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Economics of eliminating outside the city EMS calls to get Bowie council scrutiny

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By BARBARA GREEN

It may be a bloody budget season for the City of Bowie as a pair of budget workshops this week dived into a projected revenue loss of just under $1 million and the council voting to explore the economic ramifications of eliminating emergency medical service calls outside the city limits.

The city council met Tuesday and Thursday for budget workshops.

Tuesday night the council met with departments heads who each went through their budget requests and made further cuts. By the end of the two-hour Tuesday session, a total of $274,233 had been cut.

However, on Thursday things took a new twist as the council decided to explore getting out of its 30-year bulk power purchase contract with Bryan Texas Utilities and directed the staff to gather data on the economic impact eliminating out of city limit ambulance calls.

Read the full story in the weekend News. Also see the related story on additional departmental budget cuts in the weekend edition.

 

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Lake Amon G. Carter to reopen on June 20

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Nocona City Council approves NEDC requests

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The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.

Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.

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Bowie News mail delivery delayed due to holiday

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Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves the Thursday Bowie News to a Friday delivery date
It will be available in the stores at its regular time.

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