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Burnet County Bulletin (Newspaper) - December 29, 1977, Burnet, Texas Burnet a the Christmas season did t neglect Burnet this year As senator Lloyd Bentsen s office announced tuesday that the Farmers Home administration if Hai has approved a �120, Industrial development Grant to the City of Burnet. The funds will be used to install a 12-Inch water Supply line from the Post Mountain municipal storage tank to Industrial Park to provide fire Protection. Four thousand residents live in the area county commissioners mayor Howard Benton said in response to the news Quot sounds Good. We be been working on it a Good while and we re glad to get it Benton added that he wanted to publicly thank the workers at the Fredericksburg office of Omha for their help in getting the Grant approved. Quot they carried the Ball on it Quot Benton said the City first applied for the Grant about six months ago according to City manager Jack meet sees few votes by Miles Hawthorne Burnet a the Burnet county commissioners met in regular session tuesday As the usual monday meeting was delayed due to the holidays to take up county business including the Sale of property in Briggs and Lake Victor discussion of employee benefits and retirement policy a possible raise for Justice of the peace Pauline Fuston and subsidization for the Spicewood Volunteer fire department. Final action on most of the business was delayed pending research by the commissioners though some decisions were reached. The commissioners voted to advertise for bids on five acres of land in the Briggs area which were purchased by the county when a larger lot was divided by a Highway. However a smaller tract posed some problems As no one was certain who owned the property. The land is less than an acre near Lake Victor and was also split from a larger tract by a Road. While the county appears to own the land county records show it in the name of Kate Tooke and a question was raised As to whether taxes Are being paid on the land. It was decided by a unanimous vote to change county policy to Start counting employee benefits from the first Day an employee starts work with the county instead of beginning after six months As has been the policy in the past. Commissioner Johnny Allen expressed the opinion that the new system would provide extra incentive for workers to stay with the Job other employee policies which were decided by the commissioners included carrying sick leave Forward in succeeding years to give Long time employees Benefit of All accumulated sick leave though if an employee quits All sick leave and vacation time would be lost. In the event of an employee being fired the county would give two week s Severance pay. A request from the Spicewood Volunteer fire department for the county to begin paying �100 per month for maintenance of Spicewood s fire truck was not acted on pending research by the commissioners to determine if the truck is currently in operating condition. It was suggested that Justice of the peace Pauline Fuston be Given a pay raise but action was postponed until the commission-3rs can Check with mrs. Fuston to determine How much of a raise she could receive before her salary conflicted with social Security payments. Mrs. Fuston did not request a raise but county records reflect that her precinct court is bringing in More funds than other courts. The commissioners also voted to extend the Bond for Justice of the peace m r. Palmer for 1978 Tippit who further said the funds will not be needed until the cite has progressed further with the project. The next step in planning Tippit said is to release the engineers specifications for the project and to advertise for bids which will probably occur in mid january the City Council will need to discuss How the City will finance its half of the project the government supplies the Money on a 11 Matching funds basis. Tippit was scheduled to meet at midweek with a representative of first Southwest co fiscal advisers to plan financing for the project. Tippit said the City s half of the funds will probably come from certificates of obligation to be sold to an investor either a local Bank or another investor which Ever offers the Best terms for the City. The new water line is being viewed As an asset to the Indus trial Park As Well As area rest dents not Only in terms of better serving the industries already operating or building but also to make the area More attractive to prospective industries. At present Johnson s inc. And Continental Telephone of Texas Are based at the Industrial Park while United Cabinet Corpora Tion Aristokrat and Merkle Wil hams Chevrolet Oldsmobile Are building quarters on Sites at the Park. In Aristokrat is one of the industries at Industrial Park to Benefit from the proposed 12-Inch water line. The Crane Boom shown above is 300 feet Long and was being used last week to erect the wails of Aristokrat s new Home the Burnet county bulletin vol. 104 no. Too 2 sections 20 pages december 29. 1977 Lora seeks rate increase Burnet Volunteer firemen were Busy last thursday in East Burnet fighting a fire As evening approached in the Back Yard of a local residence the cause of the fire was undetermined burnetts earnings spending double new York to what extent has Burnet county s Economy moved Forward in the last few years How does its growth rate compare with that of other communities from reports of business Active Sty throughout the country it appears that the area has made out relatively Well. Progress has especially evident m the volume of business chalked up by local retail stores. Their sales in the past year were considerably greater than they were five years before inflation. Of course had a lot to do with it the Advance was made at a time when people in Many other localities were pulling in their horns sharply and were refusing to spend Money except for their immediate necessities. They pre furred to put the rest of their disposable Cash into savings while waiting for conditions to improve although local residents were also More cautious than usual they did not Clamp Down to the same degree. The facts and figures covering the five year period Are contained in marketing data compiled by the Standard rate and data service. It shows that the volume of business done by retail establishments in Burnet county in the past year reached a High of �40,403,000 five years ago the total was $16,272,000. In terms of the local Popula Tion the retail activity was equivalent to consumer spending at the rate of $6,517 per House hold five years earlier it was $3,767 per household. The increase 73 percent com pares with 41 percent in the United states and with 52 per cent in the state of Texas. The economic strength exhibited in the area was due basically to the fact that the amount of disposable income in the hands of the average family increased markedly in the period Compert sating for higher living costs figures for Burnet county re ported by Ards show that personal income in the past year after deduction for taxes came to $66,088,000 five years previously it was $28,224,000 As for the immediate future the consensus among the experts is that the Economy is not in danger of any serious Down turn. However they feel that Congress and the administration should take Steps soon to com Bat the present drag and spell out their plans so that business will know where it stands band members make a who a who Burnet the 1978 edition of who s who in music will carry the names of seven students from Burnet High school who have been selected As being among the country s most out standing High school music Stu dents. Or. Lewis Phelps band director headed the school s nominating committee and the editors of the annual have included the names of these students based on their ability academic achievement service to tile Community leadership in extra curricular activities and future potential students named this year from Burnet High school Are Billy Blair Gail Crabtree Guerin Heck Man Terri Whitfield Sharon Brown Cathy Huggs and Brenda Foss Burnet the lower Colo redo River authority would like to raise electric rates by 55 percent. A request for a raise was filed with the Public utilities commission december 22. The City Council will now have to determine whether or not to intervene on behalf of Burnet although the Lara submitted a three Inch thick stack of data to explain and justify the request the City Council will probably request still More information from r a concerning this matter. The last time Lara re Quested a rate increase they were sorely Defeated. The two charges on your elec Trie Bill that would be affected Are the demand charge which is currently $2.10 and would be increased to $3.25, and the Energy charge which is currently ,317c and which would be increased to 471c for the first 360kwh and 436c for any amount used Over that two parts of your Bill not affected would be the Energy surcharge adjustment and the Little known about adjustment to the adjustment which is a complicated process devised by Lovaca to make sure that no one paid too much or too Little on their surcharge. r a. Would like to see Hie proposed rates go into effect january 25, but chances Are that even if they Are allowed to in crease rates the rates will be modified somewhat after a com Promise with their wholesale customers and it will be awhile after their target Date before an agreement is reached. Commissioners remain dissatisfied despite $300 utilities error Burnet the Herman Brown free Library with its modern heating and Cooling ays tem May yet get ceiling fans of yesteryear to help with the circulation of air. When the commissioners received last month s electric Bill for the Library in excess of $900 they expressed a desire to have a talk with the project architect who told them the Bill should average around $400. The Library Board then announced last week the City had sent word that the Bill was in error a mistake by a meter Reader had resulted in an overcharge of $300, but at tuesday s meeting the commissioners were not much relieved. The $600 plus Bill was still too High to suit them. The City said the mistake would go on the books As credit 4/.�?� Ikek Ith Attru a Tim it it Ianth a Bill but in the meantime verlan Reagor of Reagor air conditioning had shut Down the heating unit altogether while he further investigated the problem. Reagor told the commissioners earlier in the month that the temperature difference Between the ground floor and the ceiling air was 25 degrees he showed the commissioners an advertise mint for ceiling fans which illustrated How the fans would redistribute the air to Correct the problem. The commissioners instructed Reagor to look into the problem and prospects of correcting it. The electricity Bill for october was $429, while the november Bill counting the error was $633. Hie City has had several meter readers in the past year and the mistake is being attributed to a Reader with Little experience

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