Legal Notices (Oct. 20, 2011): Lockhart and Caldwell County, Texas

PUBLIC NOTICE

Caldwell County will be conducting a public auction of county-owned cellular telephones at the north side of the Courthouse, 110 N. Main St., Lockhart, Tx 78644, on October 31, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. Items available for auction will be available for inspection at 9:30 a.m. on that day.

The property to be auctioned was all purchased from AT&T and must be used

with service with that carrier. The inventory includes smartphones and regular cell phones from various manufactures.

All inquiries should be directed to the Caldwell County Auditor’s Office on the 3rd Floor of the Caldwell County Courthouse.

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NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE

SUBDIVISION AND SERVICE EXTENSION POLICY OF THE MARTINDALE WATER

SUPPLY CORPORATION

Pursuant to Chapter 13.2502 of the Texas Water Code, Martindale Water Supply Corporation hereby gives notice that any person who subdivides land by dividing any lot, tract, or parcel of land, within the services of Martindale Water Supply Corporation, Certificate of Convenience and Necessity No. 10312, in Caldwell and Guadalupe Counties, into two or more lots or sites for the purpose of sale or development, whether immediate or future, including re-subdivision of land for which a plat has been filed and recorded or requests more than two water service connections on a single contiguous tract of land must comply with Subdivision  Service section (the “Subdivision Policy”) contained in the Martindale Water Supply Corporation’s tariff.

Martindale Water Supply Corporation is not required to extend retail water service to a service applicant in a subdivision where the developer of the subdivision has failed to comply with the Subdivision Policy.

Applicable elements of the Subdivision Policy include:

Evaluation by the Martindale Water Supply Corporation of the impact a proposed subdivision service extension will make on the Martindale Water Supply Corporation’s water supply system and payment of the costs for the evaluation;

Payment of reasonable costs or fees by the developer for providing water supply service capacity;

Payment of fees for reserving water supply capacity;

Forfeiture of reserved water supply service capacity for failure to pay applicable fees;

Payment of cost of any improvements to the Martindale Water Supply Corporation’s system that are necessary to provide the water service:

Construction according to design approved by the Martindale Water Supply Corporation and dedication by the developer of water facilities within the subdivision following inspection.

The Martindale Water Supply Corporation’s tariff and a map showing Martindale Water Supply Corporation’s service area may be reviewed at the MWSC’s office at 206 Main St., Martindale, Texas; the tariff/policy and service area map are also filed on record at the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality in Austin, Texas, and may be reviewed by contacting the TCEQ c/o Utility Rates and Services Section, Water Utilities Division, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE is hereby given that original Letter of Independent Administration for the Estate of Joseph Matthew Billingsley, Deceased, were issued on October 10, 2011, in Cause No. 9679-A, pending in the County Court-At-Law of Caldwell County, Texas, to: Sandra Billingsley.

The notice to the Independent Administration may be delivered at the following address:

c/o Barnes Lipscomb & Stewart PLLC

Attorneys at Law

2901 Bee Caves Road, Box D

Austin, Texas 78746

Attn: Clint Alexander

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

Dated the 17th day of October, 2011.

Clint W. Alexander

Attorney for Independent Administrator

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PUBLIC NOTICE

OF TEST OF AUTOMATIC

TABULATION EQUIPMENT

Notice is hereby given that the automatic tabulating equipment that will be used in the Caldwell County and City of Lockhart Joint Election held on November 8, 2011 will be tested as follows to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes cast for all offices and on all measures:

Equipment used for early voting will be tested on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Caldwell County Tax Assessor Office, 100 East Market Street, Lockhart, Texas.

Equipment used for election day will be tested on Friday, October 28, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at City Hall, Glosserman Room, 308 West San Antonio Street, Lockhart, Texas.

AVISO PUBLICO DE PROBAR

EL EQUIPO PARA TABULAR AUTOMATICAMENTE

Por lo presente se da aviso que el equipo para tabular automaticamente que se usara en la Eleccion Conjunto del Condado de Caldwell y la Ciudad de Lockhart que se llavara a cabo el 8 de Noviembre de 2011 se probara como se liste debajo para determiner se el equipo contara con exacitud los votos para todos los puestos oficiales y sobre todos los proyectos de ley:

El equipo que se usara para votar adelantada se probara el Sabado, 22 dia de Octubre de 2011 a las 10:00 a.m. en la Oficina del Tax Assessor del Condado de  Caldwell, 100 East Market St, Lockhart, Texas.

El equipo que se usara el dia de la eleccion se probara el Viernes, 28 dia de Octubre de 2011 a las 2:00 p.m. en el Ayuntamiento de Lockhart, Glosserman Room, 308 West San Antonio St, Lockhart, Texas.

Mary Vicky Gonzales

Caldwell County Tax Assessor Collector

Tax Assessor-Collector del Condado de Caldwell

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CITY OF LOCKHART

PUBLIC BID FOR FUELS

The City of Lockhart is accepting annual supply bids for approximately 40, 000 gallons of unleaded plus gasoline and 26, 000 gallons of No. 2 dyed diesel fuel.  A minimum of two-thousand five hundred (2,500) gallons would be ordered at any given time. The price of fuels may increase or decrease based on the weekly average Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) price published each Thursday from the Austin, Texas, Rack. The amount designated as the supplier’s profit margin per gallon must include delivery and must remain the same during the term of the contract.  The contract term will be for one year from the date of approval by the City Council.  Bid award may be separate for each fuel. Required forms for bid submittal are available from the Public Works Office at 705 Wichita Street during normal business hours.

Bids must be received by 2 p.m., Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at City Hall, 308 W. San Antonio Street, Lockhart, Texas, 78644.  Bids not received by this time and date will be rejected.  Bid envelopes should be externally marked to indicate “Fuel Bids”.

The City of Lockhart reserves the right to reject any and all fuel bids.

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11-D-343

CITATION BY PUBLICATION

THE STATE OF TEXAS

TO: JODY DEAN HOLTEN, RESPONDENT

Respondent, Greetings:

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the DISTRICT COURT of CALDWELL COUNTY, at the Caldwell County Judicial Center, 201 E. San Antonio St. thereof, in Lockhart, Texas, by filing a written answer at or before 10:00 o’clock A.M. of the first Monday next after expiration of 20 days, to Plaintiff’s ORIGINAL PETITION FOR DIVORCE filed in said Court, on the 30th day of AUGUST 2011, in this Cause, numbered 11-D-343 on the docket of said Court and styled:

IN THE MATTER OF MARRIAGE OF

SUSAN DIANE HOLTEN

VS

JODY DEAN HOLTEN

The Court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree in this ORIGINAL PETITION FOR DIVORCE

The officer executing this writ shall forthwith serve the same according to requirements of law, and the mandates hereof, and make due return as the law directs.

Witness, TINA MORGAN, Clerk of the DISTRICT COURTS of CALDWELL County, Texas.

ISSUED AND GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of said Court at Lockhart, Texas, this the 14th day of SEPTEMBER 2011.

TINA MORGAN, District Clerk

District Court, Caldwell County, Texas

P.O. Box 749, Lockhart, Texas 78644

By Juanita Allen, Deputy