NEWS
Budget workshop Monday night for Bowie Council
The Bowie City Council will begin hammering out its 2019-20 budget in a workshop starting at 5:30 p.m. on July 15.
City Manager Bert Cunningham presented the draft budget at Monday night’s council session.
There was little discussion as the city awaits the arrival of 2019 certified values to help calculate tax revenues and rates. Those figures arrived late this week and will be examined Monday.
Council members asked to have a salary schedule of employees for the workshop. Cunningham added no pay increases were included in the draft.
In a brief overview the budget forecast shows utility fund expenses of $10,025,701 and revenues of $12,447,574.
The utility fund transfer into the general fund is projected at $1,150,000. In the general fund expenses are projected at $8,867,848 with revenues of $6,992,011.
All budgetary figures are preliminary and are expected to change as the process moves forward with the council.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Bowie City Council members finalized the budget and proposed tax rate during its Aug. 11 meeting, but it also convened into a one hour closed session to discuss the city manager’s employment, duties and evaluation.
The council went into closed session at 6:40 p.m. without City Manager Bert Cunningham and he was called in there a little more than 20 minutes later. He came out about 15 minutes later with council returning to open session at 7:37 p.m. and taking no action.
While there was no mention of a specific issue regarding the city manager, during the July 28 meeting there was an incident reported on the TV news.
While a citizen was speaking at the podium during citizen comments, the city manager was seen holding up his phone appearing to be filming the speaker and audience. Mayor Gaylynn Burris could be seen touching his arm and indicating for him to stop.
The citizen, Ethan Trim, said he was not aware of it until afterward, but someone told him Cunningham said he was “trying to make him nervous.” The city staff has made no statement in regard to this topic.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
A BOIL WATER NOTICE remains in effect for City of Bowie, TX water customers along Highway 81 from Parker Road to Old Bowie Lake. Affected customers should use bottled or boiled water for drinking, cooking, or brushing teeth. Results of water testing should be available shortly after noon today. If the testing is good, the BOIL WATER NOTICE may be lifted shortly thereafter
A boil water order was implemented Monday afternoon for the area served at U.S. Highway 81 from Parker Drive to Old Bowie Lake as water line repairs were made. The order remains in place today. If you are affected by this order and need bottled water call 940-977-4941.
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