Budget faces absorbing 430000 in new costs
Ector County commissioners plan a 22.7 million dollar budget Monday while absorbing at least 430 thousand dollars in new costs. Fire and ambulance expenses nearly double from 330 thousand to 652 thousand, with overtime potentially adding about 100 thousand more under a labor rule. Budget talks consider using surplus Road and Bridge funds or reserves to keep taxes stable, or shifting costs to volunteers or private contracts.
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Ector
Tom Pace
Jan Fisher
Pace
Peter
Paul
John Harrison
Frank Muser
Muser
Contractor pleads no contest in bid rigging case
An Odessa based contractor pleads no contest to a federal bid rigging charge tied to Texas highway contracts. A hearing date is pending as the judge considers a possible up to one million dollar penalty. The indictment names multiple firms and a state highway department bid scheme spanning 1977 to 1981.
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Carr
Alan Pason
U.S. Justice Department
Antitrust
Dallas
Agai
Maynos
Jones Brothers
Cade
Otahetaen Ae
State Highway Department
Texas
Pason
Transportation Department
Diane Northam
Midland rehab center aims to serve entire Basin
Dr Joseph E Wolpmann, medical director, described a chemical free program at a new Midland substance abuse center intended to treat the entire Permian Basin. Midland District Attorney Al Schorre welcomed the facility as a probation option and potential crime reduction, with the center opening October 7 as West Texas’s first standalone drug and alcohol treatment facility.
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Midland
Joseph E. Wolpmann
al Schorre
Schorre
Wolpmann
Permian Basin
West
Texas
Cathy Clayton
Clayton
Green thumbers seek harvest in West Texas gardens
A reflective piece on home gardening in West Texas, detailing the dream of a bountiful crop and the hurdles of soil quality, water timing, and necessary inputs. It contrasts ideal DIY yields with the realities of soil analysis, moisture control, pests, and constant care, noting the gap between enthusiasm and successful harvests.
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Joe Citizen
West Texas
Lawyer preparing retrial in arson conspiracy case
Assistant U.S. attorney Tom McHugh says the case moves forward with a Sept. 16 trial date in El Paso. Judge Bunton earlier moved defendants Hammond and former City Councilman Keith Weddel to El Paso for the proceedings after a February start and a verdict was not reached.
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United States
Ector
Tom McHugh
el Paso
McHugh
U.S
Lucius Bunton
Hammond
Keith Weddel
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