County Treasurer lauds new water truck

Menard County Treasurer Tami Russell provides a lighthearted take on the county’s new road & bridge equipment

  • COUNTY WELCOMES NEW EQUIPMENT- County employees stand with the new, functioning water truck the county recently acquired. Pictured are, left to right: Cody Timms, Josh Ortega, Dray Lawler, Bruce Toeppich, and James Davis. Not pictured, as he was taking the photo, is Foreman Harold Gerber. Courtesy photo.
    COUNTY WELCOMES NEW EQUIPMENT- County employees stand with the new, functioning water truck the county recently acquired. Pictured are, left to right: Cody Timms, Josh Ortega, Dray Lawler, Bruce Toeppich, and James Davis. Not pictured, as he was taking the photo, is Foreman Harold Gerber. Courtesy photo.
    There are about a dozen major functions of any Texas county government. In most counties the first priority, and consequently the largest part of the budget, goes to ensuring public safety and justice. While this theme holds true in Menard, this article highlights a unifying necessity between law enforcement and another budget-eating function of the county: road and bridge maintenance. The unif...

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