County Applies for Restoration Funding
The Glasscock County Commissioners’ Court on Aug. 14 passed a resolution to submit application to the Texas State Historical Commission for funding to restore both the county courthouse and the old jail (the original courthouse). The court also agreed to give the historical commission a grant of easement if the project is funded. A necessary part of the grant application process, the easement means that, in the future, the state historical commission would have to agree to any major changes anywhere on the courthouse square.
In other action, the court agreed to allow McMillan Insurance Agency to extend its building two feet into the county’s right-of-way on West Chambers Ave. The building will still be several feet off the street, but technically within the county’s easement. The problem is due to an apparent survey error.
Cecil Halfmann and Lester Jansa, representing the county’s senior citizens group, asked the court to pave the sloping areas on the north and east sides of the seniors’ building parking lot to stop erosion when there is water runoff. They also asked that the alley be paved or otherwise improved. The commissioners agreed to see what could be done.