NEWS
County-wide election precinct idea fails 2-2; weigh station examined
A tie vote on the commissioner’s court Monday resulted in no action on Montague County participating in the county-wide election precinct program.
The Texas Secretary of State is providing counties an opportunity to set up a program of county-wide voting where voters would not be required to cast ballots in specific precincts, but could vote in any location, similar to early voting. County Elections Administrator Brandi Shipman asked the court’s permission to apply for the program at its Monday meeting.
This program began back in 2005 with Lubbock County the first to implement the process. Shipman explained the county would apply for participation, and this is the initial request. After the application begins the county conducts a public hearing, selects a committee to select a method to determine polling locations and establish a communications plan that would go with the application due by Aug. 21.
The court also discussed the possibility of construction a weigh station in Montague County to weigh trucks. Department of Public Safety Trooper Robert Wilson met with the court Montague to explain the process.
Pictured DPS Sgt. Robert Wilson discusses a weigh station with commissioners.
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Montague County Commissioners had a short meeting Monday.
After installing some new filing systems in the district clerk’s offices, the county appears to have an overflow of filing cabinets. Thanks in part to electronic recording of many records and the mechanized filing in the district clerk’s office, the need for metal filing cabinets has waned.
Commissioner Mark Murphey, who also runs an auction company, said you can barely give them away nowadays, while Commissioner Mike Mayfield said they may make more by salvaging them to a metal recycler. Commissioner Roy Darden said it would probably cost more to advertise an auction than what they could make on selling them.
County Auditor Jennifer Essary said they can auction, salvage or take sealed bids for the items. Commissioners decided to scrap them, but be open to anyone picking up any as they load them up for salvage.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
The following felony cases were returned by the Montague County Grand Jury during its November session last week.
According to the 97th District Attorney Katie Boggeman, of the 18 cases three received no bills and two were sealed awaiting arrest of the suspect.
The sealed cases include charges of possession of a controlled substance 4-200 grams and tampering with an electronic monitoring device.
The grand jury determined there was insufficient evidence to warrant indictment resulting in no bills on a charge of possession of child pornography and online solicitation of a minor against the same person.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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