NEWS
Bowie City Council advertises for city secretary; approves bank’s requests related to new building
Bowie City Council took steps Tuesday to begin searching for a new city secretary since its longtime administrator retires at the end of the year.
Mitzi Wallace will be one of a group of longtime city employees that retire at the end of the year on an early buy-out retirement plan. Wallace has been with the city 31 years, the last 18 as city secretary.
Tuesday’s agenda listed under executive session, interview potential candidate for city secretary position. Under action after executive session, the item was listed as “consider appointment of or process for appointment of city secretary.”
No one was interviewed, but Councilor Arlene Bishop made a motion, seconded by Councilor Laura Sproles to open the application period for city secretary to run Nov. 5 to Nov. 19, afterwhich interviews will be scheduled. The motion passed.
The council also approved planning and zoning recommendations related to the construction of a new bank building for Legend Bank. Read the full story and see an architectural rendering in the weekend News.
Pictured, an architectural sketch of the Mason Street elevation of the new Legend Bank building on the right, and the remodeled present building. (Rogers-Ford LC)
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet for their first session of 2026 at 6 p.m. on Jan. 13.
Numerous items of new business fill the agenda including a resolution offered by the Bowie Economic Development Corporation to administer and fund an equipment purchase and installation project supporting a private capital investment exceeding $170,000 at 203 N. Mason. This is the location of Milano’s Pizza which has recently undergone a complete remodel.
The council will award a bid to Legend Bank as the city depository and a re-appointment will be made the Bowie Library Board. A memo of understanding with the Texas Division of Emergency Management and Texas Emergency Management Assistance Teams participating jurisdiction will be examined.
The final item is an ordinance abandoning a portion of the alley right-of-way connected with the sewer line replacement project in the Wilbarger Street area. The second reading of an ordinance also connected to this site also is listed.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on the downtown sidewalk project, the Rock and Pillar Street project and the substation work.
Montague County Commissioners will consider implementing a ban on outdoor burning when they meet at 9 a.m. on Jan. 13.
Conditions for dangerous wildfire continue to grow as the county has not received significant rainfall since early December. Unseasonably high temperatures also contribute to dry conditions.
Other agenda topics will include: A resolution allowed selected trustee properties to be resold through a public online auction; accepting unanticipated revenue of $2,000 in the sheriff’s office; notice of election for the 2026 join primary elections in March; consider applying for the rural ambulance grant program; precinct four request to use an auction company to sell surplus items; precinct four request to clear a fence line on Carpenter Road and consider going out for fuel bids.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Taxpayers will get two extra days of grace to pay their 2025 taxes since the Jan. 31 deadline falls on a Saturday. The deadline moves to Feb. 2.
Those who pay by the deadline will avoid the 7% penalty and interest that starts Feb. 3. That amount will increase each month until July 1 when attorney fees are added.
Tax payments were due starting last October when they were mailed out to customers.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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