Texas Lockhart THURSDAY February 10,1994 16 2 Sections Volume 122, Number 6 317-200) 50 cents EMS to be topic at Commissioners City Council A ' A contract for Emergency Medical Services that has been in existence for 14 years between the City of Lockhart and Caldwell County is in jeopardy of coming to an end June 8. It was June 8, 1979, that Judge Leonard W. Scott and Mayor W. E. Chesser signed a contract that stating City hereby agrees to furnish through the City of Lockhart Department emergency ambulance service to the citizens of Caldwell County residing outside the limits of the City of The term of the contract was set at one year and automatically renewed from year to year unless amended or canceled by either In exchange for the EMS the contract calls for the county to pay 50 percent of the actual net operating loss after The agreement allows for either side to terminate the contract upon County residents upset at city's wastewater site Upset about the City of Lockhart's choice for a site for the new wastewater treatment some Caldwell County citizens are working to have petitions signed to put a stop to the city's plans before they go any Citizens who live outside the city limits of but who live near or have property which Clear Fork Creek are opposed to the wastewater treatment plant dumping into the On the basis of a recommendation by City Engineer Charles the city council tentatively approved a site near the south of for the new If that's where the facility is located it will dump into Clear Fork Council member Marcia Proctor addressed the issue during the council comments portion of last week's city council may have brought up some things we didn't Proctor referring to a group of Caldwell County citizens who have organized to fight the city's plans to build the wastewater treatment plant south of we have a public hearing sooner than Proctor City Manager Joe Michie said that a public which would address all the concerns of those who live near the creek or have property in which the creek is part of the process the city must go through to have the facility feel they can air their concerns councilman Joe Ramirez matter what site we somebody's going to be Fork hasn't been said council member Bernice Plum Creek You can smell it - sometimes as far as Commerce 183. in us contaminating another Michie pointed out that Plum Creek is contaminated because of a broken sewer line which crosses the not because the present wastewater treatment facility dumps into it. a separate Michie need to see how the people Proctor adding that the council should give the site selection more thought before the council is going to change the Michie needs to let the engineer Because of the nature of the Todd city Please sec CLEAR Page 2A 60 days written During a heated discussion last week at the city's regular city council County Judge Rebecca said she not certain if the commissioners agree to pay half the cost of new ambulance the city plan's to The issue will be discussed at the regular meeting Feb. 14, at 9 told the Since last week's meeting checked with three ambulance sales and service companies in San Antonio to get information concerning the issue at to purchase a new ambulance or refurbish the old The city bought an ambulance in 1991. It is currently looking to replace a 1988 The County Judge and commissioners maintain that the city should refurbish the older ambulance instead of spending the money for a new It could save the county and city approximately each to the city feels it is since the city is without a to have state-of-the-art equipment to ensure that the ambulances can endure the repeated trips to San Marcos and Austin The Judge and Mayor M. Louis Cisneros met briefly Monday morning to discuss the issue once Following the meeting the Mayor said there was nothing new discussed and nothing was accomplished concerning the EMS Cisneros said the item will be placed on the city council agenda for Tuesday he feels the county and city are at a stalemate on the According to figures released by the approximately 36 percent of the EMS runs are outside the city Please see Page 6A Clear Fork Creek currently lives up to its name as the water reflects the trees like a residents whose property is crossed by the creek are concerned that it will no longer be the case if the city puts a wastewater treatment plant south of town and allows it to dump the wastewater into the County residents will be at Monday's court meeting to discuss the issue with the The regular meeting of the court begins at 9 a.m. County agrees to buy three cars for Sheriff's Dept. Meeting in a special session Monday morning the Caldwell County Commissioners agreed to put out for bids for three new vehicles for the sheriff's Sheriff Mike Bading told the commissioners he had been driving his own vehicle while awaiting the county's purchase of new The commissioners discuss the possibility of buying cars that run on propane as well as The Texas Department of Public safety is running supervisory and vehicles on Bading told the Bading that he did not believe the cars can come equipped with propane from the would like for us to look at it and see how much it would Commissioner Morris Alexander The commissioners also agreed to allow the sheriff's department to purchase two used vehicles from the Texas Department of Public Safety at a cost not to exceed The reserves have been using one car that has more than 400,000 miles on it and another with more than 300,000 miles on the commissioners It was reported that on at least one occasion one of the vehicles broke down en route as the reserves were responding to a call and another officer had to be called in to work the reserves do is very valuable to the Judge Rebecca The reserves put in 2,725 hours in 1993, according to the Sheriffs Department In other action the commissioners approved the purchase of a copier for Emma Jean office and approved the release of allocated for the Caldwell County Historical The commissioners tabled agenda items concerning placing a speed limit on CR 206, revising the county's employee handbook and setting a pay rate for part-time employees in the Sheriff's The Judge said she would like to receive input from the county employees before making any changes to the employee opens Friday Members of the cast of rehearse for Friday night's opening show at the Lockhart Community Cast members from Jeanne Sarah Laura Julie Katy Kaufman and Frankie Lady playoffs with win oyer Del Valle Edwina Brown pumped in 19 points to help Lockhart Lions to o 70-41 District 27-4A basketball win over Del Valle here sending the Lady Lions into post season ' Lockhart school officials morning the Lady opponent will be winners of District 28,-4A, but the date and site of the playoff is yet to be Boerne coaches want to play the game Monday while Lockhart's choice; is Officials from each school met Wednesday afternoon to flip coin to decide the date of the playoff The site will be a neutral possibly in San Marcos or New Lockhart superintendent Jones said Wednesday No site qr date had been press ' Rebecca Ramirez and Jennifer Maupin popped in 13 11 to help the Lady Lions earn the playoff spot as the District 27-4Arunnerup. - Also the now 16-11 on the were Jennifer Aponte J with Kathy with Dana Ellis with Windy three and Alisha & Meeting to discuss bolstering tourism tonight in Luling A meeting of the Regional Concept Committee of Caldwell and Gonzales counties is set for 7 p.m. Feb. 19, at the Luling Chamber of Commerce 308 N. 183.) in Anyone interested in helping develop tourism for Lockhart and Caldwell County is invited to The committee is looking for ideas for a brochure and ways to strengthen the two tourism based on similar events retail parallels and lifestyle Main Street workshop set for Feb. 17 A free workshop and informational meeting will be held in Lockhart from 10 a.m. to Feb. 17, at the First Lockhart National Bank Community The Texas Historical through its Main Street and Certified Local Government offers communities an opportunity to successfully reshape their Low-interest loans and grants are Approximately 65 towns have taken advantage of these For call 463-6092 or 398-4414. Man arrested for with a child Salas was released the same day of his arrest after posting Clough Although Salas for many years has been a little league coach in Lockhart and an employee with the Lockhart Independent School the particular incident alleged in this charge is not related to either of those Clough David 33, of 710 Bois D'Arc St. in was arrested Feb. 3 on a municipal court warrant charging him with a second degree indecency with a A complaint alleges that in January of this year Salas fondled a male in his early according to Lockhart Police Investigator Gerald
