The hours and fees charged at the Orange County Landfill will revert during the last week of August to close what they were prior to Tropical Storm Harvey. The Commissioners Court approved on Tuesday to have the landfill to be open three days a week and to stop waiving the fees for use of the landfill.
Following Harvey, the landfill was open six days a week and all fees were waived. Beginning Monday, August 27, the landfill will be open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, which is actually one more day and a couple of hours more each day that it will be open to the public than it was before Harvey.
Orange County Citizens will need to purchase a $5 registration sticker as proof they live in the county and a $30 card which has squares that are taken off when the landfill is used. The larger the load dumped the more squares that are eliminated on the card. The sticker and the card can be purchased at either county tax office in Orange or Vidor and at the Convention and Expo Center in the Road and Bridge Office which operates the landfill for the county.
The Commissioners Court deleted a county office that has become superfluous following recent legislation. The Collections Department was used to collect fines and fees for various courts in the county, but legislation has eliminated the need for it to make those collections and allows the courts to do it themselves. The deleting of the Collections Department will be effective October 8.
County Judge Dean Crooks and the Commissioners were concerned about transferring the former director of the Collections Department Denisha Lowe to another job in the Courthouse. The Records Management Department has a position which is open. Lowe will be transferred to that department effective October 8 with just a change in classification from E-1 to NE-2, and she will keep her years of service with the county. The Commissioners Court thanked Records Management Director Regina Cameron and Lowe for their cooperation and working together to resolve the situation satisfactorily to everyone.
The contract with Bar-Z Mobile Development which will provide a communication and information app for the county was approved by the Court. The app costs the county $5,999 and will be free for citizens to download. It will provide information on emergency services especially during a disaster.
The Adult Probation Office was approved to add a position to oversee bond supervision for people released on bail. The new position will be classified as an NE-2 and will partly be paid by funds from Adult Probation.
Early voting for the November general election will start October 22 and continue to November 2. The hours for early voting will be 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with extended hours on Tuesdays, October 23 and October 30, from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Early voting locations will be the Orange Public Library, the Mauriceville Volunteer Fire Department, the Bridge City Public Works Building, and the Raymond Gould Community Center in Vidor. The general election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 6.
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