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February 7, 2012

Commissioners re-appoint three current Fair Park Board members

Rich Flowers The Athens Review

ATHENS — The Henderson County Commissioners Court, by a 3 to 2 vote, Tuesday, voted to re-appoint three current members of the Fair Park Board to new terms.

Chairman Bob Miars and members Ken Hayes and Mark Davis were chosen to serve an additional two years, with their terms to run through Dec. 31, 2013.

The item had been on the agenda Jan. 31. Precinct 3 Commissioner Ronny Lawrence nominated Precinct 3 resident Scott Brumfield to the board, but the motion died for lack of a second.

Lawrence said Tuesday that his precinct has only had one member on the 7-person board for the past few years.  Brumfield, a rancher and engineering specialist for the Texas Railroad Commission would be an ideal choice for a second Precinct 3 representative, Lawrence said

Precinct 1 Commissoner Joe Hall opposed replacing one of the current board members. Adding a member from Lawrence’s precinct to the three from Ken Geeslin’s Precinct 4 would give the east side of the county four representatives to two for the west side. Hall said Wade McKinney’s Precinct 2 had had one representative for several years as well.

The court voted on Hall’s motion to reappoint Miars, Hayes and Davis. County Judge Richard Sanders and McKinney joined Hall in voting yes. Lawrence and Geeslin opposed.

In addition to Miars, Hayes and Davis, members of the Board include Lee Tackett, Charles Elliott, Charla Hendrix and Teresa Tidwell.

In other action, Commissioners:

• approved a refund for overpayment of property tax, as requested by the Henderson County Tax Assessor/Collector;

• approved the purchase of a ruggedized Panasonic laptop computer with funds from the 2012 Justice Assistance Grant;

• voted to accept for filing purposes only the 2011 racial-profiling report from the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office;

• approved payment of 2011 bills in the amount of $113,587.48; and

• approved payment of 2012 bills in the amount of $459,468.35, which includes the annual county insurance payment.

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