NEWS
Few public comments on budget proposal, tax rate
By BARBARA GREEN
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There were no public comments at a Tuesday night tax rate hearing where the Bowie City Council also increased airport hangar rental fees and examined the proposed budget.
The agenda was dominated by financial items including approval of the economic development corporation budgets. See a related story on 5A.
A proposed tax rate of .53 cents per $100 of property value was offered. This is a .173 cent increase from the 2016 rate of .5127.
For a property valued at $100,000, this would create a tax increase of $17.30 a year.
There will be a second public hearing on the tax rate at 6 p.m. on Sept. 5, with adoption scheduled, if it moves forward, set for the Sept. 19 meeting. The new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.
Mayor Scott Davis made comments offering a series of budget charts from prior years to show how the utility fund transfer into the general fund has been decreased.
Read the full story in the weekend News.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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