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The City of San Marcos was recently allocated $18.1 million through the American Rescue Plan.
The funding is distributed by the U.S. Department of Treasury in response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the city, funds may be used to respond to acute pandemic response needs, fill local government revenue shortfalls, and for investments in critical water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure.
“As our recovery from the economic hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, this funding will ensure the City is able to continue to provide essential services with the care and efficiency our residents deserve,” City Manager Bert Lumbreras said in a statement. “We extend our gratitude to our federal delegation who supported this legislation, including Rep. Lloyd Doggett and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez.”
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Hays County will soon purchase curbside voting equipment and upgrade its election system software, following approval from the commissioners court Tuesday.
With a unanimous vote during Tuesday s meeting, the Hays County Commissioners Court approved authorizations for the county’s elections administration office to use grant funding from the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) to purchase Hart Verity Duo Go for curbside voting and to upgrade the Hart Verity Voting System.
“This particular item is a required update that was certified for the Hart equipment that we purchased,” Elections Administrator Jennifer Anderson said. “It’s important to note that these upgrades are certified the same way as the systems that we initially purchased through both the federal government and the state government.”
The Hays County Commissioners Court will consider utilizing grant funding to purchase equipment to support curbside voting.
The commissioners will discuss authorizing the county’s elections administration office to use grant funding from the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) to purchase Hart Verity Duo Go for curbside voting and to upgrade the Hart Verity Voting System during Tuesday s meeting.
The county’s elections administrator has received authorization from CTCL to use the grant funding for the voting system upgrade and equipment purchase, according to the commissioners court agenda. Additionally, the system upgrade would put the Verity Election System to a Windows 10 Enterprise platform, which will ensure the voting system has the most recent software updates with enhanced functionality.
When Texas State and the City of San Marcos teamed up with Spin, a dockless scooter-share system, in September 2020 to deploy 200 scooters to campus and throughout the city, they sought to provide an alternative mode of transportation for students and citizens.
Since the initial launch of Spin scooters, which cost $1 to unlock and charge 29 cents per minute of use, the San Marcos City Council has expressed its support to continue the program as a means to reduce the cityâs carbon footprint by welcoming the scooters as a permanent part of local transportation. Despite the cityâs push for permanent scooters, some students believe the presence of scooters in the area does more harm than good.