Taylor Press issue to be included in time capsule
GEORGETOWN – Granite from the Brushy Creek Regional Trail, a doorknob and keys from the historic County Courthouse, a 2026 penny – the last year pennies were minted – are just a few of the dozens of items people will discover in five decades when they open the new Williamson County Administration Building time capsule.
“Looking at the list it’s amazingly representative what the different people have included,” said Precinct 4 Commissioner Russ Boles.
County leaders and department heads were invited to submit items for inclusion to the project. Many of the items are documents related to county business. Future residents will be able to piece together a picture of life in 2026 through tax roles, budgets and contracts.
Precinct 4 Commissioner Russ Boles contributed a Samsung Austin Semiconductor commemorative coin. The County Clerk’s office supplied a July 19 issue of Taylor Press, where a frontpage story reported on the first Commissioners Court meeting in the new administration building.
The county gave the public an opportunity to write notes to future Wilco residents, which will also be included.
The time capsule will be placed in the wall near the second-floor Executive Conference Room.
“We wanted to get this in the official minute report so that in 50 years they will have a record of this and know that they need to break open a wall if they want to get in and find the time capsule,” said Connie Odom, director of communications and media relations.
Images of the materials in the time capsule can be seen at wilcotx. gov/1998/Time-Capsule.
Grant supports Texans Feeding Texans
Commissioners voted to award a $55,000 grant to Williamson-Burnet County Opportunities that will be used for the Texans Feeding Texans: Home Delivered Meal Grant Program. The program is an initiative of the Department of Agriculture.
Through the grant, Opportunities of Williamson & Burnet Counties will provide home-delivered meals to home-bound people in Williamson County who are older or who have a disability. This is part of the organization’s senior nutrition program. The grant will help fund the program through the next fiscal year.
State helps with police overtime
A Department of Transportation grant will help Williamson County Sheriff’s Office stay vigilant during high-traffic holidays and in high-crash areas.
TxDOT is providing just under $50,000 in a grant that requires the county to provided a 20% matching fund.
The program runs annually, and commissioners noted the county had taken advantage of the funds in previous years.
County commissioners voted to allow WCSO to accept the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program grant from TxDOT. The additional funds will pay for about 480 hours of additional traffic patrol, some of which will be paid as overtime hours to keep more officers on the street when they are most needed.
The next Commissioners Court will be held Sept.
29 at 9:30 a.m. in the second-floor Commissioners Court room in the Williamson County Administration building, 1848 Texas Trail. Sessions are also streamed at https://williamsoncountytx. new. swagit.com/videos.
