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Volume 117 | Number 18 WHAT'S INSIDE
HISD to get full wind payment By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor
Renew licenses as season opening nears Page 5
Herd set to start down grid trail Page 9
Lady Whitefaces take 2nd in Clovis Page 10
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The dispute between Hereford Independent School District (HISD) and Hereford Wind, LLC over an agreed-upon payment for the 201617 school year has ended. HISD officials distributed a press release on a “successful” conclu-
sion to negotiations between the two entities at the end of Monday’s regular meeting of the HISD Board of Trustees. “We are pleased with the agreement,” HISD board president Kevin Knight said. “We will be getting all the money owed to us under
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the Chapter 313 agreement set in place by the state legislature. “We had to keep the deal the legislature made.” While having taxing authority, school boards are prohibited from providing property tax abatements – as a city or county govern-
ment can. That fact prompted the legislature to establish Chapter 313 agreements, which effectively provides for a property owner and school board to enter into a pact whereby the property owner makes up the difference in how its propPLEASE SEE HISD | 3
Capital requests most of increase
He ain’t heavy... he’s my cousin
By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor
FORECAST
Today
Sunny High: 83º Low: 54º
Sunrise: 7:21 a.m. Sunset: 8:18 p.m. Wind: N 8 MPH Precipitation: 0% Humidity: 51% Mainly sunny. High 83F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Sunny High: 83º Low: 57º
Above, Herd senior Isaih Ramirez hoists teammate and cousin Matthew Herrera for a family candid during Meet the Herd activities Thursday. Below left, RB Seth Dixon and Hannah Wood check out a photo taken by HHS grad Brook Dixon, left, while, below right, Alex Cooper, left, and Kat Villarreal pose with OL Bryce Simnacher as Miranda DeLeon snaps the shutter. BRAND/John Carson
Friday
Mostly Sunny High: 85º Low: 61º
Saturday
Partly Cloudy High: 86º Low: 59º
HEREFORD HISTORY 6 years ago • August 30, 2011
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hereford hosted a Back-to-School pizza party for its community-based program participants. The theme was “Get on Board for the New School Year”
INDEX Obits............................2 Public Record............2 News............................3 Opinion........................4 Outdoors....................5 Classifieds..................7 Religion.......................8 Sports....................9-10 Community.................10
PLEASE SEE CITY | 3
County Wide Precinct Polling closer to reality By John Carson BRAND Managing Editor
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All of the increase in the proposed 2017-18 budget for the City of Hereford is coming in the form of capital requests for 11 departments. The proposed city budget shows a bump of just less than $720,000 from the $9.591 million budgeted for 2016-17 and a $10.3 million spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. City commissioners got their first look at the 201718 budget during a workshop on Aug. 21, where city manager Rick Hanna detailed departmental capital requests that were included in the proposal and those not included in the budget. More than $1.2 million worth of overall requests were made with $827,950 included in the budget. Some $440,200 worth of requests were omitted. Of the total budgeted requests, $729,250 would be paid from the General Fund with $98,700 coming out of the Water and Sewer Fund. “We triaged the capital requests for priority and need to determine whether to include them in the budget or not,” Hanna said. The largest capital expenditures budgeted are earmarked for John Pitman Golf Course, where a total of $236,000 has been allocated to complete cementing cart paths ($150,000), as well as replacing a tee mower, spray rig and top dresser ($86,000). The next-highest total of $165,500 went to Hereford Police Department (HPD). Of that, $69,000 is for a grant match on a vehicle, equipment and network equipment, and $60,000
The prospect of Deaf Smith County instituting county-wide voting centers took another step toward becoming a reality during Monday’s regular meeting of the Deaf Smith Commissioners Court. County Clerk Imelda DeLaCerda,
who oversees all county-wide elections, received court approval by unanimous vote to proceed with her application to put the CountyWide Precinct Polling (CWPP) option into effect. CWPP is a program that permits voters to cast ballots at any county poll location rather than the one specific to the precinct of resi-
dency. This is DeLaCerda’s second attempt in as many years to institute the program locally, which she said would make the voting process less cumbersome for voters, more convenient and has a distinct possibility of increasing voter turnout. “We have all the items needed to
apply,” she said after commissioners held a public hearing on the matter at its Aug. 14 meeting. The application will now be forwarded to the Texas Secretary of State’s office, which oversees all elections in the state, for approval. If approval is granted – as exPLEASE SEE COUNTY | 3
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