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Hamilton County Hospital District board met for Friday to consider bids for a specialty clinic and update the Family Practice Associates contract and nurse staffing plan.

“We need help,” said longtime local Salvation Army organizer Sharla Wenzel.

HJH back to school dance Friday

New landowners learned the dos and don’ts in Hamilton County during last Friday’s HC Farm Bureau and Texas A&M AgriLife seminar in the Family Life Center at the St. John Lutheran Church.

Hamilton Municipal Pool’s last day of summer will this Friday, and it will be free thanks to First United Methodist Church..

Partain to speak at SCV

United Care gives out boxes to registered clients on the first Tuesday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon. Produce is given out on the second Friday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon.

Last Thursday night, the City Council proposed a budget with streets utilities and airport as highlighted items. The proposed budget had an increase in General Fund revenue of 6.7 percent over last year. The proposed property tax rate for this budget would increase the tax rate from .4750 to .4777 based on the 2023 adjusted taxable value. The new taxable value is effectively proposed to increase revenue by 7% over the no new revenue rate for next year. In dollars, this proposed tax increase is a $31 per year increase on a house with a $100,000 taxable value. This 7% increase will help curb the negative effects of inflation on city expenditures. The proposed property tax will increase property tax revenue in the budget by 2.6% over last year’s budgeted property tax revenue. The increase in revenue helps battle inflation and increases the money to be spent in the street department.