WCS bond upheld in recount
ANDREWS Andrews County reaffirmed the three-vote margin that narrowly gave the Andrews County Commissioner's Court the green light to issue a $75 million bond to help a company build a nuclear waste disposal site, County Clerk Kendra Heckler said.
The Andrews County measure passed Saturday by three votes, 642-639, after Saturday's balloting, and the tally was confirmed in Thursday's recount.
The hand recount lasted from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, she said.
Andrews County Judge Richard Dolgener said, Melodye Pryor, a longtime opponent of Dallas-based Waste Control Specialists and its operation in Andrews, requested the recount. She was required to collect 25 signatures to call for the recount, Dolgener said.
WCS spokesman Todd Jones said it's now up to the county commissioners to approve the bond and finalize their contract with the company, but it was not yet put on the commissioners' agenda.
Calls to Pryor were not answered Thursday.
OA staff writer Doug Carman and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
