NEWS
County pushing for FEMA fund extension
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
With a little more than 70 percent of its 2015 disaster-related road projects completed, Montague County Commissioners are trying to obtain at least one more extension from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The commissioner’s court met with officials from FEMA, Texas Department of Emergency Management and Cohn Reznick Tuesday to discuss the extension and give a status update.
While the commissioners have made progress, the upfront costs of the larger projects have delayed them to the point they are pushing up against a possible funding stoppage. County Judge Rick Lewis says FEMA has not given a “deadline,” but with so many other storms across the country, county officials anticipate it may set soon.
In the spring of 2015, Bowie received more than 20 inches of rainfall and Nocona almost 17 inches, causing massive damage. The flood came on the heels of a two-year drought.
Through FEMA disaster relief the county was allocated $13,137,353.79 for a total of 138 road projects. Of that amount, 117 were classified as small projects and 21 were large. It is a 75 percent FEMA/25 percent county match for the funds.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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