From the city of College Station:
City of College Station offices and facilities will close Thursday at noon in honor of President George H. W. Bush, who will be buried later in the day at the Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
The Planning & Zoning Commission has canceled its Thursday evening meeting. Payments or documents due to the municipal court on Thursday have a one-day extension and must be paid or submitted by 5 p.m. on Friday.
The Sanitation Department also plans to collect in the Southside area early Thursday morning from George Bush Drive to Holleman Drive and from Wellborn Road to Texas Avenue. Residents are asked to have their containers at the curb by 8 a.m.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018, shall be recognized as an official Day of Mourning. The people of Texas are encouraged to gather, assemble, and pay their respects to the memory of George Herbert Walker Bush through ceremonies in homes, businesses, public buildings, schools, places of worship, or other appropriate places for public expression of grief and remembrance.
To allow state employees to attend such observances, state agencies, offices, and departments shall be closed on that day, and general government operations and services shall be maintained by skeletal work crews.
In addition, and in accordance with a proclamation issued by the President of the United States and by my powers under the Texas Government Code, the flags of the United States of America and of the State of Texas on the State Capitol Building and in the Capitol Complex, at the Governor’s Mansion, and upon all state buildings, grounds, and facilities shall be flown at half-staff for a period of 30 days.
I further direct that these flags shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all Texas offices and facilities abroad. Individuals, businesses, municipalities, counties, and other political subdivisions in Texas are encouraged to fly these flags at half-staff for the same length of time as a sign of respect and honor.
Flags should return to full staff at sunrise or the beginning of the display day on Monday, December 31, 2018.