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Ward County enacts outdoor burn ban and sets Nov. 5 general election notice
Summary
At the Sept. 9, 2024 meeting the Commissioners' Court unanimously approved an outdoor burn ban and approved the Notice of General Election for Nov. 5, 2024; both actions were adopted without recorded opposition.
The Ward County Commissioners' Court voted unanimously on Sept. 9, 2024 to enact an outdoor burn ban, citing current conditions that prompted the restriction. The motion to approve the burn ban was made by Commissioner Eddie Nelms and seconded by Commissioner Dexter Nichols and was adopted by the four members present.
The Court also approved the Notice of General Election for the Nov. 5, 2024 general election on a motion by Commissioner Larry Hanna, seconded by Commissioner Eddie Nelms. The minutes record the Court's action to set the election notice but do not include further details about the races, polling places, or ballot provisions in the meeting record; election administration will follow statutory procedures outside the minutes.
