NEWS
Bowie Hospital board meets in regular session July 23
The board of trustees for Bowie Memorial Hospital will officially appoint a new chief executive officer when they meet at noon on July 23 in the hospital board room.
Following the resignation of Interim CEO Lynn Heller last month, working with the Texas Organization or Rural and Community Hospitals the board will appoint Ernie Parisi as CEO. This will be retired administrator second run as interim CEO after he served the hospital several years ago during another CEO search.
Thursday’s agenda also includes approval of various paperwork related to CEO changeover.
Board members will review the monthly financial report. The audit proposals will be reviewed and a firm selected.
Trustees will approve a Bank of America forebearance letter relating to the reissuance bonds from 2007.
The board will approve rules of procedures, conduct and decorum at board meetings for the Bowie Memorial Hospital Authority.
The agenda also includes a physician recruitment plan and set a date and location for the board of trustees retreat. An executive session is slated for personnel matters.
Montague County Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. on Dec. 23.
The court will consider obligating $276,961.84 of American Rescue Plan funds to completing the new wastewater treatment plant that will serve the courthouse complex. Commissioners have been working on this project much of the year.
Montague County will apply to the Nortex Regional Planning Commission for a solid waste disposal grant to purchase a tire cutter for use by all four precincts.
Developers for Kingdom Estates Phase 2 subdivision will offer a plant for lots 6-10, 16.06 acres located in precinct two.
A cooperative agreement between Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and the county will be presented, along with a non-exclusive license and service agreement between Local Government Solutions and Justices of the Peace one and two.
Annual bonds for seven elected officials will be offered, along with the county attorney’s 2024 Chapter 59 Asset Forfeiture report.
Montague County has received a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist individuals with the purchase and installation of a residential storm shelter.
The shelter must be FEMA-approved and individuals must install and pay for the shelter. After installation and passing an inspection, the individual could be eligible for 50% reimbursement of the cost of the storm shelter up to a maximum $3,000 reimbursement.
The initial program allows for financial assistance for the installation of up to 100 storm shelters. Visit the Montague County website at co.montague.tx.us and click on “Safe Room Program,” and under quick links to see the qualifications and requirements for participation in the program.
There is no deadline to apply, but only 100 applicants will be accepted
It’s here, the first day of winter marked by the winter solstice at 4:21 a.m. on Dec. 21.
The winter solstice is the day with the fewest hours of sunlight throughout the year, making it the “shortest day” of the year. Thankfully, after the winter solstice the days begin to grow longer and longer again and until the summer solstice, the first day of summer and the longest day of the year
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