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Newcomers 2007

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Meet Bell County's leading officials

partments, including those headed by

From staff reports

On the Web

other elected officials.

BELTON -- The Bell County Commis-

Bell County commissioners and the

Bell County is online at www.bellcountytx.com.

sioners Court, consisting of a county

county judge are elected and serve stag-

Commissioners Court: www.bellcountytx.com/commcourt.htm

judge and four commissioners, is the

gered four-year terms. The offices of Pre-

Sheriff: www.bellcountytx.com/Sheriff/index.htm

governing body of the county It plays

.

cinct 1 and Precinct 3 commissioners

County Attorney: www.bellcountytx.com/Hotchecks/index.htm

an important, often unnoticed, role in

will be up for election in 2008.

County Clerk: www.bellcountytx.com/countyclerk/index.htm

the daily lives of residents.

Precinct 1 is led by Richard Cortese,

Tax Assessor-Collector: www.bellcountytx.com/taxassessor/index.htm

a farmer from Little River-Academy

.

The county government's primary fo-

District Courts: www.bellcountytx.com/districtcourts/index.htm

The Precinct 3 post is held by Eddy

cus is on the judicial system, health and

District Attorney: www.bellcountytx.com/da/home.htm

social services, law enforcement, road

Lange, a small business owner from

District Clerk: www.bellcountytx.com/districtclerk/index.htm

construction and maintenance.

Heidenheimer.

County Court Coordinator: www.bellcountytx.com/Countycoor/index.htm

The county operates a jail, a juvenile

Precinct 2 Commissioner Tim Brown,

Fire Marshal: www.bellcountytx.com/firemarshal/index.htm

Precinct 4 Commissioner John Fisher

detention center, and juvenile and adult

Human Resources: www.bellcountytx.com/humanresource/index.htm

probation offices. It handles numerous

and County Judge Jon Burrows were re-

Emergency Management: www.bellcountytx.com/emermgmt/index.htm

records, including property records,

elected in 2006 for additional four-year

County Archives: www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/local/bell.html

and birth and death certificates. Coun-

terms. Brown is an architect/developer

Bell County Expo Center: www.bellcountyexpo.com

ties provide oversight to county-level and

from Salado, and Fisher is a business-

Bell County Museum: www.bellcountytx.com/Museum/index.htm

higher elections.

man from Killeen.

Tax Appraisal District of Bell County: bellcad.org

Texas Cooperative Extension: bell-tx.tamu.edu

All members of the court are

In Bell County the local government

,

U.S. Census information: quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48027.html

Republicans.

also maintains the Bell County Commu-

Republican Party of Bell County: www.belltxgop.org

Burrows is the presiding officer for

nications Center, which handles 911 dis-

Bell County Texas Democratic Party: democratsbellctytx.com

patches for all of the cities within the

court meetings and the chief elected of-

Libertarian Party of Bell County: bellcountylp.org

county and for the sheriff 's office.

ficial of the county He holds undergrad-

.

The commissioners court serves

uate and master's degrees from the Uni-

versity of Oklahoma and a law degree

ticed law in Temple for 22 years before

s both the legislative and executive

Burrows served with the Air Force on

branches of county government and has

from the University of Texas. In 1976, he

active duty and in the Reserve. He retired

his election as county judge in 1998. He

budgetary authority over all county de-

as a colonel from the Reserve. He prac-

and his wife, Katie, moved to Temple.

was re-elected in 2002 and 2006.

City of Pflugerville

F O R I N F O AN D AP P LI CATI O N F O R M S:

www.cityofpflugerville.com and click on jobs.

S E N D AP P LI CATI O N S TO:

Staffing@cityofpflugerville.com

Fax: (512) 251-5768

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