County considers new office space and staff requests
Collin County Commissioners will meet Monday at 9 a.m. to discuss leasing or buying space to ease the crowded courthouse. District Attorney Tom O Connell and Justice of the Peace Jack Cope seek more personnel and facilities. Also on the agenda are tax refunds for Ronald Reeder and Tommy Franks, a county extension agent replacement, a part time clerk for Pet 1, and bids opened for gasoline and three dump trucks for Pet 3. A 5 percent bounty on wolves is to be considered.
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Collin County Commissioners
Tom Mockford
Tom O’Connell
O'Connell
Justice of the Peace
Jack Cope
Pet. 1 JP
Ronald Reeder
Tommy Franks
Juanita Murphy
Joyce Cunningham
James Risinger
Tom Todd
Pet
Plano Hot Line answers readers in community page
The Plano Jaycees and Star-Courier run a public service answering questions. Topics include firewood choices noting hardwoods like oak elm ash for lower cost, Plano tennis courts totaling three sets with two nearing completion, and motorcycle noise with an anti noise ordinance failing due to lack of a second at the last council meeting.
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Plano Hot Line
the
Plano Jaycees
Star-Courier
General Telephone Company
Q. Plano
P.E. A
Shepard
Bowman Junior High
Plano High School
Public hearings set on annexation and zoning near Plano
The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold seven thirty p m meetings Monday night to review three annexation requests. Connell Development seeks 193 acres east of FM 2514 and Cottonwood Creek for annexation and permanent zoning. Fox and Jacobs Inc requests 446 acres northwest Plano with mixed zoning including SF CUD SF 2 MF 2 retail and office. Columbia Properties asks for 481.77 acres between Custer and Coit roads with multiple zoning types and a future major thoroughfare. Final plats for Hunter s Glen phases one and three and a Paula Stringer Real Estate site plan are on the agenda along with Prairie Creek No 3 preliminary plat and Cloister No 10 land study.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Cottonwood Creek
Parker Rd
Fox and Jacobs Inc
northwest
Plano
Spring Creek Parkway
Alma Dr
Custer Rd
Columbia Properties
Coit
Spring Creek
Paula Stringer
Murphy Debates Revenue Bonds and City Appointments
Murphy city council opens its meeting with discussion of a resolution to call an election for 1 250 000 water and sewer revenue bonds. Other items include appointing a Citizens Committee for Capital Improvements, water line requests by H Stanley and F M Mitchell, and adopting Community Center guidelines. A committee report on animal control will be heard along with the appointment of a city health inspector and electrical board member. Building permits schedule and senior citizen property tax exemptions are on the agenda, followed by dates for the Board of Equalization and other new business.
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Murphy city
Citizens Committee
H. Stanley
F.M. Mitchell
electrical board
Board of Equalization
Waddell Reviews Audit Aftermath
Collin County officials urged to implement Peat Marwick audit recommendations. Waddell and County Auditor Bill Eubanks support reforms including formalized chart of accounts, surprise bank reconciliations, revised bidding and purchasing procedures, and improved reporting on roads and equipment.
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John Waddell
Collin County Grand Jury
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company
Bill Eubanks
Waddell
grand jury
199th District
Tom Ryan
Plano trustees ponder FM 544 crossing plan for next year
Plano school trustees meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. to decide if students south of FM 544 near Prairie Creek should cross on foot to Weatherford Elementary. An earlier bid to hire two safety officers was vetoed. bus transport may be used instead. The plan affects 200 students within two miles of the school and runs for one year until Jackson Elementary opens in fall 1975.
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Plano
Prairie Creek
Weatherford
FM 544
Linda Lane
Armstrong
Citizens Traffic Safety Support Commission
Jackson Elementary
Wilson and
Bowman
Roundrock
Vines High School
Jackson Elementary School
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merican Civil Liberties Union
federal district court
Sherman
Mike Newman
Collin County
Texas
Rana Parker
J.W. Parker
Westridge
Rana
United States
Murphy
Tax Office
Johnny Appleseed
Mendenhall Elementary School
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