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Kerens Community Development Committee President Jennifer Combs (standing) shows Kerens City Council member Greg Allen plans to build a park in the city that she says would be completely accessible for people with disabilities, and which would bring people to the city.
KERENS–Kerens City Council voted Feb. 7 to order a May 6 election to fill two council seats and the mayoral position.
Those council seats are held currently by Bryant Jennings and Darren Lane, both of whom have signed up for re-election, according to City Administrator Katherine Combs. Jeffrey Saunders has put his name in the hat for another term as Kerens mayor, Combs added.
The last day to sign up for the election was Feb. 17and if no other candidates sought office, the election would be cancelled, the city administrator told council.
KERENS–Kerens City Council adopted an Oct. 11 resolution denying Oncor Electric Delivery Company’s application to increase rates. The resolution also seeks to reimburse the alliance of cities to which Kerens belongs for rate case expenses.
Kerens is a municipality in Oncor’s service area that has not ceded jurisdiction to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and has exclusive original jurisdiction over the rates, operations and services of Oncor, pursuant to the Texas Public Utility Regulatory Act.
KERENS–Kerens City Council voted Sept. 6 to change the zoning of land in the northeast part of town from single-family homes to manufactured homes, further clearing the way for a proposed manufactured home park named Richland Gardens to be built.
Of the five council members, three voted for the rezoning, while two other members abstained. During a public hearing that lasted nearly an hour, three landowners who own property adjacent to the proposed manufactured home park spoke against rezoning the property.
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Octa Homes Business Manager Anzer Husain (left) and Octa Homes Executive Director Mayer Husain show changes to plans for a new manufactured home park to Kerens City Council Aug. 9.
