NEWS
Bowie Town Hall Meeting March 27; road issue may finally close
The City of Bowie Monday night accepted assurances from Jeff and Machelle Mills they would provide an easement for the city lift station located on their property along Rock Hill Road.
The city council met in called session on Monday night instead of its traditional Tuesday night slot to accommodate conflicts a pair of the council members have with the next few council meetings.
There was a packed audience with about 35 people attending. The majority were members of the city fire departments, both volunteer and paid, along with others from the rural fire department and others interested in the topics of ambulance calls and the fire department.
No comments or questions were raised. The city council agenda does not include a public comments item.
A town hall meeting has been scheduled for 6 p.m. on March 27 in the Bowie Community Center. Mayor Larry Slack announced the meeting.
Topics are expected to include the following: City financial condition, revenues, expenditures, electric rates/revenues, tax rates/revenues, budgets, ambulance service and other issues.
Road issue
The road issue on Rock Hill Road has been in flux for many months as the Mills attempted to have a .7-acre portion of the road closed. Three years ago the couple asked for sewer service when the area was annexed into the city. They said they came home one day to find a large lift station located on a large part of their property. They would like it moved or have part of the road closed so they can construct a building on their property.
Also during monthly reports the public works director said two large tinhorns that go under Mill Street near State Highway 59 need to be replaced or the road may collapse.
Read the full story on Monday’s meeting in the mid-week News.
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.
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.
As of June 9 details on why an appeal bond was revoked on Casey Hall which prompted her arrest in Sulphur Springs on June 2 remain unclear.
The former 97th District Attorney was convicted of misapplication of fiduciary property and theft by a public servant on May 13 in the 16th District Court in Denton County.
The jury gave her a sentence of one year in state jail for misapplication of fiduciary property and six years probation for theft by a public servant.
The 38-year-old Hall was booked into the Hopkins County Jail on June 2 on a warrant after a Denton County judge revoked the appeal bond that was $10,000.
Hall filed her intent to appeal the conviction and sentence, so after posting a $10,000 bond, she was released on May 14 instead of beginning her sentence.
Denton County Court records indicated on June 2 Judge Sherry Shipman, who presided in the trial, declared Hall’s bond insufficient and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
There were rumors Hall may have opted to drop her appeal, but that information has not been confirmed through the court. As of June 9 Hall remained booked into the Hopkins County Jail.
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