NEWS
No citizens attend tax rate hearing; budget adopted in first reading
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
There were no public comments on the proposed tax rate for the City of Bowie during Monday night’s city council meeting, and the first reading of the proposed budget was approved.
Prior to diving into the agenda, Mayor Gaylynn Burris presented Dillon Steen and Margin Latham with a proclamation for Beautify Our Bowie. On behalf of the city, she commended the efforts of this committee to beautify the city specifically Meyer Park adding she looks forward to seeing their next project.
A second public hearing on the proposed tax rate of .5445 cents per $100 in property value will be on Sept. 9. This rate is .0195 cents higher than the present rate of .5250. That rate is projected to generate $130,620 in ad valorem tax revenue. Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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