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Burnet County Bulletin (Newspaper) - December 19, 1977, Burnet, Texas Water project costs exceed available funds by More than $600,000bids burst bertrams budget by Miles Hawthorne Bertram a the Bertram City Council thursday night opened bids for the proposed sewer and water project but had to end the meeting without letting the contract because the lowest totals exceeded available funds by $600,000. The bids on the line work alone exceed available funds project Engineer Lynn Willis read the bids to the persons present including Council members and hopeful contractors. Boswell company bid $297,611 on the Plant while water construction of Austin bid $302,323 on the Plant. Panhandle construction of Lubbock bid $1,312,878 for the line work and Complete collection system. Cullum and Dickehut of Marble Falls bid $1,259,880.50 for the line work. There was no bid submitted for the irrigation system which is estimated to Cost $25,000. Bertram originally had $1,200,000 available though some of that has already been spent on the planning phase engineered by Willis and associates of Marble Falls. It is estimated that the City is $625,000 Short of the necessary funds. Mayor Kenneth Odiorne thanked the bidders for their bids and attendance at the meeting after alderwoman Johnnie Mae Wheeler moved to take the matter under advisement. The motion carried unanimously with . Goodwin mrs. Wheeler and Morris Mcdaniel present and voting. Willis pointed out that the Cost estimates which the engineers Are using Are approaching three years old and some of the conditions stated in the bids could drive the Cost of the project even further beyond available funds. The engineers Are now expected to advise the environmental Protection Agency of the situs Hon to see if More funds can be had. Bertram passed Bonds totalling $450,000 of that sum $250,000 Are funds which Epa matched at a 3 1 ration giving the City an additional $750 000 following the exit of the bidders the aldermen and Engi neers discussed the situation speculating on the chances of it to tag another Bond election passed or whittling Down the project to accommodate their budget it was pointed out that a smaller project would Cut into the income from the system. In a pessimistic right now Quot of Tor be said among the provisions included in some of the bids War variations of specified components in the system and provisions to guarantee a temporary construction easement of an Addi boreal 35 feet along the present 15 foot easement. Meanwhile Bertram s attorney Everett Smith is still trying to Settle easement condemnations for the 15 foot easement. I t a pm the Burnet county Miorov f Lim c o n to r i be doll,>3, Pexos 7523s 25�?~ a 1 vol. 104 no. 97 december 19, 1977 Christmas Chat making your own Christmas decorations was the theme of the pen Chat s annual Christmas party held in the Robert 0 Goodrich room in the Herman Brown free Library after a performance by the Junior High choir speaker Patsy Wall showed a variety of Christmas projects that can be made at Home Marble leads in rebates Burnet Marble Falls nearly doubled Burnet in receiving sales tax receipts checks this month Burnet received $13,697.60 an increase of 23 percent Over last year s december rebate while Marble Falls received a whopping return of $26,798.35, which represents a 42 percent increase Over last year s figures. All Burnet county cities Rose above the state average increase of 19.4 percent Blanco county cities Blanco and Johnson City did not fare so Well with an increase of Only 12 percent for Blanco and one percent for Johnson City. Round Rock received $19,602.07, an increase of 53 percent Over last year s rebate while Cedar Park received a nine percent increase of $8,535.49. Comptroller Bob Bullock says Quot these figures indicate that 1977 was a Banner year for merchants and other sales tax permit hold ers in Texas and we expect the coming year to be As Good or extra Holiday texts and architects face school Board action Burnet the Burnet consolidated Independent school District Board of trustees will hold its monthly meeting tuesday at 7 30 . At Burnet High school. Among items to be discussed Board considers rezoning Burnet a the planning and zoning commission is scheduled to meet today at 5 30 . In the Council Chambers to consider rezoning a 40 acre tract from residential Reserve to general commercial the Public is invited to attend the meeting any neighbor within 200 feet of the tract who wishes to protest the rezoning must submit a written and signed protest the land in question is located East of Highway 281 South and approximately across from the Central freight warehouse. By the Board Are changing the Christmas holidays to include january 2 As a Holiday and resuming school on the 3rd appointing a textbook committee review of the Survey of the school property recently completed by Willis and associates to determine if the present boundaries Are Correct and an audience with prospective architects who Are vying for the contract to design possible improvements for the Burnet schools and school facilities. Superintendent Bob Wilkin will recommend the change of the Holiday schedule to the Board. The textbook committee As recommended to the Board is Robert Wilkin chairman mrs. Esther Huff history and geography mrs. Anne Alexander literature mrs. Marilyn Barr English composition mrs. Martha Price English composition mrs. Carolyn Johnson English composition and drama mrs. Margaret Fry English composition Jack Horvath biology and chemistry Andy Williams Spanish Ray Frady free Enterprise is. Martha Riley free Enterprise mrs. Bernice Elzey office procedures John Burgess business math Lewis Phelps Drivers education and . Petross general business Willis and associates of Marble Falls have submitted their findings following a Survey of the school property to the Board. The Survey was conducted at the request of mrs. Willie Bowden and her son or. M g. Bowden who Felt the boundaries now established Are in error. An agreement was reached Between the Board and the Bowdens that if the Survey should find that the boundaries Are Correct then the Bowdens would pay the expense of the Survey of the Survey should find the boundaries in error then the Board would Bear half the expense of the Survey. According to the Survey it appears that the school has less land under Fence than it owns. Hart Fie and Tucker of Marble Falls Jesse Fernandez of Reitzer and associates of san Antonio and Phil Scott of Holt and fatter of Austin Are the three architectural firms which will make presentations to the Board this is the second group of architects to make presentations. The object of the presentations is for the Board to find a firm to prepare plans for possible improvements which would be presented to the Public along with Cost estimates when and if the Board decides to proceed with a Bond election. Highland lakes notables shown following the annual Highland lakes tourist association installations banquet wednesday night Are i to a Ted White executive director of Hua or Oliver Graeb nor new Hua president or Robert Brevi outgoing president. Camm c Ary Dorhita now Vic president and Bob and lit Cowan the Rock Potenti of the Highland lakes ambassador awards Cowans receive Alta award Graebner Lory installed As officers Kingsland Bob and lit Cowan were the recipients of the High land lakes ambassador award presented to them for their work in promoting tourism for the Highland lakes in their travels around the country. The award was presented during the High land lakes tourist Asso elation s annual installations banquet wednesday night at the Kingsland country club. During another Cere Mony at the banquet outgoing Alta president or. Robert Grove passed the Gavel to Alta s 1978 president or. Oliver Graebner proprietor of Marshall Ford manna or. Graebner holds a doctor ate in psychology. Also installed at the banquet was Camm c Lary sr., the new vice president of Alta and the owner of c c. Lary real estate in Burnet or. Grove has recently moved from Burnet and relocated his medical practice in san Antonio. The banquet was emceed by neat Spelce a former television personality in Austin and now the head of his own advertising Agency which handles the account for the Texas tourist development Agency a state Agency dedicated to bringing tourists to Texas. Spelce opened the program with several anecdotes and humorous observations before turn my to the topic of his speech which was the Tyda Media Campaign Spelce explained that when the Tyda was established under governor John Connelly in 1963, the legislature mandated that the program could not spend its Money within the state hut must advertise outside of Texas in order to prevent the tourist Agency from becoming a political prop for office holders. The Agency s $400,000 budget is spent primarily on Magazine advertising which focuses on the cont. On pm. 2 drug program draws attention to abuse by Lisa Branden Burnet members of the local Lions club Are concerned about drug use in Burnet and feel the people of Burnet need to become More fully aware of the real drug scene monday night at 8 . In the High school auditorium they will be sponsoring a drug abuse program for concerned citizens. According to Burnet county deputies Johnny de spam and Bill Abbott the drug scene in Burnet is very definitely real. The average number of High school pot smokers in any Small Rural town the size of Burnet is greater than most people realize. It has been estimated that As Many As 60 percent of Burnet High s students have sampled marijuana. Authorities feel that Only a Small percent of them become regular users but some students argue otherwise the opinion is held by some that teens Are not the number one users anyway Young people in the 20 30 Aye bracket could Well be the largest group of users. And in Hie opinion of Deputy de spam marijuana is not the greatest drug problem at All. Says de spam Quot our number one and greatest problem is alcohol. An alarming rate of teens Are becoming teenage alcoholics Quot the local Lions club wants the True situation brought out into the Light and Are doing their part in helping better educate the average citizen on a matter which they feel is of great concern to everyone the drug abuse program being sponsored monday night will cover All aspects of the drug problem. In an Effort to further educate the Public about drugs a Booklet Quot the new drug scene Quot which identifies drugs of every variety with color photos and a full description of each drug will be distributed to the Public. The Booklet offered in school colors also offers advice and suggestions concerning what people can do about drug abuse in their on Community. Jimmy Brown drug Counselor at the Gary Job corps Center will be the featured speaker at the program. The problem of drug abuse includes excessive use of alcohol and prescription drugs As Well As marijuana and illicit substances

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