NEWS
City of Bowie approves project loans on tie-votes
By BARBARA GREEN
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The City of Bowie will move forward with plans to borrow $2,046,896 in a pair of short-term loans that will fund several large pieces of equipment and improvements across the city.
Last month City Manager Bert Cunningham asked for council direction on borrowing the funds as included in the 2018-19 budget to avoid going through the process of obtaining the financing or ordering equipment if the newer council members were not interested in continuing. He said if the council was going “to start cutting and slashing” and not go with the budget plans he needed to know how to manage it.
While there was no specific vote at that time, on Monday night when it came time to vote there was
Kevin Lerner and Ted Christiansen, both of Government Capital Securities made the presentation on the finance options explaining how they were broken into real and personal property. The company has worked with the Bowie Economic Development Corporation on financing the business park, as well as the industrial technology center at North Central Texas College, as well as Nocona and Saint Jo and several local school districts.
Read the full story in the weekend News.
The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.
Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)
Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.
Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.
Water was off Wednesday morning as the City of Bowie public works crew replaced a fire hydrant at the corner of Walnut and Matthews. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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