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Committee approves $570,979 in Buffalo River conservation spending; $179,021 remains
Summary
The joint committee approved a staff recommendation allocating $250,000 to Jasper wastewater work and $570,979 for two unpaved roadside projects under the Buffalo River Conservation Committee, leaving a remaining balance of $179,021 from the $1 million appropriation.
The Senate Education and Public Health committee voted to approve spending recommended by the Buffalo River Conservation Committee, allocating $250,000 for the City of Jasper wastewater treatment work and $570,979 for two unpaved-roadside projects, leaving $179,021 unspent from the $1 million appropriation.
Representative West Ward, presenting the BRCC update, said the committee had refined proposals since an earlier June briefing and had identified internal alternatives to a previously proposed $150,000 septic replacement program. He said a proposed $100,000 Marble Falls item will be revisited after recent land-acquisition developments.
A motion to approve the expenditures was made, seconded and passed by voice vote. No roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript. The committee chair thanked the BRCC and encouraged members to review the site visits and recommendations.
The action was procedural approval of the committee’s funding recommendations; no statutory changes or new grant programs were created during the meeting.
