Brownfield Council Okays Fire Dept Budget For 2002 2003
Brownfield City Council approves the Volunteer Fire Department budget totaling 22000 with no change from last year and notes a possible increase next year. Council also discusses junked vehicle ordinance changes including revised antique vehicle age and enhanced hearings before towing. A four way stop at Tate and Cheryl Streets is rejected amid speeding concerns and current ticket counts.
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Garry Peebles
Brownfield
Eldon Jobe
Marvin Dawson
Jobe
A&m
Jean Shotts
Shotts
Ing
Reidge Butler
Butler
Bob Noble
Tate
Cheryl
Noble
Roy Rice
Darwin Huston
Reppto
Rice
County Commissioners Approve Bills and Bids Agenda
County officials rapidly handled routine items including approving monthly bills minutes and departmental reports. They planned bidding for group life health and dental insurance and kept the 7.36 percent employer contribution for the 2003 Retirement Plan. The court set salaries for the County Auditor deputies and Court Reporter and approved travel for the Assistant County Auditor to a state conference. Next meeting is October 28 2002 at 10 00 a.m.
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Cerise
J. Merritt
Kelly Moore
Commissioners Court
Brownfield man charged with evading arrest after pursuit
Elizar Castro, 18, fled officers after a disturbance call at a Brownfield convenience store around 12:30 p.m. He fled in a 1988 Chevrolet Suburban down Hill Street and was arrested at his North 6th Street home. Bond set at $1,000.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Elizar Castro
Hill Street
Castro
North 6Th St
Terry County Sheriff’s Office grows with new jail income plan
Four years after moving to a new jail on Tohoka Road, Terry County shifts to offset costs by housing inmates for Lamb, Lubbock, Yoakum counties and the Federal Marshals. Sheriff Jerry Johnson notes staff rose from eight to 33 to meet security needs, with projected 1.5 million in annual income against 630 thousand in operating expenses for the jail.
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Cerise J. Merritt
Tohoka Road
Terry County
Johnson
Lamb
Lubbock
Yoakum
Marshalls
Sheriff's Department
Space shuttle returns to space with new camera test
Lynn Brisendine notes the shuttle ascent after a grounded period due to cracked systems. A new exterior camera fed data to ground crews, but its $700,000 unit failed on impact. The craft docked with the space station project, delivering a construction beam and fresh supplies while noting the evolving orbit life and prospects for space manufacturing.
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Lynn Brisendine
Space News
NASA
Outer
Space
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