Archive for May, 2009

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Update on Taylor County Commissioners Court Meeting of May 26, 2009

County Commissioners met for three and a half hours Tuesday with 20 items on their agenda. There were several items of interest, however, the most important subject discussed was brought by a spokesman for ONCOR Electric. Dallas Cothram, representative for the company, told of the 866 miles of new electrical transmission lines that will traverse Taylor County. Commissioners received a lot of information on the Competitive Renewable Energy Zones undertaken… (continue)
Taylor County
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Update on City Council Meeting

You will be interested to know that the Abilene City Council is aware that the proposed AEP Texas North Company's proposed Advanced Metering System will cost (YOU) the user money.  The Council approved "Intervention" in the plan to install the new equipment.  Councilman Stormy Higgins asked City Manager Larry Gilley to be sure that the negotiators between the City and AEP are aware that the Council thinks the company should… (continue)
City Council
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AAIBO Announces Monthly Lunches

AAIBO has decided to have a monthly lunch meeting on the 2nd Tueday of every month. Our first meeting will be on May 12, 2009 and Amanda's Restaurant at 12 Noon. We want to have better communication with our members and we want our members to enjoy greater networking and conversation with each other. We will have a guest speaker at each meeting and will also introduce new members. We… (continue)
Announcements
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Planning & Zoning Commission

The P & Z Commission met at 1:30 May 4, 2009 in the Council Chambers at city Hall. On the agenda were five Plats and one Zone change. Each of the proposed Plats called for a Public Hearing however, no member of the public was there to speak for or against any of them. One plat divided a lot into two residential lots. One plat was allowed in order to install… (continue)
Planning & Zoning