NEWS
City enters 20-year trash collection contract

By BARBARA GREEN
The Bowie City Council this week finalized a new 20-year lease agreement with Waste Connections related to its operation of the transfer station along with an exclusive franchise agreement for the collection, disposal and hauling of municipal solid waste in Bowie.
Approval came during Monday’s council session and was the primary topic on the agenda. Mayor Gaylynn Burris reported Waste Connections came to her in late 2017 to discuss not only the pending new contract as the present 20-year agreement expires in 2020, but to look for a location inside the city limits.
Presently Waste Connections operates at a location along U.S. Highway 287 along the service road north of the Farm-to-Market Road 174 overpass.
Mike Gaver, municipal marketing manager for Waste Connections, told the council they have outgrown that location and they would like to move closer in to the city.
While both agreements were approved by the council, the company is still in negotiates on a long-term lease for the Bowie Economic Development Corporation building on U.S. Highway 81 previously occupied by Cameron.
Read the full story in the weekend News.
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School closings

Bellevue ISD – On Feb. 19 school will start at 10 am. Busses will run 2 hours late.
Montague School – Starting at 10 a.m. on Weds. Busses will run two hours late.
Forestburg School – Starting at 10 a.m. on Weds. Busses will run two hours late.
Prairie Valley School will be closed all day Wednesday due to the hazardous road conditions.
NEWS
Schools closing early today due to weather conditions

Gold-Burg ISD will have busses run at 2 p.m. today
Forestburg ISD will have busses run at 2 p.m.
Saint Jo closed at 3 p.m.
Updates to this list will be made as soon as they come available.
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