NEWS
Bowie City Council fills vacant seat
Jason Love has been chosen as the newest member of the Bowie City Council after a vote by fellow councilors during a Monday night meeting.
Councilors voted on a new councilor to fill the unexpired term of Machelle Mills in the precinct two-southward after her resignation was accepted with one year left on the term.
Three citizens originally tossed their hat in the ring for selection as the new councilor, including: Donna Ashley, former councilor and local businesswoman; Jason Love, who runs Sweet Boy’s Diner and Jason Johnson, who works at Advanced Rehabilitation. However, Ashley withdrew her name from the list before the start of the meeting.
Arlene Bishop made the first motion to nominate Johnson, but with no second, the motion died. Councilman Chuck Malone made the motion to nominate Jason Love, seconded by Wayne Bell, and the motion carried with Bishop the lone no vote. Love was sworn in by Mayor Gaylynn Burris after the vote.
Before choosing the newest member of the council, the mayor, manager and councilors were urged by Bowie citizen Bill Miller to carefully consider their decision in the public comments portion of Monday night’s meeting.
Read the full story in the mid-week edition of The Bowie 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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