Old-Fashioned liquor license agets the green light

The Haxtun Town Council acted on a special events liquor permit for Old-Fashioned Saturday Night and approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Phillips County Clerk for November elections during July's monthly meeting on the 1st. The Council met at the Town Hall in a short, 40-minute mid-summer meeting.

With the exception of Council Member Bob Coinek, who was absent, a nearly full board reviewed documents submitted by the Haxtun Chamber of Commerce for a special events liquor permit for Old-Fashioned Saturday Night. The event, slated for July 20, will again feature a beer garden, to be located in the 100 block of West Fletcher Street.

Hearing no public comment during the public hearing, and receiving none in writing, the Council voted, by roll call, to approve the permit request for the 37th annual event.

Later, council members discussed an IGA with the Phillips County Clerk to host municipal elections on Nov. 5. The Haxtun Town Council will have three seats open including those currently held by Ryan Horton, Tana Pope and Jon Brammer. Each seat is up for a four-year term.

Those interested in running for a seat on the Haxtun Town Council can pick up nomination packets at the town hall on Aug. 6.

Before moving onto discussion items, the Council approved a purchasing and scheduling services contract with the Western Area Power Administration. According to Superintendent Ron Carpenter, the contract reflects exactly how the Town of Haxtun has partnered with WAPA for power for many years. The organization is now asking for the information to be spelled out in contract form.

"This guarantees we are going to have 100 percent of our power needs met and WAPA will make sure of that," Carpenter added. The motion to approve the contact was done so unanimously.

In his report to the Council, Carpenter said the company who assisted with pool construction would be on site this week to fix some minor issues like installing an added set of stairs, fixing a bubbler that isn't working, installing a rubber pad under a slide in the toddler pool and performing a leak test.

Carpenter also noted that he ordered truck route signs and is waiting for those to come in and his crew plans to begin spraying for mosquitoes once a newly purchased sprayer is in. He said the old sprayer, which lasted over 20 years, recently died and he purchased a new one for $4,000. "It should be here this week," he said.

In other business:

• The Council updated the public records policy and procedures policy to reflect fee schedule changes per the State.