NEWS
Bowie City Council to adopt budget Tuesday
The Bowie City Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. on Sept. 5 in council chambers.
A second public hearing on the tax rate is slated, along with adoption of the annual budget.
A proposed rate of .53 cents per $100 in property value will be considered. This is a .173 cent increase above the 2016 rate of .5127 cents. The tax will be adopted on Sept. 19.
The proposed budget allocates $9,596,922 for utility fund expenses with projected revenue of $11,986,500. The general fund expenses are set at $7,905,718 with revenues of $6,183,544. There is a budget transfer of $1,750,000 from utility revenue to general fund to make up the shortfall.
In other agenda items, an appointment will be made to the library board; Waste Connections will discuss a rate increase; and a marketing agreement with Utility Services Partners will be reviewed to offer insurance coverage for customer home repairs.
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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