4 election; heard the city managera s report from Brad Stafford accepted awards from Keep Texas Beautiful, presented by Keep Navasota Beautiful committee representatives recognizing Navasota for one second and two third-place awards from the state; approved the first reading, with changes, of an ordinance regulating manufactured homes, mobile homes and recreational vehicles approved, with changes, the first reading of an ordinance furnishing water, gas, sewage, garbage and utility services within the city; voted to accept agreements from Navasota Industrial District tenants, once all are signed and delivered voted to purchase a new Crimson Fire pumper truck from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc.
Abitibi-Consolidated will collect and weigh the recycled materials and directly pay the local affiliates of Keep Texas Beautiful based on the company's per-weight pay scale.
TEL has invested heavily in the Austin, Texas, community through community-oriented programs such as: --Computer equipment donations to local independent school districts --Employee time donations to deliver food to the elderly in need --Environmental protection program support as a two-time winner of Keep Austin Beautiful and a winner of a Keep Texas Beautiful award --Mentoring of school age children in school and work environments --Donations to the Red Cross for major disasters such as Hurricanes Katrina & Rita, the tsunami of 2005 that affected Thailand, India and other Asian countries and the Chuetsu earthquake in Japan.
According to TxDOT, Adopt-a-Highway, Don't Mess with Texas, and Keep Texas Beautiful programs are credited with saving the state between $2 million and $4 million annually in litter removal expenditures.
In addition to instilling pride in the community, the Adopt-a-Highway program reduces litter cleanup costs and thereby saves taxpayers money," said Howdeshell, adding that Adopt-a-Highway, Don't Mess with Texas, and Keep Texas Beautiful programs are credited with saving the state between $2 million and $4 million annually in litter removal expenditures.
Gulf States Toyota and the student groups join other Partners including Coca-Cola Bottling Companies-Texas, Dairy Queen, H-E-B Grocery, Keep Texas Beautiful, McCoy's Building Supply Centers, Sonic and Texas Disposal Systems.
