Farr West

FARR WEST - Councilman Lee Dickemore has been appointed chair of a committee that will review planning commission applicants. Dickemore said he would conduct the committee meetings, but would not vote on the planning commission applicants as part of the committee.

FARR WEST -- The new sewer plant is ready to start running, according to Councilman Tom Burkland.

Burkland said the only things left to complete on the $150 million project is landscaping and sidewalks.

FARR WEST -- Scouring through the city municipal code and searching for various fees is like a treasure hunt, said Planning Commissioner Lou Best.

There has to be a more user-friendly way for the fees to be located, Best said.

For this reason, the planning commission has been working on a new fee schedule. The commission hoped to extract all the fees from the code and put them together in one place, then create a fee schedule, thereby making it much easier to locate fees.

FARR WEST — City employees here will each receive a $700 refund thanks to a refund the city received from its health insurance provider, Public Employees Health Plan.

In addition, the city council agreed to also reward each employee with a $300 bonus because of their frugal use of health care benefits. Each of the six Farr West full-time employees will receive $1,000. Council members voted unanimously to approve the refund and bonus.

Councilman Paul Dinsdale said things are lining up for the city’s Fourth of July celebration. He said there will be a golf tournament and Remuda golf course is on board with it.

He also said the breakfast has been arranged as well as the fireworks and the arrangements for a volleyball tournament is in the works.

“We are making progress,” said Dinsdale.

FARR WEST — Councilman Tim Shupe was recently appointed mayor pro tempore and will act as mayor at any time that Mayor Jimmie Papageorge is unable to perform his duties.

Council meetings have been changed to 7 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month.

Meetings have been held the first and third Wednesday of the month.

The change was made because a council member has a conflict with the Wednesday meeting times.

Council members unanimously approved the change.

The first meeting on the new schedule will be held on Feb. 2.