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Ramon Johnson joins Bowie team
Ramon Johnson brings 30 years of water and wastewater experience to his new job as public works director for the City of Bowie .
Three weeks ago, the 52-year-old began his new duties overseeing the water, wastewater and street departments for the city.
For Bowie city operations a public works director’s position may be slightly new, but 25 years ago the city operated with a public works director. The council and city administration then changed the structure using department heads for operations.
City Manager Ricky Tow said following the departure of the water system and street department heads at the end of 2014, city officials began exploring what they needed to operate efficiently and cost-effectively.
Nocona High School’s ladies basketball team defeated San Saba 54-37 to win the 2A Division 1 state championship. (Photo by Jordan Neal)
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This is the Bowie city manager’s report for Feb. 25.
The week of March 13 will be a busy week. We have two bid openings for March 13.
The first one is for phase two of the sewer line project. This will cover new sewer lines for the following streets: Coffield, Strong, Roach, Hudspeth and the alley behind Hulme. We still have not gotten an easement for the Glen Hills lift station from the property owners, but the city attorney is working with the owners to finally get that.
The second bid opening is for the Downtown Revitalization project for a section of Smythe Street. The plans were finally approved and it was put out for bid.
Work at the substation transformer project has come to a halt. We kept having the same problems of getting the necessary components, so Electric Department Head Jay Evans sent the contractor home until all the necessary equipment was in place, and then it would be completed, which would take about a month or two, depending on when the contractor and transformer crew could come back.
Luckily, we have had very few problems with the extremely cold weather. Most of the crews are staying in and cleaning up their respective shops. The guys are looking forward to spring.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The Nelson Street drainage project was officially completed with the last payment made to the contractor on a project that began more than four years ago.
While Nelson Street reopened three months ago to traffic, the contract was not closed out as MX Construction was directed to complete things on the final “punch list,” along with paying off all of the subcontractors.
On Tuesday, Mike Tibbetts of Hayter Engineering offered his recommendation to pay MX Construction.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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