County Supports NRCS Employee Here
At the request of Clifford Hoelscher of
the St. Lawrence Cotton Growers, the Glasscock County Commissioners’ Court
agreed Nov. 13 to write the Natural Resources Conservation Service in support of
placing an NRCS employee in Glasscock County.
After
discussion, the court decided to send a contract for seismic work on 160 acres
of county property to attorney Lanny Hamby for review before approving it. The
property in question is at the location of the west dump ground. The seismic
work is being done in a 144 square mile area west and south/southwest of Garden
City by Western Geophysical for Enron. Western is paying $7.50 per acre,
according to Western representative Walt Mitchell.
The court
passed a resolution allowing Western to run seismic lines in bar-ditches beside
county roads, providing that mineral owners of the adjacent property have given
their approval, and providing any damages to county water lines or roads are
repaired.
County
Treasurer Alan Dierschke reported that the county has not yet received the
$176,000 it is due from West Texas Rural Counties, its former insurer. He said
since approximately $50,000 in medical claims will have to be paid from these
monies, the county will probably only realize $120,000.
Dierschke
also reported that Tax Assessor-Collector Royce Pruit delayed sending notices of
taxes due until after the school’s tax vote Nov. 7, so the county is later
than usual in receiving tax funds. He estimates that the county will have only
$76,000 by the end of December, and said commissioners should delay any large
expenditures until after Jan. 1.
In other
matters, Precinct One Commissioner Jimmy Strube suggested that the tank off an
old fire truck in St. Lawrence be re-worked to become a used oil disposal
container and be located at the county’s west dump, where it can be monitored.
He said the disposal containers located at Rhonda’s in St. Lawrence should be
removed, since they are leaking and a mess. (There is also a used oil disposal
at the county barn on County Road 415.)
On Nov. 14,
the court canvassed the votes from the Nov. 7 election, and found no
irregularities. Wanda Forbis, Glasscock County Election Deputy, complimented the
election judges, calling them “good and conscientious.” The court in turn
praised Forbis for her consistently good work.
A tentative
job description for an emergency management coordinator was reviewed again at
the Nov. 14 meeting. But the court wants all county emergency volunteers to have
input regarding the job description, including the two volunteer fire
departments, and so postponed approving the job description.