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City manager keeps his job on a tiebreaker vote

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By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
It was round two for the Bowie City Council’s budget workshop Tuesday night, and after an anger-filled Monday session, the second discussion was just as tense.
The agenda called for the workshop, followed by evaluations of the three employees hired by the council: City manager, city secretary and municipal judge. Following brief reviews of City Secretary Sandy Page and Judge Darla Cordell that lasted less than 10 minutes each, the council met with City Manager Bert Cunningham for about 30 minutes.
Back in open session Page and Cordell had their employment continued for one year with a three percent raise if that is included in the budget; however, Cunningham, who had been involved in rancorous exchanges with two councilors the night before continued thanks to a tie-breaker.
Councilor Arlene Bishop made a motion to retain the manager for one year, but without the three percent raise. Councilors Bishop, Buckmaster and Thomas Kent voted yes, Chuck Malone, Jason Love and Wayne Bell voted no, with Mayor Gaylynn Burris casting the tie-breaker no vote. Cunningham will continue as city manager with the raise if it is included in the budget.
The council went into executive session after about two hours in the workshop but then went into closed session for the evaluations. The council reconvened into the workshop afterward, but Councilors Buckmaster and Bishop left.
With a quorum still present, the workshop continued.

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Bowie ISD Trustees meet on Feb. 17

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Trustees of the Bowie Independent School District will meet in regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 17 in the board room.
The agenda is as follows:
Recognition – Emma Halfmann, career technology update
A. Information and discussion, Superintendent Blake Enlow

  1. Tarleton State University and Bowie ISD MOU regarding Distinguished High School Partnership
  2. Attendance update (illness)
  3. USAD rural development grant, Lee Robertson
  4. March board meeting date
    B. Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris
  5. Bowie ISD instructional calendar discussion for 2025-26.
    C. Campus administration reports from principals and athletic director
    Consent agenda – reports, budget amendments, tax levy adjustment and donations, plus minutes.
    Action items
    A. Consideration and possible action on 2025-26 calendar.
    B. Consider audit engagement letter with Edgin, Parkman, Fleming and Fleming for year ending Aug. 31, 2025.
    C. Consider action on Texas Association of School Board Police Update 124 that encompasses fiscal management, investment, intellectual property, employee standards of conduct, curriculum design, gifted and talented and student welfare.
    Closed session
    Bowie ISD administrator contract
    Superintendent formative evaluation
    Open Session
    Consideration and action on administrator contracts.
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Crack in line halts water

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City of Bowie crews braved the cold to repair a broken eight-inch water line at Riley and Strong Friday morning. A message went out from the city that water service in the area of Strong, Riley and Hutchinson will be impacted for two to four hours as crews repaired a line. (News photo by Barbara Green)

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Election poll books decertified

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Montague County is one of more than 60 Texas counties that find themselves waiting to see if issues with electronic software can be repaired and certified by the Texas Secretary of State in time for the May elections.
Back in mid-December the Secretary of State decertified the poll books from Elections Systems and Software after problems arose during the November general election in Dallas County.
Ginger Wall, Montague County elections administrator, said she received a letter from the secretary of state on Dec. 23, 2024 explaining the decertification of the ES&S pollbooks.
Wall said she then was contacted by the vendor that indicated they would be submitting a new version for certification testing in March.

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