NEWS
City Auditorium demolition begins Friday
By BARBARA GREEN
The Bowie Police Department will move to a temporary location and the city offices will close on May 11 as demolition of the City Auditorium gets underway.
During the last several weeks asbestos abatement has been underway at the building as the windows and other portions of the interior were cleared away. As the demolition begins the staff in the office must vacate the facility.
Bowie Police Chief Guy Green said the dispatch and police services will be moved to the Bowie Emergency Operations Center located at the back of the community room. The main police department office will close on Friday.
All 911 calls will be routed through the county sheriff’s office, however, those who call the 872-2251 number will be forwarded to the EOC. The chief said they plan to do a dry run of the changeover this week to make sure it runs smoothly.
“If someone needs to talk with us it would be best to call and we can send an officer to take a report or we can meet a citizen at the door. The EOC is located a good distance from the door and we may not hear when someone comes to that door. You should call the 872-2251 or 911 if it is an emergency,” explained the chief.
The city offices will be closed on Friday.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
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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