City of Lampasas Newsletter
 
December 2012
  
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FREQUENTLY CALLED NUMBERS
 

 

City Hall                556-6831 

 

Police Dept.          556-6235
 
Fire Dept.              556-3446

Library                  556-3251

Municipal Court    556-4909

Golf Course          556-3202

Public Utilities       556-3641

Public Works        556-8315

Parks Dept.           556-6812

Cemetery              556-8520

Animal Shelter      556-8586

 

Water Plant           556-3393

 

Hanna Pool           556-4048

 

Streets Dept.        556-2086
 
Elect. Dept.           556-3988

 

 

CITY COUNCIL
Mayor:
Jerry Grayson
 
Mayor Pro Tem:
Bradley Neely
 
Members:
Robert McCauley
T.J. Roberts
TJ Monroe
Chris Harrison
Wesley Alexander
 
Greetings!

 

The City of Lampasas E-Newsletter is filled with information about your local government, events and activities in the community.

 
FIRE DEPARTMENT REMINDER

 

 

The Lampasas Fire Department is asking for assistance for the 2012 "Red Christmas". All donations will be taken at the Lampasas Fire Department located at 408 South Main. Also "new" bikes and toys can be donated at the fire department. All donations are tax deductible and a receipt will be given.

 

The Lampasas Fire Department would like to also remind everyone to check your heating equipment and smoke detectors. The majority of house fires occur in the winter months.

 

HOLIDAY WASTE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE
 

The Week of Christmas and New Years, Waste Management will run on Monday, then be one day behind the remainder of the week. Tuesday will be on Wednesday, and Thursday will be on Friday and Friday's on Saturday.

 

DECEMBER 2012 MEETINGS

 

December   6  Planning & Zoning     6:00 p.m. (tentative)

 

December 10  Workshop & Council  5:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. 

 

December 12  Airport Board             6:00 p.m. (tentative)

 
December 18  ZBA                         7:00 p.m. (tentative)

December 19  LEDC                       5:30 p.m.(tentative)

December 20  Parks                       6:00 p.m. (tentative) 

  

EVENTS

 

 

McCoy Tree Trimming: Will start tree trimming at the end of December for the City of Lampasas and will be here for about 9 weeks. Areas will be door tagged before trimming is done in the area.

 

Tap Dance Classes: (Tuesdays) Intermediate Class at 5:30pm and Beginner Class at 6:00pm. Contact Beverly Jones 556-8405.

 

November 26-December 12: Children may drop off their letters to Santa, using the library's "Santa Postal" box. Contact Library 556-3251. 

 

December 1: Carol of Lights and Christmas Parade at the Courtyard Square. Contact Chamber 556-5172.

 

December 1: Kid Fish at WM Brook Park. Contact Micky 556-6831.

 

December 12: "Christmas" Story Time at the Library at 10am. Contact Library 556-3251. 

 

December 13: Wacky Slippers Day at the Library. Contact Library 556-3251. 

 

December 15: Santa's Village and Santa's Arrival at WM Brook Park from 4pm-6pm. Contact Micky 556-6831.

  

December 18: An evening with Santa & Mrs. Claus at the Library at 6pm. Contact Library 556-3251.

 

December 24-25: City offices and Libary will be closed for the holidays!.

 

 

CITY NEWS

 

Animals For Adoption: You may view our animals for adoption by visisting the City of Lampasas website www.cityoflampasas.com  or by visiting www.petango.com/lampasasanimalshelter.com .

 

Free Public Wi-Fi: Available at the Lampasas Public Library. Contact Library 556-3251.

 

Library Online Catalog: Check out the Library online catalog. When you log in, you can access your account,place reserves, and renew materials... all online, from the comfort of your home. Go to www.cityoflampasas.com/library and navigate to the online catalog. To log in, you will need your library card number and phone number. Questions? Contact Library 556-3251.

 

Photo-of-the-Month Contest: Enter our photo-of-the-month contest by visiting www.cityoflampasas.com for contest rules and emailing your photo to [email protected] . The City Council will announce the monthly winning photo at the first regular City Council meeting. Winners will receive a City of Lampasas insulated tumbler w/straw and posting of their photo on the web site.

 

First Call Emergency Notification System: In an effort to improve communication with the public, during emergency situations, the City of Lampasas is implementing the FirstCall Emergency Notification System. In the event of an emergency FirstCall will send alerts to you via phone, email, or text notifications.To be sure that all affected citizens of the city and county can be contacted, we are encouraging everyone to sign up for the FirstCall system by filling out the registration form found at http://alertregistration.com/LampasasTX/ .