Thursday, February 25, 2021
The San Marcos City Council voted unanimously to grant a temporary waiver of permit fees for plumbing repairs to damages from last week’s winter storm.
“We believe that is going to be very beneficial for our residents that are faced with some very unprecedented and very challenging repairs in businesses and homes,” City Manager Bert Lumbreras said.
In other business, the councilmembers approved a resolution expressing support for exploring the possibility of establishing an Indigenous Cultures Center in collaboration with the Indigenous Cultures Institute. The motion passed 5-2 with Councilmembers Mark Gleason and Saul Gonzalez voting no.
Daniella Dakota Rodriguez dances in a fancy shawl competition at the Indigenous Cultures Institute s Sacred Springs Powwow, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in San Marcos. Star file photo
The San Marcos City Council approved a resolution in support of the possible establishment of an Indigenous culture center at its meeting on Feb. 24.Â
The resolution proposes the possibility of the Indigenous Cultures Institute and the city co-applying for Hays County Parks and Open Space Bond funding and for city property to be used for the project. At this time, the approval of the resolution does not commit the city to provide any funding or land and only supports the Indigenous Cultures Institute as it pursues funding with Hays County.
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Hays County offices will remain closed for the rest of the week due to inclement weather, and COVID-19 vaccinations scheduled for this week will be moved to next week.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has also entered emergency conditions and initiated rotating outages in the early hours of Feb. 14 due to extreme demand, an ERCOT news release said. Every grid operator and every electric company is fighting to restore power right now, said ERCOT President and CEO Bill Magness in the release.
ERCOT, which manages the flow of electricity to more than 26 million Texans, also said rotating outages could be initiated until the winter weather emergency ends.
Statewide ERCOT rolling power outages have begun. SMEU customers are broken into 5 groups across SM and each group should expect to experience periodic outages. Power has been returning in about an hour or less. To report power being off past an hour please call 512.393.8313.