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The Livingston High School Senior Class of 2024 began the new school year with a Senior Sunrise Breakfast in the parking lot of the First Methodist Church of Livingston Aug. 9 in which senior parents provided an array of breakfast items for the class to enjoy. Senior Donnie Gokey led the prayer and following breakfast, the seniors drove the short distance to the high school in a senior parade ready to kick off their final year. Courtesy photo

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From Enterprise Staff

The Polk County Enterprise will soon kick off the nomination process for its 2023 Best of Polk County Readers’ Choice Awards – an opportunity to recognize local businesses, professionals and non-profits. This fourth year of the annual contest brings changes, with all voting being conducted online and no paper ballots accepted. Voters will be able to participate by going to the website easttexasnews.com and registering, which only involves using an email address.

The 2023 Best of Polk County Readers’ Choice Awards will occur in three distinct phases this year. The first phase, which is the nomination process, kicks off Sept. 1 and will end Sept. 30. Individuals may nominate their favorite local businesses up to once a day per email address. This month-long nomination process will determine the finalists who will be eligible for best of Polk County.

The top eight selections in each category will enter the second phase which will run from Oct. 1-31. During this time voters will have the opportunity to select their favorite among the top eight in each category and will be allowed to vote up to once a day per email address.

The third phase is the culmination of the annual readers’ choice awards when the winners of each category are recognized in a special section that will be included in the Dec. 3 issue of the Polk County Enterprise.

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The preliminary budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 will be presented to the Livingston City Council during its regular meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday. A public hearing on the budget will be called and set for Sept. 12.

A public hearing regarding the City of Livingston’s Texas Municipal Retirement System retirement eligibility and vesting is on Tuesday’s agenda. Council will discuss and consider possible action on a proposed ordinance regarding the retirement eligibility and vesting.

A proposed ordinance amending Article II of Chapter 34 (Solid Waste) of the Code of Ordinances will be discussed and considered for possible action.

Additionally, Council will discuss and consider possible action on a proposed resolution supporting the adoption and approval of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and Settlement Allocation Term Sheet and designate the city manager as the authorized signatory.

Council is slated to enter into an executive session to consult with the city attorney. Any action, however, will be taken upon return to open session.

City Manager Bill S. Wiggins will update Council on projects and events.

Other items on the agenda include approval of the accounts over $500 and minutes of the July 11 regular meeting.

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The Goodrich City Council was not able to hold their regular meeting Thursday, instead pushing the Gathering to next week. The council did not have enough members present to form a quorum.

Alderman Richard booth suffered a stroke a few months ago and is now in hospice care in Arkansas. Alderman Mary Orozco recently had surgery that has left her paralyzed from the neck down. 

The council will reschedule their regular meeting for August. The date selected is for 6 p.m. Tuesday in Goodrich City Hall.

Goodrich Mayor Kelly Nelson told the Enterprise that the Goodrich Fire Department is hoping to plan a fun day for the community in October

“The week of Oct. 14 is fire prevention week,” the mayor explained. “The fire department wants to have it at city hall in front of the fire trucks. They want to have the sheriff’s department come and do fingerprinting with the kids to give them ID cards. They are going to have Smokey the Bear for pictures, and it is a fundraiser for the fire department. They are going to have barbecue sandwiches (for sale) and stuff like that. I think they’re going to have a couple of other people there as well.”