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Bowie City Council meets Tuesday

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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on Sept. 6 in council chambers.
During the opening workshop the agenda will be reviewed, along with items of interest and the city manager’s report.
The second public hearing on the proposed tax rate of .5127 cents per $100 in property values will open the regular agenda.
First reading of the ordinance to adopt the 2016-17 budget will be the first item of new business. Please see the related story for details of the proposed budget.
A 2017 grant to the Texas Department of Transportation for routine airport maintenance will be examined.
Officials with Progressive Waste Management will make a request for a garbage collection rate increase. Based on its contract the company can request up to a 1.5 percent increase based on the consumer price index.
Mayor Larry Slack is expected to appoint a committee to review board and commission applications and submit recommendations to the council for action.
Two items of Texas Municipal League business wrap up the agenda including the intergovernmental risk pool board of trustees and the multi-state intergovernmental employee benefits pool board of trustees election for region five.

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City closes lake due to localized flooding

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Bowie School Board to review superintendent candidate applications

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Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.

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Bowie News will be 1 day late due to June 19 holiday

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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.

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