NEWS
Saint Jo City Council moves it meeting to Thursday
The Saint Jo City Council meeting originally scheduled for Feb. 11 has been moved to 7 p.m. on Feb. 12
The meeting will cover a myriad of topics, beginning with possible approval of a new citizen participation plan related to a Texas Community Development Block Grant.
There will be a call for a public hearing on adding an ordinance for the possession or purchase of tobacco products – including electronic cigarettes – and the sale and merchandising of said e-cigs and liquid nicotine to minors.
There will be discussion and action on several matters as it relates to the police department, including possible action on a new K-9 unit and police vehicle.
An executive session is slated for the possible hiring of a third police officer. The city has needed a third officer since Travis Barnaby left the force in December.
The public works department is seeking a sewer machine, and there will be discussion and possible action on this matter.
There will be discussion and possible action on a pair of requests from Jack Schoppa, including one for live bands to play on the square during big events and having a fund-raiser on the square for the Stonewall Saloon.
There will be discussion and possible action on Joe Dial’s request for a National Park Feasibility Study and Mike Martin’s request for applying for a Planning and Capacity Building Grant.
In addition, there will be discussion and possible approval on Economic Development 4A’s updated bylaws.
At the end of the meeting, the council will hear reports from department heads will be given and there will be action on ordering the May 9 elections.
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.
As of June 9 details on why an appeal bond was revoked on Casey Hall which prompted her arrest in Sulphur Springs on June 2 remain unclear.
The former 97th District Attorney was convicted of misapplication of fiduciary property and theft by a public servant on May 13 in the 16th District Court in Denton County.
The jury gave her a sentence of one year in state jail for misapplication of fiduciary property and six years probation for theft by a public servant.
The 38-year-old Hall was booked into the Hopkins County Jail on June 2 on a warrant after a Denton County judge revoked the appeal bond that was $10,000.
Hall filed her intent to appeal the conviction and sentence, so after posting a $10,000 bond, she was released on May 14 instead of beginning her sentence.
Denton County Court records indicated on June 2 Judge Sherry Shipman, who presided in the trial, declared Hall’s bond insufficient and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
There were rumors Hall may have opted to drop her appeal, but that information has not been confirmed through the court. As of June 9 Hall remained booked into the Hopkins County Jail.
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