NEWS
Bowie City Council may fill vacancy Tuesday
The vacant north precinct seat, left vacant when Scott Davis was named Bowie mayor, may be filled during the June 20 council session.
Four citizens have submitted an application to fill the 1½ years left on the term: Gaylynn Burris, Arlene Bishop, Tracey Gilbow and Laura Sproles.
Both Bishop and Sproles are former council members. Gilbow operates Belle Rose Boutique and Burris is a former owner of The Frame Shop.
Davis gave up his place when he was named mayor to fill out the term until the November election.
New water and sewer rates, proposed by Davis at the called June 15 meeting of the council, will be on Tuesday’s agenda for discussion. (See a related story on the rates on page 3A).
The second reading of an ordinance amending the business ordinance related to ambulance operations in the city limits will be presented. It would allow Nocona General Hospital Ambulance to transport patients from local nursing home facilities to NGH.At this time no outside ambulances are allowed to operate inside the city limits.
Other agenda items
• Consider a list of engineering firms to award the GLO Disaster application/projects with the negotiation and awarding of a management contract.
• Consider reappointments to the airport board.
• Consider potential revenue increase for hangar fee rentals at the Bowie Airport.
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
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.
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