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Council takes action on local blight issue

Hallettsville council members officially gave notice last week to the owners of one of the newspaper’s neighbors, giving them 30 days to clean up the place or the city would.That decision came after the city held a public hearing on the property, located at 514 W.

City ordinances see some updates before the year ends

Hallettsville city council members approved several updates to local ordinances last week, part of an ongoing review of city policies that’s been going on for a couple of years nowSome of the highlights include:• The addition of a new section under city sign ordinances that establishes a policy for...

City approves handful of development projects around Hallettsville

Wrapping up action items from the rather lengthy September city agenda, Hallettsville council members threw their support behind two projects proposed by the city’s economic development corporation.The projects involved two of the four public hearings held at the Sept.

Council approves budget, tax rate

Hallettsville city council members approved the 2024-25 city budget and its funding mechanism in a special called meeting Monday evening at city hall.Monday’s meeting followed a public hearing on the budget held Aug. 19, which itself followed council’s approval of the proposed budget numbers on Aug.

City council to approve budget, tax rate Aug. 26

The Hallettsville City Council set Monday, August 26 as the date to adopt the 2025 budget and 2024 tax rate.The proposed tax is 45.81 cents per $100 valuation. The no-new tax rate is 25.37 cents and the voter approval rate is 47.47.

Council approves ammendments

The Hallettsville City Council met in regular session Monday evening.The council approved amendment #2 for engineering services for the Community Development Block Grant.A grant of $1.39 million was accepted for a new water well on the Ridge well site.

Yoakum run-off election results

The results are in for the Yoakum City Council elections. For Yoakum City Council, there were two open spots for Place 2 and Place 4. Winning the spot for Place 2 is Daniel Driskell. He received 208 votes while his opponent, Jay Cassell, received 196 votes.

City Council hires RTC for engineering project

The Hallettsville city Council took the first step towards using the bond passed May 4.The council voted to hire TRC to provide the engineering for the project.In what was called a “lump sum project,” $757,855 will be paid to TRC for its services.

City council holds monthly meeting

The Hallettsville city council gave the okay to the Hallettsville ISD to mark off no a parking zone from the intersection of Ridge and Second streets to the bus barn at its regular monthly meeting Monday evening.The no parking zone will be on the north side of Second St.

Early voting in entity elections begins Monday, April 22

In person early voting begins Monday, April 22 in the Hallettsville ISD and Hallettsville City elections.Voters wishing to cast their ballot early can vote at the Lavaca County Annex Building located at 412 N. Texana St. in Hallettsville.