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Revving Up Discussion: Council Considers UTV Access Across Town

The Hallettsville City Council continued its ongoing discussion about allowing the operation of utility task vehicles in the city at the Nov. 17 meeting.Citizens must obtain a license plate by the Lavaca County Tax Office and must be a licensed driver to use these vehicles.The vehicles must be in...

Council approves requests for events

The Hallettsville City Council approved several requests for events in the city at the Sept. 15 meeting.The first request is from the Sacred Heart School to host a Cross Country meet in the City Golf Course and Park happening on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. This includes the closure of...

Council adopt budget, tax rate

The Hallettsville City Council met in a special-called meeting Tuesday evening, Sept. 2 and adopt both the budget for fiscal year 2026 and the 2025 ad valorem tax rate.Council voted unanimously to adopt a methods and operation (M&O) rate of .2683 cents and an interest and sinking ( I & S ) rat e o...

City grants variances to McD’s reps on everything but height restrictions

Size matters when it comes to signage in Hallettsville.While members of the city council may be willing to give some on matters of distance from other business signage or even the sign’s girth, they tend to be sticklers when it comes to matters of height, especially when proposed height is three...

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. Fairwinds here in Hallettsville,...

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. 16 council meeting, of which...

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...

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.

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.An amendment for grant administrative services...