NEWS
Nocona ISD to make second run at bond election
By DANI BLACKBURN
Nocona Independent School District officials will ask voters for a second time in less than six months to consider passing its first school bond in 38 years.
The facility advisory committee went back to the drawing board after the district saw its first proposal fail in the May election, 552-426.
Nocona ISD Superintendent Vickie Gearheart said the board met on Aug. 8 and unanimously agreed to ask voters on Nov. 8 to approve a $16.8 -million bond package to build a new high school.
The proposal is $1.7 million higher than the one presented in May, with construction costs increasing by $10 per square foot during the last three months.
Read the full story and see the diagram in a large rendition in the mid-week News. (Diagram from CADCO Architects)
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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