Killeen City Council is expected to vote on whether to enter into a contract with an Austin law firm to perform redistricting services for the city.
The matter will be discussed during a regularly scheduled council meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall, according to the agenda for the meeting.
A vote on the resolution was postponed last week until further clarification could be provided to some members of council.
The council is considering entering into an Interlocal Copperation Contract with Austin-based law firm Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP. to provide redistricting services for the cityâs voting districts. The agency will determine if Killeenâs voting districts are unbalanced during an initial assessment. If they are out of balance, the law firm will work with city officials and staff to redevelop a redistricting process that keeps it in compliance.
Longtime Belton journalist and historian Berneta Peeples died Sunday at a Belton nursing home at age 103.
A July 29, 2001, Telegram story described how Peeples, then 83, was named the Central Texas Workforce Areaâs 2001 Outstanding Older Worker for a seven-county area and honored by the Bell County Commissioners Court.
âOur 27-member board gave her a standing ovation,â said Susan Kamas, executive director for the Central Texas Workforce Development Board.
Peeples began working at the Belton Journal as a âcub reporterâ when she was just 13 and on and off continued her reporting duties there into her mid-90s.
Her longevity drew recognition from The Dallas Morning News, which featured her in an article the Telegram picked up on Nov. 7, 2013.
BELTON â Construction for Bell Countyâs upcoming jail expansion is a step closer to starting following the hiring of a firm to manage the project.
Sedalco Construction Services was awarded the construction manager at risk services position for the project following a series of interviews. The vote by the Bell County Commissioners Court vote was unanimous Tuesday,
The company will help determine the cost of the jail project and manage its construction, working in the countyâs best interest to keep the project going and on budget. Commissioners estimate the project will cost between $90 million and $100 million.
Commissioner Bill Schumann, who was on the committee that put forward Sedalco, said the company stood out among the four that were interviewed.
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The Bell County Commissioners Court could call for a local option liquor election during its meeting on Tuesday for Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 in Bell County â ballots that would decide the legality of alcoholic beverage sales, including mixed beverages, within the region.
If given the OK by commissioners, a Nov. 2 election would be held for Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 voters.
The precinct â which includes all of northeastern Bell County â also extends south to the Little River, up north until it hits FM 93 with the western border being sections of State Highway 317, Shallow Ford Road, South Kegley Road and Airport Trail.