City of Lampasas Newsletter
 
January 2013
  
GET CONNECTED TO CITY SERVICES

 

Tune In To KACQ:
Wednesdays/ 101.9 FM 8:00 a.m. to listen to City Manager Finley deGraffenried    

                      

 

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www.cityoflampasas.com

E-mail Us At:
info@cityoflampasas.com

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(View agendas/minutes, employment, utility rates and ordinances)


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.

 
VOLUNTARY WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES

  

Due to drought conditions and reduced levels of water in Stillhouse Hollow Lake, which serves as the City's raw water reservoir, the City of Lampasas is still at voluntary water conservation measures. Brazos River Authority has requested that water usage be reduced five percent (5%). Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

 

HOLIDAY WASTE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE
 

The Week of 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.

 

JANUARY 2013 MEETINGS

 

January   3         Planning & Zoning         6:00 p.m. (tentative)

 

January  9          Airport Board                6:00 p.m. (tentative)

 

January 14         Workshop & Council      5:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. 

  

January 15         ZBA                             7:00 p.m. (tentative)

January 16         LEDC                           5:30 p.m.

January 17         Parks                           6:00 p.m. (tentative) 

 

January 28        Workshop & Council       5:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

  

FIRE DEPARTMENT REMINDER
 
Please be advised that fireworks are illegal inside the city limits of Lampasas. Please keep your celebrations safe!  
  
CITY SECRETARY RETIRES
 
A farewell to City Secretary/asst. City Manager Stacy Brack. We appreciate all of your dedicated efforts and time for the City of Lampasas (24 years). We will miss you greatly! Reception on December 26th at City Hall. Time to be announced. Contact City Hall 556-6831.
  
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR RETIRES
   
A farewell to Public Works Director, Randy Clark. We appreciate all of your dedicated efforts and time for the City of Lampasas (27 years). We will miss you greatly! Reception on January 4th from 2pm-3pm at City Hall. Time to be announced. Contact City Hall 556-6831.
  
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.

 

January 1: City offices & Library closed in observance of New Years.

  

January 9: "Dinosaurs" Story Time at the Library at 10am. Contact Library 556-3251.

 

January 14: Chicken & Dumplings lunch (tickets go on sale January 2). Contact  Library 556-3251.

 

January 19: Local Authors Fest from 10am-1pm. Contact Library 556-3251.

 

January 21: City offices and Libary will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Day.

 

January 23: "Chinese New Year" Story Time at the Library at 10am. Contact Library 556-3251.

  

 
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 photocontest@cityoflampasas.com . 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/ .
 

 

City Manager Radio Show: Tune into KACQ Wednesdays 101.9 FM 8:00 a.m. to listen to City Manager Finley deGraffenried discuss City issues. If you miss the radio show, please visit the city website www.cityoflampasas.com to listen to the weekly recorded show.