Batla Hired as Emergency Director
The Glasscock
County commissioners’ court hired Kenny Batla May 14 as the county’s
Emergency Program Director at a salary of $500 per month. There were no other
applicants for the job. The job description includes: inventorying and ordering
EMS supplies, updating database, transmitting statistical reports to Texas
Department of Health and Department of Epidemiology, attending Regional Advisory
Commission meetings and completing necessary paperwork for RAC grants, meeting
with medical director for quality assurance and protocol updates, addressing
problems within EMS department, keeping maintenance and licensing records on
ambulances, organizing community awareness events, representing EMS at
commissioners’ court meetings, analyzing EMS system and assisting in
formulating improvements.
Batla will
update the county’s Emergency Management Plan, which everyone at the meeting
seemed to agree is a disaster in itself. County Judge Wilburn Bednar suggested,
in that regard, that Batla meet with local sheriff’s office personnel and with
Al Stiefer, who is experienced in emergency communications and management.
Bednar said
that he would handle the county’s 911 addressing.
GC Bank Again County’s Depository
Glasscock
County Bank, a branch of First National Bank of Sterling City, submitted the
only bid to be the county’s depository, and the commissioners accepted it.
Bids are taken every two years.
County
Treasurer Alan Dierschke was given the court’s approval to gradually switch
from certificates of deposit to a Treasury bill system for the county’s funds
on deposit with the local bank. The interest rate would be the 13-week T-bill
rate on the last day of the previous month, minus 25 points. A T-bill rate of
3.67 less 0.25 would equal a county rate of 3.42 percent. Other county
officials’ checking accounts are on the bank’s NOW rate plus one percent. If
the county borrows money, the rate is the New York Prime less one percent.
Dierschke and bankers Roger Williams and Scott Long agreed that the T-bill
procedure would be best for the county over the long term, providing more
flexibility and liquidity, no penalty for early withdrawal and better ability to
take advantage of changing interest rates.
New Subdivision May Connect to Water Supply
Steve Sturtz
told the court both he and Dale Hillger are interested in connecting their
houses to the community water supply. In addition, he said Hillger is
considering developing a subdivision of approximately 10 houses with acreage on
property east of Garden City and Hillger would want it connected also.
Commissioner Michael Hoch said the men would need to build a connecting water
line and install meters, all to the county’s specifications, then give it all
to the Garden City Water System, which would maintain it. Hoch was to get the
specifications from an engineer.