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County Commissioners back Spicewood EMS station

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The Burnet County Commissioners Court gathered for a year's end photograph at their meeting Tuesday, Dec. 20. Pictured, from left, are Jeanne Emerson, court coordinator; Bill Neve, outgoing Precinct 1 commissioner; Karen Lester, county auditor, Russell Graeter, Precinct 2 commissioner; Donna Klaeger, former county judge; County Judge James Oakley; Ronny Hibler, outgoing Precinct 3 commissioner; Joe Don Dockery, Precinct 4 commissioner; Janet Parket, county clerk, and Herb Darling, Environmental Services director. Republican Primary winners Jim Luther and Billy Wall will be sworn in to replace Neve and Hibler, respectively, at the courthouse at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 1.

 

 

By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

 

An emergency medical service (EMS) substation for Spicewood cleared another hurdle Tuesday, Dec. 20, when the Burnet County Commissioners Court approved a plat for the project.

The substation is proposed by the Burnet County Emergency Services District No. 9, created by voters in 2013 to channel ad valorem taxes into support of fire, rescue, first responder, emergency medical services, rural fire prevention and control services and other emergency services.

Byron Zinn, president of the ESD 9 Board of Commissioners, reported that 80 percent of all calls received by the Spicewood Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD)-EMS are medical in nature, when he made a presentation to the Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees in November.

Securing land from the MFISD was a big hurdle in the project that is expected to cost about $250,000 in construction.

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