NEWS
Bowie City Council candidates answer tough questions
By BARBARA GREEN
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This is part one of a two-part story from Thursday night’s Bowie City Council Political Forum. See part two in the mid-week Bowie News.
A small group of citizens attended Thursday night’s political forum for Bowie City Council candidates just a few days before early voting begins in the Nov. 3 election.
Longtime Bowie resident and supporter Margin Latham served as moderator asking the candidates a series of nine prepared questions. The evening also was opened up for audience questions at the end. Dillon Steen organized the forum. About 25 people were in the audience which included several city staff members, councilors and citizens.
Candidates participating were: Incumbent Councilor Laura Hefley, precinct one; Kristi Bates, precinct two; Glenda Durham and Terry Gunter, both in precinct three. Tawni Jones, candidate in precinct one, was unable to attend reported Steen as she was working out of town.
The questions spanned all the familiar topics of taxes, finances, streets, utility rates and development, but the list also tackled if the candidates were prepared for the work involved with serving a full term and how they would improve the city’s image in public and social media.
Read part one of this story in the weekend Bowie News and watch for part two Wednesday.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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