Development approvals highlighted the Wood County commissioners meeting last Tuesday.

Among the actions approved were a seven-lot subdivision in Precinct 1 to be built between County Road 2950 and County Road 2952, a revision to the plat for the subdivision under construction on County Road 2230 which created a road easement for access by an adjacent land-owner, approval of the eventual closing of County Road 2377 and approval of a pier permit in the Pine Point Estate at Lake Hawkins.

The new development approved just northwest of Golden will consist of 1-1.5 acre lots and is expected to be populated by double and triple-wide mobile homes.  

The closure of County Road 2377, at the request of Alba-Golden ISD, is contingent upon the school creating turnarounds at each end of the truncated road behind the school campus off Hwy. 69.

Resident James Hervey, of the Clear Lakes subdivision, offered the only public comments at the session. He spoke to the increased visibility which the county has given the Clear Lakes development, for which he thanked the commissioners.

He recommended additional work in identifying rights-of-way and enforcing drainage easements as a method to enforce building and maintenance standards in the community.

Hervey stated that he spoke on behalf of five neighbors within Clear Lakes.  

The commissioners convened a budget workshop upon completion of the meeting and were briefed on options for the county health care plan by David Gibson of the Dallas insurance brokerage firm Holmes Murphy.  

Gibson provided three main options for the county and noted that a simple change to the network provider would realize considerable savings.

The commissioners scheduled a vote on the issue at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26.

In other actions, the court approved the Wood County Monitor and Tyler Morning Telegraph as newspapers of general circulation for the county.

County Judge Kevin White commented, “The Monitor will remain our primary newspaper of record, however, we added the Tyler paper for those rare instances when notifications had to be rendered on short order.”

 Additionally, a contract amendment with Tyler Technologies was approved in order to allow the county’s use of the Tyler Minutes reporting application.

A $600 expenditure for a pauper’s burial was also approved.