Daingerfield council meets new employees

The Daingerfield City Council met on Monday, Oct. 10 for their regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting began with Chief Tracey Climer introducing two new Police Department employees.

Officer Ruben Ayala comes to the department from Pittsburg, where he had three years of experience, and Michelle Jones was introduced as the new Court Clerk.

In other business, the council voted to table a discussion and possible action on a request by Rite Track #15, located across from Daingerfield’s South Elementary. Representative Mark Preistner was to present a request for a variance to the distance requirement to grant Rite Track a beer and wine permit. Priestner had informed City Manager Rocky Thomasson of a death in his family earlier in the day, leading to a suggestion by Thomasson that the item be tabled until the November meeting. Councilman Mike Carter made the motion to table, which was followed by Councilwoman Martha Campbell’s second, and approved unanimously.

During the City manager’s report, Thomasson discussed Daingerfield Days, which had been held the previous weekend. According to Thomasson, there would be discussions within the chamber concerning next year’s festival, adding that “We must get a sanctioned event of some sort.”