Lights On, Volunteer of the Year, Sergeant Promotion and More!

Looks like we are in for a wet weekend!  "Lights On" will go on as planned so far.  If it is just light rain or mist we will continue and possibly move Santa and Mrs. Claus into the foyer at City Hall.  If it turns out there is a heavy rain, we will have to call some of the activities off, but the lights will go on!  Hope to see you there, here is a link to more info!

I awarded two "Volunteer of the Year" awards last night at the Volunteer dinner.  Both Dave Taylor and Dave DeOme were honored.  Please congratulate them if you see them - it was a honor they both deserve and I was proud to make these awards!

I attended the Lakeway Women's Club meeting Monday morning as a possible sub for Gov. Rick Perry.  Luckily for the ladies he did show up and I thought did a wonderful presentation.  It was an honor to be at the meeting and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience!

Today I was honored to attend the "Badge Pinning" for the promotion of Tony Rojas to Sergeant at the Lakeway Police Department.  I would like to congratulate Sergeant Rojas and I wish him all the luck in his new position!

ZAPCO will meet in regular session on December 7th in Council Chambers.  Here is a link to the Agenda.  I don't see any major issues so it will probably be an easy meeting.

CAMPO meets Monday next on December 12th at the Joe C. Thompson Center on the UT Campus.  I will be attending to assure our traffic issues are heard and to continue to push for improvements and planning for future roads in Travis County.  I was notified this week my term was up on CAMPO.  I will be applying for re-appointment and hopefully Judge Eckhardt will let me continue to represent the small cities in Travis County.  I will be attending the Commissioners Court meeting next Tuesday in case the Commissioners have any questions.

Wednesday I was able to attend the groundbreaking for he Gary Sinise Foundation's Specially Adapted Smart Home for U.S. Army Corporal Alan Babin, Jr. (Ret.).  Alan was injured when he ran towards fire to try and save an injured soldier.  The city has pretty much adopted Alan and now he and his family are moving to Lakeway.  I look forward to their arrival to their new home when it is finished!

On a sad note, we had another family devastated on Hwy. 71.  Santiago Vega and his mother Cynthia were killed in a collision on November 28th.  A fund was established to help with funeral expenses and has raised over $12K - it is good to see that our community pulls together during a tragedy.  Here's a link to the information.

I'll have more tomorrow, but right now I need to get to the "LIghts On" event!  If you would like to be added to my email list send a note to lakeway@bain.us and I'll add you!

Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us