9 / 92 . y c~GER MEMORIAL LIBR ARY Abernath 8~5 AUSTIN ST PLAINVIEW TX - go -2-7 2 3 5 Weekly Review VOLUME 78, NUMBER 24 FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1992, ABERNA1HY, TEXAS SERVING HAlE & LUBBOCK COUNTIES Council considers permit, paving, airport By Scott Luce a motion to release a 1956 . housing the Abernathy post clines. The Abernathy City Council paving lien at408 14th St. office and charges no property The tax collection report began Monday's regular meeting The property has changed tax. indicated that collections thro­ with a public hearing. hands several times since 1956. Councilmen agreed the $3.50 ugh May 31 have surpassed The council reviewed a condi­ The lien was discovered during a offer would be ac.Ceptable if those for the same time period tional use permit for a mobile recent sale. postal officials do not subtract last year. To date, 93.97 percent home at 1311 Ave. C as re­ Councilman Tim Hill seconded the tax savings from the lease of the $186,998 levied has been quested by Marcus Rodriquez. the motion which passed, 5-0. payment. collected. Last year, 93.59 The city sent 11 letters to Councilman Elias ·shorty• No action was taken by the percent of $176,803 had been adjacent property owners seek­ Vecchio made a motion to council to amend the budget for collected. Total collections for ing their opmions. There were delegate authority to a1=tivate repairing or replacing the event the month were $2,937.80. seven returned which included the city's emergency warning sign in front of city hall. Re­ Airpmt lease proposals one objection: siren to the police chief. pairs were estimated to be Bob White of Aerial Ag Ser­ The council denied Rodriquez's First in the chain of command between $600 and $950. vices and Leon Wilson of Long­ r~uest because of the one is the mayor followed by the City manager Frank Russell horn Spraying, Inc., both sub- obJection. city manager. When they are said that between 30 and 35 ~~t:u:lrt lease contracts to North Ave. J paving unavailable the police chief will responses to a city paving Plans are proceeding for make siren activation decisions. survey have been received. White's lease. bid offered $500 paving the recently annexed Hill seconded the motion Russell said a large percentage per year for three years with a property on north Ave. J. which passed unanimously. indicated they wanted paving renewal option. Among the other James Pope, owner of the area Vecchio made a motion to but could not now afford it. things White's proposal offered to be developed for housing, met amend the budget to cover a The council instructed Russell was erecting a building that with the council to discuss $250 travel expense to send a to look for paving companies would revert to the city if the methods of payment for the police officer to Amarillo for a that would be willing to take lease was discontinued. paving. jU\·enile school. Elliott seconded liens against property where Wilson's proposal offered Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, the motion. It passed, 5-0. paving is done. $1,200 a year for a one year the city's engineering firm, has The council discussed hospit­ Hoppy Toler approached the automatically renewing lease. estimated the total cost to be alization insurance rate changes. council seeking permission to A major difference in the two $76,000. The city's portion would Johnson made a motion to place handrails and/or ramps proposals was the amount of be approximately $16,000 for in­ accept a policy from Hubbard along the north side of Main St. land to be leased. tersections, curbs and gutters. Insurance that would increase Toler said a person had been White wanted the entire Pope's part would be about the deductible to $500 from $250 injured while trying to climb airport and agreed to exclude $60,000. which would lower the rate onto the high sidewalk from the the city's CRP land. PSC will advertise for paving increase. Vecchio seconded the street. Wilson wanted twq smaller bids June 12. The city will open motion and it passed unanimous­ The council said that Toler areas around the "'ain ramp bids July 13 at which time they ly. could design some plans for area. will better know the actual cost. handrails and present them at The council took m, action on Councilman Billy McCienney Discussion items the council's next meeting. the proposals so they could made a motion to have Pope put The council tabled HUD Councilmen discussed hosting · more fully review the contracts. Abernathy city Councilman Billy McCienncy is up in the air about a half of his estimated cost in housing subsidization until they the county-wide meeting of J-fale They indicated a special new business in town. Mc<leDDC)' also works for Frontier Seed escrow within seven days after could gather information from County elected officials in meeting might be needed but no which provided the tractor to lift Longhorn Spraying's sign into the bid notice is published. other communities about it. Abernathy. They decided to date was set. place Tuesday afternoon. Councilman Bill Elliott seconded Postal officials countered the offer Cano's Stcakhouse first Mayor Shane Cunningham and the motion which passed, 5-0. city's $4 per square foot lease choice at serving the officials. all councilmen were present with Other action items proposal with a $3.50 offer. Vecchio's Restaurant would a total of nine people in audien­ Councilman Carl Johnson made The city owns the property serve the meal if Cano's de- ce. City using all means C otC"members Abernathy band for mosquito control "We're spraying as much as we can when W!! can; Aber­ nathy water superintendent Mike Grimsley said about the earns state medals city's mosquito control efforts. ready for clean-up Members of the Abernathy Performing a trumpet solo was The city has held off using an airplane for aerial application Band competed at State Solo and Esteban Lopez whp was also because of the frequent rain storms hitting the area. It costs The clean-up day sponsored by lots with scattered trash. They Ensemble contest in Austin June awarded a superior rating. Lopez approximately $2,000 for each airplane application and $500 for the Abernathy Chamber of Com­ will not remove refuse for 1. played "Aria Con Variazioni" by each ground application. merce will be tomorrow begin­ commercial enterprises such as Members of the Abernathy Handa!/ Fitzgerald. An aerial application was made early Thursday morning. ning at 8 a.m. tree trimmers or roofers. Band were awarded 25 state Performing an euphonium/bar­ If rain follows either method no residual effects arc real­ Three additional drop boxes City residents that cannot medals. itone solo was Kraig Durrett. ized. Only mosquitos that come in contact with the spray arc will be placed on land donated take their items to the landfill The brass ensemble was Durrett received an excellent killed. by Delton Stone, Abernathy or the temporary site may call awarded a superior rating or rating at the state competition Complicating matters is the amount of rain the city has Producers Co-op manager. They city hall by 5 p.m . today (Fri­ first division. It was the only playing "Mozart Sonatina· by received. will be on gin property adjacent day) to request a trash pickup. brass ensemble from a 2AA high Mozart/ Ernst. The ground has become saturated causing the water to re­ to the west service road at the Landill (drop box) regulations school to receive the superior Kandace Floyd received an main on top in low lying areas. These become excellent breed­ eastern end of Main St. prohibit dead animals, junk cars, rating. excellent rating performing a ing grounds for mosquitos. Depending on the type of mosquito, City Manager Frank Russell tires, car batteries, asphalt, Members of the ensemble were vocal solo, "A La Maria". they can reproduce in three to seven days. said dumping will be monitored farm chemicals (cans, buckets or trumpet players Esteban Lope7., A nutc quartet also competed. Frequent rainfall cancels any long lasting effects of the by an attendant. The city land­ bottles), large concrete loads, Bambi Ramos, Felipe Lopc7, Jody Members of that quartet were spray allowing new mosquitos to hatch faster than they can be fill north of. town will be open vacuum trucks, burning trash Schaap, Rusty Hamilton, Josh Tammy Duran, Wendy Knox, controlled. as usual from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. barrels, large boxes unless Hemphill, Leslie Settle, Carl Cathy Howell and Candy Perez. Rain has also increas.ed weed growth giving the m<•squitos Chamber members and city broken down, roofing materials Brightbill and Krista Bryant, Performing twirling solos at good nesting places. employees will be moving about and asbestos. Loose papers must alternate; French horn players the contest were Kandace Floyd Grimsley said that neither aerial nor ground spraying can town searching for large or be in bags. Trees, brush and Shelly Burleson, Joel Harrison, and Melissa Lopez. laterally penetrate all areas of the city. bulky items within the city lumber must be cut into three­ Kandace Floyd, Susan Evans and This was one of the toughest City residents should make sure there is no standing water limits. They will not remove foot pieces. Christi Johnson; baritone players contests held in the state, around homes. They can also follow application directions anything a citizen wants to If anyone is unable to contact Kraig Durrett and Troy Har­ according to band director exactly and personally spray underneath shrubs and in other keep.