NEWS
Bowie Memorial to seek hospital district election for Nov. 3
By BARBARA GREEN
Bowie Memorial Hospital will ask the voters of the Bowie School District to approve the creation of a hospital taxing district in a November election.
The board of directors met Wednesday afternoon for a called meeting to discuss various aspects of a tax election. There were 15 people in the audience.
While there was much debate on what area a proposed hospital district should include, the board in the end voted to include only Bowie School district with a proposed rate of .1850 cents per $100 in property value.
Interim Chief Executive Officer Lynn Heller was directed to prepare the required petition to request an election that will be presented to the Montague County Commissioner’s Court. It must include at least 100 names of qualified voters.
If the petition is verified, the commissioners would call a hearing on the petition and then could call for election for the creation of the taxing district. Based on the schedule provided by the hospital’s legal counsel the petition should be submitted to the county judge by July 15 to facilitate meeting election deadlines.
Along with the .1850 cents proposed rate, the petition would contain the wording that would set the maximum tax rate at .40 cents per $100. Read the full story in the Saturday News. Pictured:
(Center) Bowie Memorial Hospital Interim Chief Executive Officer Lynn Heller speaks at Wednesday’s meeting of the board. Pictured around the table are board members, Tim Winn, Dwayne Enlow, Ward Wallace, Heller and Margaret Long. Director Carla Swofford also was present, while Jim Campbell did not attend due to illness. (Photo by Barbara Green)
A crew from Scarborough Engineering was working on control termination wiring in the control room of the Bowie Substation last week. They were integrating additional equipment including the new transformer. Once everything is connected it will go through a testing phase. The transformer project has been stalled during the past year awaiting the arrival of various parts. (News photo by Barbara Green
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After more than a year of turmoil and upheaval it appears the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation is back on its feet with a slate of new board members and plans to review by-laws and operations.
Last August all the board members resigned in the wake of a lawsuit by a resident who could not obtain water for a small housing development despite being in the district. The property owner also accused the board of not following open meetings or open records laws, or its own by-laws.
After the board resigned a receivership was requested from the court and was named in December 2025. The receiver or temporary manager was Nocona attorney Zach Renfro, who was directed by the court to seek out possible directors to rehabilitate the association and assure it meets the obligation of continuing to provide water to more than 300 members.
The corporation board conducted its first general membership meeting on March 27 where a state of the corporation was given and new directors
named. They are Kevin McShan, president; Josh Swint, vice president; Carla Swofford, secretary; Wesley Kelly, treasurer; Zach Gunter, Rob Hankins and Chase Thomas, all directors.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council meeting scheduled for April 28 was canceled due to the lack of a quorum.
Councilors Boyd Hulstine, Stephanie Post and Brent Shaw were present along with Mayor Gaylynn Burris, Four council members are required. Laramie Truax, Laura Sproles and TJay McEwen were absent. The agenda items were expected to be placed on the next agenda of business for the council.
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