Staff Reports The Phoenix Organization, which hosts and puts on the Jefferson Burn Benefit and Outlaw Nationals Car Show every year in Jefferson, paid a $13,900 bill to the City for the repair of damages which happened last October to a city water line during the public comment portion ofContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Having to Stop at 10 new stop signs across the city is delayed as Major Rob Baker cancelled Tuesday night’s Council meeting. The new signs were set to be proposed by JPD Chief Tino Perez. The signs will be on the January agenda. “We’ve beenContinue Reading
TAMU planning study identifies strengths, opportunities in Jefferson Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute A relatively light crowd was on hand for a Town Hall hosted by the Jefferson City Council Tuesday night. The topic at hand was the Public and Stakeholder Engagement Summary of the Texas Target Communities project at Texas A&MContinue Reading
Staff Reports Cars will be cruising into Jefferson starting in March and continue all summer after Council approved Big Cypress Corvette’s event application during Tuesday night’s regular meeting. The event, which has been on hold the last couple of years, sets up on the east end of Austin street andContinue Reading
Staff Reports The Jefferson Economic Development Corporation (JEDCO) briefly discussed how an unnamed company is being met with to discuss the possibility of building multi-family housing in the city limits. The brief discussion, led by JEDCO vice president and secretary Raymond Sanders said he had contacted several multi-family housing buildersContinue Reading
Staff Reports Christmas is just around the corner and the Jefferson Convention and Visitor’s Bureau is getting into the spirt. The city’s annual Christmas show will be filmed in early November according to Board VP Pam Thomas and if you want to participate contact her as soon as possible. TheContinue Reading
October is officially proclaimed Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Jefferson after Mayor Rob Baker made the annual proclamation. “…In recognition of the important work done by domestic violence programs, I do hereby proclaim the month of October 2022 to be Domestic Violence Awareness Month and urge all citizens to activelyContinue Reading
The City of Jefferson agreed to settle their lawsuit against water meter company RG3 during a special meeting last Thursday. The city has been in a lawsuit with RG3 since shortly after the meters were installed. The settlement calls for RG3 to pay the city $135,000, provide 25 extra metersContinue Reading
The Jefferson City Council met in special session on Thursday to consider approving a settlement on the lawsuit with RG3. RG3 is the company which supplied the city with the “remote read” water meters several years ago. The City has reportedly had issues with them working properly and ultimately suedContinue Reading
Staff Reports Jefferson City Council approved the 2022-23 Fiscal Year Budget on Monday and the 2022 tax rate of $0.450000 per $100 taxable valuation on Tuesday following two 15-minute public hearings, one per day. The tax rate is the same as the 2021 tax rate, but due to increases inContinue Reading
The “lights went out” on the downtown trestle bridge earlier this year due to vandalism and then by nearby lightning strikes. But they’ll be back on for the fall events after council approved spending $7,380, or $410 per bulb, to replace damaged bulbs. Council previously approved $900 on repairs whichContinue Reading
Staff Reports Resident and tourist safety, but not comfort, took center stage during Tuesday nights City Council meeting. Aldermen approved reimbursing a tourist after a limb from a Bradford Pear tree on Market Street fell and damaged their car. Aldermen Richard Turner and Robin Moore were against the decision citingContinue Reading
Staff Reports The Jefferson City Council held a brief meeting Monday evening to approve rehiring Jon King to the Public Works Department and to modify the building permit previously approved on July 5 for Bobby Carson and Susie May. King re-started his duties with the City on July 12 atContinue Reading
Staff Reports The Jefferson City Council approved hiring of Carson McKnight as a patrol officer, and a handful of building permits during Tuesday’s special meeting before launching into a workshop discussion on the City’s leave policies in the Employee Handbook. McKnight will be joining the Jefferson Police Department at aContinue Reading
Jennifer Perry Middleton/Jefferson Jimplecute The Jefferson City Council voted Tuesday to create a new position of an administrative assistant to City Secretary Melissa Boyd. The position, which will be posted immediately, will assist Boyd in all her duties, including those involving human resources. “We have the need in the officeContinue Reading
Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute After two years of deliberations, the Jefferson Economic Development Corporation (JEDCO) agreed Tuesday night to enter a Capstone Agreement with Texas A&M University for strategic planning. Against the advice of their attorney, W.F. Palmer, the board agreed to expend up to $41,000 on the project. PalmerContinue Reading
Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute The Jefferson Tourism Development Board reported an exponential year-over- year increase in website traffic at their regular meeting Monday night. “Website traffic was up 14% in May over April and 19% year-over-year,” board member Pam Thomas reported. “We had a very busy May.” According to Thomas, theContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute Bring your hip waders. Recently found crawl-space flooding at the Jefferson General Store on Austin Street caused owner Cliff Bode to ask Jefferson City Council if he could dig up the space along the outside of his building in an attempt to discover whereContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis Jefferson Jimplecute New buildings will be going up in downtown and the historic district after the Jefferson City Council approved permits for two controversial structures. Immaculate Conception Catholic Church sought approval to construct a 16,000 square foot activity center on the lots adjacent to the church. NumerousContinue Reading
V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimpecute Several young events are back on track in Jefferson after Council approved payments from the Tourism Board’s Discretionary Funds to help get the events going. Ward 3/1 Alderman Richard Turner had initially pulled the payment requests by the Tourism Board so Council could discussContinue Reading