Orange patrol officers will soon stop writing tickets. But violators won’t get away. The cops will have handheld electronic devices for citations.
The Orange City Council approved the play to spend $62,212 on eight handheld electronic ticket writers from Tyler Technology. Other law enforcement agencies, including the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Vidor Police Department, use similar devices.
The council this week also appointed to people to citizen advisory boards. David Derosier was assigned to the Board of Adjustments. He had served as an alternate on the board until the current vacancy opened. The board has five members and currently has all positions filled.
Alan Mesecher, who lives in the Old Orange Historic District, was appointed to the Historic Preservation Commission, which oversees construction and exterior work in the district. The commission has five seats and Mesecher is now the third member. Two vacancies on the board need filling.
Citizens who live in Orange and have no outstanding property taxes, are eligible to serve on city boards. Applications are available online through the city’s website or at the city secretary’s office in city hall.
The council voted to make a vacant lot at 1404 Burton Avenue in the Sheldon Addition as surplus city property. Public Works Director Jim Wolf said the lot is next to the city’s water plant and the land is not being used.
A person who owns property next to the lot wants to buy it and build a house, he said. The Orange Planning and Zoning Commission held a hearing on the land and agreed it could be surplus. The city will sell the lot through a bidding process.
No one spoke during a public hearing on rehabilitating the city’s Cove Water Tower at 1000 Levingston Street. The hearing was needed because the tower is in the 100-year flood plain.
The council also agreed to spend up to $31,000 for engineering and surveying services by Schaumberg and Polk for the work on the water tower.
-Margaret Toal, KOGT-
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