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Hereford BRAND Volume 118 | Number 17 WHAT'S INSIDE
City budget includes $500K in capital items
By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor
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One of the distinct highlights of a $10.24 million 2018-19 budget recently presented to the Hereford City Commission is a 3 percent pay raise for city employees. Included in the spending package that was first presented to commissioners during a budget workshop prior to Aug. 20’s regular meeting is more than
$500,000 in capital items for 10 separate city departments. More than $820,000 in capital items were requested by city departments for the upcoming fiscal year, however, Hereford City Manager Rick Hanna and assistant city manager Steve Bartels trimmed just more than $317,000 of that from the presentation. Of the $492,100 originally budgeted and presented for capital items, $322,100 was
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The brakes were effectively put to plans for a new civic center in Hereford for the time being as city leaders mull the prospects of putting the issue before the people. The possibility of a vote on the matter was broached by Hereford Mayor Tom Simons during the work session that preceded Monday’s regular meeting of the Hereford City Commission. Although not among the items on that specific meeting’s agenda – and subsequently something on which no action could be taken – the matter was predominantly brought up due to community reaction to plans for the new center. “We have had some pushback,” Simons said. “We don’t want
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While the new track at Whiteface Stadium is not yet complete, workers were able to get the asphalt base laid during the past week in advance of Friday's season opener against Caprock. A week earlier, the football field was circled by a ring of dirt during Meet the Herd festivities on Aug. 23. The track is expected to be finished in September with a new surface that is reportedly a Whiteface maroon. HISD photos
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the sixth in a series of stories previously published in the BRAND that address subsequent questions and concerns raised by officials and citizens over a proposed new civic center in Hereford. This entry from June 23 deals with city officials first considering putting the HEDC funding question to a vote.)
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matching funds for the purchase of a new tanker. Whether that gets spent is still up in the air. According to Bartels, the funding rolled over from 2017-18 as the city works out problems with the new truck. “The truck has arrived, but has some issues,” Bartels said. “We won’t pay for it until all the problems are fixed and the
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coming from the general fund with the remaining $170,000 taken from the water and sewer fund. There were $201,580 of items not included in the general fund presentation, and $115,500 that was cut from the water and sewer request. Interestingly, the largest capital allocation may or may not come to pass. Hereford Fire Department was approved for $120,000 in
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Knabe Center unveiling set From Staff Reports
The community will get a chance to see the results as the bandages are set to come off the facelift at Hereford Sports & Wellness (HSW). After 18 months of renovations and updates, HSW’s Weldon Knabe Activities Center will make its debut during a community-wide open house and dedication of the new facility on Thurs-
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Hereford Sports & Wellness will officially open its renovated and upgraded Weldon Knabe Activities Center with a community open house and dedication on Thursday, Sept. 6. Contributed photo
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