NEWS
UTGCD board to meet July 18
The board of directors for the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District will meet for a regular meeting at 5 p.m. on July 18 at the Springtown office at 1250 E. State Highway 199, Suite 102.
There will be discussion regarding the comments obtained during the 90-day public comment period on the proposed desired future conditions, and the district’s submittal of comments and recommendations that will be sent to the board of Groundwater Management Area 8.
The 2015 annual audit will be presented and the district’s legal counsel will review numerous issues.
In the general manager’s report, Doug Shaw will discuss the potential purchase of real estate for a new office site, report on delinquent customers and a potential violation by Prater Water Wells, plus information on injection well application, well registration and groundwater production reports.
The remainder of the agenda includes routine items of minutes, bills and the investment report.
Bowie emergency personnel have been working this one-vehicle semi-truck rollover on State Highway 59 in front of the precinct two barn. No details were available at this time. (Photo by Barbara Green)
The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on April 22 in the council chambers.
City Manager Bert Cunningham in his report will discuss the comprehensive planning grant and the substation transformer.
In old business there will be second readings for the water rate ordinance tabled from the last meeting, plus the new ordinances related to the operation of food trucks in the city.
In new business the council will discuss section 3 policy updates for the community development grant for Smythe Street sidewalks and hear a request from public works to use $9,763 out of the tap account to purchase 64 meters.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Bowie received an unqualified audit for 2023-24 presented by its outside auditor during its April 8 meeting.
Valerie Halverson of the Mathis, West, Huffines Group, Wichita Falls, reviewed the extensive report on the city’s funds.
She noted it was a busy year dealing with several major capital projects along with tracking grant funds, but the city met all the general accounting standards.
Read the full story on the outside audit in the Thursday Bowie News.
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