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The Brownwood City Council on Tuesday, February 9, unanimously approved an ordinance on second and third/final reading for a request to change the zoning classification at 2409 Austin Avenue from R-1 Single-Family Residential District to R-3 Multifamily Residential District.
At the Council meeting on Jan. 26, the Council heard protests to the zoning change from members of the public. Upon hearing from the residents and the developer, the Council voted to approve the zoning change on first reading in order to give the residents the chance to meet and visit with the developer about the proposed project. This meeting took place on Feb. 4.
Brown County Commissioners approved the adoption of guidelines and criteria for the purpose of potential future tax abatements during Monday’s meeting at the Brown County Courthouse.
All four commissioners – Precinct 1’s Gary Worley, Precinct 2’s Joel Kelton, Precinct 3’s Wayne Shaw and Precinct 4’s Larry Traweek – voted in favor, while County Judge Paul Lilly stated his opposition.
Worley stated, “Establishing guidelines and criteria does not mean we will automatically grant a tax abatement to Radiant Solar or anyone else. What it does mean is that 3M, Kohler, Superior Essex or any other industry in the county that wishes to expand and would like to have a tax abatement, the criteria is already set. It’s not just for one industry, it’s for every industry that might come in. The second thing is just because we set these guidelines and criteria doesn’t mean that anyone that fills out an application is automatically going to get it. In these guidelines and crite
Wednesday marked the seventh consecutive day in which Trauma Service Area D hospitals, which includes Hendrick Medical Center-Brownwood, had lower than a 15 percent COVID hospitalization rate among its total capacity rate.
Therefore, Texas Health and Human Service on Wednesday lifted stricter COVID restrictions that had been in place since Dec. 8.
According to Texas Health and Human Services, any Trauma Service Area (TSA) that has had seven consecutive days in which the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients as a percentage of total hospital capacity exceeds 15 percent, until such time as the Trauma Service Area has seven consecutive days in which the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients as a percentage of total hospital capacity is 15 percent or less.