Court votes to continue burn ban

Due to Veterans Day falling on Monday, the Lavaca County Commissioners’ Court held its regular meeting Tuesday morning and decided to continue with a burn ban for the county.

Lavaca County EMS assistant chief Tim Decker, “Although some areas of the county received decent rains last week, we’re still sitting with a KBDI reading in the 660’s. Today we’re at 667. We’re still in the heart of the drought in Texas.”

Decker said the areas stretching from Moulton to Komensky to Oakland are some of the driest in the state.

“We still have a lot of tinder on the ground, so I think it’s still best for our fire departments and our responders that we stay with the burn ban,” Decker said. “It would be the best move to keep it in place for now, until we get more rain.”

‘Just to remind the public and camp goers, they can have a camp fire, if it’s for heat or cooking, but maintain control and have a plan,” Judge Keith Mudd said. “You can also burn trash in a burn barrel but place a screen over the top of it.”

Due to the deadline for printing the paper, a more detailed report of the meeting will appear in next week’s paper.