The Bastrop County Commissioners Court on Monday approved a 30-page COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan to help guide the county as it aims to inoculate residents against the virus.
The formal document, created by Bastrop County Health Authority Dr. Desmar Walkes, outlines how the county will help provide vaccines to the public.
“It’s quite an aggressive plan, but it’s getting off to a very good start,” Bastrop County Judge Paul Pape said. “We will provide the vaccine to everyone as soon as we can, as soon as available. That’s our mission and our goal and our objective.”
Earlier this month, Pape’s office announced a pre-registration process for local residents and those in nearby rural counties to sign up to receive the vaccine. That announcement, which came after Bastrop County had been designated as a vaccine distribution hub, also came with the stated goal of inoculating all county residents against COVID-19 within 90 days.
A final decision concerning a tax abatement proposal between Bastrop County and international renewable energy company RWE Renewables for a planned solar project won’t come until the new year after the Bastrop County Commissioners Court on Monday tabled the proposal.
The decision to table a possible tax abatement for RWE, which is proposing to build a $190 million solar project near Rosanky, until the next Commissioners Court meeting on Jan. 11 was a near formality for the court.
A tax abatement agreement for the county to review still hasn t been finalized with RWE, despite months of negotiations.
Since a final version of the proposed abatement doesn’t exist, Bastrop County Judge Paul Pape said from the start of Monday’s meeting the court didn’t intend to vote on the matter and would be tabling it.