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Bowie City Council to negotiate on two solar proposals
The Bowie City Council directed its engineers Tuesday night to further negotiate on two solar project proposals.
During nearly an hour-long executive session 10 proposals submitted by seven bidders were reviewed by Steve Moffitt and Charlotte Garraway of Schneider Engineering.
City Manager Ricky Tow said they were very happy with the number and variety of proposals.
“We thought there may be four, but there was a lot of interest. There were folks who flew in from Wisconsin and California to look at the sites,” said Tow.
The possible creation of a solar energy project could help the city save money on its bulk power transmission fees. In 2015 the city was able to negotiate an amendment to its power contract with Bryan Texas Utilities that will allow Bowie to develop up to one megawatt capacity in distributed generation.
Read the full story on the city council meeting in the weekend News.
Pictured the City of Bowie Substation. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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As of June 9 details on why an appeal bond was revoked on Casey Hall which prompted her arrest in Sulphur Springs on June 2 remain unclear.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.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Members of Montague County 4-H made their annual visit to the commissioner’s court Monday to show off their achievements of the past year and thank the court for its support.
Justin Hansard and Melanie Stott, AgriLife Extension agents for the county, introduced the group noting there are 166 youth in the county 4-H program, which they coordinated with all the other club leaders. There are nine chartered clubs in the county with 18 adult volunteers.
Project participation is lead by foods and nutrition, then photography, rabbits, shooting sports, horse, STEM, beef cattle, goats, poultry, community service, swine, fashion, sheep, theater and sports fishing.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Top photo: Montague County4-Hers met with the commissioner’s court Monday to tell them about their year’s activities and thank them for their support. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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