Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton
During the May 21 Payne Springs City Council meeting, Henderson County Precinct 2 Commissioner Scott Tuley discusses road work proposed to be provided by his precinct.

Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton
Payne Springs City Council approved during their May 21 meeting to sell city-owned equipment, specifically a green tanker (right) and a big roller (far left).

PAYNE SPRINGS–Payne Springs City Council voted May 21 to approve a revised interlocal agreement with Henderson County’s Precinct 2, the latter of which would provide labor and equipment to repave city portions of Frazier Lane and Double Bridge Road.
That precinct’s commissioner, Scott Tuley, informed the council that they’d need to cut a check worth $11,887.50 to present to commissioners’ court before the county would approve their end of the deal. That money includes needed excess emulsion that Precinct 2 would provide from their own stock, costing $9,510, according to Tuley.
All told, the cost of repaving two miles of those roads in the Payne Springs city limits would cost $46,000, calculated Mayor Andrea Miller. She said the city had budgeted for about half that. The mayor remarked that while the project is necessary, the city wants to scrutinize its finances first. Therefore, the council approved the agreement, adding a stipulation of “pending financial evaluation.”
The council also approved the final plat for the Sunrise Harbor subdivision, which City Secretary Beth Billings told members includes an added easement for Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative, which changed previous measurements.
Miller called the subdivision, which is being built off County Road 2530, “a very beautiful piece of property out there.”
In other business, the council:
• Approved replatting property at County Roads 2852 and 2854, which Billings said means splitting six acres in two, forming three-acre lots.
• Discussed what the agenda calls “needed work” for the planned city impound lot next to city hall, tabling the issue based on not having correct bid sheets.
• Approved selling city-owned equipment, namely a green tanker and a big roller.