City Council to hear zoning issues in August

Hall to discuss further

David Wortham was officially recognized by Mayor Stanley in front of the council for his 40 years of service to the City of Howe

"This says a lot about this man " said Stanley "David started with the city while he was still in high school and was a part-time employee After graduating from Howe High School, he learned that the city had an opening and he applied for it. He's been with the city ever since. David started at the bottom - riding the back of a trash truck and worked his way up to public works director. He has a vast knowledge of water, sewer and roads throughout the city and was also a 35-year member of the volunteer fire department , once again showing his commitment to the City of Howe "

Tuesday night's city council meeting started with Kathy Tolbert and her husband Steve addressing the council in regards to a business, Salvage Junky, that has moved next door to the Tolberts

"We had an issue with the zoning ordinance " said Tolbert "It's not anything personal "

Mayor Jeff Stanley quickly informed Mrs. Tolbert that she would be able to state her case at the Planning and Zoning meeting as well as the City Council meeting in August.

Another public complaint came from Rebecca Luna who told the council, "I don't know why you have a sign saying 'no trucks allowed' on Young and Haning " said Luna "I've lived there about eight years now and I see trucks going through there all the time I see police officers go through there and never stop anyone to give them a ticket You might as well remove the sign because no one pays attention to it "

Luna stated that on there was not a sign on the east side of the railroad tracks stating 'no trucks allowed.'

City Administrator Joe Shephard addressed her and stated that it was not an agenda item, but the city would address the situation.

"The police are very well aware of the situation We'll check on the sign " said Joe Shephard

Mayor Stanley invited Luna to come to City

Wortham was presented a plaque in honor of his dedication

In other business, the council approved funds that were approved by the Howe Community Facilities Development Corporation back in March for the expenditure of $18,000 for new lighting on the ballfields adjacent to US75 They also approved funds from last September's HCFDC approval to spend $50,000 on sewer bond payment

The council approved Mark Patterson as a board member for the Red River Groundwater Conservation District. Patterson is the small cities representative and owns Patterson continued on Page #6