The Terry County Commissioners met in a regular session on Monday, April 24. All Commissioners were present.
Also present were members of the South Plains Underground Water Conservation District and the Terry County Soil and Water Conservation District. They were present in order for Terry County Judge Tony Serbantez and the Commissioners to declare the first full week in May as Rainwater Harvesting Awareness Week, and the week of April 30 – May 7 declared as Soil and Water Conservation Awareness Week.
The Annual Soil and Water Conservation Breakfast will be held at Calvary Baptist Church on Wednesday, April 26. At this breakfast, Terry County fourth and fifth graders who participated in the poster contest will be honored.
During the Rainwater Harvesting Week, the SPUWCD will be set up at the Terry County Heritage Museum and will be giving away a rain barrel system. The Rainwater Harvesting class will be held on Thursday, May 4. You may call the SPUWCD office to register on Monday, May 1. That number is 806.637.7467.
Present were Jackie Pate, from the TCSWCD, Layne Marlow from SPUWCD, and Kirk Martin. The Martin farms have an outstanding rainwater collection system which was cost-shared through SPUWCD.
Also on the agenda was the approval for the Plat Application for a development six miles west of Brownfield on FM 303, just north of Highway 380. This area is being developed by John Fehr and Beaver Cottrell. This place will be called J&B Acres Number 2. There will be four subdivisions in the development. The only access to this development will be off FM 303. (SEE MAP BELOW)
The County will not be responsible for any maintenance in the development, but the development does have to be approved by the County. There will be no mobile homes or double-wide homes allowed. All homes must be constructed from the ground up. It is all residential and not commercial at this time.
Nicole Acevedo spoke for the Kendrick Memorial Library. “Up until now, I have been able to keep the accreditation for the library which enables us to apply for grants, which we have been awarded. Our family-based program is paid for through one of these grants.” Last year, the accreditation was lost due to the state library guidelines. “We lost the accreditation due to having to cut back on full-time employees because of budget constraints. This causes us to have to sit out a year on applying for grants. I try to find grants to supplement our budget,” stated Acevedo.
The library is currently gearing up for the Summer Reading Program, which is for Pre-K – 5th grade. “Local vendors are so supportive of the library and our summer programs. We are so grateful for this. The Friends of the Library always donate a bicycle and helmet for the winner of the Summer Reading Program,” stated Acevedo.
Also, the library wifi is available 24 hours and is accessible to anyone.
The remaining items on the agenda were all routine business items.
The Commissioners will next meet on Monday, May 8, at 9 a.m. in the basement meeting room of the Terry County Courthouse.
