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Lytle officials question taxable value decrease posted

by Atascosa appraisal district

By Anton Riecher
City of Lytle finance officials expect an estimated $1.86 million in property tax revenue based on more than $279.8 million in preliminary taxable value anticipated to support the 2024-2025 city budget, City Administrator Zachary Meadows told the city council during a May 20 special session.
Meadows told the council that the $279.8 million is a conservative “low-end estimate” based on advance figures received from the Atascosa…

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Veterans honored at Natalia Memorial Day Ceremony

Story by Catherine Richard
As the evening fell this Sunday, May 26, the community honored fallen soldiers at the site of the Natalia Veterans Memorial Monument.
The community gathered in the thick summer heat to remember the sacrifices of Medina County’s veterans. Fallen soldiers were honored with a reading of names, a three-volley salute from the San Antonio Honor Guard and the playing of taps.
Councilwoman Ruby Vera was the first to take the podium, citing a quote from James A. Garfield’s address on…

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Lytle looks to upgrade buses

By Brianna Paredes
Devine News Intern
This report summarizes some of the actions taken by the Lytle School Board at its regular meeting, May 20, 2024 at 6:00 P.M. Jeremy Davenport, Bobby Duty, LeAnna Mask, Alan Brown, Bobby Sollock, Reagan Wagner were the 6 board members in attendance this evening.
District Fleet Inventory
Lytle School District is currently running 13 different routes every day through the utilization of 15 buses. However, some buses are reserved for short distances within district grounds. The board noted it’s in the district’s best interest to add a couple more new buses with plans to retire a few significantly aged busses though it’s not in the budget this year. It was noted that there are 6 buses on the road without seatbelts every day, due to…

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Lytle ISD

Discusses grants and quotes for large expenditures

By Brianna Paredes
Devine News Intern
At its regular meeting, May 20, the Lytle School Board considered and approved many expenditures and grants covering everything from safety initiatives to architecture on new bond projects.
Quote for Fencing Mesh from Pioneer
The COPS SVPP grant allows for a Fencing Mesh, which according to William Cross is “a mesh stream that applies to our existing chain link because some of our chain link.” Cross stated “this will make it non-scalable, so it will keep our facilities safe.” This will be arranged around the elementary, cafeteria, and the primary. Cross clarifies the purpose of the fencing as to “keep people out” of school grounds, where it can comparably be of use to also “keep students in”. Costs are estimated at $67,759. This motion was passed.
Quote from Flexile Systems
A multi-million dollar SAFE Cycle 1 grant will aide in network infrastructure, allowing for updating UCS servers, virtual servers, and battery backup. Considering it has been around five years since the last installation, conditions call for a replacement at the cost of $289,884.78. At this, Jeremy Davenport moves to approve the quote, Bobby Duty seconds, accepting the quote from…

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Devine

May 17
7:44AM – Officer dispatched to Covey Lane for mother and son verbal disturbance.
11:39AM – Officer dispatched to Bright Dr N for verbal disturbance between 2 males and a female. Male left female and female went to Foodmart and will call someone to pick her up.

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James Darling Smith

James Darling Smith, 94, passed away peacefully on May 21, 2024, in San Antonio, TX. J.D. Smith was born March 3, 1930, in San Antonio, TX to Paul D. and Helen Smith. The family moved to Natalia/Devine area where J.D. graduated from Devine High School Class of ‘48. He was active in FFA, various clubs, and sports. At the time, he was the only member of Devine’s Track and Field team and went to state in high jump. After graduating, J.D. attended Tarleton State University.

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