Belew Gets Pay Raise
In a special meeting Feb. 23, the Glasscock County Commissioners’ Court voted to give FCS Agent Charlene Belew a permanent raise of $200 per month. Belew had asked for a temporary raise of $858 per month until a new agriculture agent is hired.
At its regular meeting March 8 (Jimmy Strube absent), the court briefly discussed placing permanent shelters at the county’s dump grounds. Curtis Palmer, the contract employee who oversees the two facilities, currently uses small travel-trailers for shelter. County Judge Wilburn Bednar reported that Palmer had asked that the county replace the trailers, which he said are in bad shape, with better structures. The commissioners agreed that the trailers were old and in bad shape, but took no action.
Alan Dierschke described some of the problems that occurred in the courthouse on March 4, when rains and high winds caught the courthouse in the midst of being re-roofed. The lack of roofing caused major leaking, resulting in wet ceiling tiles and wet carpet, especially in the courtroom. Dierschke said the roofing company (Kirby Hartman) is to have the carpet cleaned and will need to do a better job of replacing ceiling tiles, since the new ones they put in don’t match the older tiles.
Bednar said he felt the court was partly responsible for the water problems; that if it hadn’t dragged its feet for so long about a new roof, the work would have been finished before the rains. He suggested that the county get bids for new courthouse carpeting.
Bednar said engineer Steve Dennis had notified him that Colonia grant money is possibly available for sewer system construction. Commissioners Hugh Schafer and Mark Halfmann indicated they were not interested. No action was taken.