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The city of Seguin recently took steps to make sure that it was ready to handle the demands for the creation of these networks, or for large bike or scooter sharing services.
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been on my plate knowing that they’ll reach us at some point particularly transportation networks scooters and bikes and things that are kind of shared, rode and that and if don’t have something in place, particularly the scooter people - they are really good about you wake up one morning and there are 2,000 of them everywhere, in the corners, in the middle of the streets, on the sidewalks where you don’t want them and they become a problem so we’ve had some right-of-way licensing for food trucks and some things but this kind of brings it together. It’s an entire ordinance that requires, hey if you want to use our right-of-way to make money or for commercial operations, then you need to come see about a permit or a license,” said Quittner.
City Attorney Andy Quittner says cities that haven’t planned for these types of services, have sometimes been overrun by this work. Quittner says the new ordinance will provide a way for the city to manage and monitor the use of public rightof-way for these services.
Quittner says discusses the expectations for the shared transportation networks for bikes and scooters, or other devices like that. But it also addresses the small cell nodes. Quittner says there are some limits as to what costs the city can effectively recover companies that are looking to build out these networks in the city.
“This covers a few other things that have kind of
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The Voice of Seguin Today
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(Seguin) -- Technology may someday allow there to be autonomous cars on the road with you, a robust internet service for your car, and new shared transportation networks that could include things like bikes or scooters. For any of those things to work, there must be a network in place to handle those services. Those networks are commonly called small cell nodes, which are mini radio frequency (RF) towers that help to provide a more stable network that can be used for a variety of services.
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Need a job? (Seguin) – A local company is looking to hire its first 40 employees. Exactly one year after the Seguin Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) and the city of Seguin announced that United Alloy, Inc (UA) would be building its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Seguin, UA is finally working on putting the finishing touches on its new facility.
skids, frames, chassis, trailers, heavy metal fabrications, and complex weldments for an extensive list of long-term, highly satisfied and most impressive, Fortune 500 OEM customers.
UA is currently seeking to fill positions for their climate controlled, Seguin manufacturing facility. Those positions include, Manufacturing Process Engineer, Material Handlers, Painters, Fabricators, MiG Welders and Quality Technician.
UA President Luke R. Jaynes says United Alloy (UA) is excited to open its world class metal fabrication facility in Seguin. He says UA chose the city of Seguin because of the strong work ethic and culture of the people in the community.
Headquartered in Janesville, Wisconsin, United Alloy, Inc. is a serial production metal fabrication and powder coating company. City officials say United Alloy is known for producing the industry’s highest quality leakproof metal fuel tanks, reservoirs,
United Alloy is also ISO 9001 Certified and is also a recognized woman/minority owned business.
“We are confident that we have the types of skilled jobs that the community will be proud of. We are working on hiring at least 40 actively engaged employees as quickly as possible. We encourage those that are looking for a good culture and life supporting wages to apply now,” said Jaynes. See UNITED page 3