New Braunfels Utilities fights over bond size and who decides
A $27 million needs list for an approaching bond issue may be trimmed to about $18 million with debate over whether the City Council or the public should decide. Utilities manager Bob Sohn defends delaying $9 million in water and sewer projects while keeping electric plans intact to meet growth and reliability needs. Local consultant Floyd Westerman questions issuing $26.8 million in utility revenue bonds but supports the program.
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Braunfels Utilities
Bob Sohn
Floyd Westerman
Sohn
Utilities
Roger Biggers
David Prewett
Hunter Associates
Kuehler
Symons officials and workers approve new three year contract
Symons Corp employees and management signed a three-year contract averting a strike that had been threatened for Wednesday. Bill Fulton, the general manager at 1155 Churchill Drive, called the settlement fair and praised the wage review clauses for years two and three. The form maker, Advance Custom Form Division, has operated in New Braunfels since 1969 and employs 85 contract workers on steel forms for concrete projects.
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Symons Corp
Herald-Zeitung
Symons
Bill Fulton
Churchill Drive
Fulton
Advance
New Braunfels
Incinerator project in Comal County gains health approval
Energy Advancement Inc plans a $12.55 million incinerator at FM 1101 Kohlenberg Lane across from the current landfill to dispose of trash for 67 cents monthly per resident. The project will generate revenue from electricity produced, with Health Department approval pending added methane studies and venting plans within 10 days. Local officials and the Solid Waste Management Board attended the hearing.
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Comal County
Manik M. Naik
Texas Departent of Health
Energy Advancement Inc
Health Department
Jack Reber
Solid Waste Management Board
J.L. Evans
Bate Bond
FM 1101
Kohlenberg Lane
Naik
Energy Advancement
Charles Fiedler
Ed Fuller
Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy To Sunny Through Friday
Forecast calls for partly cloudy and warm conditions today, turning sunny and warm Friday with daytime highs in the mid 80s. Tonight remains fair and warm with a low around 60, after yesterday’s high reached 85 and this morning’s low near.
House OKs repeal bill loosening Blue Law in Texas
The Texas House approved a repeal measure to end most Sunday and holiday store closures, leaving only auto dealers bound by the Blue Law. The bill, pending Senate action and Gov. White’s signature, would take effect Sept. 1, amid arguments about changing family shopping needs and the state’s “quality of life.”
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Austin
House
Senate
Mark White
Dallas
David Cain
Texas
Ozzie and Harriet
Ward Cleaver
June
Beaver
Cain
Tom Uher
D-Bay City
Uher
Kuempel backs repeal of Texas Blue Law on Sunday sales
Representative Edmund Kuempel backed repeal of the Texas Blue Law after a district survey showed 73 percent favored repeal. The House approved a bill allowing all Sunday sales except cars, 102 to 40, sending the measure to the Senate, with Kuempel noting a 50-50 shot in that chamber.
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Edmund Kuempel
Kuempel
R-Seguin
Comal
Guadalupe
Kendall
House
Texas
Senate
Lawmaker proposes seven day workweek ban for employees
The proposal aims to bar employers from requiring seven consecutive days of work. It mentions a Sunday dinner with fried chicken, mashed potatoes, rice or whatever, and notes input from a speaker referencing days free from shopping and work.
Former U S Rep Kent Hance near Texas party switch
Former U S Representative Kent Hance, 42, faced with a near term party switch to the Republican Party as he eyes a 1986 Texas gubernatorial bid. Dallas Morning News says an Austin announcement could come Friday but may be delayed due to Senator Phil Gramm’s Senate duties.
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Dallas
U.S
Kent Hance
Texas
Dallas Morning News
Hance
Austin
Phil Gramm
R-Texas
Gramm
West Texas
Reagan
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