Killeen City Council members are expected to vote on an interlocal contract for redistricting services and drainage improvements Tuesday, after several weeks of workshop discussions.
The items will be brought into consideration during a regularly scheduled meeting at 5 p.m. in the City Council Chambers in City Hall.
Council members have discussed the possibility of entering into an interlocal cooperation contract with Austin-based law firm Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta to perform redistricting services for the cityâs voting boundaries.
Services would include Bickerstaff conducting an initial assessment of the cityâs districts to determine if there is an imbalance. Should any be determined, the law firm would work with Killeen city staff to create a redistricting process that would allow for voting boundaries to be redrawn so they are in compliance with federal law. This would be used to help bring the districts into a âone person - one voteâ balance, accordi
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Backpack Buddies, an effort through Churches Touching Lives for Christ, is striving to provide about 1,300 Temple Independent School District students with school supplies and a new backpack for the upcoming school year.
However, Carol Lynch â who has been running Backpack Buddies for the past 16 years â said that figure is actually shy of the number of students in need.
âThe number in need is close to 2,000, but what we can realistically do through the sponsorship with the communityâs help is 1,300,â Lynch told the Telegram. âThereâs still a definite need ⦠but in the end itâs an amazing hand-in-hand effort.â