BURTON CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER RELOCATION OF BURTON SAUSAGE BACK TO BURTON

  

The Burton City Council will meet tomorrow (Tuesday) to discuss the relocation of a former local sausage company back to Burton.

Burton Sausage is considering moving back to its former facility on Highway 290, outside of city limits.  The council will discuss the possibility of rerouting city utilities to the company.

According to Mayor David Zajicek, the company is potentially seeking to use the city’s water and sewer systems.

In May 2008, Rodney Roth, whose family founded Blue Ribbon Sausage in the 1940s and purchased Holmes Smokehouse in 2000, acquired Burton Sausage, formerly owned by Jerry Schultz and Nicole Harmel.  Burton Sausage closed its storefront in Burton in 2020 and moved its operations to Lufkin, the site of Holmes Smokehouse’s main manufacturing facility.

Also at tomorrow’s meeting, the council will act on casting votes for election of the Washington County Appraisal District Board of Directors and nominating a candidate to fill a board vacancy.

The council will meet tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. at Burton City Hall.