A 36-month lease for 13 new laptops for the Fort Stockton Police Department was approved on Monday at the Fort Stockton City Council meeting.
The city will use part of their remaining balance from the American Rescue Plan fund, which was at $166,000 before the lease agreement according to city manager Frank Rodriguez.
The laptops lease will cost $24,640 per year.
Rooney Park in Fort Stockton, Sheffield Park, and Iraan’s Alley Oop Park will be the three locations in Pecos County without any firework restriction on July 4.
The restriction was put in place due to the drought conditions in the county.
The Pecos County Commissioners Court approved a restriction at their regular meeting on June 13 for fireworks classified as “skyrockets with sticks” and “missiles with fins” in any portion of the unincorporated area of Pecos County.
June 6
Charles Massey El Jr., of Houston at 8:59 a.m., officers from the Department of Public Safety apprehended Massey El and he was charged with five counts of smuggling of persons. Massey El received bonds totaling $50,000 and is still in jail.
No one was injured in a fire that occurred at a residence near the intersection of Robin St. and Oriole Ln. on June 13 in Fort Stockton.
The flames totaled a trailer house, storage building, and travel trailer according to Fort Stockton Fire Department Chief Jessie Dominguez.
The fire was reported at 1:09 p.m. by a resident of the trailer and the FSFD had the fire put out by approximately 2 p.m. Temperatures were over 100 degrees and wind guests were over 15 miles per hour during the time of the fire.
Despite Bond Proposition A not passing during the May 7 election, the Fort Stockton Independent School District decided to move forward with $500,000 of improvements to get their Career and Technology Education (CTE) programs revived. The school district approved the withdrawal of the money from their fund balance at a special meeting on June 8.
