NEWS
County debates FEMA extension on road funds
By BARBARA GREEN
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The Montague County Commissioner’s Court met with officials from Federal Emergency Management Agency, Texas Department of Emergency Management and Cohn Reznick Tuesday to discuss a disaster relief fund extension
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. FEMA or TDEM have not specifically named an endpoint, but with the damage occurring five years ago it is expected that will come soon. A similar meeting took place in February.
Through FEMA disaster relief the county was allocated $13,137,353.79 for a total of 138 road projects. Of that amount, 118 were classified as small projects and 20 were large. It is a 75 percent FEMA/25 percent county match for the funds.
Overall project totals, 61.51 percent completed, 30.50 percent partially complete and 7.99 percent not started. Precincts two and four have completed all their projects. Precinct two had 32 small and one large project, while four had 28 small and no large projects. Precinct two had 79 roads damaged and four had 49 roads damaged.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
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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