The Gadsden City Council on Tuesday agreed to be represented by Ford, Howard and Cornett, P.C., in legal action regarding the proposed Pilgrim s Pride rendering plant in Etowah County.
The resolution was approved by a 4-2 margin with council members Kent Back, Ben Reed, Cynthia Toles and Deverick Williams voting yes, and Jason Wilson and Thomas Worthy voting no. Council member Johnny Cannon was not present.
“It’s hard for me . I don’t really support this project in its current state, “ Wilson said of the rendering plant following his vote, “so it just wasn’t feasible for me to support using city funds to help continue into this fight.”
Stimulus offers Bethlehem schools shot at cleaner air
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
The Bethlehem Area School District plans to use its estimated $49 million in federal stimulus dollars to accelerate the replacement of six schools’ HVAC systems and to combat COVID-19 related learning loss amongst its students.
The HVAC replacements at Farmersville, Miller Heights, James Buchanan, Calypso and Hanover and Governor Wolf elementary schools have been languishing for years on the district’s capital plan, which calls for the eventual replacement of all of its HVAC systems.
Bethlehem’s been tackling an HVAC replacement or two a year to spread out the cost and has weighed taking out a $10 million bond to fund HVAC projects.
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The commission will consider the following subdivision plat/s:
A. P-21-04 The Trails at Tascosa Golf Club Unit No. 2, an addition to the city of Amarillo, being an unplatted tract of land in Section 11, Block 9, BS&F Survey, Potter County. Vicinity: Western Street and Amarillo Boulevard. Applicant/s: John Dunn for Tascosa Development, LLC.
As temperatures increased Saturday in Central Texas, many residents found themselves trading in one problem — extended power outages — for another — little or no water.