City of Horseshoe Bay

 

 

Fri
24
Apr

Horseshoe Bay firefighters develop quick sanitation method

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Nathan Hendrix/The Highlander
Horseshoe Bay firefighter Aaron Stewart and Lt. Jacob Esquivel are crew members who helped design and create the portable decontamination tool now being used by the department for sanitizing equipment as small as travel cases and as large as entire vehicles.

 

 

 

 

By Nathan Hendrix
Staff Writer

Necessity is the mother of invention, and in the age of COVID-19, the need for sanitation and decontamination is at an all-time high.

Concerns about surfaces that may transmit the virus motivated the firefighters with the Horseshoe Bay Fire Department to get creative with their methods for cleaning equipment. Using examples from other fire departments around the country, the first responders turned a standard oxygen tank into a germ-removing spray gun. …

Mon
27
Jan

Horseshoe Bay will replace FD breathing apparatuses

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Contributed/Horseshoe Bay Fire Rescue
The community's fire agency participates in periodic training with self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBA) gear. The agency will soon be able to do so with brand new gear funded by the city.

 

 

 

 

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

The city of Horseshoe Bay will purchase new self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBA) for Horseshoe Bay Fire Rescue for $107,000 to take care of a critical equipment need in response to a request made earlier this month by Fire Chief Brent Batla.

Batla said the new air bottles and air packs will be paid for using money taken from the capital budget for a new fire rescue boat. The majority of SCBA within the department will be reaching their mandated end-of-life between this fiscal year and next, Batla said. …

Fri
24
Jan

Horseshoe Bay will save $421K by refunding bonds

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

A move by the Horseshoe Bay City Council to issue and sell general obligation refunding bonds will save the city more than $400,000 in interest for the remaining life of the bonds, the city's financial advisor said at Tuesday's regular meeting.

Council members agreed to refund $5.83 million in combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation issued in 2011 and replace them with $5.405 million in general obligation refunding bonds when the original bonds hit their callable date on Feb. 15. …

Fri
24
Jan

Horseshoe Bay's historic Fuchs House goes on the market

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Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
The historic Conrad Fuchs House, pictured above, will be placed on the market and sold by the City of Horseshoe Bay, ending the city's attempt to restore the oldest existing structure in the community.

 

 

 

 

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

For nearly seven years, the City of Horseshoe Bay has tried to preserve the historic Conrad Fuchs House, but the task proved daunting in terms of the time and money needed to complete the project.

Fri
08
Nov

Cynthia Clinesmith elected Horseshoe Bay mayor

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

Horseshoe Bay City Councilmember Cynthia Clinesmith was elected the city's third mayor during the Tuesday, Nov. 5, general election, according to complete but uncanvassed returns.

Tue
22
Oct

Horseshoe Bay officials decry new construction law's impact

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

Horseshoe Bay city officials and Property Owners Association representatives expressed frustration with a new state law they say removes the city's authority to set more stringent community building standards.

Tue
22
Oct

Batla named new Horseshoe Bay fire chief

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Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
Brent Batla was unanimously named the city's next fire chief during the Oct. 15 Horseshoe Bay City Council meeting.

 

 

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

The new Horseshoe Bay fire chief is no stranger to towns which straddle a county line, and no stranger to Horseshoe Bay, either.

Brent Batla was unanimously named the city's next fire chief during the Oct. 15 Horseshoe Bay City Council meeting.

Tue
22
Oct

Horseshoe Bay and Cottonwood Shores extend wastewater agreement

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

Cottonwood Shores will continue to rely on Horseshoe Bay for wastewater treatment services for the foreseeable future under an agreement reached Tuesday, Oct. 15.

Fri
18
Oct

Horseshoe Bay renames RM 2147 for outgoing Mayor Steve Jordan

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Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander

Horseshoe Bay Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Gary, left, congratulates Mayor Steve Jordan after the city council voted unanimously Oct. 15 to name Ranch to Market Road 2147 from Ferguson Road to Texas 71 after Jordan, who championed the widening of the roadway during his tuenure in office. The council also appointed a new fire chief, Brent Batla. For these stories,see the Tuesday, Oct. 22 edition of The Highlander.

Tue
08
Oct

Horseshoe Bay mayoral condidates tout qualifications at forum

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Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
Moderator Doug Sanders, left, stands ready to ask a question as Horseshoe Bay mayoral candidates Reagan Lambert and Cynthia Clinesmith address voters at a candidate forum Thursday, Oct. 3, at them Horseshoe Bay Resort Yacht Club Ballroom.

 

 

 

 

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

A full house of more than 300 people listened intently as the Horseshoe Bay mayoral Cynthia Clinesmith and Reagan Lambert laid out their cases to be elected Thursday at the Horseshoe Bay Yacht Club Ballroom.

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