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Monday, October 26, 2015
City receives block grant to improve streets The City of Howe has received a block grant awarded by the Texas Department of Agriculture in the amount of $193,045 in order to fix local city streets. The city's share of the amount is $25,000.
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the Howe ISD Administration office. "One of the requirements for these grants is that it will benefit mostly low to moderate income households." said Mayor Jeff Stanley. "54 percent of the persons that live in this area meet that criteria."
The streets that are to be repaired are West Travis, North Jones, North Bean, Tutt and part of Tiffany Court which are all in the area of The total repair work will include five blocks.
City council reports Mrs. Rebecca Luna announced to the council that she has successfully negotiated a contract to lease her property at 701 W. Haning St. across from the Howe Community Center to Ben E. Keith Co. for their use as a shuttle center. Without naming names, she told the council several times that she was upset with the way she was treated by City of Howe employees in regards to communications made to Ben E. Keith Co. without her knowledge. The city made concessions for Ben E. Keith Co. by moving the no-truck zone and waving permit fees for the removal of the existing structure on the property.
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In departmental reports, Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman reported that September was a typical month with 178 calls for service which was a 48 percent increase over September of 2014. Howe Police Officers made nine felony arrests, nine misdemeanor arrests, generated 33 reports and investigated five accidents and issued 11 citations.
the department had 27 medical calls and 10 fire calls consisting of structure fires ad grass fires. He was proud of the Fire Prevention programs that the Howe Fire Department participated in. Howe Development Alliance President Monte Walker told the council that he's met with the real estate brokers for the Summit Hill development that sits on US 75 south of FM 902. Since the development initially went through bankruptcy during the housing crisis, the new owners need original documents that the banks they purchased it from didn't have. Walker speculated that as the housing market is again on the up-tick, something significant could take place in that subdivision in the near future.
Walker also told the council that he turned in four major projects to the Grayson County MPO for TxDOT funding. With the anticipation of Prop 7 passing in Austin, David Wortham of Public Works, reported 61 Walker says it means millions to Grayson work orders, nine leaks, and five dog County in road funding. These projects are on transportations. He reported one dog bite in the list with every other city's wish list. They the process. Wortham said he was to have the are awarded based upon several sets of criteria final walk-through for the Abbington including accident rates, condition of roads, Meadows on Wednesday. He said, as far as congestion and cost of the project. the block grant was concerned, that it would take over 12 months before a contractor was TCOG initiated a meeting with Belmont finalized and repair would start. Developent Co. that wanted to look at property in Howe for senior assisted living tax-credit Howe Fire Chief Robert Maniet reported 48 housing. He says that the development is calls in the month of September. He said that looking at several options in North Texas.
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Just married
Mr and Mrs. Michael Hill were married Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at the home of Louis Paton and Erica Honore. The bride is the former Michelle Snow, of Howe, Texas. Friends and family gathered for a reception at the location afterwards. Hill, is employed by the City of Howe as the police sergeant. Mrs. Hill is also employed by the city as the municipal court clerk.
