WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — At its regular session held on December 15, one of the agenda items the Williamson County Commissioners voted on was to reappoint a number of people to the various Boards of Directors of the county Emergency Services Districts (ESD).
Credit: Williamson County website
Reappointments were made as follows:
ESD #5 Board: Charles Ashby and David Bray were reappointed, with their terms to commence immediately and continue until December 31, 2022.
ESD #6 Board: LD Cheatheam and Susie Fontenot were reappointed, with the term to commence immediately and continue until December 31, 2022.
ESD #7 Board: Laura Anderson and Keith Couch were reappointed, with the term to commence immediately and continue until December 31, 2022.
ESD Board #8: Lisa Birkman and Bobby Bunte were reappointed, with the term to commence immediately and continue until December 31, 2022.
ESD Board #9: Alan Forster and Michael Garcia were reappointed, with the term to commence immediately and continue until December 31, 2022. A portion of #9 is also known as the Sam Bass Fire District.
It is the duty of the Commissioners Court to appoint people to serve on the Emergency Service Districts’ (ESD) Board of Directors. ESDs are political subdivisions of the State of Texas, which may support or provide local emergency services, including rural fire prevention and control services. ESDs may impose a sales and use tax and/or property tax to support or provide these services.
ESD tax revenues may be used to hire full-time emergency personnel, contract with other entities that have full-time fire and emergency medical departments, and/or purchase new equipment and facilities. There are ten ESDs in Williamson County, according to information on the Wilco website.