The City of Jefferson will conduct a public hearing for the proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2023-2024 on Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 6:30 pm. The adoption of the ordinance approving the budget will be immediately following the close of the public hearing on the proposed budget. The meetingContinue Reading
Budget cuts still needed for 2023-24 V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson City Council’s marathon meeting last Monday continued after a short recess following a contentious water discussion (see story above), to address a request by 1852 on Austin owner David Echols to allow a metal storage building to stayContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute The City and it’s various boards are starting work on th 2023-24 Fiscal Year budgets, yet some numbers are still unknown. The final tax roll valuations are due to the City in the next week and that will establishContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/ Jefferson Jimplecute Marion County Commissioners continued their work on the 2024 Budget last Friday and will resume work on Monday. The last proposed general fund budget had a deficit of $142,263 with all the office changes necessary due to inflation, a new sheriff’s vehicle, and generalContinue Reading
Marion County Commissioners will meet at their regular mid-month meeting at 9 a.m. Monday in the County/District Courtroom in the annex. Agenda items include: The Marion County Herald/Jefferson Jimplecute will be live for the meeting on our YouTube and FaceBook channels. Information for the meeting:Continue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute In the nine months since Marion County started collecting the 1.5% Special District Sales Tax, they’ve collected over $314,000. The funds are to be split 80/20 between Road and Bridge and the Sheriff’s Office. “This is money we’ve never had and had been leavingContinue Reading
The Jefferson City Council will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Jefferson Transportation and Visitors Center to discuss the use of Non-Golf Cart Vehicles on city roads and receive public input. The issues was raised last year by Francene DePrez Rainey on how the city couldContinue Reading
The City of Jefferson will hold public hearings on the proposed 2020 Tax Rate and 2020-21 Budget at a special meeting starting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The public hearings will begin at 5:30, and again at 5:45. The meeting to adopt will begin at 6 p.m. The proposed budget andContinue Reading
The Jefferson Convention and Visitors Bureau Board adopted their 2020-2021 Proposed Budget Monday night, while looking at ending the 2019-2020 fiscal year in the hole. This would be the second deficit in the City Tourism Budget in the last three fiscal years. Revenue for the current year, through June 30,Continue Reading
NOTICECITY OF JEFFERSON, TEXASJEFFERSON CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAUREGULAR BOARD MEETING JEFFERSON CONVENTION AND VISITORS CENTER305 E. AUSTIN STREETMonday July 13, 2020 @ 5:30 pm Notice is hereby given that a Board Meeting of the City of Jefferson, Tourism Board will be held on Monday July 13, 2020, at 5:30 pm,Continue Reading
The Jefferson Economic Development Corporation will have their regularly monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Items on their agenda include: DISCUSSION / CONSIDERATION / ACTION ITEMS• Consideration/Action – Strategic plan contract and actions with Texas A&M University• Consideration/Action – Approve quarterly report to City Council• Consideration/Action – Election of OfficersContinue Reading