City of Lampasas Newsletter
 
May 2013
  
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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


HannaPool  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.

  
2013 EARLY VOTING-CITY COUNCIL ELECTION

Early voting by personal appearance will be conducted each weekday at the Elections Administration Office 407 S Pecan between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00p.m. beginning April 29, 2013 and ending May 7, 2013.  

 

Tuesday April 30th and Monday May 6th extended hours are available for early voting from 7:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m.

 

Applications for ballot by mail shall be mailed to:

Randall McGuire, Elections Administration

407 S Pecan, Lampasas, Texas 76550

 

 

2013 CITY COUNCIL ELECTION
 

The City of Lampasas is holding a General Election for the purpose of electing Mayor and City Council members.

 

Election Day Voting-May 11, 2013 7:00 a.m. to 7:00p.m.

New Convenant Church

1604 Central Texas Expressway

Lampasas, Texas 76550

 

Mayor: (Expired Term)

Jerry Grayson - incumbent

James Finley - opponent

 

 Place 1: (Expired Term)

Wesley Alexander - incumbent

Wanda Bierschwale - opponent

 

Place 2: (Expired Term)

Christian Toups

 

Place 6: (Expired Term)

Chris Harrison - incumbent

 

EVENTS

   

Adult Softball Spring League: Lampasas Adult Softball Association has sanctioned with USSSA for the upcoming leagues and tournaments. www.lonestarsoftball.com . Any teams interested in Spring League contact Misti Talbert at 512-734-2107 or Rex Bumpus at 512-734-1204.

 

May 1: "Batman" story time at the Library at 10am. Contact Library 556-3251.

 

May 1: Jr. High District Round 1 Tournament. Contact Golf Pro Shop 556-3202.

 

May 5: Lampasas High School Fund Raiser Tournament. Contact Golf Pro Shop 556-3202.

 

May 9: FREE Extreme Couponing Class, 6pm at the Library.

 

May 11: "Jack Reacher" showing, 2pm at the Library

  

May 13: Jr. High District Round 2 Tournament. Contact Golf Pro Shop 556-3202.

 

May 15: "Superheroes" story time,10am at the Library.  

 

May 20: Summer Reading Club registration begins. (Summer Reading Club begins June 3rd)

 

May 25-27: Annual A.C. January Memorial Day Tournament. Contact Golf Pro Shop 556-3202.

 

May 25: (Tenative) Hancock & Hanna Springs Pool Open Noon-7pm. Contact Amy 734-1315

 

May 26: (Tenative) Hancock & Hanna Springs Pool Open 1-6pm.

Contact Amy 734-1315 

 

May 27: (Tenative) Hancock & Hanna Springs Pool Open Noon-7pm. Contact Amy 734-1315

 

May 27: City offices and Library closed due to Memorial Day Holiday.

 

May 29: "Birds" story time, 10am at the Library.  

 

May 30: Last day of school for LISD.

 

May 31: LHS Graduation 7:30pm

 

 

 

MAY 2013 MEETINGS

 

May 2: 

Planning & Zoning 

6:00 p.m. (tentative)

 

May 8:

Airport Board

6:00 p.m. (tentative)

 

May 13:

Workshop & Council

5:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

 
May 15:

Lampasas Economic Development Corporation (LEDC)

5:30 p.m.

 

May 16:

Parks Board

6:00 p.m. (tentative)

 

May 21:

Zoning Board of Adjustments

7:00 p.m. (tentative)

 

May 28:

Workshop & Council

5:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

 
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/ .

 

Can You Be Located In An Emergency? The owner of every house or building within the City is required to have a house number placed theron that is readily visible from the public right-of-way on which the structure fronts or faces. The numbers shall be a minimum of three inches in height and contrast with the background on which they are placed, made of material that will not tarnish, corrode or deteriorate unreasonably. Not only will this assist emergency personnel but the US Postal service as well.