NEWS
Bowie City Council adopts 2017-18 budget
By BARBARA GREEN
The final public hearing on a proposed 2017 City of Bowie tax rate increase received no comments Tuesday night, nor did the first reading of an ordinance to adopt the 2017-18 city budget which was approved.
A vote on the tax rate and second reading of the budget ordinance will be on the Sept. 19 council agenda.
The proposed rate is $0.53 cents per $100 in property value, which is .0173 cents above the 2016 rate of .5127 cents. This is a 3.37 percent increase.
For a property valued at $100,000 the new rate would increase your annual tax bill by $17.30.
Read the full story on the budget in your 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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