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Saint Jo City Council to review 4A Board position
During the April Saint Jo City Council meeting, the Saint Jo Economic Development Corporation Type A Board came under fire.
The board was essentially given a public reprimand for allowing money to be given, in the form of a $5,495 grant, to Curtis and Kathryn Goff to purchase a smoker for the soon-to-be Red River Station Barbecue restaurant in Saint Jo.
The council will convene in executive session over the matter during this Wednesday’s regularly scheduled council meeting set for 6 p.m. at the Saint Jo Civic Center.
The leadership group may take action on the matter once it reconvenes in open session.
Saint Jo Chamber of Commerce President Dick Crist personally took responsibility for the gaffe at the April meeting.
In other matters, alderpersons will discuss options for maintenance vehicle and there will be discussions on setting up a safety council.
The meeting also will feature discussion and possible action on assigning asset numbers to all city equipment and implementing a purchase order system.
Mayor Danny Steadham, since voted into the position last fall, has wanted a better tracking system for assets.
There will be discussion and possible action on Easy Street Animal Shelter’s request to explore redoing the lease on the shelter property.
In addition, there will be a citizen comment period, minutes from the April meeting and financial statements will be approved and bills paid.
Department heads for police, fire and public works also will give reports to board.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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