County Discusses Paving Problems
Glasscock County commissioners discussed problems with last year’s paving at their meeting April 9. The county has not paid the ten percent holdback on 2006 work, and commissioners plan to meet with a representative of Lipan Paving to see what can be done to rectify the problems. The commissioners seem to think that too little gravel was put down, and/or that it was applied unevenly. Engineer Dan Glass said he had not known when the pavers were to be working, though he said they were supposed to notify him, and so he didn’t oversee the project.
Extension agent Charlene Belew asked the court for more storage space primarily for 4-H use. Possibilities discussed included a sea container or a 15-20 ft. loft that could be built along a wall in the livestock-holding room of the community center. The court asked Belew to check into the loft and come back next month with a plan, which would include a cost estimate.
Deputy Sheriff Keith Burnett submitted a report of Howard County inmates held in the Glasscock County Jail during March. It showed 272 inmate days at a payment rate of $36.50 per day, for a monthly total of $9,928.
Cemetery Work Progressing
Joe Calverley, on behalf of the Garden City Cemetery Committee, thanked the court for its continued support and reported on recent progress. She said most of the work in the original project is complete. The new fence is painted, gates are painted and hung, paving has been done, a new water pump, motor and wiring are installed, a drip system is watering the trees planted a year ago, and the pump house is being painted. She said a dedication is being planned and will be advertised when plans are complete and a date is set.
The court authorized the committee to regulate planting of vegetation at the cemetery and authorized them to fence the outer boundaries of what will be the new, northern section. They also agreed to begin plans for laying that area out in plots, in anticipation of the future time when the new section will need to be opened. No plots in the northern section will be sold until there is no more room in the southern section.
In other action, the court approved an investment policy for the county as presented by County Treasurer Alan Dierschke, accepted a $250 bid from Kent McMillan for a travel trailer located at the west dump ground (the other bid was from Oscar Trevino for $150), and passed a resolution in supporting the work of area Mental Health and Mental Retardation organizations.