NEWS
Mills resigns from council one year in
Machelle Mills
Machelle Mills, elected to the Bowie City Council last November representing the south precinct, submitted her resignation to the mayor and city manager on Sept. 21.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris told the council of the resignation during Monday night’s meeting. As per the city charter, a vacancy on the city council shall be filled for the unexpired term within 30 days of the vacancy or the council may call a special election. If the council does not fill the vacancy within 30 days, the council at the next regular meeting after expiration of those 30 days shall call a special election to fill the vacancy. It is too late to make any additions to the Nov. 6 election ballot.
Mills, who operates a day care business in Bowie, provided a copy of the resignation to The Bowie News. She notes she ran for the council with the intention to be a voice and help make change for the town where she is proud to be a citizen. Mills said she found there was much more involved. While the amount of time the position took was more than she thought, she also expressed dissapointment in how people’s behavior: “I can no longer be part of the griping, talking about people, rude behaviors and just down right disrespect. I am for the most part a very happy person, but I find all this business depresses me,” stated the resignation letter.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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