Brownwood City Council passed an ordinance cancelling the May 14th, 2011 General Election and received the Certification of Unopposed Candidates by the City Secretary Tuesday.

Christi Wynn, City Secretary of Brownwood, certified that no write-in candidates were declared and following candidates remained unopposed:

• Eddie Watson, Councilman Ward 2
• Carl McMillan, Councilman Ward 3
• Jerry DeHay, Councilman Ward 5

In other matters on Tuesday’s Brownwood City Council agenda:

*An ordinance was passed on second and third/final readings establishing no parking for Looney from McCulley Street to West Commerce along the east side.  This is due to the construction of new curb and guttering along the construction site of the AT&T store being built beside Walgreens.

*Council passed an ordinance on second and third/final readings establishing no parking along Malone Street.

*An ordinance was passed on first reading establishing a handicap parking space and parallel parking along the 200 block of N. Broadway between N. Main Street and N. Center Avenue. 

*Director of Finance Walter Middleton gave the budgetary report in which he noted that the city is doing better this year than last year on days of operational money; however this was due to less people having to pay their property taxes after the deadline this year as compared to last year.  Middleton also reported that water sales are still up due to the lack of rain in the area.

*It was reported that the Brownwood Fire Department recently received a grant for an air refill system. 

*Council toured the new Health Department Emergency Response Trailer, which was secured through State of Texas discretionary grant funding.  For more information, click here. 

*Grant funding of $500 was received for City Secretary Christi Wynn’s education expenses.

*City Manager Bobby Rountree encouraged those attending the council meeting to attend the TYC Open Forum meeting at Brownwood High School this Saturday.   Mayor Stephen Haynes along with other civic leaders will be addressing the Texas Youth Commission regarding the importance of the Ron Jackson Correctional Facility to Brownwood.  Rountree expressed the importance of citizens’ presence to show TYC that Brownwood supports the Ron Jackson Facility. 

“I encourage all of you to support the Ron Jackson Unit,” stated Rountree.  “We need to keep all the employees here in Brownwood that we can.”

 417 jobs are currently provided through this facility’s existence in Brownwood.  Click here for more information.