NEWS
Bowie approves budget;trash costs increasing
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Bowie City Councilors gave first reading approval for the 2016-17 budget and had the final of two tax rate hearings.
There were no public comments in the tax hearing as the proposed tax rate of .51270 cents per $100 in property value was presented. This is slightly higher than the 2015 rate of .4945.
After months of whittling down the budget, the council adopted a general fund budget of $8,322,947 and a utility fund budget of $9,377,815.
The second reading of the budget ordinance and the first reading of the tax rate adoption are scheduled for the Sept. 20 meeting.
In other financial action, staff from Progressive Waste Management presented a request for a garbage collection rate increase based on the consumer price index.
Read the full story in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
The jury was seated on Monday and the opening day of testimony Tuesday only lasted four hours, before the panel went into deliberations about 2 p.m.
Two hours later the jury returned a guilty verdict on both charges. Wednesday morning the jury was set to begin discussion on Hall’s punishment at 8:30 a.m. with both sides offering evidence and testimony. Hall faces up to 10 years in prison.
The trial was moved to Denton County on a change of venue requested by Hall in March. After 16th District Judge Sherry Shipman read the verdict, it was reported Hall hung her head in disappointment and was later seen crying and emotional as she left the courtroom.
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. on May 13 in council chambers.
The meeting opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on recent rainfall problems, Smythe Street sidewalk project and the substation work.
There is only one item of new business an ordinance related to speed limits on specific streets. Public comments and approval of minutes wrap up the agenda.
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