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.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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