Tag: City Commission

Bumpy Ride: Pothole plagued street finally gets repairs

By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com It’s been a rough ride, literally, for many San Benito residents over the last couple decades. Well, for some, that ride is about to come to a very smooth and comfortable end in the near future. During a meeting of the San Benito City Commission on Tuesday, City officials presented …

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SBCISD, City races heat up

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com The deadline to apply to run for San Benito City Commission and San Benito Consolidated School District Board of Trustees is next Friday, and so far it appears that the 2015 race will be a heated one. SBCISD Place 1 has already seen two candidates. Rene Salinas and Michael …

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City still mulling over pay structure

By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito City Commission will soon hold a workshop to discuss Ordinance No. 2519, adopting a pay grade and salary classification for certain municipal employees along with an effective date. The workshop will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, where the ordinance, which would repeal 2119 and …

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McCullough Street still under construction

By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Update: Wed. Nov. 5, 3:24 p.m. Item tabled. (additional information in story)  The San Benito City Commission discussed on Tuesday evening approving a change order in the amount of $29,000 to continue reconstruction work on McCullough Street. The road, which was originally approved for construction from Line 17 to Business …

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Commission to mull at-will pay structure

By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com In early November, the San Benito City Commission will be discussing the pay scales for the municipality’s at-will employees, before proceeding with a decision. Item number 8 on the Oct. 21 meeting agenda reads as follows: “Consider first reading of Ordinance No. 2519: An Ordinance by the City Commission of …

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Commission OK’s signs discouraging illegal dumping

By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com During Tuesday’s San Benito City Commission, officials discussed action on a Memorandum of Agreement between the city and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The commission OK’d the agreement in an effort to protect surface waters from illegal dumping. Assistant City Manager Arturo Rodriguez said that, at a future …

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CITIZEN’S VIEW: The Case for a City PEG Channel

By JOSE F. RODRIGUEZ Special to the NEWS As I was out campaigning during the last municipal election and just attempting to encourage more citizen attendance/participation at the City Commission meetings, the most common citizen complaint, besides when is my street going to be fixed, was the lack of communication between the City and its’ …

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Attorneys, City to mull water plant litigation

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a special meeting of the San Benito City Commission on Tuesday, Aug. 19, attorneys from Arnold & Itkin LLP law firm out of Houston will meet in executive session to advise the City of San Benito’s elected officials, referencing possible legal recourse with regard to the incapacitation …

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EDC, Commission to meet about new business

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A special meeting of the San Benito City Commission will be held Wednesday, July 23, to discuss the potential establishment of a new business in San Benito. The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) has been meeting with a potential business prospect and has already met with the City Commission …

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Police report in Commissioner’s charge released

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com More details on the domestic violence charge filed against Place 5 Rio Hondo City Commissioner Joseph “Joe Lopez” have been revealed in a police report. According to a Rio Hondo Police Department report obtained by the San Benito News via a public records request, Lopez’ charges stem from …

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