By Tony Farkas
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COLDSPRING — The Coldspring City Council discussed the remaining damage from the storms that ravaged the area, as well as plans to help mitigate issues in the event of future storms.
Mayor John Benestante said that at the Aug. 5 meeting, he informed the council that the city is recovering well, but there was a little damage at the wastewater plant. The chlorination room had been swept away but has been replaced and moved to higher ground.
Benestante said that the city is looking for funds from FEMA for road repairs and damage left by falling branches.
The city also held a public hearing on a Resilient Communities Program grant. The council told the crowd the city plans to do more comprehensive mapping and zoning since it is a study grant, one that will lay the groundwork for other grants.
In other business, the council:
• approved moving funds into TexPool to take advantage of higher interest rates for city investments;
• discussed the creation of a think tank to work on a mission statement to plan and execute drawing tourists to city; and
• established a municipal court and appointed Marsha Curry Strickland as Municipal Judge.
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