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WEIMAR — The City Council held a regular meeting on Thursday, Feb. 9.
Mayor Milton Koller read a Black History Month proclamation recognizing the contributions that African Americans have made to the community as well as their achievements.
The council discussed whether to grant funds for the Texas Independence Relay, March 25-26. The requested amount of $1,500 was approved by council due upon receipts.
The Weimar Spring Clean-Up Day was also approved to take place Saturday, April 22 from 8 a.m. to noon.
The council also discussed amending Code of Ordinances Article 14.02 Zoning Regulations. The purpose of the ordinance is to clean up leftover manufactured homes in which the city granted conditional use permits to allow mobile homes to be placed on available lots. The city said the ordinance was originally repelled in 2019 but needed to be “cleaned up.” The council approved the decision to amend the ordinance.
Dale Alexander spoke before the council on behalf of the Texas Ramps Project to discuss leasing one of the buildings for their construction of wheelchair ramps for older adults with mobility issues.
The council noted that the farmer’s market building in the location that is being requested to lease.
“I’ve built seven ramps here in Weimar alone,” Alexander said. “We’ve done 17 in the county.”
Alexander said he has worked with a project out of Lee County in Fayette County and Colorado County.
“We pre-build as much as we can and stack it; then when we get a ramp then we load the stuff up and install the ramp,” Alexander said.
Alexander said ramps are usually built during the week.
“The wheelchair ramp program covers ramps for anybody,” he said. “If the doctor or caseworker calls, and it goes to Richardson, Texas and it gets backs to us, we provide the ramp free of charge.”
The Texas Ramp Project office is in Richardson.
Alexander also addressed insurance and said that the organization is a nonprofit, but is willing to sign an agreement for anyone who enters the building that they would not hold the city liable in any way.
The mayor said the council will discuss whether to allow the Texas Ramp Project to lease the building more in the next meeting since there is some cleaning needing at the requested building.
