NEWS
Commissioners meet Monday morning
Members of the Montague County Commissioners Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Feb. 10 in regular session.
Monthly reports from the sheriff’s office and veteran’s service office open the agenda.
The court will consider hiring temporary help in the district’s clerk’s office, a request tabled from the last session. District Clerk Lesia Darden told the court on Jan. 27 during the past two years there had been a lot of transition in her office as she lost two experienced employees, one to illness and one to retirement. The clerk also said she plans on retiring in December.
Darden said she has someone in training, but with her pending retirement there is no way that person can learn the duties of a clerk, the criminal portion and training another clerk. Tammy Brown who retired, has an interest in returning part-time, so Darden has proposed a part-time person who works two days a week for six month, which would cost about $9,000.
Uncertain where they could find money in the budget for that addition and if it could wait until budget time. There also was a question about when Brown can come back to work to meet the requirements of the retirement program. She could not return until at least Feb. 15. The item was tabled to find those answers.
Other topics on Monday’s agenda will include: Introduction of Harris, Kocher and Smith Civil Engineering Services; open sealed fuel bids for unleaded gas and off-road diesel; approve an equipment trade in precinct two trading in a Case TV380 to buy a Bobcat T870; precinct one to enter the Allen Howard property on Allen Road to clear a fence row and the Mike Abbott property on Rogers Road to correct road drainage and consider pay for Texas Association of Counties for delinquent health and employee benefits.
There was a small turnout for the Oct 29 town hall meeting to explain the new emergency transportation plan being offered to residential utility customers in the City of Bowie.
About 25 citizens attended the session at the community center where Will Winters of MASA discussed the plan that will offered to customers and paid for through a $7.75 fee collected on the city utility bill. Every meter is auto enrolled in the plan, but customers can opt out by filling out a form on the city website or at the city finance office.
Customers will have until Nov. 11 as the deadline to opt out before the fee becomes effective on Dec. 1. There also is a process in effective to opt out at a later time. Opting out in the first 90 days qualifies you for a full bill credit refund, but after 90 days, previous fees are non-refundable.
(Top image – Bowie citizens listen to MASA representative Will Winters about details of the program at the city hall MASA meeting Oct. 29.)
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The Supertunia Tiara duo debuted in 2025 and in this brief amount of time has become the darling of the landscape. The love and admiration from gardeners across the country including my area of West Georgia and East Alabama has been nothing short of wow.
As much as gardeners treasure their Supertunia Vista Bubblegum petunias, Supertunia Pink Tiara and Blue Tiara are here to say look at me! Oh yes, and both are building a trophy case with awards.
At first, it would seem the Supertunia Tiara Petunias were designed with the artist gardener in mind. While that could be true it is most likely that these petunias are so unique and beautiful that any combination or application you try simply looks ready for canvas.
Read the full Garden Guy column in your Thursday Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council approved a $950,000 project to improve the walking path at Pelham Park on Oct. 27.
Bowie Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Janis Crawley said the upcoming project will repave 26,277 square feet of pathway in concrete, spanning about 0.6 miles in length.
The work covers the trail section northeast of the Blade, curving past the soccer fields and toward the swimming pool.
Another section goes around the pool and sport courts, then back down toward the Blade. The project will also widen the trail section to eight feet and add a new 36-foot bridge.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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