Council OKs homeland security grants for Baytown Fire
City Council accepted 750000 in homeland security grants from the Texas Engineering Extension Service and the Houston Galveston Area Council for the Baytown Fire Department after lengthy review. The package includes 250000 for Baytown only and 500000 to join a regional hazardous materials response plan, potentially extending duties to incidents as far as Winnie.
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Baytown
Texas Engineering Extension Service
Houston
Senate Dems Plot Strategy Over Redistricting Deadlock
In Austin the Senate Democrats weigh options after the redistricting bill falters in this special session. They discuss potential quorum breaks or boycotts if Gov. Perry calls another session, with Sen Mario Gallegos claiming 11 would leave and Sen Leticia Van de Putte signaling possible action while Republicans press onward.
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Ghate
Harry Cabruck
Todd Staples
Palestine
Leticia van de Putte
San Antonio
Senate
Austin
Texas
Sen
Staples
van de Putte
Democratic Caucus
Senate Democrats
Rick Perry
Mario Gallegos
Houston
U.S. House
Tom DeLay
New deadline set for jail and court repairs in Baytown
Baytown officials expect nearly all repairs at the $4.2 million jail and Municipal Court complex to be finished within a month, aside from a new roof. Val Perkins of Coats Rose said punch list items and defective work should be resolved, with the project delayed since 2002 due to water leaks electrical and HVAC problems.
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Baytown
Val Perkins
Houston
Coats, Rose, Yale, Ryman & Lee
Perkins
Baytown Council Hears Tax Increment Rezone Plan
The council discusses establishing a tax increment reinvestment zone for a 1200 home subdivision in southeast Baytown and an industrial agreement with the city. Fireman Construction and subcontractors report 75 percent completion of the punch list as City Engineer William Pedersen is set to review work. A mold remediation concern is noted but deemed not an issue.
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Baytown
Fireman Construction Company
William Pedersen
Perkins
St Joseph School invites alumni to convent visit this Sunday
St Joseph's invites former sisters and alumni to visit the renovated convent this Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Parishioners and community members can tour the space as two nuns return to teach third and fourth grades after more than four decades. Sister Mary Jude and Sister Stephen Christopher arrive next week to join St Joseph's at 1907 Carolina Ave.
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St. Joseph's
Father Dwight Canizares
Mary Jude
Stephen Christopher
Mildred Bookmyer
Bookmyer
Carolina Ave
Baytown killer Chamblin set for arraignment in Houston
Self confessed Baytown killer William Michael Chamblin is due for arraignment in the Harris County Criminal Justice Center in Houston's downtown district court. Judge Mike Anderson will hear the case in 262nd District Court after an earlier July 8 date was reset. Chamblin remains held without bond as a grand jury has not yet indicted him.
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262Nd District Court
Mike Anderson
Harris County Criminal Justice Center
Houston
Renee Magee
Harris County
Chamblin
Beach City landfill fight not over yet says Monk
Beach City resident Joe Monk told Baytown Kiwanis the industrial waste landfill proposal is not dead until TSP Development says so. He and 15 other residents sued the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality claiming constitutional violations and a preliminary injunction paused the permit process until rules are written.
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Beach City
TSP
Joe Monk
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Monk
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
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TCEQ
Circuit Court of Appeals
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