By Ashley Morgan
Corsicana City Council began the November 13th meeting with the pledge of Allegiance, a prayer and the 3-minute public comments.
The first person to the podium was repeat attendee Jackie Sawicky of the Texas Coalition Against Cryptomining with concerns about Riot and Cryptocurrency in Corsicana. Sawicky asked Council members to do a public town hall meeting for residents to ask questions regarding Riot Blockchain. After Sawicky was informed her time expired by the Mayor several times, she approached Councilwoman Susan Hale with her circulating petition.
Councilwoman Hale threw the petition to the ground later asking for Corsicana Police to arrest individuals who assault her from now on.
Next came Wyatt Turner, Navarro County resident who was arrested and charged with assaulting an officer after he says he had a medical emergency and was mistaken for ‘being crazy’. He asked Corsicana City Council to provide proper funding for police officers to have medical training when it comes to heart attack and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) stroke victims.
Council members spoke and regarded repealing and replacing Chapter 12, Planning and Zoning of the City Code of Ordinances in its entirety due to multiple formatting, typographical errors, and changes. All members approved and the motion was carried.
The City of Corsicana’s vote for the Navarro Central Appraisal District Board of Directors for the 2024-2025 term to have Mike Fletcher serve was passed and approved by majority vote.
The terms of the current Board of Directors will expire December 31, 2023, and in compliance with Property Tax Code regarding election procedures for the Board of Directors of the Navarro Central Appraisal District, the City is entitled to cast 545 votes and the City desired to cast all their votes for Mike Fletcher. The city had a total of 545 votes as of October 19th according to letter sent to Mrs. Connie Standridge from the Navarro Central Appraisal District.
The Texas Department of Transportation’s proposed change to the I-45 access roads from two-way to one-way between State Highway 31 and Angus, Texas was opposed by majority vote after deliberation. Council members didn’t know the impact it would have on Navarro County and voiced concerns if they were to approve changes.
Reports and miscellaneous announcements were read with the dates of holiday events coming up such as the Christmas Tree Lighting, Thanksgiving Day Holidays when all city offices will be closed, small business Friday on November 25th, Christmas Parade, Little House on the Prairie Event at Pioneer Village (December 2-3), and other important dates.