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Spiller named committee co-chair
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan appointed Rep. David Spiller, R-Jacksboro, to cochair the Texas Energy Fund Advisory Board, a six-member panel that will recommend how to spend $10 billion in voter- approved funds to improve energy reliability.
Builders slowed by old surveys
The Olney Economic Development Corporation board discussed problems keeping new housing construction on track due to monthslong delays in getting the City to draw easements and locate utilities on newly replatted lots.
City hires Dwyer as City Administrator
Simon Dwyer, a former Olney police officer, went to work as Olney’s new city administrator on Friday, a day after the Olney City Council agreed to hire him in an executive session on May 3.
Election results for Council, Mayor
Olney voters chose three new City Council members with prior municipal experience, and overwhelmingly elected Mayor Rue Rogers to a new term in the May 4 election, according to unofficial results from the Young County Election Administrator.