NEWS
City to sell all of its highway acreage
By BARBARA GREEN
The City of Bowie will move forward with selling all of its 9.59-acre tract along U.S. Highway 287 despite efforts by the parks board to have the city council retain four acres near Johnson Lake for a possible future project.
While some members of the council agreed Monday night the location would make a beautiful park, in the end the majority wanted to see the land purchased for business development. The city bought the acreage in summer 2014 at a cost of $178,840 with future plans to build a new city complex.
However, during the interim, city administration and council members have changed, and the public also raised an uproar about relocating the city offices on the highway, so the land was put up for sale.
Following a mix-up where one local realtor was not contacted during the initial search for interested realtors to market the land the council drew names Monday night selecting from Jones Real Estate and Sue Swint Realty. Swint was drawn and will market the property.
The city parks board asked Bill Enlow and Todd McMurray to review possibilities for a park expansion on property located near the lake. The city property adjoins the school property, which includes the lake. That proposal led the board to ask the city to retain four acres.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
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)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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