Just hours before the Kendall County Fair returns, a City of Boerne official told KSAT that a permit is expected to be signed to allow public access on the rebuilt bleachers where last year’s collapse left one dead and 11 injured.

A City of Boerne official said that the Kendall County Fair Association applied for the necessary permits to rebuild the platform that partially collapsed, which it didn’t do last year. The city’s chief building officer is expected to sign off on the paperwork Thursday, a day before the fair opens, the official told KSAT.

An investigation into the collapse determined that the fair association lacked proper permits when the incident happened on Aug. 31, 2024, killing 79-year-old Vera Smith six days later.

After the collapse, the City of Boerne said none of the

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