NEWS
Bowie Council moving forward with budget
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on Aug. 26 to consider the first reading of the 2019-20 budget proposal and conduct the first of two public hearings on the proposed tax rate.
A draft of the proposed budget was approved at the workshop on Aug. 19. Per the proposed ordinance there is $8,251,643 appropriated in the general fund and $9,471,000 in the utility fund. The ordinance will require two readings with approval.
The proposed tax rate is .5445 cents per $100 in property value. This is .0195 cents higher than last year’s rate of .5250 cents. That rate is expected to generate an additional $130,620 in ad valorem tax revenue.
This tax rate increase is being offset in the budget by a reduction in the small business commercial electric rate. For the customer with an average 2,000 kilowatt hours the reduction will be about $14.40 a month and impact 656 meters across the city.
The second public hearing on the tax rate will be on Sept. 9 at a regular council meeting before it goes to the council for adoption.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Bowie emergency personnel have been working this one-vehicle semi-truck rollover on State Highway 59 in front of the precinct two barn. No details were available at this time. (Photo by Barbara Green)
The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on April 22 in the council chambers.
City Manager Bert Cunningham in his report will discuss the comprehensive planning grant and the substation transformer.
In old business there will be second readings for the water rate ordinance tabled from the last meeting, plus the new ordinances related to the operation of food trucks in the city.
In new business the council will discuss section 3 policy updates for the community development grant for Smythe Street sidewalks and hear a request from public works to use $9,763 out of the tap account to purchase 64 meters.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Bowie received an unqualified audit for 2023-24 presented by its outside auditor during its April 8 meeting.
Valerie Halverson of the Mathis, West, Huffines Group, Wichita Falls, reviewed the extensive report on the city’s funds.
She noted it was a busy year dealing with several major capital projects along with tracking grant funds, but the city met all the general accounting standards.
Read the full story on the outside audit in the Thursday Bowie News.
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