Monahans Council rejects energy audit charge proposal
The Monahans City Council on Tuesday rejected an ordinance to charge residents about 15 dollars for energy audits while paying roughly 110 dollars per audit. SAG plans to bill prorated costs to all gas customers, but TESCO offered free audits, influencing local residents. council maintains most offices push the free service. Five city employees received service pins, and the council approved a hangar lease transfer and small tax charge offs including senior exemptions and a billing error.
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Monahans
Southern Union Gas Co
SAG
Texas
Richard Hoyer
Pewitt
Investment delays slow Ward County bond fund plan
Ward County commissioners face delays in investing 32 million dollars from a December bond sale due to a missing construction completion schedule for a community and law enforcement center and an attorney general opinion on using bond proceeds for U S securities. A special session was set to review designs and taxas. If eligible, Treasury bills could yield 13 to 15 percent versus 8.15 percent in CDs. The money has sat in two week CDs since Dec 30, with a potential $25,000 extra interest in three months via Treasury bills. Bids for a standard depository form and a carryall for County Agent Mark Guelker were also discussed.
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Ward County
Texas Atty
Mark White
U.S. Securities
Tommy Huckabee
Robert Messersmith
Randy Cleveland
U.S. Treasury
First National Bank
Richard Sitz
Treasury
FNB
Tim Nesbitt
Bob Parks
First State Bank
J.H. Raglin
Mark Guelker
Raglin
Guelker
Hospital board tours new wing at Ward Memorial
Ward Memorial Hospital board reviewed the near completed front portion and approved changes to repurpose a lounge into filing storage and an office into housing for accounting equipment. They also approved chrome safety frames for toilets and welcomed new medical staff including Dr Varadareddy Reddy and Dr Rajani Arani Reddy. They plan to hire a chief technologist via contracting firm to centralize lab work, and raised ER doctor pay from 18 to 20 per hour. Meeting time shifted to noon and February date moved to the 17th due to administrator travel.
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Ward Memorial Hospital
Gary Shreve
Waylon Martin
Varadareddy Reddy
Rajani Arani Reddy
A.W. North
Ward County
Martin
Shreve
MWPISD Board Rehires Administrators and Hires Four New Teachers
The MWPISD Board of Trustees extended the contracts of two assistant superintendents and several principals for one year, and elected ten administrators. New spring hires include Olean Gonzales in special education at Edwards Elementary, Sue McPeak as physical education teacher at Tatum Elementary, Robert Joyce as athletic trainer at Monahans High School, and Billy Don Coud ding in industrial arts. The board also accepted Elizabeth Cleveland’s resignation to pursue full time study at UTPB and approved a tax assessment ratio change to 100 percent per SB 621. A chair design for the new activity center was chosen at $79.12 from American Seating Co.
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Mwpisd
Jim Jordan
Jerry Larned
Stanley Smith
Elmo Freeman
Clifford Baude
John Ratcliff
Theresa Moseley
Paul Snelson
Beth Larned
Kay Watson
Olean Gonzales
Sue McPeak
Robert Joyce
Billy Don Coudding
Gonzales
UTPB
Edwards Elementary
Tatum Elementary
Monahans High School
TCU
Brauntupton Medical Center
Frank Fielding
Coudding
MHS
Sul Ross University
Iraan
Elizabeth Cleveland
Tatum
American Seating Co
Dallas
American
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Electric Service Co
Public Utilities Commission
TESCO
Charles Pewitt
SUG
Ed Sug
Hoyer
John Scott
Marge Wilson
Johnny Cromer
Wanda Cooper
Nancy Rodriguez
Neely Bingham
Harold Ferguson
Bob Spinks
Hospital Board
WMH
Odessa
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