NEWS
Tornado clean-up expects to run just over half-a-million
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Bowie has spent more than $405,000 on tornado clean-up efforts, with the city council approving budget amendments dominated by those costs.
Councilors met for a brief agenda of business this week. An ordinance amending the 2019-20 budget was approved for an overall amendment of $490,865.
City Manager Bert Cunningham said a few more bills are expected before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, which he anticipates will push the tornado clean-up costs to about $516,000.
“It has been quite an expensive proposition,” said Cunningham.
The largest expense requiring a line item amendment was in contract labor. It was budgeted at $35,000, but shot up to $270,000 to pay for electric crews that came in to help restore power. Crews came from Bryan Texas Utilities, Denton and Sanger. The manager said even with the experienced crew the city operates, there is no way they could have restored service in such a timely fashion for residents.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
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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