NEWS
County firefighters offer fire and rescue district map
By DANI BLACKBURN
Montague County Commissioners adopted an official fire and rescue district map during its Monday meeting.
Nocona Fire Chief Rusty Henley presented the map on behalf of the Montague County Firefighters Association, who unanimously adopted the map and chose to present it to the court in a June 12 meeting.
The map includes 14 fire departments for the Montague County area. Those departments include: City of Bowie Fire Department, Bowie Rural Fire Department, Montague Fire Department, Nocona City Fire Department, Nocona Rural Fire Department, Nocona Hills Fire Department, Nocona Lake Estates Fire Department, Forestburg Fire Department, Saint Jo Fire Department, Ringgold Fire Department, Sunset Fire Department and Stoneburg Fire Department, Frontier Shores Fire Department and Oak Shores Fire Department.
However, Henley explained Frontier Shores is currently inactive and the area is currently covered by the Bowie Rural Fire Department.
The map was originally created in 2012, at which time the sitting judge chose not to have it presented to the court.
“He said if the firefighters association adopted it, he considered it official,” said Henley.
However, Nortex does not consider it official until it is approved by the court. The official fire and rescue district map will allow for well-defined boundaries among the 14 fire departments.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
By BARBARA GREEN editor@bowienewsonline.com
Tuesday night ’ s meeting of the Lake Amon Carter Water Supply Corporation disintegrated into yelling and name-calling leading to no resolution on providing water to a developer asking for service.
With two items on the agenda the meeting lasted only one hour and ended abruptly as Chairman John Halbrook stood up while a board member was arguing with audience members exclaiming, “We’re done here folks.”
In a late April meeting, subdivision developer Daniel Deweber and two of his residents came to the board asking why they were being denied water when the nearly 30 lots are located within the corporation’s service area. Questions also arose about the board allegedly violating open records and open meeting’s laws by not allowing people to attend some of their meetings or posting meetings.
Board members have told Deweber he needs to file a new non-standard application based on their information from the Public Utilities Commission and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Deweber counters the PUC has indicated he is a qualified applicant and does not have to file again. There also is a dispute whether he has to apply under The new tariff that was adopted in May 2024 or the previous one in place when he originally applied. Deweber said he has been told by thePUC staff not to reapply as he as the original
tariff applies.
Read the full story in the May 15 Bowie News.
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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