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WTAW - Interviews
WTAW - Interviews
CSISD board members & superintendent discuss the district's policy of reviewing campus populations and boundary changes
26 JUL 2024 · This podcast contains comments from the June 18, 2024 College Station ISD board meeting.
College Station ISD's superintendent tells his board that it's time to talk about a subject that no one wants to discuss...changing campus boundaries.
Tim Harkrider brought up rezoning during June's CSISD board meeting as he asked members to consider dropping the annual requirement that was established seven years ago to spend $25,000 dollars on a demographer to review campus populations.
https://wtaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CSISDpolicyFClocal072624.pdf
Board members took no action during the June discussion. Neither of the subjects were not brought up during July's CSISD board meeting.
City of College Station Update on The Infomaniacs
26 JUL 2024 · Ian Whittenton, Deputy City Secretary, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about filing for the upcoming election and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.
Leadership Brazos Alumni Association recognizes Louis Newman III and Newman Printing Company's 75th anniversary
25 JUL 2024 · This podcast is a recording of the portion of the July 25th, 2024 Leadership Brazos Alumni Association luncheon honoring Louis Newman III and the 75th anniversary of Newman Printing Company.
Speakers in order of appearance are Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce president Glen Brewer, Joel Bryan of Bryan Creative Group, Doug Tennis of StarLite Advisory Group, Louis Newman III, College Station mayor John Nichols, and Bryan mayor Bobby Gutierrez.
The photo associated with this podcast is Louis Newman holding a framed copy of a proclamation read by the mayors. Standing (L-R) are Bobby Gutierrez, Louis Newman III, John Nichols, and Glen Brewer.
Leadership Brazos Alumni Luncheon: information about the Leadership Brazos program
25 JUL 2024 · This podcast is a recording of the July 25, 2024 Leadership Brazos (LB) Alumni Luncheon program that includes:
The presentation of the Royce Hickman leadership scholarship
Recognition of LB class of 2024 coordinators
Introduction of incoming LB coordinators
An overview of the Leadership Brazos program
and information for LB alumni
City of Bryan update on The Infomaniacs includes the upcoming retirement of the city secretary`
25 JUL 2024 · The city of Bryan's City Secretary, Mary Lynne Stratta, visited with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about recruiting for boards, committees, and commissions.
At the end of the visit, Stratta announced she will be retiring August 22nd after 34 years with the city.
Stratta also said taking over the position is deputy city secretary Melissa Brunner.
According to the city of Bryan website, Stratta has also served as the city's legislative director and has been responsible for operating municipal court, the city marshal's office, council services, communications and marketing, and neighborhood and youth services.
That is in addition to responsibilities spelled out by state law that includes elections and birth and death records.
Brazos County's elections administrator responds to public concerns about voter registration
24 JUL 2024 · This podcast contains public comments from the July 23, 2024 meeting of the Brazos County commission, followed by a visit with Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock and WTAW's Bill Oliver.
Brazos County commissioners hear about the work of a group looking through voter registration records.
During public comments at Tuesday's (July 23) meeting, Cindy Wiley said those records need to be cleaned up.Â
One example described by Wiley was that she found 54 people who had the same birthdate of January 1 of 1901.
Elections administrator Trudy Hancock told WTAW News that those voters have a false date of birth because when they registered, state law did not require that or other personal information.
Hancock says Texas is one of the most stringent states when it comes to removing people from voter registration records...adding that most of the time that is done by the state.
County commissioners by state law were not allowed to respond to Wiley because her comments were not part of an agenda item.
College Station Mayor John Nichols on The Infomaniacs
24 JUL 2024 · College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about the upcoming public hearing on the proposed budget, operations and maintenance funds, public transportation, this week’s meeting agenda, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.
Update to College Station ISD school board members about upcoming roof replacements and repairs
23 JUL 2024 · This podcast contains comments from the July 16, 2024 College Station ISD school board meeting.
July's meeting of the College Station ISD school board included an update about upcoming roof replacements and repairs that will be funded in part with bond money approved by voters last November.
CSISD's new facilities director Paul Buckner said he and the district's roof consultant are investigating whether some of the cost of replacing and repairing roofs can be paid by filing manufacturer's warranty and insurance claims.
CSISD board members expressed no opposition to recommendations of allocating more than $21 million dollars in bond money to 17 roof projects at 15 locations. The amount of bond money may be less, depending on what can be paid by manufacturer warranties and insurance claims from hailstorms.
https://wtaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CSISD071624roofPrez.pdf
College Station city council is considering a funding request from the Brazos Transit District
23 JUL 2024 · This podcast contains comments from the July 16, 2024 College Station city council budget workshop meeting.
The College Station city council is the first local governing body to discuss a funding request from the Brazos Transit District (BTD) of more than $300,000 dollars to help make up for the loss of operating revenue from the federal government.Â
The funding decrease was the result of Brazos County now being considered an urban county following the 2020 census as it applies to federal mass transit funding.
A College Station council majority during a July 16th budget workshop tentatively approved BTD's request, which has also been made but not been discussed by Brazos County commissioners or the Bryan city council.
Initiating the discussion during College Station council budget workshops was councilwoman Elizabeth Cunha, who rides BTD buses.
Another College Station councilmember who rides BTD buses, William Wright, was among councilmembers who sought more information from BTD and wants BTD routes that serves more College Station residents.
Councilman Bob Yancy received no support for his idea that the city provide bus service.
The College Station council holds its public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2025 budget during this Thursday's meeting (July 25).
The Bryan city council adds to the city's zoning regulations, where battery energy storage systems can be located
22 JUL 2024 · This podcast contains comments from the July 9, 2024 Bryan city council meeting.
The Bryan city council adds to the city's zoning regulations, where battery energy storage systems (BESS) can be located.
After an explanation from councilman James Edge and Benjamin Johnson of the city's planning department, the council unanimously approved restricting sites to industrial areas.
In addition to being restricted to industrial areas, an applicant must also get a conditional use permit to build and operate sites that collects then discharges power during demand peaks.
The Bryan fire department sought to keep battery storage sites away from commercial and residential areas in part because of the difficulty of extinguishing battery fires and how that could result in discharging waste runoff.
https://wtaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BryCoun070924BatteryEnergyStorageSystemBkgd.pdf
https://wtaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BryCoun070924BatteryEnergyStorageSystemOrd.pdf
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