Llano County’s Library Advisory Board will ask county commissioners to dump the OverDrive system of electronic books and other items, substituting one called Bibliotheca instead. The decision came at the board’s meeting Thursday, Feb. 17, attended by nine in the audience, fewer than half those who attended the board’s January meeting in Kingsland.

Llano County Commissioners approved nearly $252,000 in hotel occupancy tax grants Monday but rejected a request from Texas Tournament Zone (TTZ) for last year’s fishing tournament because it was late; commissioners also canceled last year’s grant to AquaBoom because the organization failed to provide a required follow-up.

Work is progressing on a new bridge adjacent to the Schneider Slab Crossing on the Llano River, raising some questions about the fate of the old structure, considered a water recreation spot for local families.

Llano County commissioners Monday imposed a burn ban on the county, the first since December. Temperatures near three digits, dry weather and plant growth from a wet spring contributed to that decision — that spring grass is beginning to dry out and become wildfire fuel.

Llano County commissioners on Monday set hearing dates for the county’s proposed fiscal year 2022 budget and tax rate. The tax rate hearing will be at 11 a.m.

Llano County commissioners agreed Monday to ask for a $1.6 million grant from the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) to pay for much-needed communications consoles in the sheriff’s dispatch office.

From free food distribution to disaster declarations, local government entities have taken steps to help residents pick up the pieces in the wake of winter storm issues. The cities of Marble Falls and Cottonwood Shores and Llano County Commissioners issued disaster declarations.