Special meeting of City
Council tonight
Cleveland city council will meet tonight in a special meeting basically
designed to be a workshop on the draft of the 2004 city budget. Other
items to be addressed will include a recommendation from the city's
Consulting Engineer regarding a bid award for construction of another
terminal building at the Cleveland Airport, and applying for a grant
for park improvements at Samuel Wiley Park. Council will also consider
the two-year appointment of the Municipal Judge and appointment of
an Assistant Municipal Judge.
Delinquent Court accounts approach
$500,000
An initial report generated by new computer software in Cleveland's
Municipal Court registers an amount owed to the Court, from fees and
fines, of nearly a half-million dollars. "This is a new report
on a new system," says Cleveland City Manager Philip Cook, "so
we've got to do some double-checking of the figures. I'm not comfortable
saying that's a firm amount at this time." The city conducted
an amnesty program several months ago, and the possibility exists
that those fines were not deducted from the computerized report. The
city has hired a "hard-hitting" collection agency to go
after delinquent fines, fees and traffic tickets. The agency will
begin an aggressive collection process in the near future.
Liberty County Sheriff names new Chief Deputy
Liberty County Sheriff Greg Arthur has named Captain Don Neyland,
a 13-year veteran of the department, to replace George Ellington as
Chief Deputy effective August 1. Ellington was appointed by county
commissioners to head the new Delinquent Fines and Fees Department
that will begin August 1 to collect the more than half-a-million dollars
assessed, but still unpaid to various county courts.
(Courtesy of KSHN Radiogram)
Tonight's the night to talk about
zoning
Tonight, at 6 p.m. at Austin Memorial Library, the Friends of Downtown
Cleveland Committee will host a public forum to address several issues,
including zoning. The Committee will present a Zoning Proposal which
includes "grandfathering" all existing site-built and manufactured
homes, as well as the land on which they sit. The proposal also addresses
the issue of protecting downtown Cleveland so that it is developed
only for retail businesses. The public is urged to attend, and to
come prepared to present their views on the zoning issue.
Funeral Services Scheduled
Services for Louise White will be held Tuesday, July
29, at 10 a.m. at the Pace-Stancil/Probst Chapel, with interment following
at Ryan Cemetery.
Services will be held on Thursday, July 31, at 10 a.m.
in the Pace-Stancil/Probst Chapel for Jimmie Jones,
with interment at the Cleveland Memorial Park. Visitation hours have
been scheduled for Wednesday, from 4-9 p.m. at the Pace-Stancil Funeral
Home.
Police Department Stats
Cleveland Police and Fire Departments logged the following calls for
Saturday, July 26: General calls totalled 28, with 8 ambulance calls
and 2 vehicular accidents, reporting no injuries. Alarm calls were
5 and 911 calls totalled 7. Four offenses were logged, including theft
of service at Jay's Chevron; assault; possession of marijuana; and
phone harassment. Three arrests were made, for possession; debit card
abuse; and a probation violation of felony forgery. For Sunday, July
27, there were 25 general calls, 5 ambulance calls, 1 alarm call,
1 fire call, and 5 911 calls. Three offenses were logged, including
theft, assault, and criminal mischief. One arrest was made for assaut.
Texan Theatre Movie Listings
Now showing at the Texan: Legally Blonde II, rated PG-13. Admission
is $2 per child, ages 3-11, and $4 for adults.
Texas Lottery Results
Results listed come from www.txlottery.org,
the official site of the Texas Lottery Commission)
Lotto Texas (for 7/26): 3-19-28-29-38 (15)
BB ; Pick 3 Day (for 7/28): 4-5-1; Pick 3 Night (for
7/26): 9-2-6; Cash Five (for 7/26): 3-4-13-17-23; Texas
Two Step (for 7/25): 3-9-31-35 (31) BB.
In the case of a discrepancy between these numbers
and the official winning numbers,
the official numbers will prevail.
