NEWS
Commissioners seek new six-month extension for FEMA
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Montague County Commissioners have completed about 50 percent of the disaster-relief road projects stemming from 2015 flooding events, and during a called meeting Thursday met with state officials to discuss another extension to hopefully complete many of the remaining projects.
Wading through the mountains of paperwork required when a county receives Federal Emergency Management Agency is a complex and time-consuming task. Not only does the county work with FEMA, it works with the Texas Department of Emergency Management and uses a local director hired by the county in W.R. Tucker. The county received another six-month extension earlier this year which runs out on Nov. 29.
Montague County was originally allocated a total of $13,137,353.79 and so far the four precincts have spent $6,586,093.13.
FEMA pays 75 percent of a project with a county match of 25 percent. Read the full story in your weekend Bowie News.
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. on May 13 in council chambers.
The meeting opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on recent rainfall problems, Smythe Street sidewalk project and the substation work.
There is only one item of new business an ordinance related to speed limits on specific streets. Public comments and approval of minutes wrap up the agenda.
The board of directors of the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation will meet at 6 p.m. at Carter Lake Baptist Church 4759 FM 1125.
Agenda items include an engineer’s presentation and resolution workshop with Daniel Deweber and Prairie Branch Properties.
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