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.
A crew from Scarborough Engineering was working on control termination wiring in the control room of the Bowie Substation last week. They were integrating additional equipment including the new transformer. Once everything is connected it will go through a testing phase. The transformer project has been stalled during the past year awaiting the arrival of various parts. (News photo by Barbara Green
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After more than a year of turmoil and upheaval it appears the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation is back on its feet with a slate of new board members and plans to review by-laws and operations.
Last August all the board members resigned in the wake of a lawsuit by a resident who could not obtain water for a small housing development despite being in the district. The property owner also accused the board of not following open meetings or open records laws, or its own by-laws.
After the board resigned a receivership was requested from the court and was named in December 2025. The receiver or temporary manager was Nocona attorney Zach Renfro, who was directed by the court to seek out possible directors to rehabilitate the association and assure it meets the obligation of continuing to provide water to more than 300 members.
The corporation board conducted its first general membership meeting on March 27 where a state of the corporation was given and new directors
named. They are Kevin McShan, president; Josh Swint, vice president; Carla Swofford, secretary; Wesley Kelly, treasurer; Zach Gunter, Rob Hankins and Chase Thomas, all directors.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council meeting scheduled for April 28 was canceled due to the lack of a quorum.
Councilors Boyd Hulstine, Stephanie Post and Brent Shaw were present along with Mayor Gaylynn Burris, Four council members are required. Laramie Truax, Laura Sproles and TJay McEwen were absent. The agenda items were expected to be placed on the next agenda of business for the council.
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