NEWS
Bowie Memorial approves plan to seek tax district vote
The Bowie Memorial Hospital Board of Directors met Wednesday afternoon to consider requesting an election that would ask voters to create a hospital tax district.
The board voted to proceed with preparing a petition that will be presented to the Montague County Commissioner’s Court seeking an election for an .1850 cent proposed tax per $100 in property value that would fund a hospital district. The boundaries for the proposed district will encompass only Bowie Independent School District. There was discussion about including other areas, but the board opted to stay with the local school district. About 15 people were in attendance.
The hospital district would like to have the commissioners add the election to the Nov. 3 general election ballot. It would be the fall of 2016 before any newly formed district could start collecting taxes if the proposal was approved by voters.
Bowie Memorial Hospital has been struggling for the past five years after the failure of a previous tax district elections that included Bowie ISD and Forestburg ISD. Hospitals officials have said it is uncertain if the hospital can remain open without some immediate financial action and closure is a possibility.
For full coverage of this meeting please watch for your Saturday 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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