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Oak Ridge North dismisses city manager, names interim replacement
immediately with the council’s unanimous approval. “Council concluded Richard was not a good t going forward, so we are both moving in dierent direc- tions,” Mayor Paul Bond said in a July email. “I wish Richard the very best and appreciate his service to the city over the past several months.” Derr served as city manager for less than a year following his appointment last August, and he had previously held the now-de- funct role of city administrator from - . Montgomery County commissioners approve lower tax rate for 2020 MONTGOMERY COUNTY The Montgomery County Commissioners Court nalized a projected . million budget for scal year . The budget is funded by the eective tax rate of . per valuation. An eective tax rate raises the same amount of revenue as the previous year. “I’m extremely proud of our court,” Precinct Commissioner James Noack said in a phone interview. “For the rst time in known history we adopted an eective tax rate with a .% decrease ... as well as we were very judicious in where we spent the taxpayers dollars.” The commissioners will hold a public hearing on the budget Aug. and have to ocially adopt the budget and tax rate Sept. .
Member Tom Coale said before Neeley was voted in. Neeley was rst promoted from city secretary to director of eco- nomic development in February , and was promoted to assis- tant city manager last November while retaining her duties with the Economic Development Corpo- ration. The roles of assistant city manager and director of economic development were not lled during the late July council session. City ocials did not provide fur- ther comment on Derr’s release in July. His dismissal went into eect
OAK RIDGE NORTH The Oak Ridge North City Council dismissed City Manager Richard Derr without explanation following a closed executive session at its July regu- lar meeting. manager and director of economic development, was named the city’s interim city manager at a special called City Council meeting July . “This motion and decision re ects the con dence we have in Heather going forward as the city manager to run the city,” Council Heather Neeley, Oak Ridge North’s former assistant city
The Oak Ridge North City Council appointed Heather Neeley as interim city manager July 29.
The Woodlands Township rolls out emergency preparedness plan for 2019
form of technology include Smart , a private website on which residents can create a safety pro le consisting of informa- tion they want to pro- vide to rst respond- ers in the event of an emergency. The service is free and can include medical information, special conditions, home and work addresses, infor-
THE WOODLANDS The Woodlands Township board of trustees reviewed its hurricane season emergency procedures in June, introducing several new elements ocials said could improve emergency response in the coming season. This year’s hurricane season is expected to be average with about storms generated in the Gulf of Mexico, said Jason Washington, battalion chief for The Woodlands Fire Department. That could include two to four major hurricanes, he said. Residents can sign up for emer- gency noti cations on the township website. Local resources include two high-water vehicles, two evacuation boats and four Zodiac brand in atable boats. The Woodlands Fire Department sets an emergency action plan into motion hours before landfall, Washington said. New community resources in the
The Woodlands Fire Department recommends residents have a disaster-preparedness kit for hurricane season, including:
Nonperishable food and 1 gallon of water per day A battery-pow- ered radio and flashlights
Full gas tanks
Medicine
Extra cash
Fire extin- guisher
A portable or solar-powered USB charger for phones
SOURCE:THEWOODLANDSFIREDEPARTMENT/ COMMUNITY IMPACTNEWSPAPER
mation about pets, access information and emergency contacts. Residents are encouraged to enroll in the service, he said. Rave Prepare, another new service, is a vulnerable-needs registry that allows emergency services to pull up information about residents within a chosen geographic area who have
registered information about their needs, Washington said. “This area is still prone to structural ooding,” said Director Bruce Rieser, who is also chairman of the township’s drainage task force. “There is no short-term solution to ooding along Spring Creek.”
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