By Anna Noel
Yorktown News-View
The regular meeting of DeWitt County commissioners court was held on Monday, May 9, at 9 a.m. Pat Elder spoke first about the county-wide burn ban.
“In my case, being a river bottom owner, I’ve been piling up brush for a year. And if we get rain before we get a burn ban release, then that all goes down to my neighbor’s and vice versa. So, I just ask that some consideration be given for some, I know when they clear fields they allow burning, it’s a little bit different from a river bottom, but maybe there’s some avenue that could allow some burning even during these dry times.”
Judge Folwer informed Elder that there are exceptions built into the burn ban and gave him a copy to review and see if any of the exceptions apply.
Court then received an affidavit granting permission to enter private property belonging to Donald Elder on Elder Road for drainage repair. They also approved the renewal of a contract with Trane for the Courthouse water treatment system, an interlocal agreement between DeWitt County and Yorktown for the sharing of costs for the annual service fees of CodeRED, an emergency notification system, an interlocal agreement between DeWitt County and Gonzales County to provide housing for excess inmates should the need arise, and a renewal of a contract with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) for inmate telephone services.
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