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From staff reports
Mar 12, 2021
Parker County commissioners in a special meeting Friday voted 4-1 to appoint Parker County Chief Deputy Russ Authier to fill the role of sheriff.
The appointment comes after the passing of Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler on Feb. 27.
Precinct 1 Commissioner George Conley made the motion, seconded by Precinct 4 Commissioner Steve Dugan.
When asked how it feels to be appointed as sheriff, Authier said itâs too early to tell.Â
âItâs very humbling, Iâm honored and Iâm going to do the best job that I can do for the citizens,â he said. â[Fowler] had a great legacy and we always had the philosophy that we build a better mousetrap every day. We were not stagnant and we move forward, we have to in this type of work and weâll continue to move forward.â
Mar 9, 2021
Parker County commissioners will meet Friday to discuss the next steps in filling the position of sheriff.
The meeting comes four days after the item was placed, then removed, from the commissioners regular agenda Monday. I placed the item on the agenda so that we could begin discussions of the process to follow to appoint someone as county sheriff, Precinct 3 Commissioner Larry Walden told the
Weatherford Democrat.
However, Parker County Judge Pat Deen said he was unaware that a commissioner had made the request because it was made verbally and did not get documented. Deen said he put the item on the agenda himself, but decided to pull it because another personnel issue was already on the agenda and he didn t want to combine the two.
AISD, hospital district partner to vaccine staff
Staff Reports
Mar 9, 2021
Aledo ISD will host one of the first school district staff vaccination sites in Parker County on Wednesday.
The Parker County Hospital District will administer approximately 225 COVID-19 vaccinations to AISD staff who have requested to be vaccinated.
âWe are so thankful for Parker County Judge Pat Deen, Parker County Hospital District CEO Randy Bacus and PCHD Chief Medical Officer Dr. Steven Welch for working so hard to make sure that vaccines were made easily accessible to our Aledo ISD teachers and staff as soon as the Texas Department of State Health Services expanded eligibility for school staff last week,â AISD Superintendent Susan Bohn said.
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