Baytown Firefighters Approve Three-Year Contract Deal
After three days of voting, about 70 of 80 Baytown firefighters approved a three-year contract with a 4 percent raise and pay incentives. Council approval is required before enactment, with a Feb. 10 vote and Feb. 16 effective date if approved. Firefighters praised the negotiated gains while some council members had not yet reviewed the contract.
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Baytown
Carr
Sheryl Ward
Sammy Mahan
Firefighters reach 44 percent raise in 2006 contract
City approves a 44 percent raise for this year but rejects annual raises across the contract. Carr expresses mixed satisfaction saying, am not as pleased as id like to be, while noting a good contingency in negotiations. See FIREFIGHTERS on Page 6A.
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Carr
Baytown council races shape up with incumbents running
Baytown City Council set May 7 election in six single member districts with three seats open Districts 1 2 and 3. Incumbents Mercedes Renteria IV in District 1 and another in District 2 plan to seek re election District 3 remains undecided. Filing runs Feb 5 through March 7 with early voting starting April 20.
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Baytown
West Baytown
Central Heights
Morrell Park
Northwood Drive
Decker Drive
Pelly
Mercedes Renteria IV
Renteria
Family fights to keep man alive after four months in coma
The Crosby family challenges Memorial Hermann Hospital over a plan to remove life support for 51 year old Raymond Holder of Baytown. Doctors say he will likely never regain consciousness, though he remains breathing with tubes and a 50 percent chance of waking. The ethics committee reviewed the case after relatives opposed the plan.
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Crosby
Raymond Holder
Baytown
Holder
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Halder
Whitten
Goose Creek Plans Bond Move for Two Old Schools
In Goose Creek, Highlands Junior School and Bowie Elementary School, built in the 1950s, face demolition and rebuilding as part of the district bond measure. The facilities planning committee cited structural, design, and safety issues, urging the April 2 referendum. Marilyn Hunt led the elementary subcommittee, stressing funds should not be squandered on deteriorating buildings.
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Highlands
Bowie
Goose Creek
Marilyn Hunt
Goose Creek school trustees draw May election challengers
Three Goose Creek district trustees seek re election in May with at least one contest. Former trustee Dave Havel plans to challenge incumbent Steve Fischer for District 7 seat. Havel sells life and health insurance and served 1996 to 2001. Fischer is a U S government labor dispute mediator.
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Goose Creek
Dave Havel
Steve Fischer
Havel
Fischer
U.S
Credit union opens first branch on Alexander Drive
Community Resource Credit Union opened its first branch location Saturday at 2700 N. Alexander Drive with a ribbon cutting led by board member Wayne Gray. A hot dog lunch and door prizes followed the ceremony, marking the institution's expansion.
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Credit Union
Community Resource Credit Union
N. Alexander Drive
Credit Union Board
Wayne Gray
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