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Guadalupe County reverses course, agrees to full funding for volunteer fire departments Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
Elections office moves into new home The Guadalupe County Elections Administration Office announces the opening of its new facility this Monday at 3251 State Highway 123 North in Seguin, just north of IH 10, designed to better serve area residents and support the county’s growing elections needs. Photo by Carmen Davila. Story on page 2.
(Seguin) -- After weeks of reported disappointment among volunteer fire departments, the Guadalupe County Commissioners Court on Tuesday reached a consensus to provide the additional funding that the departments had requested for the upcoming fiscal year. The initial proposed budget is said to have only included 16 percent of the funds requested by the 8 various VFD’s. The agreement to include the additional and combined total of $414,705 came after more than three hours of
discussion, during which commissioners revisited the contentious budget item that had sparked backlash from both firefighters and members of the public. The additional money, however, will not come from the county’s fund balance, as originally suggested by Commissioner Pct. 1 Jackie Ott, but instead will be reallocated from the county’s capital projects list for new construction. Commissioner Pct. 1 Drew Engelke, VFDs, pg. 4