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County Commissioners Make Appointments To ESD Boards The Hill County Commissioners Court met in a regular session Tuesday, January 26, and appointed members to the Emergency Services District (ESD) 1 and 2 boards of commissioners. Reappointed to the ESD 2 board for two-year terms were Tad Duncan and Bob Stahl. No other applications were submitted to the court for those positions. Two positions held by Clarence Pressley and Ken Goins were expiring on the ESD 1 board, and two new applicants applied to be considered for the seats. Doreen Strickland of Abbott Volunteer Fire Department and Billy Heffner of Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department both applied to serve on the board.
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City Council Approves Renewal Of Tourism Agreement With Chamber The Hillsboro City Council met in a regular session Tuesday, January 19, and renewed a tourism agreement between the city and the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce. The city and chamber first entered into the agreement in 2009. It allows the chamber to manage collections paid to the city from Hotel Occupancy Taxes for the purpose of promoting tourism, meetings, conventions, the arts and historic preservation efforts. The overall goal is to increase tourism and hotel occupancy in the city. The council’s action will extend the agreement through September 30 of this year.