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Kermit Council hears ESL class update, recognizes employees for lifesaving actions and reviews infrastructure reports
Summary
Hope Williams reported ESL classes filled 50 seats the first night and a waiting list was established; the council honored employees who attempted lifesaving actions at a crash scene, received updates on trash truck delivery and animal-shelter plans, and reviewed street, park and bulk water-station projects.
At the September meeting the Kermit City Council heard a community-services update and recognized city employees for emergency response efforts.
Hope Williams told the council that new ESL classes began the week of Monday, Sept. 15; 50 seats were allocated and reportedly filled on registration night, testing occurred on Sept. 8–11 and a waiting list has already formed. Williams said 20 students from last year returned and seven people have requested information about naturalization; she estimated up to $1,200 to prepare citizenship-packet submissions to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. She thanked local partners, volunteers and the city for providing classroom space.
The council presented recognitions to several city employees who, while preparing streets for a seal-coat, heard a cry for help and lifted a car to free a person pinned beneath it; those employees performed CPR until officers and EMS took over. Staff and council expressed appreciation for the employees' efforts; the injured person was later airlifted to another hospital and did not survive.
Staff also reported a new trash truck delivery scheduled for Sept. 24, plans to temporarily house animals at a Girl Scout building while demolishing the ACL building and building a replacement shelter (steel ordered, delivery mid-November), and that the bulk water station is operational with minor concrete work pending. Staff said the proposed budget increases seal coat funding to $250,000 next year and provided updates on a master park plan (Vess Park projected to open in June 2027) and asbestos-abatement bids for a nursing facility that are due soon.
Council members asked staff to draft a watering and maintenance plan for parks and cemetery and commended crews for street work ahead of community events.
