HomeMy WebLinkAbout1949-07-25-0800AM-Special (2)Upon a~oeI~anoe of the provisions of this order .by the propa~"offlola[a of,. ' '
Brazes County the State Hl6hvay Eh&inset is direoted to pressed with the " ,, ~"";~'
preparation of plans for aonstruotion at an eatiemted east of
and when rift-of-way and funds are available to proceed with oonatruotim'and "'
to asau~ the road for ~aintenanoe upon oompletion of eonstruotion.
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Adm/nl~ rail ye Assistant 7-&9-1863 "
·hereupon on motion duly aeoon~ed and uaantmoual~ adopted` the Cour~ voted to asea .~
proposal of the ~tet. a Hi&l~Ly Com~tealon as outlined abo~e for the extension of yam-to- ,
iaarket Rl~ey No. 159 from AL~enfatm northward to allllioan to lnteroest Ne~, Stets
No. 6, with a total dis~anoe of 9-]/~0 miles, and &uamnteed to provide the neoessary
of-way elon& such rout, e aa may be dea~&natsd by the State ~t&hw~y Eh&tee,er or his
ssntat.lves.
Whereupon the Court adjourned.
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SI~ClAL ~E~IN~, ~D~AY, ~U~Y 25, 19A9
The Co~ssionor8 Cour~ of Brazes County, Texas, mot in · peolal meotlntl In tho o~loe
~ tho Catty ~u~o at tho Coughers In Bryan, Texas at 8:00 o'olook a. ~, ~o~, ~y
C~ty J~se A. 5. Ware audited a pro~s~ b~t of the.Catty fo~ the fie~ ,
{oelen~r) year of 19~0. T~s budget end its ve~oue s~ulee ~ d~o~eed ~n
Co~lon~ Clyde 7. Po~er~e~ ~ed t~t.the ~d~t ~ aooepte~ ~d fl~
the Catty Cle~ and set down for ~bl~ ~arl~ at ~:~ a. ~, ~l~'y, A~t
Oo~lesloner ~wton B~I~ seo~ ~ls ~m and It ~e edop~ by ~he'~fflrmtlve vo~e
of ~ty ~u~ ~ end C~sel~s Po~fleld and B~I~, ~th Co~slone~ Nola'n
and Co~a~ vott~ No.
~o~eei~er C~ra~ o~erad a ~ti~ to ~rlke out, ~he fo~owl~ phrase In
oinets Ope~l~'B~6e~ in the Road ertl Brt~e ~t soheduls ah~n on'Page 11 of the bu~t
aa aub~t(ed, end ~oludad aa pe~ of the w~dl~ of the lt~ for road o~tmotlm a~ ,
~prov~e~s, totaling $20,0~. 00:
. . * · s possibl~ inol~in6 wo~k on ?f-2f pl~ or other f~m~a of
Ht~w~ Depa~ment * * *"
Co~sa~er Coca&es ~tim wes seoo~e~ by Co. sailer No~n and ~s ~o~ by a
~te of Wa t~ three, w~th Co~ss~ne~ Co~a~ and No~n vo~l~ Yea, a~ Catty ~u~e
Ware an~ C~asione~ Por~rfiel~ ~ B~I~ votl~ No.
~ereu~n on ~otim ~ul7 ee~e& an& ~mouslyadop~d, l~was o~e~& ~t publ~
a~vertis~n: of the bud&et heari~ be made by publ~h~& the fo~ ~tioe
In the Br~n ~ly Ea&~ and elsa three tl~s In the Bryan Newss
".~TZC~ OF HF_~II~ ON BRAZO~ C~YNTY BUDGIe? FOR 19~O: ,' '
Publ[o Notioe is hereby &ivan, ~hat pursuant to satire of the Comelsalonerae Court of
Brazes County, Texas, taken on ~Tuly 25, 19&9, open public heari~ will be held in the
:'"'"'"i" ibudstforB --os unt s
Bryan, Texas, at 10:00 e. ~, on Friday, August 19, 19~9, for cmsidemtlon of the 19~0
g y, ub~tte~ to the Cou~ on ~y ~, 19~9, and now ~mnining ~
,~'.~15 ~ the o~ioe o'~ the Co~ty Cl~k of saZd Cowry, all ~n aomrd~ wl~
Tex~yers and others ~terested ~e invited end ~ged to a~ue~t the~lves
with the sa~d ~dget ~u~ng the t~ ~t ~ins ~ f~le wZth the Cl~k before the
~' ~. .' At the coal. ion o~ th. h~ar,~, f,~l ~ot,~ w~l be tek~ ~ the Co~s~*~
of of for
[,'e , , BY D~TION of the Co~s~one~* Court off Brazes Cowry, Texas, on ~y 2~, 1~**
~ ~. '
' A.B. ~T~,
,. ' (A. B. S~t~), Co~ty Cle~ end ~x-offtc~
of the Co. salon.s' Court of Brazes
'[~ "" The follo~ng 2s the Co~ty ;ud~'s ~ronemittal and of the '
pro~s~
b~get for 1~0:
'' nBrym, Texas, ~uly 25, 19&9.
a ,~o the Hono~ble Co. saCkers~ Cou~
~) of Brazes Cowry, Texas, et Bryan, Texas.
""~'~[" Oefltlemen: ·
..... , tod
/ during the ~nth of ~y end t~t public beeries the~ be held su~oquent to
· ~ Au~ 1~, after ~loh [~ eh~l ~ fiml~ approved en~ edop~d by theCo~ssi~ere'
[i;~ C?~t end th~ strio~y adher~ to th~hout the followingf~eoel y~r. The budget
.,~[:.~] he.with submitted oo~e~ns ell of the ne~ee~ry schedules end te~tl~s ~ prop~
'st ,n~ la.or ou~loyo fo~ reduott~ of mtstandl~ oo~ty tndebte~es~. ~eOene~l ~d
"','~ 'requir~ents are ~terial~ inereasM became of additional it~a and also ~oause of
...... ~ ~o~ased costa of items which have heretofo~ been pa~d out of th~s fund. ~e
~'~ ~la~ ~d sh~e an increase of $1~,500.00, pr~ because of the ml~y
~_ ~ven to d~str~ot, cowry and precinct of~oers, and their debt,es, ass~atan~ and
~. ~.' The follow~g tabulat~o~ sh~s the ~o~ of ~n~ese in each f~d an~ the
, ~ ................. , ........ $1,500.~ . . ~...
: ,, · Ps.anent l~ro~ents ......... ' · · .';:. ;' . 15,0~.~ '~ .'~ "~' ~'~ -,
'" ~'( ?'" Oeneral . . . ; ...... '..' ; . ~'.'; .' . '... '.. 11,000.~ ''. '',' · .
t~. ~ , ' Road amd Bridge .......... ,../;,~[ .... ,. ~ · . .~,0~.~ , '
'~ ". ~ ' Salary.. '... '~ .'; .'.;'; .-.,. %.,'-.-.';.-~ ; · · · 11,5~.~ ' '.:'. ,
,, '.~,~ B~ngF~ds (debt ~) ......... ' · .' ..... · .9,~0.00
~'~ ~.,, ~ .... , ,., ~,, . , ~_' * ,,, .'. ,," ,,, ';~. , ~-.,'~J -,' ~ ,'." - . ,, ,~,'-t,~ ,
...... -,,.
8pastel Maet, i~8, Ilonda~,'~ulyL25', 1,949
Tie,total outstanding indebtedness of Brazes 0aunty ~ the beainrdn8 ~f 19'~ wi'Il
*be' $726,~00;00'. 'Durin-8' 19/,9, the Oounty will have reduced it~ bonded indebtedness,by'
the poymnt o.e S29,000.00 on the principal. In ~aary o'~ 19,69, hewers, r, it wan
to issue $~,000.00 in warrants for road maohinez~ and equipment, and even thou&h the las
cf these warrants are saheduled to be retired during 1951, the net. result was a temperer/,
r inoreass in the total debt of the Cotmty.
The budget herewith submitted sells for a mush greater than usual ,raduot.ion of
.l. ndebtedness. Ancordin~ to the detailed sohedulee ii'will be noted that this budget
poses to pay off and disoharae during the earning year a total of ~,000,00 of the prino
oipal of the County's outstsndi~8 indebtedness. Under this plan the total indebtedness
Of $726,000o00 will be reduoed to $(~1,000.00 by the end of the ~slanda~ year. In
addition to this reduction of principal in the amount of $~5,000°00, the County will he
aelled upon to meet interest maturities in the amount of $~,4~.25, whtoh iS in add, tiaa
to the prirmipalo A~l of these payments of both prinoipal and interest are set up end
provided for in the proposed budget for
This budget in its several appropriate sshedules lists finanolal benefits of
$Z7,6~.16, whioh will acorue to Brazes County during 19~0 under the terms of what is
sera.only knmn as the Bond Assumption Asr and ~hieh is admtnbte~ed by the Texas 9ta~e
Board of County and Dlstriet Road indebtedness st Austtn, Texas. If it ware not for th,
benefits end the tn]payers of Brazes County had to x~isa this additional $27,656o1~, our
tax rate would necessarily have to be lnoressed apProximata'ly twenty santa par
of valuation.
.ROAD AND BRZD~ ~ AND PRECINCT OpERATZN(] ~P~a~_
It will be noted that the Cot~ p~pose~ ~ond[turea for ~e Road alt LrZ~ F~d
a~ plece~ at ~8,~0.~, an theresa of $~,~0.00 over the $1~0,~0.00 buddied for
19~9. It ~lll also be noted that the p~ot~t operating e]pen~ p~pos~d ~r 19~0 wt~
ammnt to ~,~0.~, or an ~no~ase of ~,~0.00 o~r the $90,000.~ avaihbl~ f~ th~'e
purples du~ng 19~9.
It w~l be ~lle~ t~t in ~an~y off 1949, B~zmCounty spent n~rly ~,000.~
for n~ road mao~nery and eq~ent, so th~ the Catty Co~9~on~s who ope~ the
f~r p~o~ots are now be~ter equip~d to ~m~ove and ~inta~n ezl~n8 publ~o r~s tha~
ever be~re In the history of ~e oounty. To obtain all of ~ ~ui~ent at one tim
was neoessary to iss~ rind ~ary end eq~nt wa~ants to the ~o~t of'~0,00~.~
but sines the eztre~ 1~ in~arest ~a~ of ~o per sent p~ an~ was ~o~e~ for ~ese
~rrants, it ~s oo~ide~d eztrem~y 8sod busi~ss andstriot eoonomy on the pa~ of the
Catty to thus 8o ahead and ~ou~ t~ n~ ~ohAne~ and equi~e~ all at ohm. ~e
~es~t budget, thereffore, sells for ~yment ~ $20,0~.~ of prZnoZ~l and $800.00 of
~t~est on these ~ohinery and equipment wa~ants, After allowin8 ~or Pe~nt of this
item, howev~, it has been ~ble to allooate flor 19~0 an ltemof S20,000.00 for ~a~
~ns~uction and ~provem~t, wh~h is $~,000.~ mo~ ~an the S1~,~0.00 set up for a
sl~lar item In the 1949 budget.
,NEW COUR~IOUSE~TA_TL SU(~EST~
Beoause of the 8rossXy lnadequate_57-year, old B~azos Oounty Courthouse which I s b~-
8inninF~ to deteriorate rapidly (although still pronounoed safe fo~ oasupanoy), and of the ~.. ~
i,...
...j:-~ : , Special Mooting, l~onday ~y 25, ~9~9
:? ~ :..~[ ~ ~r~tl~ o~rer~ded and ~nsuffiolent Jail built more than ~ Y~ra ~o, ~he Cowry ~u~ and
~, ~J'~ : budget o~loer reeo~n~ that Bmzos C~nty begin p~pamtions for ~he co~ru~lon of a
~ ~:,~ . m~em and adequate o~b~na~ oo~se an~ Jail. The oo~ouse p~p~ sho~ oo~iet
~ ~,' , Of t~ee stories and the Jail shoed be added to ~he top of t~s buildi~ as a fourth story.
'~ ' · B~d~n~ costs are rather h~h at the p~nt t~me and ~t ~ not be possible flor the Co~ty
-"[~ '" tc f~nan~ the oon~ruot~on of a new oo~thous~Ja~l oo~lnat~on for yet a few years, but It
'-'~ ] ' ~s deC, niCely and sincerely rec~nded that the C~ty be~n now to secure, ate a fun~
~,;~ . whiohwill within a few yea~ pe~it the build~g of this ~oh n~ed a~ highly neoessa~
' ~... stru~ure,
~.:' , , For the fo~ingreasons, there~re, the within budget contains the ~o~e~ati~ '
-~':'~,~., ~' that the P~ne~ Improvements ~d ~ ~llt up to e total of $2~,000.~ dur~n~ 19~0 a~
~ ~ , that th~s fund ~ i~oreased as ~oh as ~sslb~ du~n~ each y~r th~eaf~e~ ~1 It ~y be
:.'~,~- , .,., ~osstble with this ~oum~ation and a~ oth~ av~ble planof finanol~, to conduct a
;(14~;: ] '" ~ ~thous~Jail oombina~on which will ~ a~qua~ for offtoM u~ and at ~e same ~ do
~ .. Justice to B~zos County and i~ people. '"
The fo~in~ ao~mulation off f~ds Is bas~ upon a tax levy of ~elve ~n~ per
'-&(( . $100.~ ~l~tion for p~anent ~oveaen~. Without inoreasl~ the overall tax ra~, t~
· ~ ~ '. -
~.. per~ne~ imp~me~s tax l~y can ~be inoreas~ to the ~o~t off twenty-five oen~ per
'"~ "' "' ~ $100.~ valuation as the y~ra 8o by and the oo~ty lnt, debtedneaa ia paid o~. Wtth~ a
,'~ ~ ~ of a few ~ears, th~ w~d pr~ce su~lolent f~s for the sew oo~ous~ail scm-
).., btnatlon which Is ~w a dire necessity.
~ .,'~ ~..
~ , . CO~ TA~ ~ FO~ 1~0 ..,
, " pondltu~s for the oomt~ year, lg will not ~ neoessa~ to tno~es~ ~he o~ent tea rate.
'~'~ "', ' . Because of norml~ inoreasl~ tax v~ti~s ~om year to year, the Co~ty has ~ able to
~ ~ meet all ino~ased o~ts and o~mting e~e~es and at the s~e ~ materially reduce i~
.;'~ ~ outs~i~ indebtedness fr~ the proceeds of a tax le~ that has ~en constant for the
~ ;' five yea~s. It la ve~ gratify~gto us, therefore, to ~e able ~o repo~ that for ~he s~th
/,'~ ~ oonse~ve y~r, the Br~os County tax rate will be ~ty oen~ (~o) per $100.~ valu-
~.:~ ati~: This rate applied to ~r ap~i~tely fi~een and one-half ~lllon d~la~ val~ ,,
,.~ ,~ ~ The ~d~= as au~itted h~with' ~o~d now ~ accepted bF the Oo~ssl~s' Court,
,:.~ ~, , flle~ wl~h the Oount~ Cle~, and pub~o hear~s se~ the~on. It is earnestly reo~ended
;~,¥~ '-' .- that t~e budget be ftmlly ap~o~e~ and a~op~ ~n its p~sent form aft~ the neoesaa~
;.'.,~ ~'. hear~s. , ~ - ·
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"- '' : - , .'.~ ' " ~. S. Ware}, Cowry
"-~ ,' ? f On mo~t~ d~ seceded a~ ~a~m~'s~y ado~ed, Co~s~o~ Clyde ~. Po~erf~eld
'.'~:'~,e- '', ' of ~ old worn-out 'and ~a~e [9~ mod;[ Chevrolet 1-1/2 t~ tr~; It ~8 ~he ~a= of
, :,:~ ~' ,,.. , " W~reup~ the Co~t edJo~d,' . '~ .
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