Aug 30 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Fraud, negligence, breach of contract and violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act are among the allegations cited in a 13-page lawsuit that the City of San Benito filed against the engineers and manufactures involved in the design and construction of a problematic water treatment facility. The civil suit …
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Aug 29 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito has filed a lawsuit against the engineers and companies involved in the construction of a $17 million water plant that has been rendered inoperable. Defendants named in the lawsuit are Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC; U.S. Filter Wastewater Group Inc.; Siemens Corporation; CSA Construction, Inc.; …
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Aug 15 2014
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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Aug 08 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito has enlisted Kending Keast Collaborative of Sugarland, Texas to recommend a comprehensive master plan for the City, which will include upgrading and improving areas within the community as well as the City at-large. Monday, Aug. 11 will officially mark the kickoff of a …
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Aug 05 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a regularly scheduled meeting of the City of San Benito Commission on Tuesday, Aug. 5, Commissioners were presented with an agreement between the City of San Benito and South Texas Emergency Care (STEC) Foundation Inc. Per the STEC and San Benito Fire Department First Responder Affiliation Agreement, …
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Aug 05 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At the regularly scheduled meeting of the San Benito City Commission on Tuesday, Aug. 5, the floor was open to public comments on the proposed substantial amendments to reallocate nearly $165,000 of its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to benefit the cause of establishing a park in …
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Aug 01 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com City of San Benito officials met Thursday, July 31 for “an educational seminar” which was prompted, at least in part, by an incident which transpired earlier this month where Assistant City Manager Art Rodriguez confronted the driver of an ambulance that was operating without a permit within the …
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Jul 25 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A recent study of the membrane filtration plant process performance at the City of San Benito’s Water Treatment Plant No. 2 reports that the $17 million facility “has never operated efficiently except in the early months of operation.” Due to the current incapacitation of Plant No. 2, which …
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Jul 22 2014
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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Jul 18 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com While City of San Benito officials maintain silence concerning the status of the now-inoperable Water Treatment Plant No. 2, which is reportedly in need of membrane filters that could cost north of $100,000 to replace, citizens have begun to raise voices of concern. Proposed in 2002, Plant …
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