Volus Burn loan and taxes on commissioners agenda
Polk County commissioners set a 9:30 a.m. Tuesday public hearing on the FY 2014 budget with a projected property tax rise of 1.48 million dollars. The meeting covers COL increases, sheriff budget notes, truancy officer proposal, environmental enforcement duties, and a fire marshal appointment. County officials will adopt the 2013 tax rate of 0.6461 per hundred and ratify the tax increase.
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Livingston
Co.polk.tx
Sheriff’s Department
Kenneth Hammack
Commissioners
Lowances
Pet
Scott Hughes
LISD to display emergency plan at state convention
Livingston Independent School District will present its all hazard emergency operations plan at the Texas Association of School Boards annual convention in Dallas. The plan uses Standard Response Protocol for unified action, covers internal campus conflicts and external threats, and includes lock down drills, go bags with parent contact data, and reunification procedures.
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LISD
Livingston
Texas
Polk County
Livingston Independent
Texas Association of School Board
Dallas
Spring High School
Timber Creek
Barbara Shaw
Darrell Myers
Myers
Corky Cochran
Texas Association of School Boards
Cochran
Livingston Isd
Big Sandy ISD lowers debt rate while keeping maintenance tax
In a special Aug 26 meeting Big Sandy ISD kept the 1.04 maintenance and operations rate and reduced the debt service rate to 0.14121 per 100. Enrollment rose to 511 as of Aug 15 from 502. The district’s budget remains deficit, with 2014 figures showing state and local revenue per student and a rise in average home value from 65 543 to 76 853.
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Dallardsville
Big Sandy Isd
Board of Trustees
Dianne Holbrook
Big Sandy
Juvenile Justice Alternative Education
Budget corrections by Rep White at Livingston Rotary
Rep James White addressed the Livingston Rotary Club about Texas Legislature budget passage and the Water Plan amendment. He said conservatives resent higher state spending, noted underfunded education and unpaid Medicaid, warned against smoke and mirrors using dedicated funds, and cited a $4.4 billion idle in dedicated funds. He highlighted reduced testing and a $6 billion funding rise for public schools, boosting poorest districts by about $370 per student.
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Livingston
James White
Livingston Rotary Club
Texas
White
Washington
Texas House
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Rotary Club
Susie Gearing
Cho-Yeh Conference Center
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Wenee
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