Barbers Hill sets bond proposals at 31.7 million
Barbers Hill school board set a bond referendum totaling 31.7 million dollars to fund a new elementary school and districtwide improvements. Voters will decide October 5 after Barbers Hill Citizens Advisory Committee recommended dividing the package into two bonds for athletics and agricultural science plus a core needs bond of about 29.9 million.
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Barbers Hill
Mont Belvieu
Tim Sonnenberg
Sonnenberg
Expenditures aligned with council priorities at workshop
Two weeks after a budget briefing, Baytown held a workshop aligning the 2002 2003 expenditures with the council's top five priorities. The presentation stressed no tax rate increase, specific crime district and fire staffing costs, water and sewer rate increases, and continued street bond and drainage contracts.
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Baytown
Gary Jackson
Jackson
Council
Lottery Drawings and Numbers For Monday Session
The record lists Pick 3 Day numbers 30 and 8 for the Monday draw and Pick 3 Night 668. Cash 5 numbers shown are 28 17 26 11 15.
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Cash
Goose Creek school board reviews balanced budget with no public comment
Goose Creek ISD members approved an $118 million general fund budget for 2002-2003 at the first of two public hearings. No residents spoke. The plan projects $118 million in revenue, $106 million from property taxes, and a $2.6 million increase from 2001-02 due to higher property values. The tax rate would drop from $1.70437 to $1.69347 per $100 valuation, with a lower interest and sinking component.
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Baytown
Goose Creek
Katie Bowman
Goose Creek district approves higher liability insurance premium
Baytown district board approves purchase of professional liability insurance from National Union Fire Insurance Co despite a 48 percent annual premium rise to 433,362. The increase stems from nationwide costs after the Sept 11 attacks. Board also names Feldman Rogers L.L.P. as counsel in litigation against Security State Bank.
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Baytown
Goose Creek
National Union Fire Insurance Company
Feldman & Rogers L.L.P
Security State Bank
Congressman Lampson to speak at SBDC breakfast
Congressman Nick Lampson will address the Lee College Small Business Development Center breakfast at 7 a.m. Wednesday at the Boardwalk Grill. Cost is 5 dollars with reservation and 8 dollars without. Lampson will be introduced by Lee College President Martha Eflis.
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Nick Lampson
Lee College Small Business Development Center
Boardwalk Grill
Lampson
Lee College
Martha Eflis
Mont Belvieu seeks cost cuts in city administrator search
Mont Belvieu City Council will delay a $10,000 recruitment for a new administrator until August 20 to trim expenses after firing Doug Maurer three weeks ago. Council intends to define an administrator profile over two weeks, then post to the Texas Municipal League, aiming for a hire by August 23. They approved reimbursements for Eagle Drive, wireless network grounding costing $9,983, and meter upgrades with an estimated $35,000 network setup.
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Mont. Belvieu
Mont Belvieu
Doug Maurer
Texas Municipal League
Nick Dixson
Dixson
Mike Pomykal
Chambers County
Eagle Drive
Eagle Pointe Golf Club
Public Works
Eagle Pointe
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Allyson Gonzalez
Busine
Meredith Damell
Lee High School
Chris Hyck
Sterling
Y Matthew Cook
SBDC
Fowler Engineering Inc
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