Saturday, June 21, 1997
Area News Roundup
Clyde City council appoints new leaders
CLYDE - The Clyde City Council has appointed two veteran leaders
of Clyde Elementary School to help lead the city.
Charlene Broadfoot, a teacher here for 25 years, was appointed
to fill the unexpired term of Councilman Lewis Dyer, who resigned
recently for health reasons.
Winford Hogan, retired principal who spent 33 years in local
schools, was appointed interim city administrator to replace Tim
Powers, who resigned to accept a position with the Texas Department
of Transportation.
Broadfoot now teaches third grade after 18 years as a kindergarten
teacher. She and her husband, Hal Ray Broadfoot, owner of Western
Auto, have three sons, Tim, Ted and Terry.
She will serve until May 1998.
Hogan said he expects to hold the administrator job for only
30-60 days and does not expect to be a candidate for the full-time
job. Powers will remain a consultant, working with the city's
budget as well as a few other unresolved issues.
Hogan was a teacher, head football coach, principal and assistant
superintendent, and also was a school board member for three years.
He and his wife, Patsy, have four sons, Mark, Mike, Melvin and
Mason.
Fund-raising for hospital additions moving ahead slowly
EASTLAND - Fund raising for the proposed new emergency room
and obstetric suite at Eastland Memorial Hospital is moving forward,
but slowly, board members learned Thursday.
Directors hope to take bids on the $800,000 project when 85
percent of the funds are raised. Presently they are $130,000 short
of that goal.
The hospital has contributed substantially, but is keeping
six months' operating money in reserve. Local physicians have
pledged $8,000 and another $11,000 has been raised locally.
In other business, a new air conditioning system made sense
to the group as it met in a too-warm conference room.
Hospital Administrator John Yeary estimated that replacing
the system installed when the hospital was enlarged in the 1970s
will cost $150,000 to $170,000. While acknowledging it's a bad
time to spend money with the drive for the emergency room under
way, he said, "Something must be done."
He was asked to get more information on prices, then report
to the board.
Trustees approved an agreement with Condley & Company to
conduct the 1997 audit for $9,000, the same as this year.
Yeary reported that May was a good month, with revenue 17 percent
more than expected.
"We were very busy with a fairly strong census,"
he said.
Fisher County auditor appointed
ROBY - John Branson has been named by District Judge Weldon
Kirk to replace retiring Fisher County Auditor Charles Thornton.
Branson spent about 30 years in the electronics field in the
Dallas area before retiring. He and his wife, Londa, lived in
Roby in 1965 and moved back to Fisher County last year.
Thornton's retirement is effective July 26. Branson will work
with him until then.
Rotan City Council sets vote on water ordinance
ROTAN - The Rotan City Council has decided to vote July 8 on
a city water rate ordinance establishing a four-tiered billing
system.
The rates would be $8.50 for a minimum (2,000 gallons) and
$3.25 over minimum for residents inside the city limits; $13.50
minimum and $3.45 over minimum for meters outside the city limits
but within the Rotan Water Authority taxing district; $18.50 minimum
and $3.65 over minimum for meters outside the city limits and
outside the Water Authority taxing district; and $22 minimum and
$3.85 over minimum for meters outside Fisher County.
Council members hope the increase will bring in about $24,000
a year for the city.
In other action, the council voted to purchase two new Ford
pickups from Hutchins Ford in Colorado City for $15,010 each.
Breckenridge man charged with possession of prohibited weapon
BRECKENRIDGE - Roberto Montoya Chavez, 30, of Breckenridge
has been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon - a sawed-off
shotgun.
Sheriff Jim Reeves said he was investigating a report of several
men firing weapons on a county road when he found Chavez holding
a sawed-off shotgun. Chavez was released from jail on $5,000 bond.
Absence causes loss of year on Snyder City Council
SNYDER - Missing the swearing-in ceremony will cost Snyder
City Councilman Terry Martin half of the term he won from voters.
Martin had been elected to a two-year term on May 3, but due
to unexpected events he was unable to participate in the swearing-in
ceremony on June 2. The city charter requires that new council
members and the mayor take the oath of office within 30 days of
the election, so the office was vacated.
The City Council rectified the situation Friday by appointing
Martin to the at-large seat; however, since appointed terms are
for only one year, Martin will serve one year instead of two.
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