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.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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