City adopts dusk-to-dawn curfew for park

The Clarendon City Council adopted a new park curfew ordinance during their regular meeting last Thursday, May 9, at the Mulkey Theatre.

Following several acts of vandalism in recent months with damage done to the historic rock walls of Prospect Park, city officials felt it was necessary to take action to give law enforcement more tools to prevent further damage.

The ordinance which was unanimously approved sets a city park curfew from sunset to sunrise every day. No one is to be in a city park after dark.

Aldermen also approved a new rate schedule for the Citizens Convenience Center, commonly referred to as the recycling center. Those rates, which reflect a new fee item for non-resident use of the center, are published on page 7 of this week’s Enterprise.

Ken McIntosh was appointed to serve as Clarendon’s new representative to the Greenbelt Municipal & Industrial Water Authority Board. Alderman Eulaine McIntosh abstained on that motion.

The council considered a bid from Windstream for high-speed internet service at several city sites. Without any other bids to compare, the board voted to reject the bid and try again to get more bids.

Alderman Tommy Hill took the oath of office to start his new term, and Mayor Jacob Fangman presented a proclamation to Sheriff Butch Blackburn recognizing May 10-16 as Peace Officers Week and May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day.

In his administrator’s report, Brian Barboza updated the council on personnel and preparations for the aquatic center’s upcoming season. He reported a new tanker was added to the fire department fleet and said water lines had been marked downtown as part of the next downtown revitalization project. Rap material has been received from TxDOT and will be used to improve Front Street, Barboza said, and plans are being discussed to host a NewsChannel 10 Summer Celebration here on July 15.