Black Hawk County Getting New Emergency Management Coordinator
Black Hawk County has completed its search for a new emergency management coordinator.
Mindy Benson will be taking has been named to replace Lorie Glover, who s retiring after 10 years. Benson will begin her duties as Black Hawk County s emergency management coordinator on March 22.
Bensen has served as Tama County s Emergency Management Coordinator for the past seven years. She has been involved in communications, preparedness, providing resources to local first responders, and has assisted in providing training requests from local community groups and first responders during her 20-year career in public safety.
“With her training, experiences, and hands-on responses, she has a great understanding of overall community and county preparedness” said Sheriff Tony Thompson, who serves as commission chairman.
A little over a week after officially becoming the interim chief of police for the city’s police department, Michael Cochran was officially sworn in as the interim chief Tuesday night in front of family, friends, and city council by City Judge Jay Cranmer.
Cochran previously worked for the Moffat County Sheriff’s Office as the Emergency Management Coordinator before coming over to the police department once again, having previously worked as a Craig detective from October 2018 to January 2020.
Following Cochran’s official swearing in, City Manager Peter Brixius stated that the city is pleased to have Cochran in this new role for the department.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
The Hays County Commissioners Court approved the creation of two new election precincts during its regular meeting Tuesday.
The commissioners court is required to review county election precinct boundaries to keep them in compliance, according to the Texas Election Code, which allows a maximum number of registered voters per precinct of 5,000.
The elections administration office found two precincts between Driftwood and Wimberley to be approaching that maximum.
Precinct 333 which had approximately 4,111 registered voters and Precinct 449 which had around 4,755, not including voters in suspense, have now been split into Precincts 320 with 1,760 registered voters, Precinct 333 with 2,440 registered voters, and Precinct 449 with 2,770 and Precinct 450 with 2,090. Voter registration changes daily so numbers reported will fluctuate daily.
March 10, 2021 - 00:00 Posted in:
LEFT: Colorado County Commissioners and County Judge, along with members of Appreciation for a Clean Environment (ACE). RIGHT: Becka Edminson of Turtle Wing Foundation and Colorado County Judge Ty Prause as Colorado County proclaimed April as Autism Aware
The Memorandum of Understand with Lavaca County for the COVID-19 Sub-Hub Vaccination Program was approved at the Mar. 8 Colorado County Commissioners Court.
Colorado County Office of Emergency Management Coordinator Charles “Chuck” Rogers said to date approximately 4.3 percent of the county’s population has been vaccinated.
In other court action:
- A proclamation was issued for Autism Awareness month in Colorado County for April. Turtle Wing Foundation Becka Edminson was in court to hear and accept the proclamation for Autism Awareness Month.