NEWS
Commissioners conduct brief agenda of business
It took the Montague County Commissioners less than 10 minutes to go through their brief agenda of business on Monday.
Constables Stefanie Horton and Ronnie Reynolds presented the annual federal racial profiling report. The officers file exempt status and there are no changes from the prior year.
In the mitigation plan update, County Judge Rick Lewis said Archer County is the first in the region to have its plan back and approved by the state and Federal Emergency Management Agency. Five more plans, including Montague County, is awaiting FEMA approval.
The bond renewal for Kristi Vineyard, a clerk in the tax assessor’s office was approved, along with the annual termite maintenance agreement for the courthouse.
Precinct three got approval to take $1,000 in unanticipated revenue from the sale of two surplus bridges be accepted and place it in machinery and equipment.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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