NEWS
City auditorium demolition bids sought
By BARBARA GREEN
The City of Bowie has begun advertising for demolition bids of the city auditorium located behind the present city offices at 113 E. Tarrant.
The advertisement for sealed bids went out in the mid-week Bowie News and they will be accepted through Feb. 21, at which time they will be opened at 2 p.m.
Specifications for the bid include an asbestos survey, as well as demolition and removal of all debris and clearing of the site.
The council abandoned restoration plans in Spring 2016, when it disbanded its auditorium board and the Friends of the Auditorium also dissolved giving all its funds to local scholarships.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris has said she would like to get a firmer figure on what it may cost to demo the building in order to plan for the future.
Read the full story in the mid-week 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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