NEWS
Bowie Council approves updating building codes
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie City Council began 2020 approving several items expected to assist in future development, as well as help repair flooding damage.
The mayor also made a statement urging cooperation among the council.
For years people have complained the City of Bowie has building codes that are too restrictive, which some say hinder development. The city council hopes it changed that perception Monday night as the city adopted the 2018 international codes and 2017 national electric code.
Operating under the 2012 building and electrical codes Code Officer David Rainey said these codes are generally updated every three years, but they have gotten behind. The city staff has spent a lot of time in recent months reviewing the codes.
City Manager Bert Cunningham said code, fire and electric staff have been working on these codes, and adopting the 2018 international codes and 2017 electric code will be less restrictive on commercial and about the same for residential.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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