NEWS
County approves budget, proposed tax rate
By BARBARA GREEN
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Montague County Commissioners approved a proposed 2020 tax rate and a 2020-21 budget during its Monday session.
The court debated a few areas of contention in the budget including a push from several elected officials to get their reduced rate secretary staff members raised up to full deputy clerk pay. At the end of the back-and-forth, the court said no, this was not the year to make any salary increases.
After all the cuts and changes, the court adopted a budget that would be funded through a proposed tax rate of .5641 cents per $100 in property value. The 2019 rate is .55 cents, so a new rate would be an increase of 1.41 cents.
Tax Assessor Collector Kathy Phillips presented the potential rates. The “no-new-revenue tax rate” formerly the effective rate, is .5641 cents. The voter-approval rate formerly the rollback rate was set at .5858, which is the maximum increase before voters could take action through an election to rollback the rate.
Read the full story on the budget discussion in the mid-week Bowie News.
Bowie ISD –
For – 477
Against – 1308
Forestburg ISD
Prop A – For 98, against 59
Prop A – For 86, against 72
All results preliminary until formally canvassed
The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.
Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)
Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.
Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.
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