New EMS Station in Schulenburg?
Fayette County EMS is exploring the idea of building an new EMS station just outside the Schulenburg city limits.
It addition to the station, the facility would include a treatment room for public health service efforts.
EMS director Josh Vandever told the court the project could be accomplished for about $350,000. Vandever described the would-be facility as being “a house with hard surfaces and a really big garage ... a place where a EMS crew could be comfortable for 48 hours (on their shift).”
Vandever said the City of Schulenburg was approached about partnering on the project but said they could not financially do so at this time – so the project would be targeted for outside the city limits because that would be cheaper.
What the Frack
A representative from Ironroc Energy Partners was really raked over the coals by the commissioners Thursday related to his company’s request for lay temporary water lines in the right of way along several roads in Pct. 1.
The purpose of the water lines is to transport brackish/recycled water six miles from a storage pit in Lee County to oil fracking operations in Fayette County.
The commissioners were very concerned about the potential for environmental disasters if those water lines leaked.
“I’m completely against this,” Drew Brossman said.
“I’m all for this kind of activity in our county but it has to be on our terms,” Weber said.
Commissioner Jason McBroom objected to Ironroc’s painting of this plan as “environmentally friendly” and said he would like to see one of two solutions:
• Ironroc use only fresh water through the lines with stiff penalties (he suggested $100,000 per day) if they were caught sending brackish water through the lines.
• Ironroc significantly up ping their insurance coverage (by millions of dollars) if they decided to transport the brackish water through Fayette County.
The Ironroc representative said the recycled water storage pit plan they have been using in Lee County has not worked out like they planned, and is not something they plan to do again (though they are now left with the issues of what to do with that brackish water.) If his company doesn’t get permission to use the brackish water, they would just use fresh water for the Fayette County fracking, he said. The commissioners planned
The commissioners planned to hold a special meeting this week to finalize a plan with Ironroc, after the company had time to look at their insurance policy options.
Childhood cancer month
The commissioners proclaimed September as “Childhood Cancer Awareness Month” and voted to allow Jackie Wessels to place a single gold ribbon on an oak tree on the Courthouse lawn as a visible reminder of the lives Childhood Cancer has impacted.