Notice of the Meeting of the Commissioners Court of Bell County, Texas, for
January 08, 2007

Notice is hereby given that a regular meeting of the above named Court will be held at 9:00 a.m., January 08, 2007, with the meeting to be held in the COMMISSIONERS' COURTROOM, at the Bell County Courthouse 101 Central Avenue, Belton, Texas, to begin on  January 08, 2007, at 9:00 a.m. and continue thereafter until such business of the Court has been completed in accordance with Article 81.005 of the Local Government Code of the State of Texas.  The following items of business will be discussed, to-wit:

1. Consider approval of minutes of January 2, 2007.

2. County Engineer

1. Conduct Public Hearing and consider approval of the following Traffic Control Devices:
   
   

   1. Install 30 MPH speed limit on Bay Drive and Harbor Drive, Lakeaire Subdivision;

   2. Install 35 MPH speed limit on Shanklin Lane;

   3. Install 50 MPH speed limit on Blackberry Road from F.M. 2268 to Royal Street;

   4. Install 45 MPH speed limit on Blackberry Road from Royal Street to 0.6 miles north;

   5. Install 45 MPH speed limit on Blackberry Road from 0.4 miles south of Sulphur Wells Road to Sulphur Wells Road;

   6. Install 45 MPH speed limit on E. Amity Road from Sulphur Wells Road to 0.1 miles west of entrance to Heritage Subdivision;

   7. Install 50 MPH speed limit on E. Amity Road from IH-35 Service Road to 0.1 miles west of the entrance to Heritage Subdivision.

2. Consider acceptance of Right of Way on East Hillyard Road.

3. Consider granting variance to the Bell County Subdivision Regulations for Gerald and Delores Inman for the subdivision of property off of F.M. 2482, in the M.M. Mitchell and T.R. Branscum Surveys, A-1198 and A-147, respectively.

4. Consider Final Approval of the Plat for Dove's Landing II, a One-Lot, 0.892 Acre Subdivision fronting on Royal Street.

3. Consider annual appointment of Bell County representative to the Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) of the Central Texas Council of Governments.

4. Recognize and Present Certificate of Appreciation to TXU Energy for the $175,000.00 in donations and corporate matching funds given to the Temple and Killeen HELP Centers to assist needy families with utility expenses in 2006.

5. Consider approval for the Temple and Killeen HELP Centers to apply for Temporary Emergency Relief Funds (TERF) from the Emergency Food & Shelter National Board for public assistance funds for the Centers.   

6. Consider presentation of the Second Annual Wilroy Pitrucha Award by District Attorney Henry Garza to an outstanding detective or investigator in Bell County that has demonstrated excellence in criminal investigations. 

7. Personnel.

8. Claims.