BURTON CITY COUNCIL HALTS DISCUSSION FOR ORDINANCE COMPLIANCE OFFICER
The Burton City Council held off on hiring an ordinance compliance officer at Monday’s meeting.
Council members said they would need to discuss the matter further, and gather more information before voting. The ordinance compliance officer would work on an as-needed basis, and would have knowledge of state requirements and laws pertaining to the enforcement of ordinance.
Concerning the movement to approve a 20 mile-per-hour zone on South Main Street, City Secretary Angel Weyand informed the council there was no need to have multiple readings of new items, as per the Texas Municipal League. This made the agenda item null and void. The item had already been approved at May 14’s meeting.
Other items included the restatement of Nathan Kalkhake as sergeant-at-arms, as well as discussion over review and organization of ordinances. The mayor had no new information to report to the council.
To Reflection: YOU ARE SO RIGHT ! I can only add “AMEN”
That’s dumb to use county money for city issues.
The City of Burton is required by it’s charter to have a Police Department and court. By suggesting that the Washington County Sheriff’s Office can handle calls in Burton sounds great The reality is with the calls for service that the Sheriff’s Office already has the only way Burton could be effectively policed is to assign a Deputy full time there. That would mean hiring another Deputy which would increase the Sheriff’s Office budget that would cause concerned tax payers like yourself to complain. If that didn’t happen call response times would increase. By having a City of Burton Police Department actually saves other residents of the country tax money.
It is funny how you sometimes reflect back on times, not so long ago. When the sleepy little town stayed quiet and sleepy, where if a neighbor needed a helping hand cleaning up or fixing something, you didnt need to ask. A town that pretty much elected the same people over and over because they kept it the way everyone liked it. They didnt grasp at anything just to show they were doing something. The days of Cotton Gin Festival that ran 3 days and people filled the streets with booths and music. People came from everywhere to spend money those few nights in the sleepy little town, and then it all went back to normal. When it was okay that the schools didnt look like something out of a posh Houston neighborhood. Guess as old timers die off and replacements fill those vacancies, so goes the neighborhood.
Once you die and stop paying taxes, it seems fair that the remaining living citizens should get to call the shots. If the living don’t do things the way you want, then you should have raised them differently — they’re your kids.
Reflection, Everything you said is absolutely true and the way it is. People move to Washington County becouse of what they see and hear. Then, the majority, once here, they think that everyone from here should adapt to their wants and personal needs. What a crock! Us guys that have been here for generations don’t need your better ideas and big city mentality. Some us us generational families have held on to our farms and don’t intend to sell out, or intend to tear down the old barn, or to move the rusted Ford truck out of the gravel driveway. And, if you are a newcomer, and are so self-biased that you can’t stand our old-timer ways; maybe, you are choosing the wrong community or possibly the wrong state. As for I am concerned. What use to be the Country’s Motto is still Washington County’s Motto. “Love It, Or Leave It.” Or just visit every now and then.
Why does the City of Burton have a Police Department and Municipal Court???
The costs of operation exceeds the income generated.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Department can handle any needed police work in the area.
We need some conservatives on the City Council rather than “YES” people to support the Mayor & Police officer.