NEWS
Commissioners meet Monday
Montague County Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. on Feb. 25.
A resolution in support of the dissolution of the North Montague County Water Supply District and conveying all property and assets to the City of Nocona will be presented. The two entities have been in the process of the changeover for almost a year.
The court will discuss increasing the amount to lease voting equipment to a political subdivision. Montague County is in the midst of purchasing new voting machines and registration tablets.
Abatement of the damaged building at State Highway 59 and Franklin Street on the courthouse square will be discussed. The building was damaged and deemed unsafe after a pickup truck ran into back in August in caught fire killing the driver.
The building owner has been unable to reach a settlement with the driver’s insurance company, and has indicated he does not have the more than $60,000 estimated to tear it down.
Montague County began the abatement of a nuisance process in December and Chancellor has not be in contact with county officials. Demolition is expected to begin possibly this week. Costs will be assessed to the owner, along with any possible fines.
Other topics on the agenda will include: Monthly veteran’s service office report; approve bond for Brittani Evans, clerk in justice of the peace one’s office; accept the sheriff office’s racial profiling report; permission for precinct one to enter the Charles Lanier property on Mallard Road to clear a fence row and to enter the Billie Perot property on Thurman Road to turn trucks around while doing repair work on a FEMA project.
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Montague County Commissioners wrapped up a few items before the end of the year as they met on Dec. 23.
Grant Coordinator Charley Lanier asked the court to go ahead and obligate $276,961.84 from the American Rescue Funds to complete the new wastewater treatment plant that will serve the courthouse complex.
He explained Dec. 30 is the last date where grant funds can be obligated, and he did not expect any issues since this project had already been approved in court using ARPA funds, he called it a “safety net,” to avoid any problem and possible return of the funds to the federal government.
Montague County has about $276,961.84 in grant funds which has not been allocated.
The court gave approval on the request.
Lanier also asked the court to apply for a grant for a tire cutter. Funded through the Nortex Regional Planning Commission and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the application will ask for $26,865 to purchase a larger gas-powered cutter on a trailer, which can be moved around for use. It would cut the larger tires into four pieces, which would be allowed into a landfill. Lanier said if the cutter comes through the county would need to obtain a permit for its use from TCEQ, which he added should not be an issue.
Commissioner Mark Murphey said he picks up more tires abandoned on the county roads than he disposes of at his own yard, adding he probably has 500 at his yard. The court gave approval to apply for this competitive grant.
The remainder of Monday’s brief meeting were year-end items. Bonds for the justice of the peace one, county clerk, county attorney, district attorney, sheriff, commissioner three and constable two were accepted.
A cooperative agreement with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the county was approved, along with a license and services agreement with Local Government Solutions to provide software for both justice of the peace officers. The county attorney’s Chapter 59 Asset Forfeiture report was presented with no new seizures or forfeiture.
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