The Clarendon City Council approved extending the city’s disaster declaration for 60 days among other agenda items at its regular meeting last Thursday, March 26.
The declaration opens access to state and federal resources for the city and local businesses in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic that is negatively impacting the nation and the entire world.
The city originally declared an emergency disaster declaration on March 19, but that order only lasted for seven days.
City Administrator David Dockery’s report to the council also reflected how COVID-19 is affecting other areas of city business. City utility income is suffering because students are not at the college and the public schools.
City officials also visited with Sheriff Butch Blackburn about the law enforcement contract between the city and the county, and authorized the mayor to negotiate with the county judge.
A request by Cornell’s Country Store was approved to abandon 150 feet of Orpe Street from US 287 to the alleyway. That street will be divided between Cornell’s on the east and West Texas Gas on the west with the city maintaining a utility easement.
The council voted in favor of increasing the fee to impound animals after hours to $100.
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