By Anton Riecher
An additional half million dollars has been earmarked for street improvement by the Devine City Council after disappointment earlier this month that a $496,0790 repair project approved by the council would include only four local streets.
District 3 Council Member Jeff Miller best expressed the unanimous support that the street proposal won from the council.
“You’re not going to get a ‘no’ out of me on doing additional streets,” he said. “That to me has to be a priority. Everybody wants better streets.”
Also during the Sept. 17 budget workshop and regular session, the council narrowly gave tentative approval to joining the Medina County Regional Water Alliance in promoting a massive aquifer storage and recovery project.
Also discussed were issues arising from the takeover of local building inspection by the Devine Fire Department. The city is transitioning to DFD handing inspections formerly handled solely by a third-party contractor known as Bureau Veritas.
Regarding the street project, the council earlier this month approved nearly…
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