Mayor Sandy Roberts emphasized the residents should not bring the issue up with construction workers themselves, as they are contract workers, but the provider of your service should be called. Response to the problem is reported to be timely.
“When you report an issue, ask for a ticket number for the report,” Roberts said. “With that you can call and follow up with your provider and the progress on your report.”
AT&T fiber has already been installed in some areas and is expanding in others. Syntrio, a North Texas and southern Oklahoma fiber optics company, began installing in May and projects they will be finished September or early October.
Joe Bercik, Syntrio director of marketing, visited the Annetta City Council during the June meeting and described the installation process. The crews, trucks, and orange tubing can be seen on many roadsides of the area. Water-aided drill equipment burrows underground in 40-100 foot lengths, depending on the terrain and trajectory. After the tubes are connected and the fiber cables are run, a series of tests are conducted before signals are connected and residents informed the service is available.
Wallis Road issues presented
During the public comment period of the meeting, resident Anne Mullins addressed the council with a statement on behalf of neighbors on Wallis Road. The road in a neighborhood off Old Annetta Road, east of FM 5, used to be maintained by County Precinct 4, but maintenance stopped during former commissioner Steve Dugan’s term. Since then, the residents have twice paid for trimmers to cut back vegetation on the road and the residents say they are concerned about future road and easement maintenance.
“All we request tonight is reimbursement for the actual road work labor and materials, and it is time that the city resumes the maintenance, just as you maintain every road that existed in 1979,” Mullins concluded.
No action was taken on the matter at the meeting.
Butterfly business
Conservation, cleanliness, and pollinators have long been a focus of the Town of Annetta with clean-up days, encouraging wildflower gardens in neighborhoods, and a future rainwater collection system at Town Hall. Mayor Roberts authorized and issued a proclamation for the Town of Annetta to raise awareness of monarch butterfly conservation and attraction.
“Education is critical,” the mayor explained. “The milkweed is so critical. That is the only plant where they place their eggs. They can pollinate anywhere, but the milkweed is the only place for their eggs.”
Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) not only has beautiful clusters of pink flowers that attract butterflies and bees, it is the only plant monarch caterpillars will feed on after hatching. Monarchs flutter through the area each year on their 2,000-3,000 mile migration journey to and from Central Mexico.
Roberts said she has made 200 wildflower “seed bombs” she will give away at the Annetta booth during Bearcat 101 on Saturday, Aug. 2, in the high school cafeteria. The seed packets dissolve where they are thrown and produce a variety of flowers. Council member Kent Stasey said he has seen a town that has road signs encouraging monarch conservation and thought Annetta might consider such a thing in the future.
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