Blanco County Commissioners met for a regular session on Tuesday Sept. 26. They received a report from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and chose a nominee to represent the county to the Blanco County Appraisal District.
Conservation Report
A representative from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service gave his report for Blanco County.
Johnson City’s support for Hurricane Harvey survivors continues, with deliveries of relief supplies and preparations for work teams to go help rebuild.
“We’ve established contact with distribution centers in the hurricane area, and plan to keep delivering loads of needed supplies to them as long as the folks in Johnson City keep helping us fill the loads,” said Pastor Lee Romero of the First United Methodist Church.
The church is currently gathering donations for Ingleside, near t ...
The Johnson City Eagles capped off a week full of homecoming festivities with a win against the San Saba Armadillos, final score 27-6, Eagles.
Asked after the game, coach Chris Cloninger said “This was a good game. We started out kinda slow, but found our groove late in the second quarter.
After months of deliberation and discussion, the county budget and tax rate was approved unanimously by Commissioners and Judge Bray. On Monday Sept. 18 Commissioners met for a special meeting called to vote on the budget and tax rate as well as to approve salaries for elected officials and new employees.
At last week’s budget hearing the final minor changes were made to the 2017/2018 budget and at Monday’s meeting commissioners voted to approve the new budget.
The Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC) recently awarded funding to Johnson City Library under its Special Projects Grant program to fund the 2017/18 Discovery Academy.
Now in its eleventh year, Discovery Academy is an after-school enrichment program in science and math for third through fifth graders. The program uses hands-on experiments and projects to instill a life-long love of learning.
When the call came into Blanco County EMS for support for Hurricane Harvey in advance of landfall, Chief Ben Oakley didn’t hesitate for a second.
“When Blanco County had its emergency in 2015, the communities needing help were the same communities who sent resources here to help us,” said Chief Oakley.
Enrollment remains a top concern for Johnson City ISD as the number of total students dropped from last year. At Monday’s school board meeting the campus principals also presented their improvement plans and addressed potential new discipline policies.
Enrollment
Current enrollment is 656 students. The district is down by 29 students from last year.
Don’t miss the 18th Anniversary of the Wild Game Dinner fundraiser scheduled for October 7th in Johnson City at the Blanco County Show Barn beginning at 5 p.m. Game Dinner tickets are available for $15 per person. Included in the price will be the best wild game you have ever eaten, door prize chance and dance until midnight to the Jesse Stratton Band.
This week the Lady Eagles defended their home gym, gaining two wins from the Harper High School Longhorns and the Comfort High School Deer in their first district match.
Johnson City took the match against Harper in three games 25-23, 27-25 and 25-16.
Setter Hailey Fox had 41 assists in the match.
City Council reviewed the 2017/2018 budget for Johnson City at a special meeting on August 31. They ironed out some of the details in the city’s general and system budgets during the workshop as they sought a way to increase revenue without raising taxes.
At the start of the budget workshop, the city needed $68,000 to balance the system budget.
