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Thursday June 17, 2021
Happy Father's Day from Walker County Press! Tr u s t e e s H a v e H a p p y 2 4 6 t h U S A r m y
HISD Budget Workshop
By Wade Thibodeaux The Huntsville ISD Board of Trustees met in a budget workshop on Thursday, June 3, 2021 and heard from Huntsville CFO Paul Brown that the budget was very stable with very few changes and no major tax increases were on the horizon. He reported that everything was rolling very smoothly and the 2020-2021 budget would have an operating surplus and the projected 20212022 budget would have a slight surplus. Brown told the trustees that the projected total budget for the 2021-2022 school year was looking like a
$107.6 Million budget that was very similar to the 2020-2021 budget. He also told them that more information would be available in the coming two months before a final budget could be set and a tax rate would be established, but that he didn’t see any major changes. The short budget workshop lasted for only 38 minutes. The next regular meeting of the HISD Board of Trustees will be Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 6:00 pm. in the Hawkins Administration Building located at 441 Fm 2821 East in Huntsville, Texas.
By Wade Thibodeaux The Walker County Commissioners Court met in regular session on Monday, June 7, 2021 at 9:00 am in room 104 of the Walker County Courthouse. One of the major items on the agenda was a pay raise for the EMS employ-
ees of the County. Like the Sheriff’s Department, the EMS service has been struggling to keep employees because the pay scale was lower than surrounding areas. The department is down several employees with no applications on hand (contd on page 9)
Walker County EMS to Get Pay Raise
The tradition of the oldest and youngest cutting the cake together was observed during the Army’s 246th Birthday celebration. Lu Gresham was the oldest Army Veteran in attendance and Staff Sergeant Jacob Youmans was the youngest Army personnel and together they cut the first slice of cake.
Yvan Isas was sworn into the US Army by Captain Stacie Nicks during the Army’s 246th birthday celebration held at the H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum last Monday, June 14, 2021.
By Wade Thibodeaux The H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum celebrated the 246th birthday
of the US Army last Monday, June 14, 2021 at the Walker County Storm Shelter. A Bar-B-
Que lunch was served before the cake was cut and served to those in attendance. In addition
to the birthday celebration a new soldier was sworn into the US Army during the festivities.
By Wade Thibodeaux The Walker County Hospital District Board of Managers met in a special session last Thursday, June 10,
2021 to discuss a potential real estate transaction with the City of Huntsville. The meeting was conducted in closed session with the
exception of the final action that was a motion to allow the District’s real estate agent to relay the District’s response to the City’s of-
fer. According to Anne Woodard, the Hospital District’s Chairman, in a statement issued after the meeting (contd on page 9)
Walker County Hospital District in Negotiations with City