At Monday’s county commissioners court, Judge Steve Young said that the county had received complaints that the commissioners weren’t answering their phones. Each commissioner got up to speak and denied the claims which were pronounced as having no merit.
The burn ban ended as of last Friday but made official Monday.
The judge announced that sales tax had increased by 54% which is important for budgeting. He said, “Today we stand at $313,268.40. which is $100,000 over this time last year.”
Minerva Fire Chief Ernie Glenn presented the court with a check for $30,000 which was a refund on a loan from the commissioners for the refurbishment of a new fire truck that was donated by the Forest Service. The donated truck had to be refurbished so the Milano VFD would be paid back by the Forest Service.
Mr. Glenn said, “I want to thank the court and the people of Milam County for being so kind to us by making donations to help us out with this project.
On Jan. 24 the court made the decision to help out Milam Touch of Love with $25,000 for 2022. Mark McKibben asked that the money be retroactive to Jan. 1 so he could recoup the amount of money he has already spent on boarding animals and the court agreed to do that.
Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District wants to gift the court $125,000 which will aid with clean-up costs around the county. “The county has been good about keeping up with health and safety measures such as keeping tires out of creeks and rivers to keep from polluting our groundwater,” according to Judge Young. It was decided that the bills for county cleanup of this sort would be sent to the POSGCD office to be paid.
The Milam County Annex is about 85 percent complete and bids for landscaping and irrigation have been made. The county should be able to move into the annex by April of this year.
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