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Lake Jackson council approves clinic switch, accepts TxDOT offer and advances school-zone ordinance; several other routine votes
Summary
The Lake Jackson City Council on July 7 approved several motions including switching the city employee clinic from the county program to Texas Health Benefits Next Level Prime, accepting TxDOT’s offer to buy 1.1043 acres at the Wilderness Golf Course frontage for $241,461, appointing a Traffic Commission member and advancing an ordinance to remove school traffic restrictions near Elizabeth Day Elementary School.
The Lake Jackson City Council on July 7 approved several motions including a move to opt out of the Brazoria County health clinic and enroll city employees in the Texas Health Benefits Next Level Prime option; accepted a TxDOT offer to acquire 1.1043 acres of Wilderness Golf Course frontage; appointed a member to the Traffic Commission; approved a nonprofit rental rate for Webb Schmidt (Gator) practice field; and gave first reading to an ordinance removing school traffic restrictions near Elizabeth Day Elementary School.
The votes and motions came during the council's regular session at City Hall. Council members made and seconded each motion on the record; most votes were taken by voice and recorded as carried without roll-call tallies.
The most consequential vote was the council's approval to leave the county clinic program and adopt the Next Level Prime option through Texas Health Benefits, a change staff said will expand clinic hours and clinic options available to employees and their…
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