NEWS
Bowie 2020 tax rate proposed at .5445 cents per $100 in value
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie City Council approved the third draft of its 2019-20 budget during a brief workshop Monday night, and then presented it to the public during a public hearing at the regular meeting that evening.
Council members met last week for a budget workshop attempting to finalize the figures, and while the budget was approved so it could go forward in the public hearing, it still has several outstanding issues. The budget will not be “officially” adopted until it goes forward in the form of an ordinance with two readings before the council.
Budget draft
The Monday afternoon budget workshop was brief with only a few questions prior to the vote. Councilors Tami Buckmaster and Arlene Bishop did not attend the workshop or Monday night’s regular meeting.
This third budget draft proposed utility fund expenses at $9,471,000 with revenues at $11,336,430.
The general fund is proposed at $8,251,643 in expenses and $7,021,168 in revenue. The transfer from the utility fund into the general fund to help float it has been increased from this year’s budget of $1,150,000 to $1,250,000.
Some of the major items in this budget include a small increase in the tax rate, which City Manager Bert Cunningham says is being offset by a small reduction in the small business commercial electric rate.
Read the full story of the meeting in the mid-week Bowie News.
A Wednesday morning rollover on State Highway 59caused a vehicle to catch fire but had no injuries.
Montague County Public Information Officer Sgt. Aaron Randle said the call came in around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of SH 59 and Nobile Road. When Montague Volunteer Fire Department firefighters arrived, the 2008 Chevy pickup had rolled over and was fully enguled in flames. The17-year-old adult driver was out of the vehicle.
Brandle said the fire was under control at 8:06 a.m. Bowie Emergency Medical Services was also on the scene.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
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