Infomaniacs: December 30, 2015 (8:00am)

College Station City Council Awards Contract For New Sidewalks On The Street Behind City Hall

New sidewalks are coming to the street behind College Station city hall. That’s after the city council at its December meeting awarded a $292,000 dollar construction contract for sidewalks along Foster Avenue between George Bush and Gilchrist and between Francis and Walton. The only discussion before the unanimous vote, was learning the width of the sidewalk will be the same as the sidewalk directly behind city hall. Construction is supposed to take three to four months. Funding comes from the federal community development block grant program. Click HERE to read and download background information from the December 12, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Click below to hear comments from the December 12, 2024 College Station city council meeting.  

Brazos County Commission Approves Continuing State Cybersecurity Grant Program After Addressing Public Questions

Before Christmas, the Brazos County commission approved accepting a $58,340 dollar state grant to continue participating in a cybersecurity program. The county’s chief information security officer, Kevin Joiner, says the county has been participating in this grant program since 2019. Joiner says the grant provides access to security resources to protect the county from online attacks taking place from around the world. And the county gets a report showing who is attempting to access the county’s computer network. Joiner also answered questions before the commission’s unanimous vote that the county was not vulnerable to the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) that was hacked in 2024. Click HERE to read and download the document associated with the grant that was approved at the December 17, 2024 Brazos County commission meeting. Click below to hear comments from the December 17, 2024 Brazos County commission meeting. Listen to “Brazos County commission approves continuing in a state cybersecurity grant program after addressing public questions” on Spreaker.

United Way of the Brazos Valley Update Includes Responding To A Bomb Threat

Peggi Ondrasek, President/CEO of United Way of the Brazos Valley, visits with WTAW’s Chelsea Reber about community grant applications, a call for volunteer grant reviewers, a recent bomb threat, and more during her update on WTAW. Listen to “United Way of the Brazos Valley Update on WTAW” on Spreaker.